Fun From Yesterday!
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Fun From Yesterday!
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So I hit up a garage sale over the weekend and bought a genuine, working-condition Atari 2600, with a huge stack of games nearly mint in their boxes, for a song. I thought I’d scan the box covers and give you all a look back into the fun of yesteryear.
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MDF said on April 21st, 2008 at 9:36 am
That was funny.
Never owned a 2600, but had a great time playing them.
Furthermore, the 2600 joysticks were some of the best I ever used for my Commodore 64 — (which also had many underrated games that seem crude to today’s gaming generation, but were importantly FUN. ‘Forbidden Forest’ rules.) Simply made — and more importantly, damn near indestructible.
Epyx’s C64 classic ‘Summer Games’ wrecked more of my precision joysticks with those damn running events (which we ‘banned’ in group competition for that reason) than I care to remember — except for Atari 2600 joysticks.
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Blake said on April 21st, 2008 at 9:50 am
Oh man, these brought back my childhood. I owned several, each one holding a special place in my heart.
Especially Aliens vs. Ghosts, and it’s eventual TV spinoff, The X Files.
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Sig said on April 21st, 2008 at 9:54 am
The 2600 — for all of its 4K/8K games and hypersymbolic gameplay — remains one of the purely golden aspects of my youth. (And look at that cover art! Gorgeous!) And yes, those joysticks were fantastic. There’s just something missing on emulators without those sticks.
The sad/scary thing isn’t that someone paid $24.95 for Atari Pinball — it’s that someone also paid as much for E.T.
And I miss the Atari Force comics. Blowing up universes long, long before Countdown.
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rwe1138 said on April 21st, 2008 at 10:12 am
You nearly had me there for a second. Great artwork. Looks completely legit.
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SmR said on April 21st, 2008 at 10:24 am
It took me too long to realize you were photoshopping. (I actually passed over “Obligatory Educational ‘Game'”, and then had to go back and look at it again.) I’m still not sure where some of them are photoshopped.
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malakim2099 said on April 21st, 2008 at 10:48 am
Hey, I loved Buzz Aldrin’s Space Rainbow Tennis when I was a kid. 😉
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Games of Yesteryear | Transbuddha said on April 21st, 2008 at 11:15 am
\[…\] MightyGodKing takes a look back at the halcyon days of Atari with some box art fun: \[…\]
Sig said on April 21st, 2008 at 11:29 am
Also Dugg, as it should be.
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Cookie McCool said on April 21st, 2008 at 12:26 pm
My grandma, who loved her thousands of grandchildren ALMOST as much as she loved saving a buck, bought us a huge box of Atari 2600 games without instruction booklets. I distinctly remember Dude – We Shouldn’t Have Done That Acid, My Hands Feel Twizzlers… Oh, Man, Twizzlers being one of them. If you have a spare copy of the instructions laying around, let me know what the fucking point of the game was. It’s been a mystery to me for about 20 years now.
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David Fullam said on April 21st, 2008 at 12:36 pm
I will say one thing, some of those games had amazing box art. Terrorists in the year 3000, better known as Slot Racers, brings back bad memories. If more folks played that one, then E. T. might not have the rep it does as worst game of all time.
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Dane said on April 21st, 2008 at 12:43 pm
The illustrations alone could be children’s sci-fi book covers from the 70s and 80s.
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Queen Anthai said on April 21st, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Oh….that brought tears to my eyes. Beauty of this magnitude is simply too good for this world.
WE DON’T DESERVE YOU!!
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Lynny said on April 21st, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I always wondered too, who exactly is Yars?
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Arturo said on April 21st, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I thought “I Wasted My Life” was better known as Second Life these days …
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Debbie S. said on April 21st, 2008 at 3:27 pm
These are eerily similar to the covers for Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books! I’m beginning a conspiracy theory about it — check out my book, coming out in ’09 \~ “Buzz Aldrin’s Space Rainbow Tennis & Attack of the Meta-Sphinx from Mars, You Decide!”
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The Atari 2600 Cartridges That Weren’t « RW370 said on April 21st, 2008 at 3:33 pm
\[…\] Apparently, this guy has a different, considerably more awesome recollection of the game titles. \[…\]
Jack said on April 21st, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Sadly, “Backgammon for Friendless People” and “It’s Fucking Checkers” took up so much of my childhood. And, let’s be honest, my adult life as well.
