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Post by dave910 on May 28, 2008 23:34:43 GMT -5
I had to go with Pac Man Fever. I had the cassette of that when it came out, and ended up wearing it out. I found the LP years later at a yard sale, that's the only time I've ever come across that album. (I do have the single on CD from a K-tel comp, I read somewhere that's the only place it has appeared on CD) I read somewhere that Buckner & Garcia redid the whole album and released it on CD a few years back. I remember seeing it on amazon.com. I'll have to look again and see if it's still there. So, Daniel, just wondering, since you like that album--do you like video games? I love them! So does my son. I got Namco Museum for him (on Gamecube), which has Dig Dug, Pac-Man, and lots of other "old" games. It also has "arrangement" versions of Pac-Man, Dig Dug and Galaga in which 2 people can play at the same time. We love those! Laura, I used to have some of those classic video games on a floppy disc, which I used to play with a friend on my old Commodore 64! It was a computer game, but by today's standards, it's primitive. Q-bert, Mario Bros., and Ms. Pac Man were my personal favorites.  |
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Post by daniel on May 29, 2008 0:14:24 GMT -5
I do have certain games I like, but I've never been a huge video gamer. The last console I bought was a Super Nintendo, which I still have. I just got one of those Atari console things that has about 30 games built into it. My only complaint with that is the joystick is a bit too stiff, so it makes "Breakout" a bit of a challenge.
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Post by Railyn on May 29, 2008 10:18:50 GMT -5
I do have certain games I like, but I've never been a huge video gamer. The last console I bought was a Super Nintendo, which I still have. I just got one of those Atari console things that has about 30 games built into it. My only complaint with that is the joystick is a bit too stiff, so it makes "Breakout" a bit of a challenge. Massive Atari-head here. Breakout was meant to be played with the paddles, so I can imagine that playing with a joystick would be REALLY hard. I have 2 sets of good paddles, and they're getting harder and harder to find. Some are so off on their alignment that one slight touch, and the "cursor" is all over the screen. |
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Post by H2IZCOOL on May 29, 2008 10:27:48 GMT -5
I do have certain games I like, but I've never been a huge video gamer. The last console I bought was a Super Nintendo, which I still have. I just got one of those Atari console things that has about 30 games built into it. My only complaint with that is the joystick is a bit too stiff, so it makes "Breakout" a bit of a challenge. Massive Atari-head here. Breakout was meant to be played with the paddles, so I can imagine that playing with a joystick would be REALLY hard. I have 2 sets of good paddles, and they're getting harder and harder to find. Some are so off on their alignment that one slight touch, and the "cursor" is all over the screen. Yeah. That's what I was thinking also. We used to play Breakout with the paddles. I used to love that game back in the '80s, but I remember that the paddles would pick up and hold dirt very readily and that would make the cursor shake around. I can't remember if there was even a way to clean them. |
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Post by daniel on May 29, 2008 12:08:13 GMT -5
This is the Atari thing I have: www.amazon.com/Atari-7-43E-11-Flashback-System/dp/B00063QDNY It seems the 2.0 is better, but since I paid $5 for mine at Tuesday Morning I can't complain. (The manager there is a friend of mine, it was supposed to be $12.99 but I got a discount, lol) It's a fun thing to have, though. All it's missing is Pac Man. When we had the regular Atari back in the day, I seem to remember we took the paddles apart to clean them. How well they worked after that I couldn't say.  |
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Post by edehl on Jun 5, 2008 22:34:18 GMT -5
I had to go with "They Don't Know" by Tracey Ullman. The song was catchy and cute, but most importantly, her video featured none other than Paul McCartney, so my vote goes to Tracy.
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Post by Viki (ditzybrunette85) on Jun 6, 2008 0:03:42 GMT -5
I went with "99 Luftballons" by Nena cause its one of those songs that makes me dance EVERY time I hear it! I much prefer the German version to the English version though. My 2nd choice would've been Soft Cell's "Tainted Love". Its one of my all time favourite songs and I know the words off by heart and I actually sing it quite often! I just randomly burst into song |
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Post by Jughead on Jun 6, 2008 9:37:21 GMT -5
Tough choice. I went with Tracey Ullman's hit, but I love Pac-Man Fever too!
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