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Greetings! My name is Atari Joe and I am very excited about video games. This is my profile page and I created it to let you get to know me a little bit better. As I mentioned, my name is Atari Joe Rivera and I serve as Captain of the Atari Super-Gang. I have an extensive background in Atari History, extending into all aspects of video game and computer history. I also serive as Commandant and am our Resident Atari 2600 Specialist and Liaison to the Admirals. I have an extensive collection of classic games including a sizeable Atari and NES collection in addition to Pong, 2600, 5200, 7800, Lynx, Jaguar, Flashback, Coin-Op and Computer systems. I am a resident of Naples, Florida.

 

 

 

 

Being Captain of the Atari Super-Gang is not easy. It's hard work knowing all there is to know about Atari. It takes a strict regiment of exercise, health, and a high-fiber diet to keep me lean. You gotta be to be Captian. Every morning I wake up excited to start the day. I have my glass of orange juice and my bowl of Special – K with milk. Then, if I have access to a computer, I take a look at the popular Atari sites such as AtariAge and Atari Museum to see what’s new for the day. Part of my duties as Captain is to be on top of things. It is my job to share my knowledge and absorb the knowledge of others.

The best thing about being in the Captain's Chair is steering the course of the Atari Super-Gang and the future of Atari. I am proud of my job and my position. I believe in using my celibrity status for good. I want to help the Atari community and help educate children about computers, inspire imaginations and remind people of the greatness of innovative leisure. Video Entertainment goes so far beyond what some people first perceive, it is my job to educate, stimulte and entertain.

 

Having the best Atari website in the whole wide world is fun but it's also a challenge that I truly enjoy. I really do believe that I have the greatest Atari website ever made and I pride myself in my work and my information. True, websites like AtariAge and Atari Historical Society may be more popular than mine, but they are also quite different. My site has something special that I don’t think I can quite put into words. We have a culture here at the Atari Super-Gang and I try to make it part of my website. I have a wonderful team that helps me put together a wonderful website to serve you better. I like to be different, and I want my Atari website to go where the others do not.

 

I am a person of many interests. My main interests of course are classic video games, namely of the Atari persuasion. I spend a great deal of time organizing and cataloguing my games. I also like to keep all of my documents and game materials in order. My boxes are nicely kept in a cool, dust-free environment. That is very important to me.

My other main interests include classic cars and anything to do with the good old days, being the 1950’s and 1960’s in America. Sometimes the 1970’s and 1980’s too. Anything to do with loud muscle cars, drive in movies, Doo-Wop on the radio, Beach Boys, American Graffiti, Happy Days or anything else, boy let me tell you for sure I like to be a part of it.

My personal life is just that, personal. I like wine, women and song. When I am not playing video games or with my Atari running crew, I have other things I like to do. Sometimes I am a bad boy. I have a mean streak and I can be both a bad-boy and a gentleman. Sometimes I really like to live life dangerously. There are times when my inner bad boy kicks in and I get really excited about life. I have the best friends and we like to go have fun and seek out new adventures.

 

Some of you may not know who I am just yet, but others will already know me from my many guest appearances and articles. Simply, I am best known as the Howard Cosell of video games – me being the quirky video game expert and historian. Some have compared me to Morton Downey Junior and others have compared me to Charley Brown. The bottom line is that I am widely considered to be “a character” who brings a sense of humor to retrogaming and the industry as a whole. While I have made several guest appearances and do post on forums from time to time, my primary source of fame came through this website where people got to know me very much the same way as they did Jay Maynard, “The Tron Guy” and others like him. I just like to live my life and have fun. For that, the world has deemed me a celebrity.

My first chance at fame came at a young age due to my uncle Gary and his involvement in the circus. He gave me my first shot at fame when he invited me become part of his circus act in 1976. I was able to join in on the Bicentennial Show and had a wonderful experience taking part in all of the fun and festivities. I also got to explore the Las Vegas circuit in the early 1980s, just as I was getting into Atari. I always wanted to rescue a damsel in distress and in 1987 I received that chance when I pulled a little from a well using nothing more than my wit, and a jerry-rigged dongle harness made of four Atari 2600 joysticks weaved together to form a harness and daisy-chain that could be lowered down to rescue the baby. Once I created the Atari Super-Gang in 1981 and had built it up to full force, we started creating our first publication called The Atari Super Chronicle. That later became my Atari website and in 2001 I was offered the chance to host my Atari website here at Atari 7800.com. These days I get many requests for interviews and appearances. Soon I will be making an appearance on Sesame Street to teach kids about computers again and to hang out with Grover and Snufalufagus and all those guys. I think it is a wonderful thing to teach children about the wonders of technology. I also have always liked Sesame Street. I always liked Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood and Mr. McFeely but I always wanted to throw that stupid trolley into the fish tank, I think that trolley is dumb and really think they should replace it with a souped-up muscle car.

All in all, being a celebrity is hard. It takes alot of work. It’s really something to be sitting in Denny’s or Waffle House and be recognized by the public. I come back to my ideals though, my ability and desire to use my celebrity stardom for the purpose of good, and to promote the Atari retrogaming namesake.