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Jason said on April 21st, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I’m an idiot. I didn’t suspect anything until Fucking Checkers, and then I sat there for a few minutes wondering how that was allowed into the stores…
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JohnnyPotamus said on April 21st, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I was too young for most of these, but I do have fond memories of watching my uncle play Old-Timey Cop With A Stick. That cop never could catch Gallagher.
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TV Bath said on April 21st, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I think “I Am A Vegas Showgirl” needs to get a trophy.
Either that, or “It’s Fucking Checkers.”
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Atari 2600 Games as if they were made today - Nerdcore said on April 21st, 2008 at 6:56 pm
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ZedEh said on April 21st, 2008 at 7:08 pm
You’ve been Metafiltered, as well.
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Dave’s Webpicks of the Week, or “It’s $%^#in Checkers” « He Says. She Says. said on April 21st, 2008 at 7:44 pm
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O’DonnellWeb - This is not a homeschooling blog » Blog Archive » Atari 2600 memories said on April 21st, 2008 at 8:11 pm
\[…\] April 21st, 2008 by COD If you wasted away part of your childhood with an Atari 2600 you will so enjoy this trip down memory lane. \[…\]
MJ said on April 21st, 2008 at 9:09 pm
For some of these, if they came in a poster size, I’d buy them. They are comic art. E-mail me if they do, please.
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Psycho » Blog Archive » More splendid unreleased Atari games said on April 21st, 2008 at 10:01 pm
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Joe Helfrich said on April 21st, 2008 at 10:56 pm
And now BoinbBoingGageted, which means Cory’s next summary post will bring you massive amounts of traffic…
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» Retro Atari 2600 Video Game Cover Art said on April 21st, 2008 at 11:26 pm
\[…\] Sure you played Asteroids and Defender, but did you play these? \[…\]
Derek said on April 21st, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Congrats dude . . that was some funny shit . .. .took me WAYYYY back. .
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Notional Slurry » links for 2008-04-22 said on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:50 am
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Gorf said on April 22nd, 2008 at 6:10 am
Yar IS the fly. The enemy is the Qotile.
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Mushroom said on April 22nd, 2008 at 6:12 am
Very good work. And you summed some of them up pretty accurately (especially Demons to Diamonds and Math Grand Prix). But you didn’t find any Activation or Imagic titles in your new collection?
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mimo said on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:15 am
I have got a mint in box Oh! I Say, but it is PAL so probably not worth much 😉
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Big Collection Of Made-Up 2600 Games | Team Teabag! said on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:39 am
\[…\] out these “scans” of some rare and wonderful Atari 2600 games. Some absolute classics in there, like Every Sport Ever: In Pong Form, It’s Fucking Checkers, \[…\]
Rich said on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:33 am
OMFG. I remember so many of these games.
I remember playing COMBAT! with my sister. I claimed that the one big plane was better then the 3 small planes so that she would play it. I would then proceed to destroy her because DUH the 3 small planes can dodge the bullets.
NICE FIND! You win.
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Video Game Art « Thoughts in Communication Design said on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:49 am
\[…\] stung my cheeks when games never lived upto the promise these mini Da Vinci’s promised. Mighty God King have a great parody (that is barely a parody at all) of these awesome covers of ye olde times! \[…\]
Lord Elsworth said on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:50 am
There need to be more games with a Latin Mode.
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Phileas said on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:31 am
That’s superb. I remember Old Timey Cop with a Stick. Hours of fun!
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Some call me Dave said on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:54 am
Hell yeah, i wanna play ‘Gay French Mario Bros.!’
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BlueNight said on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:09 am
You had me up until “Obligatory Educational Game”. From there it was pure joy. “And all of them are Checkers. Seriously, you want this?”
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slappy the happy robot said on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:18 am
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Salvador Dali’s Pinball at this is an adventure said on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:27 am
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Old Package Designs - Graphic Design Forum and Web Design Forum said on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:42 am
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Lance Bubo said on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:27 am
Sweet Jeebus, these are wonderful! Who would’ve thought the Internet could be more than a fabulous porn pipeline?!
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Chris Lee said on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
“It’s Fucking Checkers” made me laugh/snort out loud at my desk at work.
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Eric S. Smith said on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:07 pm
I’ll be the millionth person to do so, but I have to say it: some of that box art is absolutely stunning, and seriously outclasses what you see on the shelves today.
Funniest of all is the “Spaceship Engineering” art’s incongruity with its original title: BASIC.
And is it just me, or does the checkers king not look more than a little like Paul Darrow?
