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New acquisition – Crystal Castles
Last night I picked up the 11th game in my collection, Atari’s Crystal Castles and for only $400 it was a good deal that I couldn’t pass up. I found this one on Craigslist
Read More »Atarigames.com updated with some cool arcade prototype info
Atarigames.com is a website dedicated to nothing but Atari arcade games, from all phases of the coin-op division at Atari. The website has been updated and with some very cool information including pictures of
Read More »Tempest heads to XBLA
(Click to enlarge) As you may already know, I hold a soft spot for anything Atari so when I see some updates of their awesome arcade classics, I find it hard to resist mentioning
Read More »Atari's Laserdisc Malibu Grand Prix
I stumbled across this on Digital Press and would love to know more about it. Below are links to test footage for Atari’s never-released laserdisc driving game, shown here in 3 parts. Filmed at Malibu Grand Prix in
Read More »Asteroids blasting its way to XBLA Wednesday
(click to enlarge) We don’t mention arcade remakes coming to XBLA that often but I felt that this one is worth mentioning as it’s Asteroids. That’s right, Atari mighty classic makes it way
Read More »A detailed history of Atari 1971-1977
Gamasutra has posted a detailed and accurate history of Atari from 1971-1977, a period which covers Atari’s early coin-op days where their coin-op division was primary to any home division at the time. It
Read More »Warlords has arrived!
It came two days earlier than I had expected it to, but Warlords is here! The game is in excellent condition, I did have to make a couple of small adjustments to the monitor
Read More »Atari Games 20th Anniversary Videos
Digital Press has posted some arcade related videos up on youtube, including a tape made only for internal distribution at Atari Games. It’s a nice look at the history of Atari’s arcade legacy, although
Read More »Another arcade acquisition – Tetris
Hot on the heels of the Warlords cocktail I ended up buying a Tetris cabinet today (Saturday on my time) for only $100. I was at work when someone who knows about my interest
Read More »My latest arcade purchase – Warlords Cocktail cabinet
Well I have just bought my first game using funds for my arcade and it’s not a new game, in fact it’s older than I am (by a year or so) – Warlords (Cocktail
Read More »Shaggy's Weekly Review: Radikal Biker's By Gaelco/Atari Games
Sorry about missing last week, I plain forgot about it until Friday and was sidetracked by a few things to sit down and write a review. According to the site I’m posting this on
Read More »When a game room becomes an arcade
While I don’t often post about game rooms I think this one is worthy enough for it as this guy has so many games that it’s more of an arcade than a game room.
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