actualy not sure. That one being covered by the text box is a different one than the 2 we see in pannel 3 and could be wearing a loincloth like the one behind him. The lady A’tarry appears to be standing in a bush as well as haveing the strategically placed basked of cartriges to cover her… interface.
That said ya the punchline made me LOL.
Ron
5 years ago
Where are the paddle controllers? Will they be featured on the female A’tarry?
foducool
5 years ago
ahaha the dunk hunt duck as a present XD
Taylor
5 years ago
So are E.T cartridges basically small pox blankets?
This may literally be the ONLY chance I ever get to use a joystick as an ACTUAL dick instead of just a euphemism. You’re damned right I was going to go for it.
Not really. They kept manufacturing the 2600 until 1992, so while the scene crashed and the Atari was no longer selling well, it wasn’t quite wiped off the map at this point.
Damn, you’re right. Despite causing the entire market to crash, they kept making 2600’s for years afterwards. I’m not sure if I’m impressed with that amount of stubbornness.
From a historical perspective it could have worked, though. The natives that the North American settlers discovered were the post-apocalyptic Mad Max survivors of the Colombian plague that ripped through their existing society. Having the Atari be the few, traumatised survivors of an earlier disaster could have fit. But hey, it is where it is now.
Yeah, I remember that my father bought ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Skate Boarding’ for Atari 2600 in a local shop, when I was young. Could have been after 1992 that it could have been remaining stock of that shop.
Hey, they are still around, after a fashion, and Blade Runner predicted it!
Doc Mesa
5 years ago
Ahhhh. I never had a Nes, Master System or Atari. My home console was the legendary Amstrad GX4000, with games like Plotting, Fire and Forget II and Switchblade.
I too was denied an Atari, we had Intellivision.
Still have it, still works, had to have it serviced in the early 90’s. I went out on a limb and called the 1 800 number on a sticker on the bottom. They answered, it was a common issue, shipped it to them and they repaired and shipped it back at no cost.
Corieu
5 years ago
that joke had to be done, was expecting it just like that
Perhaps a Canadian (in South Park fashion) equivalent of the A’tarry?
Perhaps as animals the A’tarry use for various purposes, and they swap out the game inserts to give them different abilities?
Perhaps as some sort of nomadic troupe of entertainers that change outfits for each show?
Joe
5 years ago
I really need to read how those new people were annihilated by the Extra Terrestrials somehow 😛
jeadly
5 years ago
But if his controller is his junk.. and that guy’s controller is his face… then that means… his FACE is his junk?
Not to start a whole past political argument or anything, but given the real world facts of what happened between the Natives and the Settlers… the settlers are all dickheads.
Well let me be the first to inform you that nudity and the naked body is nothing to be ashamed of. While our Western society has made it taboo and even indecent for nudity to be shown anywhere except in sexual pornographic circumstances it allows gratuitous violence and gore to be shown. This is as a result of religion (specifically Christianity) interposing its ideals of decency. I for one would much rather see a dong here and there rather than the dismembered corpses of fallen comrades but you are old enough to make up your mind on what is worse.
Of course, he may have just been pointing out that nearly every single aspect of this current series stopped being relevant two decades before he was even born.
Just promise me when you get to the 16-bit era you’ll find a way to have a Metroplex-style SNES doing battle with a Genesis which just so happens to resemble Trypticon
Dadditude
5 years ago
I’ve always enjoyed the Console Wars series, and this retro version even more so. Looking forward to the Genesisians.
Jacob
5 years ago
Excellent use of text box in panel 2 for the “reveal” in #3
Steve
5 years ago
Man…those A’tarry guys are diiiiiiiiicks…
HonoredMule
5 years ago
There is a special place in my heart for the long-running comics that still regularly use their medium to make jokes, and today you did not disappoint. 🙂
Tim how dare you put such filth in your comic! (diatribe so convoluted and full of misspelled profanities about you, your mom, and your grandmother, that its impossible to understand)
Honestly this is a great comic. Can’t wait to see what happens when the Master System shows up in this history. If the 8-bit generation is the age of wooden consoles, and iron men, would that make the 16-bit generation the turn of the century? (Industrial revolution into WW1?)
Careful, Tim! Don’t taunt the angry consumers – they might invoke (shudder)… the BBB.
Heh, I still get a kick out of the one you did back in V1.0 where Ethan is setting up his store for the first time and puts up a plaque addressing what he thinks about “the Customer is always right philosophy.” Makes me smile.
smittycr22
5 years ago
Well played sir! Well played!
Jakk Frost
5 years ago
Welp, that answers my question about the Atari, lol. Any predictions on Colecovision or Intellivision?
David
5 years ago
When, in the future, our children ask us “when did cad comics become NSFW papa?”, “Console war 1985, part 2” my son, “Console war 1985, part 2”
Eh, I dunno about that. I distinctly recall a Monster Hunter comic where Player Four made a sword out of a monster’s junk, and some other comic where a guy blasted another guy into space with his erection. So… no, we’ve crossed that threshold already.
Tyler Robinson
5 years ago
I’ve been enjoying this comic for years, but this one actually had me busting a gut. Pretty rare for me.
