ataridave Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 I was in Game Crazy today, and the rep. told me that he read it on 1up.com, but I cannot seem to find the story-if there is one. Can anyone on here confirm or deny this story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgler Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 (edited) I was in Game Crazy today, and the rep. told me that he read it on 1up.com, but I cannot seem to find the story-if there is one. Can anyone on here confirm or deny this story? There's no word of this anywhere that I've seen. Sounds like your typical lying, game-store-working, trying-to-impress-you geek to me. Though I'd love to be wrong Edited August 31, 2006 by figgler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataridave Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 I was in Game Crazy today, and the rep. told me that he read it on 1up.com, but I cannot seem to find the story-if there is one. Can anyone on here confirm or deny this story? There's no word of this anywhere that I've seen. Sounds like your typical lying, game-store-working, trying-to-impress-you geek to me. Though I'd love to be wrong Perhaps, I should've asked him for the URL. Still, I did look in the Wii news section of the site and saw nothing about this. I'd only love to be proven wrong about 5200 games, as they don't work with the 7800, and the system's joysticks are really poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieAtari Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Although I agree that it is most likely exactly as figgler states, if it were true it really would make the Wii heaven-on-a stick wonderful!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpecarne Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Yeah, it would make perfect sense for atari games to be on the Wii! Plus paddle games wouldn't be hard, what with the wiimote and all. All you'd have to do is move the wiimote left and right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Point the wiimote for Kaboom!? I don't think it would have the same magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 There's no word of this anywhere that I've seen. Sounds like your typical lying, game-store-working, trying-to-impress-you geek to me. Confused person. For people born after 1988 (18 years old this year), NES, PC Engine, Genesis, and SNES might as well be Atari systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpecarne Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Confused person. For people born after 1988 (18 years old this year), NES, PC Engine, Genesis, and SNES might as well be Atari systems. Very, very scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Pac Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Heres something scarier The Smother Brothers use to have this saying "Don't trust anyone over 30", But now since they are both way over that mark they now say "Don't trust anyone UNDER 30". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Heres something scarier The Smother Brothers use to have this saying "Don't trust anyone over 30", But now since they are both way over that mark they now say "Don't trust anyone UNDER 30". That's how I feel. All you punks have some growin' up to do. Get off my lawn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Salamon Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Heres something scarier The Smother Brothers use to have this saying "Don't trust anyone over 30", But now since they are both way over that mark they now say "Don't trust anyone UNDER 30". That's how I feel. All you punks have some growin' up to do. Get off my lawn! Agreed... ask anybody under 30 who the Smother Brothers are and you'll get a blank stare and maybe a "huh?". LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needles Kane Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Haha, don't you mean the Smothers Brothers (and I'm 18)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Haha, don't you mean the Smothers Brothers (and I'm 18)? You might think the Smash Brothers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Go download all the Atari games from here and play 'em on whatever you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needles Kane Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Haha, don't you mean the Smothers Brothers (and I'm 18)? You might think the Smash Brothers No, someone else might think the Smash Brothers. Notice how I corrected the other two who misspelled the name 'Smothers.' If I thought they were referring to the Smash Brothers, I would have said so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 I was in Game Crazy today, and the rep. told me that he read it on 1up.com, but I cannot seem to find the story-if there is one. Can anyone on here confirm or deny this story? There's no word of this anywhere that I've seen. Sounds like your typical lying, game-store-working, trying-to-impress-you geek to me. Though I'd love to be wrong You'd love to be wrong? And be able to pay $5 to download and play a game that you can buy of Ebay and have shipped for only $1? Wow, that's gotta suck. J/K I'm sure there's some that would be interesting to get, that would be cheaper this method, but for the most part, it'd be like I said, cheaper to buy legit hardwar and carts, then to use the cube, or like some of us, get it free off the internet and play as much as you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Heres something scarier The Smother Brothers use to have this saying "Don't trust anyone over 