Daily Archives: April 14, 2009

Joystick de Atari USB

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

Nossa, não sou das pessoas mais novas do mundo, por isso já joguei num vídeo-game Atari. Na verdade já quebrei alguns desses joysticks, jogando Enduro, Space Invaders, Pac-man, Pitfall, River Raid e Olimpíadas é claro. Click Here For More…

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Help Me Restore My “Nerd Card”…

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

We had quite a bit of fun the last episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. Toward the end, we mentioned a dispute relating to the company behind Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons and I mentioned how I had … Continue reading →

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Atari Classic Adventure Battles Its Way Onto the iPhone

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

Between the Wii Virtual Console’s classic offerings and Xbox Live Arcade’s digital delivery of coin-op rereleases and remixes, it seems like the higher tech our gadgets become the more classic… Want The Rest? Click Here.

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Club Nintendo Offers Premeum Rewards With a Classic Game & Watch Collection for the DS

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

Remember in the ’70s and ’80s when you mailed in Kool-Aid points and Bazooka Gum wrappers for freebies? Even video games got into the gig with Chase the Chuck Wagon,… Want The Rest? Click Here.

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Criterion Style Box Art for Video Games

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

Yesterdays post about “Crazy Climber” got me thinking about modern video game box art. So I started looking for good modern examples of game art to match the evocative style of early Atari and found this huge collection of Criterion … Continue reading →

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EeeBOX B206 et AspireRevo apparaissent sur le catalogue de Play.com

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

C’est la journée des nettops chez le distributeur en ligne Play.com qui propose dans la même journée des précommandes pour la nouvelle EeeBOX B206 d’Asus et 4 versions différentes de l’Acer AspireRevo. Pas mal de surprises dans ce listing de … Continue reading →

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New Ghostbusters trailer showcases Rule #3

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

Atari has recently released the above trailer for their upcoming game Ghostbusters: The Video Game. If you’re a fan of Ghostbusters you’ll recognize the third rule, for which the trailer is appropriately named: Split up. The trailer showcases all sorts … Continue reading →

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dorkyearbook: It’s Jaie, y’all! “The worse part is having to…

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

dorkyearbook: It’s Jaie, y’all! “The worse part is having to play your new Atari by yourself on Christmas morning because no one would play with you. That poor lonely joystick just sitting there…” Click Here For More…

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Demigod se retrasa hasta el mes de Mayo

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

El título estaba previsto salir este mismo mes. Gas Powered Games y Atari vuelven a anunciar un nuevo retraso para el título de estrategia Demigod, el cual estaba previsto que saliera al mercado este mismo mes de Abril pero que … Continue reading →

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