We Didn't Stop Atari

By Francisco Rangel

(To the tune of We Didn't Start the Fire, by Billy Joel)

Harry Potter, Pokemon, Tomb Raider, Digimon

Monkey Island, Space Invaders, Super Mario

Maniac Mansion, Zero Mission, Mortal Kombat, Pole Position

Grand Theft Auto, Ninja Gaiden, Pong and Yu-gi-oh

Megaman, Depth Bomb, Asteroids, Robotron

Tetris, and Army Men, River Raid, and Suikoden

Castlevania, Kirby, Demolition Derby

Dragon Warrior, LEGO Racers, Yoshi's Island, Gauntlet

I really miss Atari

From when I was younger

Now the games are longer

So, I still play Nintendo

Like to keep it old-skool

8-bit's always so cool

South Park Rally, Harvest Moon, Jungle Hunt and Zoo Tycoon

Double Dragon, Puyo Puyo, NBA Jam

Duck Hunt, Tony Hawk, Chrono Trigger, Chuck Rock

Q*Bert, Sonic, Worms, and Serious Sam

Half-life, Max Payne, Zak McKraken, and Bloodrayne

Onimusha, Sam and Max, Age of Empires, Golden Axe

Home run, Outer Space, Prince of Persia, Death Race

Alley Cat, Paperboy, Sinistar, SimCity

I used to love my Gameboy

First they made it Color

Then they made it smaller

My portable companion

It has been enhanced now

So it's called "Advance" now

Bomberman, Burning Fight, Killer Instinct, Gyromite

Frogger, Basketball, Day of the Tentacle

Solitaire, and Sim Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark

Ice Climber, and Descent, and Unreal Tournament

There's Street Fighter, Zaxxon, Duke Nukem, Mafia

Need for Speed, Halo, Turok: Evolution

Rampage, Deus Ex, and that BMXXX

Metroid Prime and Fusion, Dance Dance Revolution

Genesis made by Sega

16 bits of power

Made Nintendo cower

They made Super Nintendo

Neither one was hated

Neither dominated

Leisure Suit Larry, Project Gotham Racing

Punchout, Zork, Doom, Zombies Ate My Neighbors

Legend of Kyrandia, DOA Beach Volleyball

Dig Dug, Nethack, Contra and Plaque Attack

Zelda, Moon Patrol, Battlezone and Star Control

Zero Wing, Baldur's Gate, FIFA Soccer 98

The 3D Revolution

First we saw Playstation

Our infatuation

N64 and Dreamcast

Came along to fight it

But they couldn't smite it

Splinter Cell, Ms. Pac Man, Donkey Kong is back again

Warcraft, Starcraft, Centipede, Xybots

Pitfall, Pengo, Burger Time, 3D Castle Wolfenstein

Ninja Turtles in Japan, Roger Wilco needs a tan.

Hogan's Alley, Excitebike, Quest For Glory, Counter-strike

Ultima, 7th Guest, Quake, Joust, Everquest

Klax, Defender, Earthworm Jim, The Incredible Machine

Final Fantasy, and Loom, I have no space in my room

New consoles are arriving

GameCube, PS2

We've got Xbox, too

New consoles will be coming

But when these are gone

We will still play on and on and on and on...