Ciro
5 years ago
it’s been quite a while since I posted this but: ROFLMFAO! caught me completely off guard with that one. 😀
1985 so 2 tone gray gun. Shortly after the launch they changed the gun to orange because of laws prohibiting the sale of realistic toy guns.
Marc
5 years ago
Great timing for this, didn’t realize the NES was released in US Oct 18, 1985. (According to Wikipedia)
Rastus Pants
5 years ago
Getting quality mileage out of the old “joystick” gag, I honestly didn’t think that was still possible. Kudos.
Sets up for something thoroughly x-rated between Atari and Amiga in the era of the Competition Pro joystick… a whole generation of kids grew up frantically waggling that bulbous red knob on their lap.
PankaLawn
5 years ago
I love your console wars series, it’s great. This one made me laugh so hard. Thank you.
Dr. Cynic
5 years ago
And now Atari is coming out with a new console in December. What a strange world we live in.
Uh, no. Different Atari. They bought the name and the rights and all, but it’s really just Infogrames.
It’s like, if your lame buddy Chuck from down the street invited you over to his powwow, where he’s going to wear a real authentic headdress and dance and sing, and everyone will watch Pocahontas later, but Chuck’s really some sixth-generation caucasian guy from Accounting and all he really wants you over for is to sell you some timeshares.
Chazz
5 years ago
Just a quick note from an editor geek – the word is “fraught” in panel 1. But apart from that one touch of OCD, ’tis one heck of a good strip. Blast from the past and all that…
Jared
5 years ago
Wow! They’re getting along so well! I can only believe that they are going to be best friends at the end of this. 😀
James Griffen
5 years ago
I love they call this land consolia. It reminds me of the story of how canada got its name.
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Duck hunt and joy sticks, aw yeah.
Well, Did not expect to see that tonight. Clever use of text boxes to cover up “details” .
And now it can’t be unseen.
actualy not sure. That one being covered by the text box is a different one than the 2 we see in pannel 3 and could be wearing a loincloth like the one behind him. The lady A’tarry appears to be standing in a bush as well as haveing the strategically placed basked of cartriges to cover her… interface.
That said ya the punchline made me LOL.
Where are the paddle controllers? Will they be featured on the female A’tarry?
ahaha the dunk hunt duck as a present XD
So are E.T cartridges basically small pox blankets?
Clever and dark on both a history *and* an Atari level; well done.
I’ll never look at an Atari controller the same way, again…
It took you until now to see them like that? Oh, my sweet summer child.
Oh my God!! This is too much!! 😀
Cheers
Maybe a bit blatant with the joysticks there man
This may literally be the ONLY chance I ever get to use a joystick as an ACTUAL dick instead of just a euphemism. You’re damned right I was going to go for it.
YUSSS!!!
Who wouldn’t?
I would have been disappointed if you *hadn’t* gone National Geographic with the joysticks ??
Being 55yo, this is hilarious. “I was going to go for it.” and yes you DID !
This is brilliant! I am loving it! 😀
If it was more true to life, ‘Consolia’ would be a burnt out husk and the ‘A’tarry’ long dead.
Not really. They kept manufacturing the 2600 until 1992, so while the scene crashed and the Atari was no longer selling well, it wasn’t quite wiped off the map at this point.
Damn, you’re right. Despite causing the entire market to crash, they kept making 2600’s for years afterwards. I’m not sure if I’m impressed with that amount of stubbornness.
From a historical perspective it could have worked, though. The natives that the North American settlers discovered were the post-apocalyptic Mad Max survivors of the Colombian plague that ripped through their existing society. Having the Atari be the few, traumatised survivors of an earlier disaster could have fit. But hey, it is where it is now.
Yeah, I remember that my father bought ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Skate Boarding’ for Atari 2600 in a local shop, when I was young. Could have been after 1992 that it could have been remaining stock of that shop.
Hey, they are still around, after a fashion, and Blade Runner predicted it!
Ahhhh. I never had a Nes, Master System or Atari. My home console was the legendary Amstrad GX4000, with games like Plotting, Fire and Forget II and Switchblade.
I too was denied an Atari, we had Intellivision.
Still have it, still works, had to have it serviced in the early 90’s. I went out on a limb and called the 1 800 number on a sticker on the bottom. They answered, it was a common issue, shipped it to them and they repaired and shipped it back at no cost.
that joke had to be done, was expecting it just like that
No Love for the Intellivisions?
Consolia is a big land. Then again, Atari did sort of dominate the second generation.
I’m sure we’ll see the Intellivisions, the Colecovisions, and possibly even the Coleco Adam.
I wondered about how they’d be portrayed…
Perhaps a Canadian (in South Park fashion) equivalent of the A’tarry?
Perhaps as animals the A’tarry use for various purposes, and they swap out the game inserts to give them different abilities?
Perhaps as some sort of nomadic troupe of entertainers that change outfits for each show?
I really need to read how those new people were annihilated by the Extra Terrestrials somehow 😛
But if his controller is his junk.. and that guy’s controller is his face… then that means… his FACE is his junk?
