You know, video games have come a long way, but I still think that the some of the best video game sounds of all time and the best music of all time come from our old friend, the Atari 2600. Here are my all-time favorites:

Best sound: the “squish” sound in Dig Dug when you drop rocks on the monsters. Satisfyin’. Take that, Fygar!

Best music: yep, mom, it’s the music that you still remember after all these years…the lovely musical score of Pitfall II. (Da, da, da-da da da!) There were even three different types of music…

• The happy, “I just got another gold bar that’s twice as big as my head but somehow I can carry with me” music,
• The sad, “stupid condor just cost me another couple of thousand points” music,
• And the “gee, nothing bad or good has happened in a while but we have to have music” music.

Ah…the memories come flooding back…