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Joy Millam said on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:19 pm
That is a HUGE find– I am so jealous. We have just started having game nights in our school library and that is a true treasure. We always have a “classic” system set up, but yours is a huge winner. The kids think it is so cool to play the “old-school” games. I love the checkers! Wow.
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Zenrage said on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Yars’ Revenge was definitely my favorite game. If someone were to remake that one for one of the newer game systems, then I might actually be tempted to buy one.
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Fake Atari boxarts « Master Sword or Buster Sword? said on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
\[…\] Länken. \[…\]
Scott said on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Man those are GREAT! You can’t even tell they were edited!
Any chance of offering high-res pics of these? I’d love to print out a few and put them on my cube at work. 🙂
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Onion said on April 22nd, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Superman has a Superman-shaped penis.
Weird. o\_O
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gog said on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:45 am
Absolutely Brilliant how did you cobble the artwork together??
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Jeremy said on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:08 am
Wow, so many memories came flooding back. I too played many of those games as a wee lad, and loved every second of it. I recognize the “education game” as Math Gran Prix. A racing game that let you advance by answering simple math questions (2+2, 2×3, 6/3). That game helped me learn my numbers it did! And “Oh I say” taught me to speak with a cockney English accent, what what. Keep them coming!
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Atari 2600 Games You Never Owned But Should Have « DIE ACTOR DIE said on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:50 am
\[…\] April 23, 2008 in comedy, cool, funny, humor, lifeTags: 2600, atari, checkers, games, video God, I love this shit! \[…\]
Muffy Tepperman said on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:16 am
Funniest thing I’ve seen in forever.
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culturedgamer.net » Blog Archive » Your 2600 gaming memories get a makeover said on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
\[…\] This set of photoshopped Atari 2600 game box art is genius, and one of those rare times when gaming humor is actually funny. (RIP Old Man Murray). \[…\]
Brian said on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:55 am
I have a Raiders of the Lost Ark that I have no idea how to play. I can get past the start menu (sometimes) then I usually end of promptly falling off a cliff (for no apparent reason) or some undulating pixel blob somehow kills me. I love my Atari for that reason, as a twenty something I still don’t even know how some of the games work….
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Rich said on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Since I’m studying English history, I really enjoyed Magna Carta. I never knew Atari had a game that involved Levellers and Diggers (what about Cromwell?). Fuck, all I had was Night Driver and Real Sports Baseball.
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punxking said on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Completely brilliant. Well done.
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richbachelor said on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
‘Wild and Groovy Space Combat’- yes.
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Posterocity, Por Favor said on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I, too, would be tremendously interested in buying a poster or two with these on them.
Please create, ???, profit!
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scocky said on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
where’s “Championship Soccer Darts”? “Slam Dunk Battle Tank”?!? even “Kid Lazer and the Robot-Ghosts on Planet Frightening!” is missing
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Mageezy said on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Can anyone identify all of the actual game names? I see (in no order) Defender, Othello, Breakout, Circus (?)…
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Okładkowe szalenśtwa Atari | Polygamia said on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
\[…\] okładek z Mighty God King jest prosta. Autor nabył drogą kupna Atari 2600 i stos gier, których okładki zeskanował i \[…\]
AndyPants said on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
These are awesome. I did a similar thing a while back to the Pitfall cover
<http://p9g.tumblr.com/post/25114833>
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greywulf said on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I love these!
Very, very cooly done 🙂
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If Atari 2600 Boxes Were Truthful | Popehat said on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:22 pm
\[…\] MightyGodKing via Kotaku, some fun photoshopped Atari 2600 titles to fill your nostalgic snark requirement. I \[…\]
[I’ve Wasted My Life (And Other Unreleased Atari 2600 Gems) \[Humor\] | Non-Stop Gaming News](http://xboxps3wii.com/2008/ive-wasted-my-life-and-other-unreleased-atari-2600-gems-humor/) said on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:33 pm
\[…\] Fun From Yesterday! \[MightyGodKing via Boing Boing Gadgets\] \[…\]
Jordan said on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:50 pm
CLASSIC. The names are amazing.
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dom said on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Die. Don’t Die. That’s about it…. Genious!
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XAM » Blog Archive » Okładkowe szaleństwa Atari said on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:02 pm
\[…\] okładek z Mighty God King jest prosta. Autor nabył drogą kupna Atari 2600 i stos gier, których okładki zeskanował i \[…\]
You rule said on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm
damn straight! genius!
