Welcome to my meager helping of Atari. This page is about me and my Atari, with links to my favorite Atari sites. When I was a wee child, I remember playing Night Driver, and Air-Sea Battle. And when Nintendo came out with Space Invaders for GameBoy, that was a great breath of nostalgia. So, I'm an 18-year-old chick who's been enjoying Atari since I was probably 5. The 2600 console, to be exact. I haven't had the pleasure of playing the 5200 or 7800-- but I've heard they aren't as good, anyway! So after years of being in my sister's closet, I brought out the ol' hunk of junk, went online, and bought "new" games, joysticks and the like -- because once something goes in my sister's closet, it cannot come out whole! So without further adieu, here's some Atari stuff I have. And after much raking through the Internet, I'm also including links for the best Atari sites out there.
So here is a graphic of my favorite games. As most Atari enthusiasts agree, Activision made the best games. And some of the most memorable -- both Pitfall! and my personal favorite, River Raid.
We all know of the phenomenon Pac-Man has been for both Midway and Atari. So it's not uncommon to find Pac-Man merchandise. I have a chidren's book, for example, titled, Pac-Man and the Ghost Diggers. And to think, this whole time we thought he was just chasing after drugs. Shown is a plush Pac-Man, from like '82 or sometime around then. I think my dad got it somewhere, I don't know... I just know it's older than I am!
Here comes what everyone has been waiting for... WORTHWHILE ATARI LINKS!
The Atari Historical Society
Atari history, AP style.
Atari Age
More Atari history and info.
The Atari 2600 Landfill
More Atari info, game info.
Some random person's Atari page
More game and console info, pictures.
Atari Dealer
Can't remember his name, Mr. Wong I guess. Anyway, I've purchased from him, he is really reliable and doesn't rip you off.
If you have any rudimentary questions about Atari, feel free to e-mail me and ask... I just might know. Maybe.