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Quite busy today, but squeezing in some time to work on a tribute to the Atari 2600. In honor of that, I think I'll have an Atari haiku contest. It's Friday and we should be having fun. So sharpen your mad haiku writing skillz and pen an ode to the system itself or your favorite game; anything as long as it's Atari 2600 related.
Remember, haiku is 5-7-5. Incorrectly metered haikus and any other types of poetry will be discarded.
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference today's gaming fun: haiku tributes to the atari 2600:
» Non-haiku haiku contest from Inoperable Terran
Michele's having a contest for haikus about the Atari 2600. Except that, as TMQ readers know, a "haiku" is a 5-7-5 poem that alludes to nature. A generic 5-7-5 is a "senryu". Nothing like being pedantic on a Friday ;-)... [Read More]
» ATARI HAIKU DAY from DiscountBlogger
Michele is asking for your best Atari 2600 haikus. I've thrown in a few. One of them was even pretty funny.... [Read More]
Comments
All hail Atari
Number twenty six hundred
Console of the gods
Posted by: Michael Demmons | December 12, 2003 11:51 AM
Atari Football
Players move in unison
What a shitty game!
Posted by: norbizness | December 12, 2003 11:58 AM
Combat is the name
Blip shot from the tank bounces
other player spins and dies
Smurfette must be saved
A shelf in Gargamel's house
holds her out of reach
Posted by: Vinny | December 12, 2003 12:04 PM
Atari Asteroids
I can't steer the fucking ship!
Turn you cocksucker!
Posted by: Michael Demmons | December 12, 2003 12:05 PM
Atari gaming...
Kids today won't understand
It's old, but still good.
(The link is something I found in a friend's archives, but if I remember correctly, I believe you posted it as well once; the article itself is old and funny, but it makes me feel damn old.)
Posted by: Ravenwolf | December 12, 2003 12:06 PM
the glossy, old pong-
the earth atari
since the magical console
Posted by: Matt | December 12, 2003 12:16 PM
Invisible dot,
Carried through glowing force-field:
the first easter egg
Posted by: Jeff | December 12, 2003 12:16 PM
My second one sucked
First line used six syllables
I will try harder
Posted by: Michael Demmons | December 12, 2003 12:26 PM
"Acid Drop" was cool
Takes me back to college days
(Ooops. Wrong "Acid Drop")
:-)
Posted by: Michael Demmons | December 12, 2003 12:32 PM
Twenty Six Hundred
How I wanted to play with you
I had Coleco
Posted by: Ed | December 12, 2003 12:35 PM
Brave Pitfall Harry
Swings over alligators
With a Tarzan Yell.
Posted by: Jeff | December 12, 2003 01:05 PM
Graphics by Dali
And sound by Hellen Keller
Consumed my childhood
Posted by: Gregory Markle | December 12, 2003 01:16 PM
What the hell is that?
The Extra-Terrestial?
What is that, his neck?
Posted by: scott h. | December 12, 2003 01:35 PM
What ergonomics?
Kids these days will never know
Atari thumb pain.
Posted by: RKB | December 12, 2003 01:42 PM
Burgers, bugs, tires,
Gems, Irons, bowties and dice:
Megamania.
Posted by: Jeff | December 12, 2003 01:46 PM
Falling, Relentless
Missiles, too many. Courage!
One last city stands.
Posted by: Michael | December 12, 2003 01:56 PM
This is "basketball"?
Two players, both made of wire?
How 'bout "basketbrick"?
Posted by: SparcVark | December 12, 2003 01:59 PM
My favorite so far.
Posted by: michele | December 12, 2003 02:00 PM
Oh, Missile Command
how you have trashed my joystick
I will beat you yet
Wow, Custer's Revenge!
No ESRB ratings
Pixellated porn
D
Posted by: Doccus | December 12, 2003 02:18 PM
No joy of joysticks,
Commodore Vic 20 mine.
Zelda weeps for me.
Posted by: Kathy's Husband | December 12, 2003 02:35 PM
Michele,
I figure if gratuitous profanity works for John Kerry, it can work for me.
Posted by: Michael Demmons | December 12, 2003 02:52 PM
In never had an
Atarti two six thousand.
I'm sure they were fab.
