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I have gotten a kick out of my Atari 10-in-1 game joystick, which I got for Christmas (and coincidentally bought for someone else for Christmas as well -- we're all geeks here).
FAMILY FUN FOR EVERYONE!
Boy do I feel old. Did they have to put that on the box?
I doubt anyone younger than 25 would be entertained for more than 5 minutes by this. I played Adventure again after 20 years and was shocked and amused by how simple it is -- not just the graphics, but how simple it is to win. But oh what fun it was to try to recall who did what and what went where. Your "avatar"? A cursor. A big square. Background music? None. A short-attention-span 9-year-old who grew up playing PlayStation2 and surrounded by an endless stream of digital media would get as much entertainment value out of this as a 30-something would a hula hoop. Boredom in minutes. But for me, it has more value in memories than any $50 copy of Grand Theft Auto.
Current mood: Nostalgic
