Atari Alumni

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to dig up a few game assets over at Atari. Anyone who has seen their emails go unanswered can vouch for how annoying that is, but the news that came out this week that French entertainment publisher Infogrames has completed its takeover Atari for a meager [...]

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Quite untypical of a Sony executive, Sony Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida revealed that he actually wants to see the Xbox 360 succeed in Japan. In an interview with Eurogamer, Yoshida was generous in his praise toward rival Microsoft and Xbox 360, saying that he would “really like to see both PS3 and 360 [...]

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Saturday, October 11, 2008: Powerchords In-Store And Pizza Party @ Record City( Free! 3pm, pizza from Luigi’s in Golden Hill, all ages)North Park Nights (formerly Ray At Night) in North ParkOktoberfest @ German American ClubSwim Party, Writer, Irreversible Reversible @ The Ken ClubBig Sandy and His Flyrite Boys, Rip Carson, The Rumblers @ CasbahJoanie Mendenhall [...]

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Saturday, October 11, 2008:Powerchords In-Store And Pizza Party @ Record City( Free! 3pm, pizza from Luigi’s in Golden Hill, all ages)North Park Nights (formerly Ray At Night) in North ParkOktoberfest @ German American ClubSwim Party, Writer, Irreversible Reversible @ The Ken ClubBig Sandy and His Flyrite Boys, Rip Carson, The Rumblers @ CasbahJoanie Mendenhall and [...]

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Another update of this 8bit Atari emulator from eegt97 now so let’s see what he’s done to it: I updated the installer again. This fixes the following: User functions not done in the GUI when mapped to joystick buttons Database machine type fixes for 5200 diagnostic carts Launcher speed doubled Current [...]

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Finally, some news about a troubled, bankrupted former household name getting bought up by someone other than the government. Infogrames has completed its purchase of Atari, for all of million. The French publisher already owned about 51 percent of Atari. In April, Atari pretty much threw in the towel, was de-listed from the stock [...]

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Blip Festival 2008: The Promo from Richard Alexander Caraballo on Vimeo. Jenn de la Vega from The Blip Festival sent me an email today asking if I would mind mentioning the bit-crushed bleep fest returning to Brooklyn later this year. I love this stuff and will be in NY this December so I will [...]

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Video-games não servem só para entreter a garotada ou te ajudar a relaxar depois de um dia de trabalho. Cada vez mais as pessoas enxergam novas possibilidades para a nossa diversão eletrônica, seja ela auxiliar pessoas no tratamento de câncer ou na educação. Mais uma vez nosso estimado passa-tempo supera seus limites e vai além [...]

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First Arkanoid Live! Screens Deserve Compulsory Exclamation Point [Tokyo Game Show 2008] First Arkanoid Live! Screens Deserve Compulsory Exclamation Point [Tokyo Game Show 2008] I don’t know about you folks, but one of the most exciting bits of information I gleaned from McWhertor’s masterful live blogging of [...]

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1. Introducere AĹŸadar, am căzut cu liftul cel nou ĂŽn timpul serviciului de gardă la marea bolniĹŁÄƒ. Mda. Două etaje doar, dar până ce liftul s-a oprit ĂŽn scrĂ˘ĹŸnete de fiare, [...]

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