Oct 2, 2007

This the 30th anniversary of Xbox 360's great-grandfather, PS3's dist🌱ant ancestor and Wii's, er, third cousin once removed. That's right, the Atari 2600! Don't tell us you didn't kn✨ow...

Being the first real videogame console, 2600 was also the home of the first recognisable videogames genres. So, we thought, what better way to celebrate the old boy's big 3-0 by seeing how its brave gaming heroes compare to the audiovisual treats we take for graꦍnted today. Join us, for a scathing walk down memory lane...

Right, first up is Asteroids. Close relative of - perhaps the first game ever created - Asteroids used to be the❀ chief reason we never had any po💧cket money. We're that old.

Next to modern-day space blast twitchfest Geometry Wars, though, Asteroids looks... er, what's the inoffensive term for 'bag of balls'? Certainly, we owe Asteroids a debt of gratitute, for helping to kickstart a gaming revolution. But on this evidence, we🎐 sure don't owe it a replay...