D
Posted by: David Strain | December 12, 2003 02:54 PM
Alas, the paddle
nobody loves the paddle
left, right, left, right, left
Posted by: Shelby | December 12, 2003 03:28 PM
Megamania
dice falling like acid drops
I'm going insane
Posted by: Keith | December 12, 2003 04:12 PM
It's Pitfall Harry
Dancing on the crocodiles
like watching Jackass
Posted by: Keith | December 12, 2003 04:14 PM
subhunter is cool
the extraterrestrial
s u c k s
does that count?
Posted by: dave | December 12, 2003 04:16 PM
Activision games
The coolest of them all, man
What the hell happened?
Posted by: Keith | December 12, 2003 04:17 PM
I swear to god, I did NOT read any of the other haiku before I wrote mine. That "acid drops" thing came outta nowhere.
Posted by: Keith | December 12, 2003 04:18 PM
Defend the castle.
Beware the purple warlord.
The green fool dies first.
Posted by: James | December 12, 2003 04:29 PM
Oh, and a sequel to my previous attempt:
Angry Mom laments
another broken paddle.
Honor is saved.
Posted by: James | December 12, 2003 04:36 PM
Oops, too hasty...
Angry Mom laments
another broken paddle,
but honor is saved.
Posted by: James | December 12, 2003 04:37 PM
There's a trick you do
To get top Decathalon scores
But it tears your palm
Posted by: Joe Geoghegan | December 12, 2003 04:44 PM
Atari Pac-Man
The ghosts flicker on and off
Nothing like arcade
Posted by: Evil Otto | December 12, 2003 05:26 PM
'Jungle Hunt:' the game
where when you beat it, your prize:
play again, faster
or
Walk into a wall
in 'Berserk!' and your fate will
sound like this: "BZZT! BZZT!"
or
Clouds? No clouds? Should the
bullets bounce, or should they not?
Choice: thy name, 'Combat'
Posted by: geoff | December 12, 2003 05:34 PM
Atari HomeRun
So Many Runs, So Goofy
Run, Men, Run Around!
Posted by: Joseph J. Finn | December 12, 2003 05:39 PM
Donkey Kong, my love
rescue the princess quickly
jump over barrels.
We're goin riding
on the Freeway with love
and a hard joystick.
Posted by: Faith | December 12, 2003 06:23 PM
One button, one stick
eight directions to play with
but where is the joy?
Posted by: Ryan | December 12, 2003 06:24 PM
Imperial Walkers
shooting them takes way too long
blinking box means death
Posted by: Ryan | December 12, 2003 06:29 PM
Using the Force, Luke
Becoming Invincible
Laugh at Death I do
Random Launch the Shots
I try to hit not a thing
All to See the Egg
Posted by: Doctorfrau | December 12, 2003 06:54 PM
Dennis Kucinich
Using dead soldiers for gain.
Suck this joystick, bitch!
Posted by: Michael Demmons | December 12, 2003 07:07 PM
Ah, pixellation
We knew no better back then
Now it's eBay time
Posted by: Jim Treacher | December 12, 2003 07:16 PM
Bless'd dot unseen
So many hours Adventured
What an Easter Egg!
- The Soulful Blogger
Posted by: Joe Perez | December 12, 2003 08:46 PM
Basic Progamming
About one hundred bytes to
Write your shitty code
Space Invaders cheat:
Reset down, flip power on
Double Shots for you
Indy 500
Came with own controller. No
other game would use.
Posted by: Rabbi M | December 12, 2003 11:29 PM
centipede....fire, fire!
faster!! blasting bits and pieces
falls the spider!....SLAM.
Posted by: Trish | December 12, 2003 11:36 PM
Atari Asteroids
I can't steer the fucking ship!
Turn you cocksucker!
Yup.......I think I stained my chair on that one:)
Posted by: SondraK | December 13, 2003 02:27 AM
Damn...and all these years I thought haiku was 36-24-36....
Posted by: Jack Cluth | December 13, 2003 10:19 AM
Well, a little late to the party, but what the hell...
Broken controller
The guy won't run to the right
Plastic piece of crap
Posted by: No one of consequence | December 13, 2003 03:27 PM
Yellow Pac-Man runs
Trying to eat all the dots
Ghosts plan otherwise
Must see the doctor
My thumb hurts oh so badly
Damned Space Invaders
Posted by: Kim | December 13, 2003 06:19 PM
Space Invaders Rocks
With One Hundred Different Games
Exactly the Same
Posted by: Doug | December 13, 2003 08:24 PM