Electronic Gaming Monthly put together a panel of kids(10 to 13) to play the video games that we oldsters grew up with. I remember shoving quarters into Pong back in the day and playing it even though there was a short in the cabinet somewhere and you'd get a low-level electrical shock hanging onto the aluminum controller.

PONG

Tim: My line is so beating the heck out of your stupid line. Fear my pink line. You have no chance. I am the undisputed lord of virtual tennis. [Misses ball] Whoops.

John: Tim, how could you miss that? It was going like 1 m.p.h.

Gordon: He's a funny color.

Sheldon: His face looks pink.

Becky: What color is he supposed to be? Green? And why can't we get past this first level?

Mattel Handheld Football

Tim: They could've just as easily called this game anything—Baseball, Bowling, Escape From the Monsters.

EGM: Did you score?

Kirk: I bumped into a dot.

Tetris

John: I just lined up six of the same color. Why didn't they blow up?

EGM: Nothing blows up.

Space Invaders

Tim: This is nothing compared to Grand Theft Auto III, because you can't steal a taxi cab, pick up somebody, then drive into the ocean with him.

Kirk: And you can't pick up an AK-47 and go kill—hey, those aliens on the top row, you use them in EGM for stuff.

EGM: Yeah, we use them to end our articles. They do kinda look like they're from Space Invaders, don't they?

Tim: They're going to sue you.

Kirk: I'm sure everyone who made this game is dead by now.