Daily Archives: October 1, 2008

Spectravideo’s Compumate Turns Your Atari 2600 Into a Computer

We are talking suburban high tech here! Compumate came with a membrane keyboard and was equipped with a phone jack for use with a standard tape connector. Was it great? No, but I still wanted one so that I could … Continue reading

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Silent Hill: Homecoming May Be Toned Down for Australia

Silent Hill: Homecoming May Be Toned Down for Australia by Blake Ellison Sep 30, 2008 4:26pm CST tags: Silent Hill: Homecoming Double Helix’s Silent Hill: Homecoming (PC, 360, PS3), which was refused classification in Australia last week, may get a … Continue reading

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Nintendo and the Windows Mindset

Nintendo and the Windows Mindset Posted by Paul Murphy @ 2:58 pm Categories: General, Applications, Development, IT Retardants, Productivity Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy I’ve been playing the Tiger … Continue reading

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Silent Hill: Homecoming’s Aussie exile detailed; hopeful release in Q1 2009

Filed under: Culture, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Adventure, Business Late last week we learned that Silent Hill: Homecoming was essentially banned in Australia after being refused classification by the OFLC. IGN has some more details on the … Continue reading

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Dream come true: Pakistani businessmen

ISLAMABAD: The decision to open the Wagah-Atari border and the Munabao-Khokrapar rail link to trade is a “dream come true” but the two sides will have to work fast to implement it and put up the additional … Click Here … Continue reading

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Nike Air Force II x Atari

Para todos aquellos fanaticos de las zapatillas y los videojuegos de los 80s ( como nosotros !!! ) esta nueva colaboracion de la firma con base en Beaverton es lo maximo… ya que toma al… no muy conocido… modelo Air … Continue reading

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Donkey Shot [Aardvarchaeology]

I’m reading Steven L. Kent’s engrossing 2001 book The Ultimate History of Video Games, and of course it reminds me of a lot of games I played as a kid. My first real video games were played on the Atari … Continue reading

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Wal*Mart cierra sus servidores de DRM

Los últimos en cerrar sus servidores de DRM habían sido Yahoo y MSN, y ahora le toca el turno a Wal*Mart, la cadena estadounidense de centros comerciales que el viernes pasado envió un correo a sus clientes para anunciarles el … Continue reading

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Si l’Atari 2600 existait encore…

L’Atari 2600 est lancée en octobre 1977, il y’a 31 ans. Avec plus de 25 millions d’unités vendues, l’Atari 2600 est la console la plus populaire de sa génération. Le succès est historique, marquant l’avènement d’un marché de masse pour … Continue reading

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Pacman Sofas

Diese Sofas würden ja perfekt zu diesem Wohnzimmertisch-Controller (der noch dazu tatsächlich funktioniert) fürs NES passen. Ich stelle mir grade vor, wie ich in einem solchen Wohnzimmer auf meinem immer noch funktionierendem Atari 2600 Pac-Man spiele. Retrogaming war noch nie … Continue reading

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