While I suppose I got my start with my hands on a cherry-top arcade joystick and concave buttons, what you see here is where my true journey into being a student of video games began.
These materials belonged to the Atari 800, a computer that my father purchased when my older brother Jim had learned to say his ABC's (I remember hearing this on a cassette tape at one point, I think).
The two games shown here had the greatest impact of the titles we had. Gyruss, the tube shooter that was a mix of the circular movement of Tempest with the wave pattern of Galaga, still holds as my favorite game of all time. Mountain King, however, served as the inspiration for my first published level design.
Today's "Why are you posting this?" excuse is that I'm writing this from the "comfort"/ease of my phone, just to see how this would turn out with an attached picture (answer: Had to add the text - it only took the picture and the subject, and deleted the rest). If you're interested in seeing more about the Atari 800, let me know.
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