Atari Alumni & Video Game News

Calling old-school techies: A new iPhone/iPod Touch app lets you see how the Atari 2600 actually worked. 2600 Magic shows all the major schematics for the classic system as well as detailed instructions on how games were made. Here’s a hint: It was hard.
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Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix:   Please note no effects or sampling was used. What you see is what you hear (does that even make sense?)Atari 800XL was used for the lead piano/organ soundTexas Instruments TI-99/4a as lead guitar8 Inch Floppy Disk as Bass3.5 inch Harddrive as the gongHP ScanJet 3C was used for [...]

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A masterpiece, en effet. J’en ai eu des frissons d’écouter tout ce vieux fourbi “old school”, comme une machine à musique bien huilée. Une vieille imprimante HP, une calculette Texas Instruments, une Atari hors d’âge, un lecteur de disques, le tout pour 30$ de matos. Une pluie d’éloges méritée [...]

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Hach, da schlägt das Herz eines Nerds doch gleich viel höher. Queens “Bohemian Rhapsody” — gespielt von einem Atari 800XL, TI-99/4a, 8″ Floppy Disk, 3.5″ Harddrive und HP ScanJet 3C. Großartig! Muss ich mich für meine Gänsehaut eigentlich schämen?
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Old School Computers Do Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody19Apr09 Send to a Friend | Feed for this Entry | Filed under: Computer Music, Electronic Instruments, Music Videos, Strange [...]

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I can’t think of a more old school, geeky tribute to Queen than a band comprised of an Atari 800XL, 8-inch floppy disk, 3.5-in hard drive and HP Scanjet 3C. If only it sounded better. The composer, YouTube user bd594, says what you hear is 100% pure, straight from the machines themselves—no effects [...]

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( YouTube Direkt_Periphery_Rhapsody | via HYST ) Awesome! Queen’s „Bohemiam Rhapsody“ hier nicht etwa dargeboten von einer nerdigen Retro-Music-Software, sondern ausschließlich von obernerdiger antiquierter Hardware! Please note no effects or sampling was used. What you see is what you hear (does that even make sense?) Atari [...]

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Okay all of you old-school fighter fans, our time is almost upon us! After months of teasing and taunting, first with a group of screenshots and concept art when they…
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Jeg vokste opp med Commodore 64, Atari, og omsider Nintendo. Og nettopp derfor er det veldig morsomt for meg å se igjen de spillene jeg var så glad i den gangen. Men uansett om du som leser dette er for ung til å huske dette, eller om du er like gammel/eldre enn meg - så [...]

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The past few weeks of videogame publisher drama have been for the most part dedicated to the dispute between Tecmo and their former Rockstar/Director Tomonobu Itagaki, however Tecmo will need to move over and make room for another old school publisher. German videogame site 4players.de claims to be involved in apparent legal battle with Atari [...]

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