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Indeed. I had the 4K 'Level I' from RadioShack, and there wasn't much that could be done with that. But the allure was that there was literally nothing else you
by greenbit 5y ago
Indeed. I had the 4K 'Level I' from RadioShack, and there wasn't much that could be done with that. But the allure was that there was literally nothing else you could do with a television that was interactive, save for maybe the Atari 2600. So you could watch TV, play rather finite games on the TV, or omg have Total Control of the Screen! It helped that the graphics from a TRS-80/PET/AppleII were on par with the 2600, that made the ROM BASIC boxes the same, to a child's visual senses, and gave you the control. Had the game console of 1979 been even as good as the NES, it's doubtful that those early BASIC boxes could have competed for the attention of a 10yo.
- ddingus 5y agoThis is true! Getting control over the pixels was a big deal back then. Doing anything interactive was magic!! My own kids were not interested in computing itself. They largely ignored my retro systems. They loved MAME though. I had a great setup with a big CRT and they played the crap out of it, that setup competing nicely with a Playstation. This surprised me. My granddaughter is a bit different. She's interested, sees me using the old machine and wants to join in. If I am doing it with her, she's in. She won't do much on her own yet. And she's 6!
- markus_zhang 5y agoThey say grand children are like their grand parents, guess there is some truth in it.
- ddingus 5y agoThere was truth to it in my family. I had a great affinity for my GPs