DeLorean

I hope Santa brings mine! 

Dude.....Louisiana...man, all I can say is New Orleans is the most dangerous place to visit if you're trying to watch your weight; oh, man, the po' boys...and the gumbo....
 
Heh...I loved Food Fight before I ever even played it. September 1983 article in JoyStik got me into it. Never played it until the '90s on Jimmy G's/Inky's Atari 7800...

Welcome dauber!
 
I actually played Food Fight for the first time at the 2014 Houston ArcadeExpo, as they had a full size arcade machine there (see attached pic) And I was hooked too! I had never seen or heard of that game during the 80's.
 
Got my Vectrex on Christmas 1983 and my Atari 2600jr on Christmas 1986. My best friend lived across the street had a VCS and a INTV, so we had gaming covered.
 
My handle comes from my first AOL account and love for Arena Football.
 
Atari 2600 homebrews..... you opened a can of worms with that! I've been working on "The most comprehensive Atari VCS/2600 homebrew list ever compiled" since 2013. Its pretty much a spreadsheet that lists title, programmer, publisher, year, price, genre, links to purchase/download, etc. and includes everything from completed games, WIP's, demos, hacks, ports, conversions, etc. The list will never be finished as I'm updating it on a daily basis and still reviewing and adding games made from 1999-2004.
 
Love deep dish pizza from there! But we still have the best food on the planet down here in Louisiana!!
 
Again welcome to Atari.IO!
 
 

Who?
 
Well, anyways WELCOME!
 
You should also introduce yourself by busting out the Edladdin Seaguall 78 & Sega Sports Pad and showing them your mad 7800 Centipede skills in this months high score squad challenge!
http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/2708-squad-challenge-centipede-atari-7800/?do=findComment&comment=27036

Welcome to Atari I/O dauber    great to have you here!

Stole my greeting. HAHAHA
 
Welcome. I am a huge fan of your hot dogs. I bought into a small Chicago Sandwich shop years ago. 
 
Welcome bud.

M-O-O-N, that spells Welcome! 

Welcome to the forums
 
I love the Beatles too. Have a few albums on vinyl. Welcome!

Nice to meet you! I am also a music guy, I love the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and Food Fight. I play those instruments you mentioned, albeit horribly.
 
NJ pizza > Chicago pizza (though I do enjoy it, I used to walk all the way across the large mall in which I worked to go to the Chicago style pizza place). Jury's still out on hot dogs.
 
Welcome to the forums, co-host of the Pie Factory Podcast that you didn't mention. 

A BIG World Series welcome to the forums dauber! It's hard to top the way MaximumRD and Rowsdower70 just summarized the forums. This is a special community with a lot happening and a lot of warm, welcoming retro lovers. Music, movies, and everything else from retro life plays a big part in our culture here along with classic gaming. We love sharing podcasts and YouTube videos. Chatting and trading are big here. Most of all we like having a great time. I think you've come to the right place!

Well let me offer my official welcome to the forums.    I am a big fan of the Beatles, and I think Pet Sounds is in the top 10 albums of all time.

I'm the token Intellivision guy in the Atari sea, but they're nice to me anyway

Post, chat, trade, and have fun!

Welcome aboard dauber. We are small but growing and most important awesome retro community here. Have a look through our various threads and get to know us I am sure you will soon feel right at home. 

Wow, I realized that I've been a member for a few months now (but not very active) but haven't formally introduced myself.

You might recognize my handle from AtariAge. I looooooooooove my 7800 (I'm lucky enough to have one that plays *everything* that it theoretically should, including all the Activision carts and even the Supercharger) and in fact will soon be sharing something that hopefully you 7800 fans will enjoy. Started out with an Atari 2600 4-switcher on Christmas 1982 and have never given it up. I'm not into modern games; they bore me.

I'm a music guy. Amateur musician (guitar, bass, harmonica, bit of piano) and obsessed with the music of The Beatles and Brian Wilson.

Other stuff about me?? Uhh....

Age: 42
Locale: Chicago (and I mean *Chicago*, not a suburb!)
Occupation: web site developer (in fact, if you live in the US, there's a good chance you've actually run some of my code!)
Pets: a beagle
Marital status: very happily married for 17 years
Children: No, thank you.
Religion: Christian but I don't go to church as often as I "should" and I generally keep my religion to myself and don't get preachy -- what works for me works for me, what works for you works for you;
Politics: liberal but I don't associate with any political parties as I feel they're all equally crooked, just in different ways (I always do vote though)
Favorite Atari 2600 game (offically sanctioned): wow, too hard to choose...Jr. Pac-Man is up there (I've been a major Pac-Man fan since 1981), and I've been getting into Megamania and Communist Mutants From Space! lately...
Favorite Atari 2600 homebrew: tie between Ladybug and lately have been getting into Space Rocks
Favorite Atari 7800 game (officially sanctioned): Food Fight by a landslide!
Favorite Atari 7800 homebrew: wow...too hard to pick just one...I love Bob DeCrescenzo's Frenzy/Berzerk twofer and have kinda been getting hooked on K.C. Munchkin! lately
Atari 2600 Coleco conspiracy beliefs: shut up, there's no conspiracy there!
Favorite arcade game: again, too much to name, but I've really been getting into Pigskin lately (and have a TG world record on the "turbo" version of Jr. Pac-Man!)

