Atari Alumni & Video Game News

Eugene Jarvis, noted arcade videogame designer and founder of the Raw Thrills studio, will be honored by the Amusement Music Owners Association of New York as its 2009 Man of the Year.
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mercurypdx : fuckyeahportland : Ground Kontrol Remember when you weaseled your parents out of every quarter you could, only to blow them all on Pac-Man? Space Invaders? Defender? The latest cartridge for your Atari, ColecoVision, or Nintendo system? [...]

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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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Con l’intento di scalfire la supremazia di Atari nel mercato video-ludico, nel 1977 il team Midway (divisione di videogiochi della casa produttrice Bally) realizza il Bally Astrocade, una console a cartucce dotata di migliori prestazioni grafiche e audio.Originariamente chiamata Bally Home Library Computer, fu inizialmente disponibile solo tramite ordine postale.Poco dopo, prima di giungere al [...]

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It’s been just about a month since Troy Akey’s party in Chicago. Like everyone else, I was blown away by his collection of immaculate games. There was one game in particular that was most noteworthy to me, his NIB (New In Box) Atari Football. If you don’t already know, Troy got his Atari Football from [...]

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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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Here’s a pretty niche little reproduction project that is going to happen, a small run of Dig dug cabaret (mini) control panel overlays. My guess is that probably around 25 pieces will be made, and pre orders for the Dig Dug overlays have already begun - Dig Dug overlays at RGVAC - Dig Dug overlays [...]

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Atari is planning to produce a variety of games for Xbox Live Arcade, PSN, iTunes, Facebook and other connected platforms all as part of what Harrison calls “broadly online distribution agnostic”.
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While his name may not stand out to most gamers under the age of 25, Paul Allen Newell was the lead for the classic Towering Inferno on the 2600. Thanks to Digital Press, they’ve caught up with him to reflect on his days at Western Technlogies, where the bulk of his memorable work was done. [...]

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Selling Midi Collection ;] 19,193 MIDIS - 10$ August 23rd, 2008 20 Different MAIN Categories Cats: Anime: 190 Cats - 1,343 Midis Arcade 145 Cats - 625 Midis Atari Computers 55 Cats - 96 Mids Commodore 64 191 Cats - 308 Midis Dos and Windows [...]

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