Atari 2600 Games Onlineby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 19 Oct 2007 06:15 PM If you grew up in the late 70s and early 80s then you must be familiar with the classic Atari 2600 games. I remember running home from school and rushing through my homework so that I might pop in a favorite cartridge and battle against blocky-looking space invaders, asteroids or dragons. The Atari 2600 was like a magic box. Here was an entire arcade in my living room. and it was made even more special by the fact that I won it in a contest sponsored by Captain Crunch cereal. So even now, with all of our current technology, it still amazes me that I can go online and once again relive the adventure of pixels versus pixels. And if you are feeling nostalgic, you can do the same. Here are some websites where you can get immersed in some of the classic Atari 2600 games of the past. Play.vg At Play.vg, there are lots of classic games you can play online, including one of my very favorite ones, Adventure. Adventure was the first ever video game to have an Easter Egg, that is a little secret message that could only be revealed when you found the secret dot and brought it beyond the wall. Other classic games such as Dig Dug and Tetris can be found as well. To visit Play.vg, click here. http://www.play.vg/ At AtariTimes, you'll find great online versions of many of the popular classics, both the ones produced by Atari and the ones produced by third party creators. Demon Attack, Circus Atari, Carnival, Chopper Command, Pitfall and more are all here. There are even some titles that are rare or new, so you'll be able to experience it all again. Of course, instead of a joystick, you'll have to make due with the arrow keys and the spacebar. But it is still a lot of fun. To visit the AtariTimes section of online games, click here. http://www.ataritimes.com/jstella/index.php Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here. Related Articles PlayFirst Downloadable Computer Games Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantcomputers tags User Comments  Lauri Griffin (2703) 20 Oct 2007 02:38 PMI have to confess, I've been known to play Tempest and Galaga online! Community Tags Atari 2600, online games, video games Discuss this article
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