Brian's Blog

I spent the majority of my youth in arcades in the mall. And I could probably buy a car with all the money I spent there. I have fond memories of the 80's and the technology of the time. Between the arcades, my Atari 2600, and my Commodore 64 I'm surprised I had time for anything else. Anyway, with this in mind I bought my wife a retro Atari 2600 game controller that comes with things like Adventure, Circus Atari, Yars Revenge, Break out, and Missile Command. I thought maybe I'd be bored with these old games but both of us have been playing and enjoying most of these. Well, except for Gravitar which is just hard to play. Circus Atari was Cindy's favorite, but the joystick isn't the best way to control it, but there is a paddle retro game controller out there that my buddy Bob brought over for us to try. Much better controls for Pong and Circus Atari, plus the paddle has other retro classics like Night Driver, Warlords, and Breakout. He's lucky she let him take it home.

Then there is also the Namco one that I acquired over the holidays. This one is full of some run games from the early 80's that look 100% the same. I've read that there are some subtle differences, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper than buying an actually arcade game and much smaller. Games I've been killing time on are Pacman, Dig Dug, Rally-X, and my favorite one on the controller, Bosconian.

Some other game's I may buy are the Activision 10 in 1 and maybe the Commodore 64 30 in 1 .

I have to be careful though or I may never sleep again because I'll be up all night reliving my childhood.