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Truth In Advertising said on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
\[…\] Fun From Yesterday! \[…\]
ybone said on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:58 pm
most of this games are old school games but you can steal playing all this games on you computer try to looking for atari emulator to let you play on you computer and the games you wan to play look for atari roms now you can play all this old school games on you computer. I see many guys talk about this games but none of this guys give a result opinion how to play all this games again.
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Sinch.net » Blog Archive » Meanwhile… in Linktown (Apr 21 to Apr 24) said on April 24th, 2008 at 3:01 am
\[…\] Rejected Atari 2600 Games “Every Sport Ever (in Pong form)”, “Gay French Mario Bros.”, “I’ve Wasted My Life” and more… \[…\]
Vintage Atari Games » Junkyard Clubhouse said on April 24th, 2008 at 5:25 am
\[…\] how these vintage Atari games bring back memories. Fuzzy memories. Kinda. Well, \[…\]
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LOTD » Blog Archive » Horace tâtait avec inquiétude le pouls de Sabine. said on April 24th, 2008 at 6:58 am
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dispatches from TJICistan » Blog Archive » Oh, man, Twizzlers! said on April 24th, 2008 at 8:57 am
\[…\] Old Atari 2600 box art + photoshop = fun! \[…\]
BoneRack said on April 24th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Warlords RULES!
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LolaGeek » Blog Archive » Linky Thursday - 4/24 said on April 24th, 2008 at 10:33 am
\[…\] Fun From Yesterday!: Check out these “forgotten” Atari games. I totally cracked up over most of these. Some examples: “Every Sport Ever – In Pong Form,” “Find the Koala – find him again and again!” “Gay French Mario Bros.” …and more! \[…\]
Adrian said on April 24th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Those two smug people on the box of “It’s Fucking Checkers” are fantastic! Such smugness is hardly ever seen on video game boxes these days.
On a slightly sadder note, we had a 2600 but none of our games had boxes. We were too cheap to buy anything new. That didn’t stop us enjoying such classics as 96 Fighter-Jet Games that are all Exactly The Same.
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  Atari 2600 Box Covers » GBGames - Thoughts on Indie Game Development said on April 24th, 2008 at 11:25 am
\[…\] friend pointed me to Fun from Yesterday, a blog post that pokes fun at the Atari 2600 and its game box \[…\]
Luke ‘n’ Bill » Blog Archive » Backgammon for friendless people - For Atari 2600 said on April 24th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
\[…\] you’ve got 5 minutes to burn or even if you don’t, you need to check out this link to http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/04/21/fun-from-yesterday/. Some guy took a bunch of Atari 2600 games and did a little photoshopping on them for a good \[…\]
twisted said on April 24th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
wasn’t checkers a dog?
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Victor said on April 24th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Someone was asking what the games were. From my own memory, these are the ones I know (yes, I could be wrong. Please be gentle):
“Magna Carta” – Warlords “Aliens vs. Ghosts” – Defender “Every Sport Ever…” – Video Olympics “Obligatory Educational Game” – Math Grand Prix “Oh! I Say!” – Dodge ’em “Pixel Bondage” – Surround “Rainbow Tennis” – Breakout “Motorbike Kids vs. The Hot-Rod Menace” – Street Racer “Find The Koala” – Hunt and Score “Dude – We should have done that acid…” – Haunted House “It’s Fucking Checkers” – uh…Checkers? (Okay, “Video Checkers”) “Winchester ’73” – Outlaw “Tim Curry’s Magic Board” – Othello “Starship Engineering Future Challenge!” – BASIC Programming “The Dots of War” – Codebreaker “Backgammon for Friendless People” – Backgammon “Flannals Attack” – Brain Games “Parachute Pete” – Sky Diver “Superman: The Game” – Superman “Salvidor Dali’s Pinball Thrills” – Video Pinball “Gay French Mario Bros.” – Circus Atari “Wild and Groovy Moon Combat” – Space War “I’ve Wasted My Life” – Video Chess “Buzz Aldrin Space Rainbow Tennis” – Super Breakout “Pixels At War” – Air-Sea Battle “Terrorists in the Year 3000” – Slot Racers “Atari Video Computer System (Conversation)” – Yar’s Revenge “Old-Timey Cop with a Stick” – Maze Craze (no relation to that jalapenio) “Atari Video Computer System (Literal Translation)” – Demons to Diamonds “Wrong Button!” – Missle Command (“Don’t ever push the red button.” – Duck Dodgers)
After cheating, the Vegas Showgirl is Casino (wasn’t sure if it was a variant cover for Blackjack), and the “Apollo 19” mission is Space Ship, which I’d never heard of up until now. (Not so sure that isn’t the Sears title.) <http://www.xocolatl.com/carts/at2600.lst>
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Stephen R said on April 24th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
“I have a Raiders of the Lost Ark that I have no idea how to play.”
