[L98Fiero]

Wow, flashback!

I remember paying $200 for an Atari 2600 and $45 at Sears for the Asteroids game. That must have been the Christmas of '81 or so.

Funny thing is, new consoles and games cost about the same money now.

[Gefreiter]

Yeah, that's about right. I think the only difference is that my mother bought the 2600 when I was 10, and I bought my PS2 when I was 30. But yeah the prices are comparable.

You know, I bought a couple PS2 games that are compilations of earlier games/systems. I don't have an Atari one (yet), but I have an Intellivision one, and a Midway ("Joust", "Paperboy", "Defender", et al). I want the Activision one (yeah, "Pitfall").

S'funny to have a reasonably modern system to play ancient games on.

[So Cal Rocket]

Ah, you young whippersnappers... when I was young, we used to have to fight real dragons... none of this video game nonsense!