Tag Archives: Video Games

Atari Classics

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Editorial Staff

Game Details Description As we live in a world where video games look as real as live television, who would have thought that it all originated from Pong? Classic games like Pong, Centipede, and Battlezone began a video gaming revolution. … Continue reading →

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Ghostbusters The Video Game

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Editorial Staff

Game Details Description The Ghostbusters are back in Ghostbusters™: The Video Game! With Manhattan overrun once more by ghosts and other supernatural creatures, gamers take the role of a new recruit joining the famous Ghostbusters team. Equipped with a variety … Continue reading →

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Ben Heckendorn’s Atari 800 laptop

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Editorial Staff

Ben Heckendorn, master of stuffing old gaming consoles into portable packaging created what is arguably his most intricate project yet, a homemade laptop filled with Atari 800 guts. This throwback to the early days of video games sports an 8-inch … Continue reading →

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How to Buy Vintage Atari Games

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Editorial Staff

Instructions Step 1 Try games online before you buy. If you don’t remember which Atari would make the best choices to buy, you can play them online before you decide to buy them. Go to the Classic Consoles website, click … Continue reading →

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Games from Atari

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Editorial Staff

To a great extent, the Atari 2600 VCS not only defined what home console gaming was to be like, but also served as the thin edge of the wedge that drove more general-purpose desktop computers into the home. “VCS” stands … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Least Popular Wars

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

Top 5 Least Popular Wars Videogames’ least-visited conflicts. By Scott Sharkey It was hard to find any years ver the course of the 20th century where the US wasn’t engaged in some kind of military action. Out of all of … Continue reading →

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How to Beat Video Games: Yar’s Revenge for the Atari 2600

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

Another great video from Vestron’s “How to Beat Video Games” series, explaining how to beat “Yar’s Revenge” for the Atari 2600: Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share … Continue reading →

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Big screen titans hope to conquer video games

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

Workers prepare the L.A. Convention Center for the Electronic Entertainment Expo this week. Click Here For More…

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How video games can show us how to engage Generation Y

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

Full disclosure and necessary reminiscing : I grew up with a second-hand Nintendo (shout out to my pals Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda ). Before that I played on a second-hand Atari ( Pac-Man , Donkey Kong , you … Continue reading →

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How to Beat Video Games: Astroblast for the Atari 2600

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.

Another great video (with an appearance from “The Narrator”) from Vestron, explaining how to beat “Astroblast” for the Atari 2600. Click Here For More…

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