Today is Honey Nut Cheerios day! For some odd reason, I don’t think I’ve ever tried these! Now I love Cheerios, have since I was little and they were one of the first finger foods I gave my kids when they were little, so I have fond memories of them. I guess I prefer the original Cheerios, but I know these are the flavor my kids loved as they got older.
I was a Ms. Pacman fiend, but I did love the Atari. It brought gaming out of the pizza restaurants and sleazy coin-op playspaces and into the home. Atari games are now available online! I was excited to see some of my old fav games are available again. Check out Atari Video Games online website – they have some fun retro t-shirts as well.
Retro on the left; current on the right
ENTER TO WIN! Winner Chosen
General Mills has provided me with 6 prize packages to share with you! Five different retro box prize packs and one grand prize, an Atari Game Console! Today is day 2! Visit every day for a chance to win additional prize packages and then we’ll choose one comment from all five days to receive the Atari prize package!
Comment below your favorite Atari game. I realize most of you are not old enough to have played the original (yes, I’ve feeling really old now – giggle) so you’re welcome to check out the Atari site and choose one from there.
Regular contest rules apply. Open to US residents only. Your information will be provided to General Mills and they will send you the prize pack directly. Contest ends 02/24/10 at 11:59 PM PST.
Disclosure: I received 5 boxes of cereal, a retro t-shirt, and $10 Target Gift Card. I am not expected to return them. Opinions are my own.
WINNER DAY 2 – Julia Semans!
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I loved playing Bezerk.
My favorite Atari game was Pitfall
Pac-MAn
Dawn Of Magic is my favorite.
Centipede
My favorite was Centipede! We didn’t have an Atari growing up but one of my best friends did and I’d go over to her house to play when her brother would let us.
my favorite is
Ghostbusters The Video Game.
My favorite Atari game is Tetris! Thanks for the great giveaway!
I’d have to go with Donkey Kong ~
My favorite Atari game was Donkey Kong.
My favorite is Pac-Man
I was a big fan of Asteroids!
My favorite Atari game was ‘Pit-Fall.’
I love frogger.
I loved Frogger.
Pong!!
I probably would have to go with Pong, although Space Invaders was a lot of fun too.
I liked Froggie
ACK! I am old. I don’t remember the name (that’s really old), but it was the skydiving one. You had aim your diver at little platforms.
Kongo Bongo! Remember that one?
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I loved Space Invaders! I have tried playing all the other platforms since, my kids and grandkids have had them all, but I have found myself wishing I could play good old Space Invaders again!
I loved Donkey Kong on the Atari!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I hate to be unoriginal, but to this day I love to play pong!
I loved Atari. When my sister and I lived in the same town, we bought one together and planned on switching it back from house to house. But after the first night she had it at her house, she called me up and told me I had to keep it because she played it all night (and she still had to go to work in the morning)!!
I would like to say Donkey Kong was my favorite, but that was REALLY disappointing when it came out – nothing like the actual arcade game. So I probably liked Circus the best. That was the one where a clown jumped onto your see-saw and you had to bounce him up to get all the balloons.
And quite honestly, I love listening to the sounds from all those old games – they weren’t high-tech, but they bring back a lot of nice memories!
I used to love 2 play pac-man on my son’s atari.
I LOOOOVED Centipede. I can still remember playing it on the arcade version at the bowling alley while my parents bowled in a league.
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I loved TAZ!
Another vote for Pong — I remember sitting for hours as a kid playing that hypnotizing game, and I still see that moving dot in my dreams sometimes!
PS I think most people here might be older than you think LOL! I’m definitely old enough to have an Atari, my sister got an original Nintendo when she was in grade school
Asteroids
my husband and i played frogger all the time
i loved frogger!
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My favorite Atari game was Donkey Kong!
I always liked centipede (many, many years ago!).
I used to love pac-man on the atari, man that brings back some good times! Also, thanks for the giveaway!
missile command
Space Invaders was my favorite when I was a kid, now that I am grown, I love Asteroids.
Frogger remember George on Seinfeld well I could beat him
I enjoyed Paper Boy!
my favorite was frogger&now I am feeling old!
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My favorite Atari game was Missile Command
Roller Coaster Tycoon looks fun… I played it on my computer when I was little
I would pick 911: First responders.
Loco Mania looks like a lot of fun!
Donkey Kong, although I mostly had the educational games for my Atari (and the keyboard and all that crazy stuff!) I’d love to let my kids play Atari!
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Pitfall Harry! Asteroids and Space Invaders were fun too. Our mom would never let us get an Atari, but my friends had one. Thank you for the chance to win.
frogger!
Yar’s Revenge.
My favorite Atari games were Donkey Kong, Centipede and Frogger. Couldn’t pick one, sorry =)
My favorite was Asteroids
Loved the Smurfs Game! Found you on OLS… thanks for the giveaway!
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I loved this Smurf game that was on Atari!
I love Space Invaders!
Missile Command
My favorite was Centipede.
Definitely old enough! Space Invaders!
It’s hard to pick my favorite but I think Centipede!
I like Pac Man.
My husband LOVED his Atari. His favorite game to play was Miner 49′er.
I was a Pac Man addict
It’s gotta be Space Invaders! (and yes I played the original! lol)
I like Pong and Joust.
Unfortunately, I too am old enough to remember Atari games. WHEN THEY WERE NEW! My favorite was Pitfall. That game rocked! My least favorite was Lunar Lander. That game was horrible. Winning the Atari would be cool, but we are huge Honey Nut Cherrios fans, so that would be cool too!
I liked space invaders. Thanks for the chance.
I love Asteroids when I was a kid. My husband and I were just laughing about how cool Pong was when it first came out, now…
Thanks for the giveaway.
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I’d say asteroids since I still like science fiction type subjects.
My favorite was Asteroids.
I liked Tetrus.
I guess I’m pretty old because I remember asteroids. We never had an Atari but I loved going to friends’ houses that had one.
Loved frogger. Thanks.
Frogger!
Ping pong was my favorite game I guess that makes me old lol
My favorite Atari game used to be Astroids.
My game was asteroids… and I fondly remember the day when my parents got us this game system. We were totally psyched!
Pac Man and Frogger what fun
Definately Pac Man!
My husband’s family had an original Atari and we enjoyed playing Space Invaders!
My favorite Atari game is the Rollercoaster Tycoon!
Pac man is the best all the way!!
Asteroids is the best.
Breakaway!
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PAC MAN
Frogger for me! So much fun! Thanks!
I loved Asteroids. I still do!
frogger
Centipede was my favorite game.
Frogger was my favorite. Although I can’t get it to work all the time I still have my old Atari with many games.
not too old either- asteriods
asteroids—not too young to remember!