Albert Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 If you receive HGTV (Home & Garden Television) via cable or satellite, you'll want to set your VCRs and TiVos to record a show titled Games We Grew Up With on November 28th (Sunday) at 9pm ET/PT. The show takes a nostalgic look back at "the games that defined our childhoods", including board games, backyard games, and video games. The segment should feature a figure who is prominent in the classic gaming scene and familiar to AtariAge visitors. If you miss the show on the 28th, it also airs on the 29th, as well as near the end of December (airdates can be found here). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 or just make a night of it and start with the first special at 8pm Hey Remember Christmas thats what i am gonna do and im looking forward to the commercials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagegamer89 Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 Thanks for the heads up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 just watched the show it was very good (I knew that one of AA would be there (curt, how does it feel to be a celeberty)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 just watched the show it was very good (I knew that one of AA would be there (curt, how does it feel to be a celeberty)) I enjoyed the whole show also! Nice .. feel good show. Funny ... the Hasbro guy stated the rules of a good game .. which is what I heard Nolan Bushnell say back in the 70s. 1. Easy to learn. 2. Repeat playability. One game that I haven't thought about for a long time is Life. I really enjoyed that game in elementary school. I thought that Trivial Pursuit and Pictionary are too modern to be included here. Curt is becoming a popular TV personality and spokesman for classic video games! He has a good sounding voice! Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Cutmaster Curt V is the man, no question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 That was a fun show, one of the better one's I've participated in over the years, I hadn't seen the footage until tonight and my wife and I enjoyed watching it and it was cool watching all the various games, Clue was one of the better segments (besides the parts of me because I used to play that a lot as a kid and I had completely forgotten about it... watching the air hockey tables makes me really want to get one... ahhhh someday :-) I'm surprised how little footage they used for me seeing as the film crew was hear in my office and in the rec room for about 4+ hours shooting footage... Then again they needed to put in some real time for the whole Pac Man segment and interviewing the Namco guys and such... I was disappointed that he didn't actually say GCC was the company that made Ms. Pac Man (well actually they made Crazy Otto which was what Ms Pac Man became with only a few minor changes) he referred to them as some hackers. Curt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Hey how funny.. I'm sitting here watching the show (I just stumbled upon it) and fired up the laptop while sitting on the couch and here's the topic on it. I was wondering if there would be an Atari section on it.... and now I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I was kind of disappointed. I've seen better nostalgia shows. For example, Food Network manages to make some pretty cool food related nostalgia shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 They do seem to be spending a lot of time on the dodgeball/kickball topic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Hey how funny.. I'm sitting here watching the show (I just stumbled upon it) and fired up the laptop while sitting on the couch and here's the topic on it. I was wondering if there would be an Atari section on it.... and now I know im glad you bumped this thread because i totally forgot about it i saw thios thread grabbed the remote hit 040 and bam it was 1am and it was just comming on, and its right at the dodgeball part of the show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 29, 2004 Author Share Posted November 29, 2004 If someone could record the segment about video games and digitize it, that would be great. I won't be able to catch this until the end of the month as my satellite dish is currently not hooked up (hopefully by the end of this week that will be remedied!) Thanks! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhfreak Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 That was a pretty good show......but if you wanna play some real good board games go to boardgamegeek.com....my other hobby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 I enjoyed it. I used to love kickball but they always used to make us use the big balls (giggle) so we couldnt kick it that far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 I enjoyed it. I used to love kickball but they always used to make us use the big balls (giggle) so we couldnt kick it that far. We used those small, reddish balls (kickballs!) and damn do those sting when you get hit! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 I played kick ball also in school, the only game I don't remember is four square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 I enjoyed it. I used to love kickball but they always used to make us use the big balls (giggle) so we couldnt kick it that far. We used those small, reddish balls (kickballs!) and damn do those sting when you get hit! ..Al They made us use pool balls. -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 I enjoyed it. I used to love kickball but they always used to make us use the big balls (giggle) so we couldnt kick it that far. We used those small, reddish balls (kickballs!) and damn do those sting when you get hit! ..Al They made us use pool balls. -S Pool balls meaning billiards balls, or pool balls being those big inflatable balls you throw around in the swimming pool? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Billiards. Every day there seemed to be fewer and fewer kids in my class. -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 Billiards. Every day there seemed to be fewer and fewer kids in my class. Did the last kid have to be hit with the 8-ball? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 I played kick ball also in school, the only game I don't remember is four square. I didn't see the show, but that name "four square" sounds like a game I learned in basketball school. Could someone describe it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Four square is played in a big 2x2 square with kids in each of the four boxes. You take a kickball type of ball and you have to bounce it in one of the other player's box. That's about all I remember, I know you had to push the ball because you couldn't pick it up but I can't recall the scoring system right now. Ok, that hurt my head trying to remember all that. Google is much easier http://home.earthlink.net/~amgreiner/4square.html http://www.gameskidsplay.net/games/ball_ga.../foursquare.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamemaster_ca_2003 Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Does any one have a downloadable version becase it was not on in canada PLZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavv Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Four square is played in a big 2x2 square with kids in each of the four boxes. You take a kickball type of ball and you have to bounce it in one of the other player's box. That's about all I remember, I know you had to push the ball because you couldn't pick it up but I can't recall the scoring system right now. Ok, that hurt my head trying to remember all that. Google is much easier http://home.earthlink.net/~amgreiner/4square.html http://www.gameskidsplay.net/games/ball_games/foursquare.htm I preferred the 2-square variant I would prefer George Carlin's description of four square: racket-less four way ping pong played with an inflated ball and no net while standing on the table. gavv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Billiards. Every day there seemed to be fewer and fewer kids in my class. Did the last kid have to be hit with the 8-ball? ..Al I like the way you think. Who's up for some dodgeball? -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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