Actually Nintendo consoles are the only ones that seem to be represented by their controllers as heads. So you might say… they’re all dickheads.
Not to start a whole past political argument or anything, but given the real world facts of what happened between the Natives and the Settlers… the settlers are all dickheads.
Had you not gone that route though, that beautifully constructed sight gag of ‘blowing on the cartridge’ wouldn’t have worked…
I’m 12! That’s all I’m gonna say!
Well let me be the first to inform you that nudity and the naked body is nothing to be ashamed of. While our Western society has made it taboo and even indecent for nudity to be shown anywhere except in sexual pornographic circumstances it allows gratuitous violence and gore to be shown. This is as a result of religion (specifically Christianity) interposing its ideals of decency. I for one would much rather see a dong here and there rather than the dismembered corpses of fallen comrades but you are old enough to make up your mind on what is worse.
Of course, he may have just been pointing out that nearly every single aspect of this current series stopped being relevant two decades before he was even born.
I hope so, because these comics have been splattered in gore and dropping F-bombs since the beginning 😀
You missed a trick having the fire button on the bottom. Nothing like working the button while handling the joystick…
I’m surprised no one else has mentioned your rather clever way of slipping the Atari logo in via the spearhead. Nice touch!
Good catch! I missed that on the first read.
Just promise me when you get to the 16-bit era you’ll find a way to have a Metroplex-style SNES doing battle with a Genesis which just so happens to resemble Trypticon
I’ve always enjoyed the Console Wars series, and this retro version even more so. Looking forward to the Genesisians.
Excellent use of text box in panel 2 for the “reveal” in #3
Man…those A’tarry guys are diiiiiiiiicks…
There is a special place in my heart for the long-running comics that still regularly use their medium to make jokes, and today you did not disappoint. 🙂
Tim, you’re going to get angry letters…
Oh no, anything but that.
Tim how dare you put such filth in your comic! (diatribe so convoluted and full of misspelled profanities about you, your mom, and your grandmother, that its impossible to understand)
Honestly this is a great comic. Can’t wait to see what happens when the Master System shows up in this history. If the 8-bit generation is the age of wooden consoles, and iron men, would that make the 16-bit generation the turn of the century? (Industrial revolution into WW1?)
Careful, Tim! Don’t taunt the angry consumers – they might invoke (shudder)… the BBB.
Heh, I still get a kick out of the one you did back in V1.0 where Ethan is setting up his store for the first time and puts up a plaque addressing what he thinks about “the Customer is always right philosophy.” Makes me smile.
Well played sir! Well played!
Welp, that answers my question about the Atari, lol. Any predictions on Colecovision or Intellivision?
When, in the future, our children ask us “when did cad comics become NSFW papa?”, “Console war 1985, part 2” my son, “Console war 1985, part 2”
Eh, I dunno about that. I distinctly recall a Monster Hunter comic where Player Four made a sword out of a monster’s junk, and some other comic where a guy blasted another guy into space with his erection. So… no, we’ve crossed that threshold already.
I’ve been enjoying this comic for years, but this one actually had me busting a gut. Pretty rare for me.
it’s been quite a while since I posted this but: ROFLMFAO! caught me completely off guard with that one. 😀
Well, I know what I’m gonna be for halloween.
I kinda wanna see pics
Emphasis on the word “kinda”.
Is that a Galaga spear?
Holy Crap, a new Console Wars storyline. **repeated fist-pumping**
Wait, I just noticed the joystick thing. SOMEONE’s got quite a taste for tongue-in-cheek 😛
Not gonna lie, I’m looking forward to A’tarry Jaguar’s appearance in this
I wonder who of the colonist will die first, we will finally get some context to this war after 10 years.
Sorry to be dumb, but I never had a game console as a kid – the settlers are the Nintendo NES?
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I take it they have weird orange single-shot guns?
1985 so 2 tone gray gun. Shortly after the launch they changed the gun to orange because of laws prohibiting the sale of realistic toy guns.
Great timing for this, didn’t realize the NES was released in US Oct 18, 1985. (According to Wikipedia)
Getting quality mileage out of the old “joystick” gag, I honestly didn’t think that was still possible. Kudos.
Sets up for something thoroughly x-rated between Atari and Amiga in the era of the Competition Pro joystick… a whole generation of kids grew up frantically waggling that bulbous red knob on their lap.
I love your console wars series, it’s great. This one made me laugh so hard. Thank you.
And now Atari is coming out with a new console in December. What a strange world we live in.
Uh, no. Different Atari. They bought the name and the rights and all, but it’s really just Infogrames.
It’s like, if your lame buddy Chuck from down the street invited you over to his powwow, where he’s going to wear a real authentic headdress and dance and sing, and everyone will watch Pocahontas later, but Chuck’s really some sixth-generation caucasian guy from Accounting and all he really wants you over for is to sell you some timeshares.
Just a quick note from an editor geek – the word is “fraught” in panel 1. But apart from that one touch of OCD, ’tis one heck of a good strip. Blast from the past and all that…
Wow! They’re getting along so well! I can only believe that they are going to be best friends at the end of this. 😀
I love they call this land consolia. It reminds me of the story of how canada got its name.