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| G.I. Joe II: The Smurf Massacre; and the Atari 2600 PGP-1 | |
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| Dire 51 | Aug 12 2009, 03:22 AM Post #1 |
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I always leave when the talk gets philosophical.
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Many, many years ago, in my freshman year of high school, I knew a guy who had claimed to have either seen or owned a game for his Commodore 64 called G.I. Joe II: Smurf Massacre. He also told me about a device he had for the Atari 2600 that would let you change things in games, similar to what the Game Genie would do years later. I never got to see either of these things, of course, and for years I thought he was making all of this up - especially when I could never find any evidence that either of them existed. I can no longer call that guy a liar. Posted Image Info on it here and here. A comment from Rob "Flack" O'Hara, author of Commodork, who was the one to reveal its existence to me:
Regarding the Atari 2600 "Game Genie": it's actually called the Personal Game Programmer, or PGP-1, and I found out it really existed through a Digital Press video (it's shown starting at 1:01). Here's an article on it from the May 1983 issue of Electronic Fun w/ Computers & Games: Posted Image Posted ImagePosted Image |
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| themadmonk | Aug 12 2009, 05:41 AM Post #2 |
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A roll of the dice. A flip of the coin. A turn... of the Wheel.
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This process is known as "downloading"... That's classic.... |
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| Dual | Aug 12 2009, 07:40 AM Post #3 |
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She and Her Cat
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That's quite an interesting story behind this... Considering I ran into my fair share of kids lying about video games at school, I'd be awfully surprised to have found out one of them was telling the truth - especially with something as bizarre as this. |
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| Dire 51 | Aug 12 2009, 12:52 PM Post #4 |
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I always leave when the talk gets philosophical.
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I know I'm surprised. |
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