Poll: I Will Give You £500 to NEVER Play Atari Again!!!

[Sarali]

No. I play them maybe once every 4 years, but I don't like giving up my freedom.

If you offered me 10 grand I would consider. No less.

 

[Annoying Turd]

Without those games, I don't have anything to play on my TI calculator. :-(

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

I'll keep my Tetris, thank you very much.

 

[interspark]

I don't care for retro games. They're all either remakes of games from the last twenty years, or... actually, yeah, that's all they are. Or as Yahtzee puts it, "If everyone has to buy digital televisions before 2010, then that means you aren't allowed to suddenly ignore 20 years of gameplay innovation."

dude, you SERIOUSLY don't get what we're talking about here! we're talkign about THE retro games! the legends that were the very first video games! it's physically impossible for them to be remakes

 

[lacktheknack]

Tetris would make me sad, but I need $1000 enough that I'll get over it.

 

[interspark]

You wouldn't even need to pay me.

That said, I might try to haggle you for a better price.

Also, what happens if I briefly forget? Like, I'm at a friend's house, and he's all like "Dude, I can totally kick your ass at Tetris!" and I'm like "Nuh-uh!" does my head then explode messily, or am I simply unable to play it?

let's say your head explodes

 

[Sunrider]

Damn right, I'll go for that! I haven't played any of those for over ten years, I'm pretty sure I've put them behind me.

 

[BRex21]

Atari never was my kinda retro, i think the oldest retro game i play at any sort of regular basis is Ultima Underworld.
If i were to set an age that i couldnt play i would be more hesitant, and 500 pounts is a little light, although it would be tempting.

 

[Beryl77]

I don't have a problem with that. Sure, they were fun to play when I was a kid but nowadays I just use them as time wasters when I have to wait for something, like a train for example.

 

[aei_haruko]

what is this " atari " you speak of?

 

[Teh Jammah]

I went with 'a little higher'

a) because the definition of 'retro games' is somewhat vague
b) because £500 isn't a lot, comparatively, for what you're asking. I mean that's a lump sum for, depending on age and likely death expectancy 20-50+ years of time. that's a pretty pathetic £/hour ratio.

500 quid a year, maybe.

£500 a week... now I could live with that. Although that again depends on how retro 'retro' is considered to be.

Ninja edit for typos

 

[technoted]

As insanely useful as £500 would be to me I shall have to decline, I like my games too much to never play them again even if I rarely play them anymore. Plus Neverwinter Nights I Atari...

 

[cora mcstrap]

Money wouldn;t stop me playing as my passion is retro gaming.

 

[Genericjim101]

Done! Could not care! Hello Arkham City CE : D

 

[Richardplex]

I didn't know what an Atari was, so yeah, I'll take your free money. Assuming I'm allowed to play the most recent hacking / lockpicking minigame idea in games I play.

 

[Doclector]

No! If I get really rich, I'll feel pretty bad when I can't make a decent retro arcade room in my mansion. Which would be underwater. And guarded by space marines.

 

[lettucethesallad]

Not a problem. I never really play atari anyways, so if someone were to give me 500 bucks I'd just be pleased.

 

[Ih8pkmn]

Well, shit. I can't accept that; I play snake all the time on Youtube while waiting for my videos to load on my painfully slow connection.

 

[Loop Stricken]

ok, some one offers you £500 ($800) to NEVER play tetris, pacman, digdug, space invaders, snake or any other retro legend EVER again! and that includes modern day rip-offs or remakes, do you accept?

How far does this definition go? Space Invaders is a game where you shoot aliens. So is Halo. Is Halo thus considered out of bounds?

I don't really play Halo all that much anymore anyway but come on.