Category: Atari 2600
The campaign for Games for Atari: 1977 to 1995 is in its final days and might need more people in order to reach its goal. The project objective is to publish a book (or an Encyclopedia if you will) containing all games for all Atari consoles and 8-bit computers from 1977 to 1995. The project looks gorgeous and it is…
Atari has released some photos of its upcoming (?) new console, Ataribox. The console shows a slick design that reminds us of our old pal, the Atari 2600, featuring an HDMI port, USB and SD slot. There is not much to it other than the pictures, though, so we can only speculate. The Ataribox team also released a press release…
Hyperkin, the company behind many modern versions of classic consoles, has shown its new product, the RetroN 77, a modern take on the classic Atari 2600. As you can see from the picture above, they took the design seriously, even bringing back the wood finishing and the classic controllers (you can use original or USB joysticks). While the many Atari Flashback…
User Bryan at AtariAge has announced there will be another run of his Utimate Atari Video board for the Atari 8-bit systems. This board generates superb composite and s-video (separate) signals from all 8-bit computer systems as well as the XEGS, 2600 / VCS, 5200, and 7800 consoles. It incorporates many features designed to clean up the often terrible video…
Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation. So, it’s another visit to the vault of classics on the Atari 2600. Activision, still strong to this day, released many hits for the Atari, and indeed spanning across other platforms back in the 80’s, however its not the collection or the mediums under scrutiny here, it’s the utterly amazing… H.E.R.O. The all important story. Well…
“Revenge is best served cold”. Or in this case, a Yar. A Yar? What on earth?! Allow the elaboration of one of the most successful video games released on the Atari. Your character, a flying insectoid being known as a Yar, is set the task of destroying the Quotile entity, protected by a cellular shield which rotates around its presence. This…
Seth Bling is already known to build crazy things that run inside Minecraft. This week he surprised everybody once again when he presented a fully working Atari 2600 emulator running inside Minecraft. The emulator is capable of reading and running Atari cartridges, which were also built using Minecraft binary blocks structure (dirt or stones). There are no controllers, and the emulator…
Day by day the evenings are getting longer, so it is time to put Atari more to focus again. Also time for a new issue of the worlds greatest Atari Magazine, ‘PRO© ATARI Magazine’. Issue 11 is now available, you can order the magazine in either German or English language. Including a massive 13 Page Lightgun-Special! with more than 23…
A new classic gaming contest has been announced over at highscore.com. This time, the goal is to crack previous high score trophies on Atari (2600, 5200, 7800, 400/800/XL/XE, Lynx, Jaguar, ST) Colecovision PC Engine / TG-16 Nintendo (NES/Famicom, Super NES, N64, Gameboy, GBC, Virtual Boy) Arcade / MAME This contest has some truly awesome prizes, including an X-Arcade Dual Stick,…
Via A2Central.com: Javier Rivera has opened a store to offer fashion-conscious Apple II enthusiasts an array of Apple II-themed t-shirts (and coffee mugs). Check them out at the Apple II FAQ Store”. They even have one with the //c LCD display. Also, I’ve recently discovered RabbitEngineering’s Etsy shop, where they sell tons of 3-D printed retro system figurines. Each one…
