16 days ago
joshua : the history of atari: 1971-1977
deusx : The History of Atari: 1971-1977 - "When Bushnell finally decided on the name for his pioneering video game company, he called it “Atari”. In Go terms this is like saying “watch the hell out, I’m just about to win the game”."
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17 days ago
Andy Baio : Gamasutra's long oral history of Atari's golden years - 23,000 words! also, don't miss Steve Fulton's earlier feature on Atari's roots
joshua : atari, the golden years
deusx : Atari: The Golden Years -- A History, 1978-1981 - "This four-year period -- from 1977 to 1981 -- contains some of the most exciting developments the company ever saw in its history: the rise of the 2600, the development of some of the company's most enduringly popular games (Centipede, Asteroid
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3 month ago
deusx : The Atari 65XE (900XLF) - "Introduced at the 1985 CES in Las Vegas. The Atari 65XE was the direct replacement for the Atari 800XL Personal Computer."
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3 month ago
deusx : Atari 8-bit family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers manufactured by Atari Inc. starting in 1979, and later Atari Corporation starting in 1984."
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3 month ago
deusx : Atari 65XE - "The 65XE was essentially a straight replacement for the Atari 800XL, adding not much more than a new version of BASIC, and updating the looks to match its big brother, the 130XE."
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5 month ago
nelson : Lost 2600 titles - Lovely collection of Atari box art
Andy Baio : Mighty God King's Atari 2600 games you might have missed - Gay French Mario Bros. was a great game [via]
mmb : Mightygodking.com Blog Archive Fun From Yesterday! - Mightygodking.com Blog Archive Fun From Yesterday! via The Laboratorium [via]
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6 month ago
Andy Baio : Landon Dyer's story of working on Donkey Kong at Atari in the 1980s - don't miss the rest of his blog, too [via]
philgyford : DadHacker » Blog Archive » Donkey Kong and Me - Lovely early days of computing story about the guy who wrote Donkey Kong for the Atari 400/800 home computer. (via Kottke)
Milo Vermeulen : DadHacker - Donkey Kong and Me - DadHacker - Donkey Kong and Me [more] [via]
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8 month ago
deusx : David Ahl's BASIC Computer Adventures - "David Ahl's BASIC Computer Adventures is copyright © 1986, and is posted on www.atariarchives.org with the permission of the copyright holder"
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8 month ago
deusx : Mail Order Monsters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "Mail Order Monsters was widely regarded as important for its cooperative play aspect and the ability to enhance and customize monsters."
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deusx : AtariArchives.org - archiving vintage computer books, information, and software - "atariarchives.org makes books, information, and software for Atari and other classic computers available on the Web. Everything here is available with permission of the copyright holders."
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8 month ago
deusx : The Second Book Of Machine Language - Appendix C - ""MLX" lets you type in long machine language (ML) listings with almost foolproof results."
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11 month ago
deusx : 1979 Buick Riviera gets pimped, Atari-style - Engadget - "Featuring what appears to be a Sears Atari 2600 clone and a 13-inch CRT with a custom fake-ice RIVIERA logo, there's no wonder Kevin, the owner, says this whip is his "absolute pride and joy.""
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12 month ago
deusx : Hacking the Atari Flashback 2 Console - Cartridge Port Mod - "here are the basic details to help assist you in hacking/modding your console into a full fledged Atari 2600 system that can use your original cartridges."
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13 month ago
deusx : MissileCommand.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) - ""
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13 month ago
deusx : Atari 2600 Label Maker - "This Atari 2600 Label Maker produces authentic looking Atari 2600 "Picture Labels" using your own image and title."
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15 month ago
deusx : Atari's Portfolio: the world's first palmtop | Reg Hardware - "The Portfolio's display was a 40-character by eight-line job with a 240 x 64-pixel graphics mode, mounted next to the unit's speaker and above the calculator-style QWERTY keypad."
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16 month ago
deusx : Adventure II - $40.00 : AtariAge - Store - "Adventure II is the much-anticipated, unofficial sequel to Atari's classic Adventure on the 2600. Taking advantage of the Atari 5200's improved capabilities over the 2600, Adventure II is much larger and more detailed than the original, while still
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16 month ago
nelson : Atari email 1983-1992 - A cache of internal corporate email from Atari games
Matthew M. Boedicker : email from the Atari corporate VAX, 1983 - 1992 - (via flynn.zork) [via]
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deusx : bits bytes pixels & sprites » Archives » Centipede’ll change your life (includes creepy insect sexual inuendos) - "Games may have come a long, long way since the 80’s… but the game commercials today just suck compared to this. People just don’t know how to sell a video game these days."
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deusx : c0nsumer's LiveJournal - Atari Floppy Images - "I've spent most of today thus far imaging floppy disks using my work laptop, an Atari 1050, an Atari 800XL (as a SIO power injector), a Universal SIO2PC Interface, and ProSystem."
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18 month ago
cameron : 1982 interview with Nolan Bushnell, inventor of Pong, founder of Atari - Amazingly candid interview which is so right on for being 25 years old. I never knew what Atari meant! And some great technology quotes, such as my favorite: "video games are the training wheels of computer literacy." Brilliant man.
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deusx : Atari Founder Adapts Chuck 'E' Cheese For Hotties - "LOS ANGELES, Dec 22 (Reuters Life!) - Lovelorn video gamers who are better with consoles than conversation, have a new venue—a restaurant where each table has touchscreens for ordering food and for playing a variety of social games."
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22 month ago
deusx : YouTube - Atari 800 in store demo - "one of the first Atari demos to show 128 colors on the screen (the beginning logo) and that was actually good music for a computer back then."
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24 month ago
deusx : ThinkGeek :: Atari 2600 Plug and Play Keychains - "Each keychain has a secret - they contain real games. Plug in the included 6 foot cable (on a battery powered reel) into the keychain and your TV , and you really can enjoy the games of yesteryear. Yes, you read that right: these keychains contain real A
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