Hint: Use both controllers. One joystick moves you, and the other controls advanced things, such as inventory. It was a pretty good game, actually.
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giantmecha » Blog Archive » atari games said on April 24th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
\[…\] that never existed \[…\]
brycemania.com » Blog Archive » Atari2600 cover fun time! said on April 24th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
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Remember that time I blew up the world? « Mega Machine said on April 24th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
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Classic Atari Games « Delsoul.com said on April 24th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
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Lovesmightygodking said on April 25th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Wow… just wow…. put these on t-shirts and you could make a fortune!!! Hell, I’ll buy one!!!!
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The Art of the Prank » Blog Archive » Atari Games Revisited said on April 25th, 2008 at 1:08 am
\[…\] by Marcy “Still owns an Atari 2600″ LaViollette as found at MightyGodKing.com: Man, those games of yesteryear never looked so \[…\]
links for 2008-04-25 | feldon.net said on April 25th, 2008 at 2:30 am
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rascunho » Blog Archive » links for 2008-04-25 said on April 25th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
\[…\] Mightygodking.com » Blog Archive » Fun From Yesterday! So I hit up a garage sale over the weekend and bought a genuine, working-condition Atari 2600, with a huge stack of games nearly mint in their boxes, for a song. I thought I’d scan the box covers and give you all a look back into the fun of yesteryear. (tags: mightygodking.com 2008 mes3 dia24 at\_home games Atari 2600 blog\_post image) \[…\]
Photoshopped Atari 2600 Games | Rick Tech said on April 25th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
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bill said on April 25th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
I am looking at these for the second time today, and I again literally have tears of laughter. The first time, at work, I had to stop because I was disturbing my coworkers. I simply cannot thank you enough. Bless you.
Aliens vs. Ghosts and Rainbow Tennis were perhaps my favorites. Find the Koala and It’s Fucking Checkers a close second. And Tim Curry’s Magic Board. God, I can’t even choose. Genius.
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Link Roundup: From Inspiration to Hilarity — Firebones said on April 26th, 2008 at 1:08 am
\[…\] up, the hilarious: via crummy.com, a link to literal translations of Atari 2600 game cover art. Brilliant. My personal favorite would have to be “Backgammon for Friendless People”, \[…\]
myk said on April 26th, 2008 at 10:48 am
absolutely hilarious
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Mike B. said on April 26th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
I’m mildly amused by these faux Atari 2600 game titles, but absolutely aghast at the number of you who not only found this site but chose to spend time formulating comments about it. No wait. Were those real titles? Let’s contemplate this question on the tree of woe!
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\_ed said on April 27th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
lol, oh man, I feel dumb. It took “Fucking Checkers” to realize they were faked. Great photoshopping there.
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dr. mahctagon said on April 28th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
That has to be the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long while….
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unhappymeal.net » Blog Archive » links for 2008-04-29 said on April 28th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
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Damjan Mozetič said on April 29th, 2008 at 2:42 am
You gotta love the cover art, nothing like the game at all ^^
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Tyk said on April 29th, 2008 at 10:41 am
I thought that Apollo 19 was actually Space War. Very funny stuff though!
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\[…\] caval-arcade of Atari games from a world I’d like to live \[…\]
CCCSTL said on May 1st, 2008 at 9:21 am
Awsome!!!! I’m still giggling……Excellent job!
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Luschek.com - Personal Junkyard. said on May 1st, 2008 at 9:34 pm
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kaboom said on May 5th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
<http://www.digitpress.com/archives/interview%5Fwarshaw.htm>
DP: What’s the story behind the name?
Warshaw: The working title was originally Time Freeze. I wanted an action game with a lot of colors and sounds – something I would enjoy playing. The concept was, at some point, time would “freeze” and there would be a countdown to a gigantic explosion. One of the things I wanted to do was have the first full-screen explosion.
There’s an interesting story of how Yars became Yars. Marketing had sent down some names for it – all of which were really terrible. So I asked if I could submit a name, and came up with Yars’ Revenge. I even included a whole storyline to support it, which was later used for the comic book.
Now, Yar is Ray spelled backwards, and the game’s story takes place in the Razak solar system, which (backwards) is similar to Kassar, and that stood for Ray Kassar, Atari’s CEO. Once the name was under consideration, I “leaked” this secret to a friend of mine in Marketing and Product Management, adding that Ray found out about the name and liked it! I knew that no one in marketing would ask Ray about it, and if they knew he liked it then they would use it, which is exactly what happened!
