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Daily Archives: March 18, 2010
Video game crash of 1983
The video game crash of 1983 was the sudden crash of the video game business and the bankruptcy of a number of companies producing home computers and video game consoles in North America in late 1983 and early 1984. It … Continue reading
Posted in Atari History
Tagged Aggressive Marketing, Atari 2600 Games, Boom Days, crash, decline, Game Crash, Home Computers, low sales, New Video Games, Nintendo Entertainment System, Pac Man, Sudden Crash, Video Game Business, Video Game Consoles, video game industry crash, Video Gaming
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The Mindlink System by Atari
FEATURES: *Uses EMG technology to respond to each individual’s level of concentration and muscle tension. *Compatible with 7800, 2600, and Atari home computers *Offers two player expandibility *Works on infrared control up to 20 foot range *Includes bionic breakthrough cartridges … Continue reading
ATARI XEGS INFORMATION
This look inside the Atari XE Game System includes two programs. XEGS Manager is a utility for convenient control of all the Game System’s built-in features, but many of its options can also be used on the other Atari XL/XE … Continue reading
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Tagged Atari XE, Atari XE Game System, Atari XEGS, XEGS information
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The Atari STe – Still The World’s Tightest Music Computer?
Hexfix93 (Velvet Acid Christ) has been doing some tests, trying to figure out which computer/sequencer combination is the tightest for doing electronic music. He tested sequencers by sequencing a series of 16th notes, recording the output, viewing it in an … Continue reading
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Tagged Atari, Atari Computer/Sequencer, Atari Music Computer, Atari Ste
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TOP SECRET: Confidential Atari-Amiga Agreement
This long sought-after document finally made it into the hands of The Atari Historical Society. For many years the debate on whether or not there was an actual agreement with Atari & Amiga for the rights to sell an Atari … Continue reading
Atari 8-bit family
Atari built a series of 8-bit home computers based on the MOS Technologies 6502 CPU, starting in 1979. Over the next decade several versions of the same basic design would be released, but the models remained largely identical internally. History … Continue reading