This is What Not Being Able to Save Your Game Looked Like

Kid Playing Atari

July 24, 1982. (Photo: Denver Post)

(Via Argenta Images/eBay)

6 Responses to “This is What Not Being Able to Save Your Game Looked Like”


  1. 1 Anon April 22, 2013 at 3:34 pm

    No, this is wht being awesome at a game looks like. He learned long ago that a shirt just gets in your way and can overheat you, causing need for water when you can’t afford a break.

  2. 2 2W2N April 22, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    And drinking water causes the biggest problem of all.

  3. 3 leftylimbo April 22, 2013 at 5:50 pm

    The focus and intent in his eyes says it all. Trippy picture though—lookit how many kids are crammed in there, and what the heck is that little curtain with the kid’s legs showing in the background? A second level?

  4. 4 2W2N April 22, 2013 at 6:01 pm

    Yeah, looks like they’re in a basement, and it’s full of kids in June, so it’s hot as hell. The caption was incomplete: it just said something about the kid blowing up x amount of aliens.


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