But there was one person who actually tried to kill of Yars. He hated the game, and kept insisting there was something wrong with it. He eventually sent it to be play-tested. This is where groups of people would play it, along with another game, and then judge them on a score from 1 to 5 (5 being the best). Well, the game it was pitted against was Missile Command, which was THE game at the time. It was a very good translation, and on top of that had name-recognition. I thought for sure that was it. I was able to see the scores as they came in, and the first couple were around 3.5 – not good! As it turned out, Yars ended up testing with an average of 4.5, rating it as one of the highest play-tests Atari ever did.
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jeffrey long @ banterability.com » Blog Archive » Link parade for May 6, 2008 said on May 6th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
\[…\] Fun From Yesterday!. 19 kinds of checkers! \[…\]
6t said on May 7th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
gay.
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Doc Bob said on May 14th, 2008 at 5:54 am
Awsome – incredible stuff! I like the “I’ve wasted my life”…
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[Remembering A Simpler Time, When Electronic Checkers Were Just Fucking Checkers \[Culture\] | weeklyexaminer.com](http://weeklyexaminer.com/?p=7109) said on May 26th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
\[…\] fucking thing we’ve seen in as long as we can remember, we offer you just a taste of the mightygodking.com blog’s treasure trove of Atari 2600 cartridges, “discovered at a garage over the weekend.” Who \[…\]
[Remembering A Simpler Time, When Electronic Checkers Were Just Fucking Checkers \[Culture\]](http://film.xcentrix.com/remembering-a-simpler-time-when-electronic-checkers-were-just-fucking-checkers-culture/) said on May 27th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
\[…\] fucking thing we’ve seen in as long as we can remember, we offer you just a taste of the mightygodking.com blog’s treasure trove of Atari 2600 cartridges, “discovered at a garage over the weekend.” Who \[…\]
Immensitude of artwork | GameOnYou UK said on June 2nd, 2008 at 7:32 am
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MUA2 On The Way? | The Sock Drawer said on June 17th, 2008 at 10:43 am
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Lovely Junkie » Blog Archive » ATARI 2600 GAME COVER ART said on July 30th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
\[…\] actually plugged it in and saw the game in all of its 8-bit glory. I stumbled upon a post over at Mightygodking a while back and thought I would take the opportunity to share it with you. Basically it’s a \[…\]
GamesAjare » PORTADAS ANTIGUAS ATARI 2600 said on August 6th, 2008 at 10:32 am
\[…\] sistema añejo. Viendo que alguna de las portadas son realmente impactantes decidió escanearlas y publicarlas en su blog. Algunas son fantásticas, otras hilarantes, alguna es WTF y después está la portada de Gay \[…\]
alceste’s blog » Blog Archive » About fun with an Atari 2600 said on August 19th, 2008 at 7:06 am
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Atari Fever … Catch It! | gagglefrak - science fiction blog said on August 25th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
\[…\] #1: A couple months ago, I ran across a very funny blog entry at MightyGodKing.com, wherein he’s photoshopped alternative titles onto some classic \[…\]
Mightygodking.com » Blog Archive » Fun From Yesterday! no desviarte said on September 1st, 2008 at 3:27 pm
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atari modern classics » matt northam | blog it on the boogie said on September 18th, 2008 at 5:29 am
\[…\] just check out this flickr set that I’ve been looking for an excuse to link to for years or this post full of atari game covers which has should help you to put those ‘modern’ ones at the top into \[…\]
Jay said on September 18th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Do you have the original scans of these? I’d love to see them pre-Photoshop.
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La Hora Nerda » Blog Archive » Cartuchos de Atari Old School said on September 18th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
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» Blog Archive » links for 2008-09-22 said on September 22nd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
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Timothy said on September 27th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
It’s cool how probably the best video game system (ATARI 2600) of all time could to this day, have a very huge cult following. It’s amazing that a controller (JOYSTICK) only had “1” button (FIRE) to play the game unlike controllers of today that you have to press 3, 4, or 5 buttons just to make something work. And the Atari 2600 games were so simple that it was a pure pleasure to play.
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Timothy said on September 27th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
LONG LIVE “OLD SCHOOL” GAMES AND THEIR SYSTEMS.
