Video gaming, VR, video arcades new and old etc.

 

I can say this was likely my all-time favourite.  Played LOTS and was OK at it.  TBH, I never got really good at any video games.  Donkey Kong, Galaga, Robotron (2084) I could hold my own and make a quarter last I guess.

 

Most Asteroids versions had "hypersapce" where you hit the button as a last resort and you show up elsewhere on the screen.  Some had "shield" instead, now you bounce of the asteroids, but two could still crush you.   

 

Asteroids the home version on Atari was alright, not quite the same.

 

TBH, I never got really good at any video games.

 

 

I don't know if this means I'd make a bad fighter pilot or astronaut. I think I'm a good driver.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, Yesterday, 07:57 PM.

I remember getting an atari 2600 when I was little, of course us kids used it a lot but I remember my mom getting super into to and staying up late at night playing, chain smoking I am sure.

Also, we rented a half dozen arcade consoles for our last staff party from Quazars, they don’t send the latest and greatest but you can choose from a selection of classic arcade games. They came over, set them in place at the Farmers Institute, came back the next morning and picked them up.

Pretty awesome service, wasn’t even all that expensive.
Huge hit with the crew and their families.

For me it was the Intellivision game console from Mattel, released in 1979. For some reason dad bought one in 1981 (for Christmas I think) and me and my UVic chums - we lived literally a block from the campus - wasted untold hours between classes hanging at our house - the parents were working of course - playing "Sea Battle".

 

The graphics were quite high end for the early 80's. Later about the mid-90's after other game manufacturers had long surpassed Mattel, dad bought another Intellivision unit practically unused at a garage sale, along with over 30 game cartridges all still shrink-wrapped and never played. I have all of it including the console and the shrink-wrapped games in storage, including a copy of my beloved Sea Battle, lol.

For me it was the Intellivision game console from Mattel, released in 1979. For some reason dad bought one in 1981 (for Christmas I think) and me and my UVic chums - we lived literally a block from the campus - wasted untold hours between classes hanging at our house - the parents were working of course - playing "Sea Battle".

 

The graphics were quite high end for the early 80's. Later about the mid-90's after other game manufacturers had long surpassed Mattel, dad bought another Intellivision unit practically unused at a garage sale, along with over 30 game cartridges all still shrink-wrapped and never played. I have all of it including the console and the shrink-wrapped games in storage, including a copy of my beloved Sea Battle, lol.

 

Yes, this was a good system, a family member had one, we went over to play lots.  

 

It had some decent (for the time!) sports games like soccer and baseball.

 

 

 

 

 

The controller overlays were a stroke of genius.

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, Yesterday, 08:28 PM.

I had this handheld game called "Blip" and to be honest I think the only "digital" part was the led light.

 

But it gave me a few years of entertainment.

 

 

YouTube:   https://youtu.be/f4c...JNvaut_bP6fe34O

Edited by Victoria Watcher, Yesterday, 08:32 PM.

I will never forget getting a Nintendo NES for Christmas, 1991 I think?

I can still smell the plastic scent of the wrapping. I studied that box like a hot damn. I recall the Duck Hunt game being magic. Somehow it worked!