Atari 2600 Pac-Man and Axel F

Jan 05, 2007 | Nor Sanavongsay | Comments (0)

I was 9 years old when Beverly Hills Cops came out in the theaters and that same year my uncle bought me the Atari 2600 system. Pac-Man was was hot! Nothing close to the arcade version. Annoying sound effects and blocky characters. I could not be beat when I’m playing pac-man with the Axel F theme in the background.

My cousins and I use to stay up all night playing video games no matter if it’s the school season or summer vacation. We could not stop playing our Atari system. I remember one night we were up playing pac-man of course, either that or Pong, we were taking bets on who will have the highest score. The loser had to sleep in the basement for the night. Being the scardy cat that I was, I was determined not to lose. Each person gets one game play and the lowest score loses. Finally, my turn was up. I stepped up to the joystick with sweaty palms. A little heat flash through my body. I was set and focused on winning. 20,000 points to beat. I was missing one thing that could hype me up. Where was my Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack cassette tape (not CDs at the time, kids)! Who hid it? I was freaking out. Then I remembered I hid in my underwear drawer so no one would take it. I had Axel F theme pumping. My blood was circulating. No one can stop me now.

I was down to my last guy and 2,000 more points to go and the song was almost over. I can do it. The song was over. 1,000 more points to go. I got hit by the ghost. I’m dead. Did I make it? Urrrrghhhh I thought I lost. 25,000 on the screen! Alright!

That was a fun moment from my childhood. Of course, I will never achieve what this guy did.

Points are exaggerated from my blurry memory of the 80s.

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