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saasta.fi » F\\\*in’ Checkers & Other Atari Classics said on September 29th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
\[…\] Other classic Atari box covers here \[…\]
Mightygodking.com » Post Topic » EM GEE KAY TOO POINT OH said on October 31st, 2008 at 4:23 pm
\[…\] I had had traffic floods before, of course, most notably when Fark found the Atari boxes post. That time, Hostpapa (my former server) locked me down for a few hours, then we had a nice talk and \[…\]
Rat Tangent » Archive » Console Wars said on November 12th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
\[…\] Atari 2600!’ Well, there are a lot of titles you’ve probably forgotten. Here are some more (bad language \[…\]
jbome: ... said on November 21st, 2008 at 3:06 am
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Yipyop said on December 4th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
\[…\] always did think that Atari box art was pretty incongruous with the actual games. Posted in Uncategorized at April 22nd, 2008. \[…\]
Juvenile Nonfiction » Blog Archive » here’s your earth day link said on December 22nd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
\[…\] link! remember these atari 2600 titles? me \[…\]
Marco Fun said on December 30th, 2008 at 4:26 am
Great covers. Looks very old.
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Allyson said on January 27th, 2009 at 11:44 am
You know, I think I like these better than the \real\ manuals I have up on my kitchen wall as artwork…you know, to go with my Ms. Pac-Man machine.
That “It’s Fucking Checkers” one slays me.
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Signalnoise.com | The art of James White » Inspiration: More Atari art said on February 1st, 2009 at 12:43 pm
\[…\] thanks to Marvin who brought this post over at Mighty God King to my attention. I made a post last year about the beauty of oldschool \[…\]
kookimebux said on February 1st, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Hello. And Bye. 🙂
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Melody said on February 4th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Hilarious. I think I’m technically too young to have enjoyed such games, but I had an older cousin who graciously donated his Atari to my sister and I once he had a newer system.
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brivs said on February 5th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
im almost possitive this is a joke i owned a 2600 and dont ever remember seeing covers any where near as odd as those ones
as a matter of fact i still have the 2600 plus a few games, doesnt work though
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Fun From Yesterday! » Verde en el Pampón said on February 6th, 2009 at 8:06 am
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Luca from Italy said on February 11th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
OMG… it’s 1979 all over again. All this weird box art has me laughing out LOUD!
Who need a 360 when you have a 2600 anyway?
Go play “Tax Avoiders”! (yep, that was a 2600 game…)
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Satanosphere » Blog Archive » You may not remember these classic Atari 2600 games said on February 20th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
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The Sick Blog » Blog Archive » Gráficas en las carátulas de los videojuegos said on March 1st, 2009 at 12:05 am
\[…\] mismo, les dejo otro link… que nos transporta a los años del atari.. El post se llama Fun for Yesterday y espero lo \[…\]
Lynda said on March 9th, 2009 at 2:39 am
I remember so many of these, I can’t breathe I’m laughing so hard. Fabulous!
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Hilarity ensues « Squid Ink said on March 9th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
\[…\] 80s, you aren’t going to care about this, but if you did, please continue. From the mightygodking blog, via monkeys for \[…\]
AtariBackgammonRocks said on March 23rd, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Oh, I was there all right, but even still I was fooled because many of these games were released by Sears under different names so even though I knew that “Magna Carta” was really “Warlords” I thought, “Well, maybe.” I think “Obligatory Educational Game” finally clinched it, and everyone around me at work had to see why I was dying with laughter. Everyone knows that one of my favorite Atari cartridge was Backgammon so that, naturally, got a howling reception.
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kettch said on April 25th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
I wonder if anyone ever noticed that the Outlaw cartridge cover was a ripoff of Clint Eastwood’s “The Outlaw Josey Wales” poster.
See here:
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foo said on May 22nd, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I think I had the superman game. You could walk to a phone booth and transform from Clark Kent to Superman, then fly around to various screens with different color backgrounds. There was literally nothing else in the game- change into superman, fly around in an empty world, call it a day.
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jay said on July 10th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Absolutely BRILLIANT !!! A MASTERPIECE !!!
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jrbechthold said on December 22nd, 2009 at 1:29 am
Yars Revenge was my favorite!
I love the Othello – Tim Curry spoof – actually they are all great. So – even more important, when can we come over and play?
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Mightygodking.com » Blog Archive » Fun From Yesterday! « wtf said on January 3rd, 2010 at 6:07 am
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Crimes of Passion Fruit | Thighs Wide Shut said on February 7th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
\[…\] more Atari 2600 box munchin \[levittown\] Share and Enjoy: \[…\]
Icculus said on May 5th, 2010 at 10:48 am
I would love to get a copy of the “Atart Packaging” Font. Does that exist out there anywhere?
