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Why should Ex-Atari owners be made to cry?
J'au-æmne Started conversation Oct 26, 2000
I'm curious. 
Joanna
Why should Ex-Atari owners be made to cry?
Hal Posted Nov 8, 2000
Well, after-
-Atari allowing companies like Mattel to steal their thunder
-Atari's decision to use any version of GEM
-the atrocious marketing of the Lynx, Jaguar & TT
-Atari going out of the hardware business
-Atari being bought
-Atari being renamed
I guess they should be used to it by now
The -reason- they should be made to cry is for
-not giving up in the MCIBTYC debates in the late
'80s
-always mentioning the STT (ST Transputer) in the
above debates (which never arrived)
-refusing to acknowledge GEM as a limitation
-maintaining that Tempest was the Best Game Ever
-having a better version of Defender of the Crown
than any other computer, and not letting PC owners
forget it
[MCIBTYC-My Computer Is Better Than Your Computer]
hal
Why should Ex-Atari owners be made to cry?
Hal Posted Nov 8, 2000
Whew... just don't get me started on Colecovision
Why should Ex-Atari owners be made to cry?
J'au-æmne Posted Nov 8, 2000
*doesn't like to say "whats that"* 
Why should Ex-Atari owners be made to cry?
Hal Posted Nov 9, 2000
Ok, I'd better change that to "just don't get me started"
Why should Ex-Atari owners be made to cry?
J'au-æmne Posted Nov 9, 2000
Okay, this has been bugging me all day. What is colecovision? please tell me...
Why should Ex-Atari owners be made to cry?
Hal Posted Nov 10, 2000
It was a games console in the early '80s (the best of the
three original volume sellers- Atari 2600, Intellivision,
and ColecoVision).
..but then they got into financial trouble, stopped making it
and came up with the.. Cabbage Patch dolls instead.
Yeeeurch
Why should Ex-Atari owners be made to cry?
J'au-æmne Posted Nov 10, 2000
The Cabbage Patch dolls? 
some people should be shot.
Why should Ex-Atari owners be made to cry?
Hal Posted Nov 10, 2000
No, they should just be forced to have one in their bedrooms
Why should Ex-Atari owners be made to cry?
Researcher 193767 Posted May 9, 2002
please stop it you stupid geeks, it doesnt matter how many obscure gaming consoles you know of
Why should Ex-Atari owners be made to cry?
J'au-æmne Posted May 10, 2002
I am not a stupid geek! 
I don't know of any obscure gaming consoles, but am not afraid to learn!
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