NE146 Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Geeze Louize guys... let's reiterate that Pacman is already Namco's mascot [ 03-05-2002: Message edited by: NE146 ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 WOW that's a hard one, maybe Pitfall Harry or one of the Dragons from Adventure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcprs1 Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 How about Custer from Custer's Revenge? Seriously though, I agree with Yar or maybe the annoying bat from Adventure. Pitfall is a definate if you asked for Activision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted March 6, 2002 Author Share Posted March 6, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Jess Ragan: Hey, Skatepunk, you forgot the two votes for Nolan. JR sorry dude he aint a video game character NE1 we know but that WAS atari back then , who thinks i should include the fuji? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Nolan? Not a video game character? I guess you did not know Nolan very well My second choice besides the characters from the Atari Force comic books would be Yar from "Yars Revenge". By the way, Yar is Ray spelled backward. And Yar fought in the Rassak universe. Rassak is Kassar spelled backwards. Ray Kassar was the person who took over for Nolan Bushnell after Nolan was fired from Atari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night Phantom Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Jeffy Arensmeyer: Was there any one character that was representative of Atari and everything they did for video gaming? The Fuji did the job, but it never became an official game character . Not a character per se, but it was part of the playfield in Video Pinball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergbros Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 The atari fuji is an icon and really there is no other representation of Atari, indeed there is no other representation of videogames in general. It is everywhere and even featured in movies like Blade Runner. A mascot is not Atari. There is no unifying mascot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legeek Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 I vote for the Yar... le geek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 There is a new skatepunk60 inspired poll on the front page. I only included characters developed by Atari for this poll, so no Pitfall Harry or Pac-man. And for those of you who don't like mascots, remember it's just for fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channel 2 Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 If you want the cursor from Adventure, or something from Combat or Pong (source of the Atari logo), again I suggest Retrogaming Times' mascot -- Billy the Block. However, if it comes to having a real mascot, on the level of Sonic and Mario, my vote goes to the Yar too. True, it's far from cute, but that's a plus as far as I'm concerned. Pitfall Harry would be great to represent VCS gaming as a whole, since third parties were a big part of the rise and the fall; but then he extends beyond that era and so is more emblematic of Activision, still a thriving company, than classic gaming. Anyway, doesn't Intellevision have a pixilated running guy in their logo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximebeauvais Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 pac man, pitfall and et. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utamav91 Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Yar might be the closest. Atari didn't really create many characters for their games, they mostly licensed character from other games or other companies. So that eliminates Donkey Kong, Mario, Indiana Jones, E.T., Dig Dug, the ostrich-riding Joust characters, Galaxian, Galaga or any other space invader/alien creature; Pitfall Harry, Pac Man, Ms Pac Man, Jr Pac Man, a third cousin of someone who was married briefly to a fan of Pac Man... Maybe the dot from Adventure might work. Or one of the 3D tic-tac-toe boards? Or maybe the pitcher stationed at second base in home run? Mattel Intellivision could use any of their distinct human characters from baseball, football, etc...they all looked alike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 I went to the front page just after alex said he put up a new poll and i voted, then today i went there to check out the progress of the poll and it let me vote again, does this happen to anybody else??? And whats the final verdict on the North american VS All for the search paramiters? i just checked and it was 51% for ALL and 49% for north american with 290 votes or so you have to admit it was a close poll from begining to end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwyob Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Berserk...otto looks like my grandmothers catheta bag (when its full) when she drags it over her living room deep pile carpet. Does it have to be 2600 chars' or can it be arcade ? Nurse? more pills please...love pacman (on holiday from namco) Love and kisses on yer pink parts...the yob (er...ladies only i'm afraid) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwyob Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 its not a catheta bag!!! its my home made lemonade!!!! Lots of love... vwyob's Grandmother (available and rich!! and hygenic for a woman of my years) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc4 Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 I'm still down with the pac, but your right it already is a Namco thing. So why not make it just a randomly badly drawn dude from tennis or bezerk or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgertimeBoy Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 Pitfall Harry. He was created for the 2600. Pac-Man was an arcade adaption to the 2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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