98.7 WFGR Classic Hits » atari http://wfgr.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 WFGR Retrovision-Computers! http://wfgr.com/wfgr-retrovision-computers/ http://wfgr.com/wfgr-retrovision-computers/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:13:11 +0000 Craig Russell http://wfgr.com/?p=125597 For Steve the Web Guy, here's the latest WFGR Retrovision installment-Computer Ads from the 70's and 80's! Remember when NO ONE had a computer? Or if the rich family down the block had one, it cost thousands of dollars, or it was a Commodore 64 and the kid was a nerd? Of course EVERYONE has a computer--or a small computer called a smart phone--these days.

]]> http://wfgr.com/wfgr-retrovision-computers/feed/ 0 it says hard DISK.../io9.com Happy 40th Birthday To The Game That Started It All — Pong http://wfgr.com/happy-40th-birthday-to-the-game-that-started-it-all-pong/ http://wfgr.com/happy-40th-birthday-to-the-game-that-started-it-all-pong/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:15:28 +0000 Steven Bohner http://wgrd.com/?p=129708 On November 29th, 1972 a game was released that would change the world of video games forever.  It was first released by Atari Incorporated as a multiplayer arcade game.  The game became wildly popular and is now recognized as the first commercially successful video game.  

]]> http://wfgr.com/happy-40th-birthday-to-the-game-that-started-it-all-pong/feed/ 0 Atari WFGR Retromercial: Atari with Don Knotts and Pete Rose [VIDEO] http://wfgr.com/wfgr-retromercial-atari-with-don-knotts-and-pete-rose-video/ http://wfgr.com/wfgr-retromercial-atari-with-don-knotts-and-pete-rose-video/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:40:23 +0000 Matt Hendricks http://wfgr.com/?p=64421 Wow, here's a blast from the past!  Not only was the Atari all the rage back in the late 1970's and early 1980's but I have never seen this commercial. Do you remember this one?  Don Knotts and Pete Rose doing a commercial for Atari

]]> http://wfgr.com/wfgr-retromercial-atari-with-don-knotts-and-pete-rose-video/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday Chuck E. Cheese! http://wfgr.com/happy-birthday-chuck-e-cheese/ http://wfgr.com/happy-birthday-chuck-e-cheese/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:27:27 +0000 Craig Russell http://wfgr.com/?p=36853 Yep, the big grey mouse is 35! Happy Birthday, Mr. Cheese! Wonder if he celebrates with tokens, pizza, his animatronic friends and tickets? ;) The guy who founded Atari (remember that?) Nolan Bushnell, started Chuck E. Cheese back in 1977. And long after Atari is just a memory to us who played video games back in the 70's, CEC is still around and going strong!

]]> http://wfgr.com/happy-birthday-chuck-e-cheese/feed/ 0 my daughter at the Chuck! Check Out This Old Atari Commercial [VIDEO] http://wfgr.com/check-out-this-old-atari-commercial-video/ http://wfgr.com/check-out-this-old-atari-commercial-video/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:48:13 +0000 gary.chenoweth http://wfgr.com/?p=4750 Wow! can you believe that at one time this was state of the art?

Check out this retro TV commercial for Atari. The sad thing is that I remember this.

]]> http://wfgr.com/check-out-this-old-atari-commercial-video/feed/ 0 (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)