May 17th, 2010
Zoom I’m wearing a t-shirt with the above logo on it today. Do any of you know what an Atari was? What was it?

I’m wearing a t-shirt with the above logo on it today.

Do any of you know what an Atari was? What was it?

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  1. jyoungblood answered: that was the planet alf came from, right?
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  3. itisnotsafe said: Video games for TV!
  4. itisnotsafe answered: Yes.
  5. brain answered: hte best video game systems evar! 2600 and 7800 were my faves
  6. accordingtojordan answered: only the worlds best machine on which a person would play pong, the original.
  7. virgil-caine answered: AWESOME
  8. capricornio answered: huthaaa que loko
  9. tilmans answered: First employer of Steve and always second to Commodore :)
  10. mariaisabelmota answered: The first really pricy gift I received and ended in my Dads hands
  11. astudyinvictoria answered: a gaming system
  12. stephaniefuckingchavez answered: a video game console back in the day. right?
  13. cjmellon answered: The Godfather of all gaming. It all started with Pong. I have one (along with 3 NESs) I love old gaming.
  14. jmhtalley answered: It was filled with awesome! Combat, Warlord, various Star Wars games, the craptastic ET game…so many memories of twitching before the TV.
  15. brandidwanttomarryatree answered: course I know. my older siblings had one on the late 80’s. I vaguely remember it but I don’t think I ever played.
  16. onefootinthegrave answered: Custer’s Revenge was my favorite
  17. chubbiebunny answered: wasn’t it a game system??
  18. olycam answered: Got one when it first came out.
  19. shawnpcarpenter answered: I have one in a box at my mom’s place somewhere. NExt time I visit I’ll be sure to look for it!
  20. sleepyhwrkevvvin answered: It’s either the game platform or the company, I forget. All I can say is Atari 2600
  21. lady-amalthea answered: I played atari since I am old lol my fave game was the pinball and bowling games aside from space invaders and the tank game
  22. demidieux answered: videogame :)
  23. cocaineholiday answered: srsly?
  24. regisphilben answered: we used to have a coleco vision when i was little
  25. leeg answered: It was my youth.
  26. pineapplexpress answered: a video game..?
  27. 6h057 answered: Anyone who’s never heard of Atari has nothing to contribute to society.
  28. k8elynn answered: yess! i had the amazing video game system. i liked the ping pong game!!
  29. sydvish answered: I LOVE Atari! We used to play keystone capers and pitfall mostly. So awesome.
  30. yopablo answered: a pancake maker electron collider thing. a video game system dummy
  31. lifethesedays answered: HAha. Kids these days….
  32. areyouthatguy answered: A Teenage Riot
  33. mauriciolazo answered: it was the reason to forget about homework
  34. brugesnyc answered: really?
  35. mikokura answered: yes. something about spaceships.
  36. wallofdis answered: Jesus, I am obvs too old for Tumblr if this kind of question is being asked.
  37. esquareda answered: ASTEROIDS!!!!!
  38. openareas answered: It was a portal to Tomorrowland.
  39. toastr answered: the greatest thing to happen in the history of geek culture. Astroids FTW!!
  40. emmanuelnegro answered: Hey, don’t ask me, I was a Commodore fanboy back then.
  41. alilmacktruck answered: Only the best gaming system ever!
  42. wilfy answered: Some kind of canned good.
  43. blaketh answered: a car!?!?!
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