Oh, and to answer the question that will probably be asked of everybody:

- My handle comes from the character played by Bill Faggerbakke on the TV show Coach, because when I was in college, people told me I looked just like "that guy from Coach" -- and I worked for the college's football team, which just further encouraged the association.   And I use Charley Chuck as my avatar because I kinda look like an obese version of him.
I...think that's about it for now...anyway, I've gotten some really great welcomes already, so thanks, everybody!

Damn Creep, you tryin' to make us all look bad?

Great stuff!

Wonderful job, SS and AC.  I love it. 

Very generous Creep!
Is this the first system given as a SS gift?

HAHA Never Row!!!! I am starting over in building my collection after having to sell just about EVERYTHING in order to move back to Boston. I have been very very blessed this past year with a number of gifted items (mainly Sega consoles) and coming across AMAZING deals such as that SNES. I just felt the need to pay/pass it forward. That's all!!!! My video on this exchange will explain it all. Just have to wait for my gift to finish the video.   

Welcome aboard Dan!! How'd you find the site? I hope you enjoy the forums and continue to come back

Hi, I have some M-Network games for trade, and all are black label:
 
Armor ambush
Astroblast
Burgertime
Frogs and flies
Lock n chase
Space attack
Super Challenge Baseball
Tron deadly discs
 
Looking for some uncommon 2600 games such as radar lock, sentinel, bank heist, beany bopper, time pilot, buck rogers, thunderground, King Kong, and China syndrome. Nintendo games from any generation are always good too. Thanks!

AtariCreep can unleash the video now!

First off, I thought my Secret Santa was the best last year. And he was, it was a fantastic haul that was thoughtful and greatly appreciated. But AtariCreep has raised the bar.
 
Quick aside. I have been super busy at work and in order to force myself to stay focused, I blocked certain websites that I continually visit to waste time. This place was at the top of the list. I also recently started helping my local high school basketball team and so when I get home, I'm usually too spent to fire up the laptop and check things out here. Because of all that, I wasn't able to come up with a proper wish list. Therefore, AtariCreep only had my Want List post, as well as my vgcollect.com list to work off.
 
Here's the haul:
 
First, an awesome note, direct from the desk of Santa himself!

 
The wrapped presents:

 
First, a 2600 cart I enjoyed as a young lad which somehow escaped my hunting & gathering of the mid-90's:

 
Next, not my favorite NES basketball game, but one I rented often & enjoyed (& I love the cover art!):

 
And the coup de grace. When I saw the "Open Me Last" gift & felt the heft of the large gift, I had a feeling it could be this. But then I thought, "No way. Not only would it be too costly, but just the sheer awesomeness of it would be too much." Alas...

 
Yes, a console I never had but always wanted. So many games I want to play, including the one that was "Open Me Last".
 
I was blown away. I was speechless & practically in tears. AtariCreep's generosity is off the charts.
 
I've said it before & I'll say it again. This place, this community that WE'VE BUILT, is second to none. The people I've met & interacted with here are simply the best, and quite frankly have done more for me than most of my IRL friends. You guys are fantastic and I cannot thank you all enough, especially you AtariCreep. 
 
THANK YOU!!!!!!

Haha well that's close enough! I should've worded that better. It's cool to have another person into arcade games and celebrating "arcade life". That's where gaming culture started

Welcome to the forums dauber it's great to have you here! I've listened to the Pie Factory podcast before and thought it was fantabulous. I'm excited that you'll be posting your podcast in here, that's awesome. I'm glad we have another arcade collector in here because that's something we're really into and want to do more with in the site. Having Pie Factory around will be an awesome addition to the family!
 
We have a dedicated Atari Arcade Games forum here: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/forum/16-atari-arcade-games/
 
and a general "Arcade Life" forum here: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/forum/28-arcade-life/
 
It's good to see you here dauber, I'm sure everybody will make you feel welcome

Welcome aboard Dan!! How'd you find the site? I hope you enjoy the forums and continue to come back

You wanted it... You got it!  Early present for you all, now get out your trackballs and polish them up!  We got bugs to kill!
 

Welcome aboard Dan!! How'd you find the site? I hope you enjoy the forums and continue to come back