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Taco Face said on May 22nd, 2010 at 11:04 pm
I loved them all…..I thought a few were very funny. LOL.
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Level Select » Blog Archive » Atari Games That Time Forgot said on June 9th, 2011 at 6:32 am
\[…\] at Mightygodking you will find quite a few Atari box art scans for genuine games with a slight twist, the titles and \[…\]
James said on July 18th, 2011 at 5:23 am
Apologies if the tags don’t quite work I’ve never commented here before, and there doesn’t seem to be a way to preview my comment so…
Zenrage said on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Yars’ Revenge was definitely my favorite game. If someone were to remake that one for one of the newer game systems, then I might actually be tempted to buy one.
Wait no longer (okay maybe a little longer…) for there’s a on-rails remake on the way!
Yar’s Revenge remake on Rock Paper Shotgun
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Repost: fun from yesterday | Jen's Webstek said on July 26th, 2011 at 9:44 am
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Atari Classics Evolved | Complete Playstation Store Games said on October 17th, 2011 at 8:55 pm
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Alternative Atari Games | Retronaut said on January 2nd, 2012 at 4:01 am
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Reality is a Game » Blog Archive » Retitled Classic Atari Game Covers said on January 2nd, 2012 at 10:59 am
\[…\] is a pretty fun collection ofAtari game covers titled correctly. Share this:EmailFacebookRedditShareStumbleUponHacker \[…\]
World’s Strangest | Classic Atari Games Retitled for Accuracy said on January 2nd, 2012 at 2:17 pm
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chris said on January 2nd, 2012 at 9:16 pm
This is absolutely the funniest thing I have seen in ages. Crazy, freaking funny. I am in awe of your comedy chops. -latin mode-giggling, “Find the Koala”-howling “Tim Curry’s Magic Board”-crying, Who’s Yar’s possesive bad guy or aliens-gasping for air laughing so hard, “Surprisingly literal translation of box cover art”-dying.
Does anybody know if this gu is a paid comedy writer? Should be, I would pay for laughs like these.
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Comic Book Candy said on January 2nd, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Jesus Christ. ROFL.
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Classic Atari Games Updated with Realistic Titles | CisforComputers said on January 3rd, 2012 at 12:06 am
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Forcing Old Atari Game Boxes to Tell the Truth - GRAFIC DESIGN – GRAFIC DESIGN said on January 3rd, 2012 at 12:55 am
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Forcing Old Atari Game Boxes To Tell The Truth | Kotaku Australia said on January 3rd, 2012 at 1:28 am
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pooper said on January 3rd, 2012 at 5:01 am
Fucking hilarious!
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Orionsaint said on January 3rd, 2012 at 9:46 am
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Nick’s Friday Round-Up: Surprise Nick-Rage at the End Edition « Save Point said on January 6th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
\[…\] What if old ATARI games were given realistic titles based on their box-art? Oh the magic of Photoshop Internet. \[mightygodking\] \[…\]
Shirtory said on January 31st, 2012 at 2:23 am
Gay French Mario Bro’s is epic :).
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f205v said on February 1st, 2012 at 4:30 am
You did a great job, I was nearly rolling on the floor, really!
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Remixed game Covers: The Big Lebowski | bavatuesdays said on February 17th, 2012 at 6:26 pm
\[…\] added another new design assignment for ds106 called Remixed Game Covers inspired by this awesome remixing of a series of Atari game covers that Mikhail Gershovich turned me on to a few months back. The assignment is pretty \[…\]
…OF THE DAY said on July 6th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
\[…\] NOSTALGIA FIX: Who could ever forget these Atari 2600 games? Magna Carta, Gay French Mario Bros, It’s F\*cking Checkers… so many memories… (Mighty God King) \[…\]
Questionable Atari covers said on November 11th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
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Play (virtual) Ball! | Medleyana said on October 24th, 2013 at 12:06 am
\[…\] available for the Atari 2600, from the very primitive (the inspiration for the parody box cover Every Sport Ever in Pong Form) to games that squeezed every last drop of power out of the console. An example of the latter \[…\]
Android Giochi Xl | If Atari game-boxes had told the truth said on March 5th, 2014 at 7:17 am
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Hector said on November 13th, 2015 at 2:46 pm
LOL… you had me fooled! I was jealous that you found all of those at a garage sale, until I looked at the titles more closely. You should have done Adventure.
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