Uber Geekdom

January 06, 2003

If you grew up playing video games in the late 70's and early 80s at home you probably did so on either an Atari console machine or an early personal computer like an Apple //e .

In my trip down memory lane this weekend scanning photos from childhood and college I thought of all those hours supposedly "wasted" (according to my parents) playing video games and hacking on my Apple //. I can remember very fondly playing Dig Dug, Ultima I, Spy Hunter, and Karateka to all hours of the night.

I actually rue the day I gave away my Atari 2600, Apple //c and all the console games to my niece...never to be seen again. Well, it looks like I can have my cake and eat it too now, I got a hold of an Apple //e emulator for OS X and a few classic games. A few hours of gaming nostalgia await me this coming weekend.

Only a geek would be so proud.