| Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! | |
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monbla256

Age : 72 Location : DFW Metroplex, Texas Registration date : 2012-01-15
 | Subject: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Fri May 22, 2015 3:19 pm | |
| It was on May 22,1980 when the little gobbler came to life in Japan!! It was later in 82 or so my daughter's grandfather bought her an Atari computer and it had the Pac-man game with it !! The irritating sounds it made are one of the hallmarks of the "Fab '80s", I still hear it when I go to a mall !! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man |
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juanmedusa

Age : 36 Location : Falls Church, Virginia Registration date : 2013-07-06
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Fri May 22, 2015 4:10 pm | |
| Nice write up. I like the anecdotal additions. He was definitely a part of my life though I'm too young to be aware of that initial wave. |
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Cartaphilus

Age : 64 Location : East Texas Registration date : 2011-12-15
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Fri May 22, 2015 4:17 pm | |
| A stinking Video game...........the curse and down fall of American children and there celebrating it  |
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kaitlyn3837

Registration date : 2013-05-14
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Fri May 22, 2015 6:02 pm | |
| - Cartaphilus wrote:
- A stinking Video game...........the curse and down fall of American children and there celebrating it

I actually would blame the fall on parents... If they decided to spend time parenting rather than letting a video game system babysit the kids, I think it would make a world of change. Game systems aren't the problem. In moderation, they are a good way to de-stress for some people, adults included. The problem comes when the parents allow their children to sit in front of the game for hours. I like the way my parents did it. We had tickets. Each ticket was worth 15 minutes of video game time. We had a weekly chore chart, different chores for each day, if we did all of our chores on their properly assigned days, at the end of the week we would get 4 tickets (1 hour worth of playing time) and our allowance which was anywhere from $2 to $10 depending on our age. Occasionally there would be extra chores that come up and we could do them for extra tickets. When we wanted to play the video game, we would have to have all of our chores and homework done (which was serious because we were homeschoooled LOL) before we could play. We would have to designate how long we wanted to play by telling my mom and then put the tickets into a jar that was on top of the tv. It was great for my mom because we would LOOK for extra stuff to do around the house, it taught us the value of work, the value of time, and in a sense the value of money (tickets were like money). Just like a paycheck, you could blow the tickets as you get them, one at a time, or you could save them up and wait until your friends come over and be able to play with them. I gotta hand it to my parents, they had a great system worked out. I know you weren't being hardcore or overly harsh, and sorry for the long post, I just wanted to give my parents some credit for doing a good job in an age where it's a hard thing to do. And I think far too many parents aren't even trying. |
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MisterE Moderator

Location : Mexico City Registration date : 2009-08-24
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Fri May 22, 2015 6:16 pm | |
| I thought you were talking about Manny Pacquiao! Never mind. Carry on... _________________ Many of the greatest pleasures in life are illegal, immoral, or smelly.
-Yak
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Cartaphilus

Age : 64 Location : East Texas Registration date : 2011-12-15
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Fri May 22, 2015 6:24 pm | |
| Like you mentioned K, some parents are also to fault. And a lot of parents outta be turned over one's knee and given a good lick'en like they should have done to there children, instead of letting the little brats cause havoc and pester others. Yes, this has evolved into another aspect of child rearing, the parents that ignore there children and force others to deal and or discipline them. I get a real big kick out of these parents that don't discipline there kids and say "I don't want to stunt his or her creativity" Hog Wash! If ya ask me parents that rear children in this way should be sterilized and not be allowed to have children. All they do is push there burdens on to others and rear children that most likely spend the remainder of the adult lives in and out of prisons further burdening society. Okay, that's my rant, I'm done......for now. CMA: This doesn't mean I disapprove of parents that don't spank there children, only those that don't Discipline and or teach them values, morals, etc. and give them a set of rules to live by, in other words Being a Parent and not just be a child bearer. |
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monbla256

Age : 72 Location : DFW Metroplex, Texas Registration date : 2012-01-15
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Fri May 22, 2015 6:44 pm | |
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Cartaphilus

Age : 64 Location : East Texas Registration date : 2011-12-15
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Fri May 22, 2015 7:15 pm | |
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monbla256

Age : 72 Location : DFW Metroplex, Texas Registration date : 2012-01-15
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Fri May 22, 2015 7:30 pm | |
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kaitlyn3837

Registration date : 2013-05-14
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Sat May 23, 2015 10:38 am | |
| LOL, sorry monbla. The first time I played PacMan was on a HUGE desktop computer (still during the dial-up tone phase of computers for internet connections). I had an Atari disc with PacMan, Centipede, Pong, and a few others. PacMan and Centipede were my favorites though!
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monbla256

Age : 72 Location : DFW Metroplex, Texas Registration date : 2012-01-15
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Psmith

Location : Sokcho, South Korea Registration date : 2013-04-21
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Sat May 23, 2015 12:03 pm | |
| I much preferred Frogger.
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MichaelM

Age : 52 Location : Souderton, PA Registration date : 2014-02-13
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Sat May 23, 2015 5:12 pm | |
| Wasn't he always a Milleniall? I never got the whole Pac Man thing. Lost interest in video games after Pong. Mike. |
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Brewdude Moderator

Age : 65 Location : Near the Emerald city Registration date : 2011-05-04
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Sat May 23, 2015 7:07 pm | |
| Never really got into the video game thing. Played Pacman a few times but it didn't catch. Dropped a few quarters on Centipede but that lost appeal real quickly. Guess I'm not a gamer.
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eklektos44

Age : 61 Location : Virginia Registration date : 2015-04-10
 | Subject: Re: Pac MAn is a Milleniall today !! Sat May 23, 2015 7:12 pm | |
| Asteroids took a fair few of my quarters... |
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monbla256

Age : 72 Location : DFW Metroplex, Texas Registration date : 2012-01-15
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