atari

so most people love video games. kids, teens, adults, everyone (except maybe old people) loves vidio games. video games started in 1958 when william higinbotham created the first video game ever, called "tennis for two". in 1971, nolan bushnell together with ted dabney, created the first arcade game "computer space" similar to steve russell's game spacewar! created in 1962. pong was created by nolan bushnell in 1972 along with the formation of atari computers by nolan bushnell and ted dabney. the Odyssey, the first commercial video game console that could be played in the home, was designed by ralph baer and in 1972 was released by magnavox. On june 17, 1980, atari's "asteroids" and "lunar lander" were the first two video games to ever be registered in the copyright office. Atari continued to expand the world of video games through the 1980s and these classic games, though maybe not as popular and common as they once were, are still amazingly sweet toys. These original games gave birth to all computer games and video games seen today. It continues to amaze me how many games there are and how technology is allowing them to become more and more realistic and more and more interactive. But these games all have their roots back to the first video games and the theme of this post... atari. we had atari when i was younger and though i didnt realize its greatness. my favorite game is pitfall. you get to travel through forests and swing over ponds and face scorpions and climb ladders and its amazing. there are also loads of other sweet games as well. SO go play and if you have an old atari you dont want anymore drop me a line.