30", But now since they are both way over that mark they now say "Don't trust anyone UNDER 30". That's how I feel. All you punks have some growin' up to do. Get off my lawn! Agreed... ask anybody under 30 who the Smother Brothers are and you'll get a blank stare and maybe a "huh?". LOL! Thanks to my mom, I know who they are, along with Creedence Clearwater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_8bit_16bit Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 (edited) Creedance Clearwater Revival, or CCR for short. Yeah. I'm still amazed at how amazed people 40+ are at our generation's (I'm 26) knowledge of their culture. For the most part, our parents passed on the legacy better than they thought they had, aparently. If there's a generation gap out there, it's only one sided. I don't know though. I think it's more case by case. My dad, for instance had very little interest in 80's and 90's music as we were growing up, and very little interest in video games. While Mom, on the other hand, was fairly with it when it came to music, and put in a lot of hours watching my brother and I play video games. Now that we're grown up, my dad is starting to get a little sentimental and getting into the games a bit, and even the music a little bit. Just today I supressed a chuckle at hearing him cuss the TV after getting schooled in Pac Man. (he's got that namco TV joystick thing.) and about a week ago I was visiting him and Black Hole Sun came on and he responded to it positively... he didn't like it when it was new. (Can you believe that song is 12yrs old already?!) Edited September 11, 2006 by Mr_8bit_16bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I liked an Allman Brother slogan I saw on a t-shirt at one of their shows: "Never trust any band under 30." There's no way Atari games will be on the Wii, at least for a while. It would be pretty cool, but I just can't see it happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONK Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I liked an Allman Brother slogan I saw on a t-shirt at one of their shows: "Never trust any band under 30." There's no way Atari games will be on the Wii, at least for a while. It would be pretty cool, but I just can't see it happening. I wouldn't be too sure about that one, I know that the WII will be haveing some 3rd party systems so far i heard turbographics 16 3D0, not sure about genesis and others probly. If its gonna do those and 8 bit NES why can't they throw in the atari series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Honestly, I don't think it will happen. One thing to remember is that Nintendo has always taken the quality of the games made for its consoles very seriously, and they're not about to let crappy-looking games polute their Virtual Console, especially if they reserve themselves the right to evaluate (and possibly reject) each game that comes up to bat. While pre-NES games have an undeniable "classic" aura to them, they still look like crap by today's standards, and only appeal to those who fall prey to nostalgia. And even then, if someone asks to play the Atari 2600 version of Donkey Kong, any Nintendo representative in his right mind will say "Well, we offer the NES version, and also the actual arcade game on our Wii Virtual Console, so why not play with those instead?" Personally, there are very few Atari games I would play on the Wii, given the opportunity, and most of them are arcade conversions anyway, and I would much prefer playing the original arcade versions if I can. Most of the 2600/5200/7800 exclusives that are worth playing are Activision titles, so Activision might as well just release an encapsulated compilation on the Virtual Console and that will satisfy most people. Also, doesn't Nintendo have some kind of plan where third-parties will be able to develop and release games for the VC in the same way they can for mobile phones? If so, then perhaps we'll see some graphicallly updated versions of Adventure, H.E.R.O., and a few other non-arcade classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONK Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Hmmm yea that all might be true but just to give it the extra edge I mean they might do it so people will walk buy and go woah WII also lets you download atari games, They could also want too do it so that people who grew up with atari that might have sold theres years ago will consider getting it. But who knows today if the graphics suck its not worth playing kinda bs like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8littlefield Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I think the only way we'd see Atari games on the Wii would be if Nintendo allows arcade emulation on the system, then maybe we'd see the arcade versions of some of the games. Otherwise, I just don't see the market being large enough to justify adding the Atari games in, although I'd love to be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgler Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I think the only way we'd see Atari games on the Wii would be if Nintendo allows arcade emulation on the system, then maybe we'd see the arcade versions of some of the games. Otherwise, I just don't see the market being large enough to justify adding the Atari games in, although I'd love to be wrong. You'd love to be wrong? And be able to pay $5 to download and play a game that you can buy of Ebay and have shipped for only $1? Wow, that's gotta suck. jk lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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