WANT TO FEEL OLD? ALL THESE GAMERS FROM THE SEVENTIES & EIGHTIES ARE NOW IN A COMA...

Wow! Gaming has been around a long time, hasn't it? 

And to further illustrate the point we have just made, every person you see in this gallery of vintage gamers from the 70s and 80s is now in a coma! Check it out!

PAT SHARP: "GIVE ME A THUMBS UP, SON!"

PAT SHARP'S SON: "ICH CANNOT MANAGE IT, VATER. I THINK I'M ENTERING DAS COMA."

PAT SHARP: "LOL."

BOOZEHOUND: "SHALL WE PLAY A GAME OF 'WHO CAN SLIP INTO THE LONGEST COMA?'." 

JOYPAD: "'KAY."

ARNOLD: "WHATCHU TALKIN' 'BOUT, WILLIS?"

​WILLIS: "..."

COUSIN VINNY: "I CAN'T WAIT TO GET HOME AND HAVE MY COMA!"

FIDEL CASTRO: "MMM... I AM PLAYING VIDEO GAMES WITH THE BAND 'PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS'".

THE BAND: "SOON WE WILL BE THE COMA PATIENTS 'PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS'."

FIDEL CASTRO: "COMA-MUNISM (COMMUNISM)."

DULL BOY: "THE VIBRANCY OF MY PALE YELLOW SHIRT AND BLUE TROUSERS IS OVERWHELMING. I CANNOT COPE. SOON I SHALL LAPSE INTO A COMA, WHERE I SHALL REMAIN UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY."

A YOUNG STEPHEN KING: "I HOPE THERE ISN'T A SCARY SKELETON-TYPE SHED GHOST IN THIS SHED."

SHED GHOST (INVISIBLE): "WHOOO! I COMA YOU!"

YELLOW SHIRT: "I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING THE DONKEY KONG FOR THE REST OF MY NATURAL LIFE."

SOCKSIE: "TOO BAD. I AM GOING TO KICK YOU INTO A COMA."

RED SHIRT: "FOR HOW MANY HOURS MUST WE WATCH THE PHOTOGRAPH OF DUSTY SPRINGFIELD AND THE MASTER?"

NUMBER 7: "JUST UNTIL WE SLIP INTO A COMA."

BOYS: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING STARING AT THE POWERLESS GAME BOY, MOTHER?"

MOTHER: "WAITING FOR OUR COMAS TO BEGIN."

GOLDENFLEECE: "I'M ONE RADICAL DUDE!"

OLD SHOVEL MAN FROM HOME ALONE: "SOON WE SHALL BE IN A COMA."

V-SIGN: "I HAVE REPLACED MY FOOT WITH A STEAM IRON."

WHITESLEEVES: "AM I HOLDING THIS CORRECTLY?"

V-SIGN: "WHO CARES? LET'S COMA, BABY!"

BRIAN WILSON: "MMF... NNNRRRF... NRFF NRFFF."

GOD (NOT PICTURED): "SLEEP, CHILD."

WHITE MUG: "THANKS TO MY CAMOUFLAGE, NOBODY CAN SEE ME."

​MOUSTACHE: (IRONICALLY) "I HOPE WE THREE DON'T SLIP INTO A COMA."

HOODIE: "LOOK, MOM - I'M SCRATCHING MY ASS ON PAC-MAN!"

​STRIPES: "BE CAREFUL, BROTHER. REMEMBER THAT OUR MOTHER HAS BEEN THREATENING TO PUT US INTO A LONG-TERM COMA FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS?"

A YOUNG RICHARD DREYFUSS: "THIS GAME IS CALLED COMBAT, BOWL-HAIR."

BOWL-HAIR: "DID YOU SAY 'COMA"?!"

CROSBY, STILLS & NASH: "FIVE MINUTES UNTIL OUR COMA!"

BASEBALL CAP: "ASS-GRABBIN' COMES BEFORE COMA!"

THE BEARDED: "HUNH?"

STAN LEE: "EXCELSIOR!"

GREEN GOBLIN: "I'VE GOT A PANCAKE ON MY HEAD."

SPIDER-MAN: "HEE HEE! I'M A HELICOPTER."

AIR-PUNCH: "YIP-YIP! <SNARL!>"

UNIMPRESSED BOY: "I WISH I WAS IN A COMA."

SAD BOY: "IT'S NOT FAIR. ALL MY FRIENDS ARE IN COMAS. WHY CAN'T I BE IN A COMA?"

SMILE BOY: "MY LOWER BODY IS THAT OF A SNAIL."

THE CAST OF COMA - THE MUSICAL: (SINGS) "A COMA IS THE BEST! IT'S BETTER THAN ALL THE REST! EXCEPT FOR FASCISM, WHICH WE ALSO LIKE! LA-LA-LA-LA-LAH-LIKE!"

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