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Daily Archives: March 19, 2010
The Atari SPECTOR – Holoptic Tabletop Game
Most people familiar with Atari had heard of the Atari Cosmos holographic video game system that Atari had shown at the New York Toy Fair in 1981 and was readying for a Christmas 81′ release. However, Atari’s management pulled the … Continue reading
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Tagged Atari, Atari Spector, Holographic Video Game, Holoptic Tabletop, Holoptic Tabletop Game
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Atari 2200 (2600jr Original Prototype)
Regan Cheng had drawn up many design sketches of various Portable Atari Designs for a project called Atari 2200, however it seems this moniker was also used for another project, a new low cost, low profile Atari VCS was updated … Continue reading
The Atari “Bionics” System
The Atari Bionics System. An entirely new product designed for the medical field. The system was comprised of an expandable base unit which would have various plug-in modules which would perform a specific function such as check heart rate and … Continue reading
The Atari Mindlink
“The State of the Art for the State of your Mind” Atari, looked into interfacing people with computers and videogames in an entirely new way. A set of controllers and software combined together to create the “Atari Mindlink System”. A … Continue reading
CX2600 “Video Computer System” 1977
Atari’s shining star: The Atari 2600 Video Computer System, Model # CX-2600. The Atari 2600 was designed in Grass Valley, California. The Atari 2600 team consisted of Jay Minor, Steve Mayer, Ron Milner and Joe Decuir. The case design was … Continue reading
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Tagged Atari 2600, Atari Game, Game Boxes, Home Game, Joystick Controllers, Video Computer System
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Design case history: the Atari Video Computer System
In late 1975, sales of devices that made it possible for consumers to play Pong on home television sets were booming. At Atari Inc., which had first introduced Pong as an arcade game and had manufactured one of the most … Continue reading