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  • Birthday November 20

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    How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
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    Rochester, MI
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    Formula 1 Racing, Paris-Dakar Rally, America's Cup, Red Bull Soap Box Derby, Travel, Technology, Reading, Real Estate, the Beach, Trading Bitcoin, plus Atari and Turbo Duo of course!
  • First Console
    Atari 7800
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    Mario Bros. Prototype
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    Lost Ark Video Games - Greensboro, NC
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    Out Run
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    Mastermind
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    Back To The Future
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    Halt and Catch Fire
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    Cyberfrog
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    Everything I could ever find with a Fuji on it
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    Faded Out Podcast (Season 1 only) - The Disappearance of Johnny Gosch
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  1. 👼🕹️ Has anybody here ever introduced a modern toddler to Atari 2600?

    1. Justin

      Justin

      I'm thinking about the Sesame Street Kids Controller games for a 2 year old, but even Ms. Pac-Man or Asteroids could be fun. I'd like to hear a success story!

    2. RickR

      RickR

      Well, my kids were, but I don't think this counts as they are adults now.  90's kids. 

      They liked playing Atari with Dad.  And they had fun.  But to be completely honest, they got a lot more mileage out of the educational computer games of the time and then kids games on Gameboy.  More polish and better graphics made them a lot more interested.  I had a Dreamcast at the time, but they only liked the racing games (like Hydro Thunder).  Gamecube for them was their golden console.  Everything took off from there. 

    3. socrates63

      socrates63

      I wasn't playing 2600 games when my kids were little. They actually grew up watching me play Halo on the PC. I got both my sons Nintendo DS as their first console when all their friends had one.

      By the time I got back into Atari games, my kids were teens and very turned off by the blocky graphics and limited sound. Anything they deemed old was not cool in their eyes. They even asked me why I watch old movies when they saw me watching Indiana Jones or Star Wars.

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