How high can you climb?

Ever since I got my hands on an Atari 2600 way back in the early 80's, I could never keep myself away from a joystick. I've considered myself lucky to grow up with the games. When I was simpler, the games were simpler. I can remember hours, and hours of trying to get Pitfall Harry through those 255 screens of danger. Or spending 8 hours of solid gameplay trying to flip the score in Defender. I wore the marks of terrible joystick design. The callus in the middle of my joystick hand.

By the time I was in grade school, Atari's fame was gone. The great video game crash was upon me. Stores no longer sold video games. It wasn't until 1985, almost 3 years that Nintendo came. The rush was back. Mario, Zelda, Mega Man. I know these names well. At this time, my parents became worried, they imagined a future where all I would know how to do is "Save the Princess" :-) To this day, I still havn't seen a job add for that skill.

The NES was all powerful for almost 10 years. Along came the Sega in the early 90's. Shortly after that was the Super Nintendo. Between those two companies they had the video game market locked up. Until... Sony came along in the late 90's. Here I am now, in the new Millenium and Sony still has the market all to themselves. But, this story is far from over. For the first time since Atari, an American company will be getting into the video game biz. None other than the 900 pound gorilla of the computer biz, Microsoft. Nintendo will also be releasing a system at the same time.

Note: Before you even ask, NO! I will not sell or copy you any game in my collection. If you want to buy old games, Search eBay. If you want to pirate games, you are on your own. I will not assist you in that endeavor.

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