Games, Vids,

[Sheryll Townsend]

> 
> Saitaina said:
> 
> > Just slightly.  Though I miss the
> > Atari, and let me take a moment to be
> > pissed that my Mere SOLD MY ATARI...god
> > that would have been worth money by
> > now.  One of the originals in game
> 
Dina:
> I still have mine but I don't think they're worth
> that much.  Heck, I even
> have the video game version of E.T. that contributed
> to Atari's downfall. 
> I just did a recent check on eBay and they're
> running for less than $30,
> though I did spot a 'near mint' one with box going
> for $60.
> 
<snip>
> 
> More of a sense of nostalgia is why I kept Atari for
> years.
> 
> 
Sheryll:

I've cursed myself numerous times for just tossing out
my Atari when we moved into this house 7 years ago. We
so desperately needed to get of things (this house is
much smaller than our old rental), that I just threw
so many things out that I now wish I'd kept and stored
somewhere.

Saitaina:
> > play.  Luckily my Nintendo collection
> > is intact...and I've had her swear on
> > her own life she won't touch it (I have
> > a Nintendo game system, Super Nintendo,
> > Nintendo 64, Game Cube, original Game
> > Boy, Game Boy Colour and Game Boy
> > Advanced).
> 
Dina:
> I've played on the old Nintendo system.  I remember
> trying out Super Mario
> Bros 2 for the first time without reading the
> instructions--back then,
> part of the fun was trying to figure out the
> game--and going WTF when I
> couldn't 'squash' the thingies.
> 
Sheryll:
I still have an original Nintendo system. Two, in
fact. My first one wasn't working well, so my daughter
got me a second one for Christmas last year. Wonderful
places, pawnshops, you can find anything. I have about
20 games for the original.

Back in the day when the original system was state of
the art, my best friend and I were the neighbourhood
Nintendo experts and all the kids came to us when the
couldn't figure out games. We knew things about games
that even the folks at the Nintendo Hotline didn't
know!

I sold my Super Nintendo a couple years but it for a
good cause, going to someone who was very ill and
looking at months in bed to recover.

We've also got an N64 and a GameCube. Note that these
are all *my* systems. My daughter is more a
PlayStation person, though as a poor college student
she just has the PS system, with the PS2 being on her
Christmas list this year. 
> 
Saitaina:
> > Can you tell I enjoy video games?
> 
Dina:
> Nope. {g}
> 
Sheryll: 
No more than some of the rest of us. ;-)
> 
Saitaina:
> > Although my computer game collection
> > out ranks my vid game one.  I have
> 
Dina:
> My brother is more of a gamer than me.  I remember
> one year he bought
> Mortal Combat for me.  The extent of computer games
> I do is limited to the
> ones typically included with Windows and Mah Jongg.
> 
Sheryll:
For some reason I never got into games for the PC.
Sure, a few great card games I've found and Mahjong,
but not much else. Hubby has Arkanoid on his computer
but I've resisted putting it on mine. I'd never get
through my inbox if I did!

Sheryll


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