Atari Alumni & Video Game News

The Unofficial Blog For Atari Past Employees, Fans & Enthusiasts! Plus News About Video Games the World Over! Published by McGuinnessPublishing

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Joystick de Atari USB

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

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.   Eu [...]

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Help Me Restore My “Nerd Card”…

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

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 never played either in my life. Jonathan, my co-host, then jokingly questioned my geek credibility [...]

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Atari Classic Adventure Battles Its Way Onto the iPhone

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

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

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

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,…
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Criterion Style Box Art for Video Games

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

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 Style Video Game Box Art. They aren’t all winners, [...]

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

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

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 5 machines disponibles du 20 Avril prochain pour l’Asus au 18 Mai pour l’Acer. [...]

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New Ghostbusters trailer showcases Rule #3

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

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 of ghostbusting carnage all while nicely showcasing the game’s graphics and physics engines. Ghost Busters: [...]

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

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

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…”
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Demigod se retrasa hasta el mes de Mayo

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

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 finalmente hasta el próximo 15 de Mayo [...]

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