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Panel discussion with ex-Atari alumni at California Extreme 09

Shaggy December 8, 2009 1

One thing I don’t think that I will ever tire of is getting into the history of the game industry, particularly that involving the arcade side of things. On one side I think it’s

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This collection of arcade art is pretty groovy

Shaggy August 20, 2009 0

I always enjoy looking at the artwork that has been used on arcades over the decades and even though I’ve seen a lot of different art, there’s always something out there that you haven’t

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Time to cringe, Asteroids to be made into a feature film

Shaggy July 2, 2009 0

When Hollywood studios set their sights on adapting a video game into a film, you sadly have to worry about how badly the game will be butchered on screen. Hollywood has a terrible track

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Fascinating interview with Rusty Dawes, ex-Atari Games employee

Shaggy June 25, 2009 1

If you are like me and you enjoy delving into stories of what creating arcade games is like, then this interview is for you. Coinopspace has posted a raw transcript of an interview they

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Ed Logg recounts how Asteroids was made

Shaggy June 3, 2009 0

A lot of classic games made their mark on our culture back in the 80’s but of those, Asteroids is certainly one of the top contenders for it’s reach and influence in gaming. I

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Review: Asteroids Deluxe by Atari

Shaggy January 30, 2009 0

While we eagerly await our ATEI coverage to be posted (it should be up very soon so stay tuned) I figured it might be nice to get in a video review before hand. I’ve

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Atari Joystick Lamp

Twisted Supreme January 10, 2009 0

Keeping on the things for the home, made from joystick vibe, here’s are rather bad ass giant atari joystick lamp. I know it’s strictly not arcade but come on, this one was too cool to

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Retro Gamer #52 – King of Kong, Atari interviews and more

HeavyElectricity June 20, 2008 2

The new issue of UK publication Retro Gamer has hit newsagents, and it features a lot of interesting material for fans of classic arcade games. For fans of juicy gossip, the first port of

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Atari's Sprint8/Indy 800 sort of returns with Konami's Motor X

Shaggy June 15, 2008 0

(Click to enlarge) So there are quite a number of new arcade games in development this year and for whatever reason quite a few of them are racing games. Now the racer has been

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The horror: Asteroids meets the shredder

Shaggy June 11, 2008 0

No not THE Shredder, villainous foe of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but an actual industrial shredder that is good at well, shredding things. Unfortunately this is not the first time I have seen

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Leonardo DiCaprio as Nolan Bushnell in new movie called "Atari"

Shaggy June 8, 2008 2

I have never really liked movies based upon video games – they always seem to miss the mark by a mile and end up disappointing. But it is not often that Hollywood decides to

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Game Design Essentials: 20 Atari games

Shaggy June 1, 2008 2

I’ve never held back on the fact that I’m an Atari fan at heart and I always have been – that doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate games from other companies, I just happen

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