In the depths of my basement Hidden behind the christmas decorations And under the family albums Lies a box waiting to be discovered It holds a legend from a bygone era The atari 2600 It may be the grandfather of gaming But it still plays like it's 1977 It's been going strong for forty years But my laptop called it quits after five You have to start with the classics Like Pacman pitfall and pong Galaga asteroids and dig dug All of them in glorious 8 bits A throwback to simpler times When there were no updates to download Nothing to install to the hard drive 12 year Olds didn't mock you online It was just you and a joystick