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MyshkinCommaPrince

(611 posts)
6. Oh, man.
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 01:21 PM
Jan 2013

I hope they can keep it together.

I first encountered an Atari 2600 in 1977, at age seven, and didn't understand what was happening. Eventually I caught on, although I was never any good at most of the games. I'm still no good at any reflex test sort of game, being slow and clumsy and prone to losing my temper when the thingus blows up my whatsis.

My favorite game was (and remains) Adventure. It's a bit of an obsession. I've ended up programming three versions of it over the years, for the PC. Everyone seems to think I'm a bit daft to obsess over a game they find boring and visually far too simplistic, but the game play is engaging and fascinating to me. A plus is that I can program my own version to be easy enough for me to actually win now and then.

I actually bought one of those Flashback consoles last week. Guess my purchase wasn't enough to help them.

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Oh, man. MyshkinCommaPrince Jan 2013 #6
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