Tag: 2600
After a series of delays, Pqube has made it’s new, portable Atari “Retro” console available for potential customers to pre-order. Boasting the familiar “immortalised” wood grain trim of the iconic 2600 VCS, the unit includes a library of 50 classic games, including the likes of Centipede, Missile Command and Breakout. The console features a 2.4″ display, headphone jack, a retro volume control,…
Howard Scott Warshaw, the veteran programmer, best known in the game industry for his pioneering work at Atari on titles like Raiders of the Lost Ark and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, spoke at the last GDC about his work designing and coding Yars’ Revenge, widely believed to be one of the best Atari 2600 games ever made. Recently his name was…
It was announced today on the Retro Video Gamer forum, that a massive 400+ page book based on the Atari VCS games library will be published soon. It will come completely packed with VCS artifacts and cover over 105 games in its first volume. It was explained that everything has been remastered to the highest standard, including box art, cartridge…
It was announced on Atari Museum Facebook group the passing of Atari legend Steve Bristow this past Sunday. He was in charge of Atari’s Coin-Op Division during the glory days of stand-up arcade machines, was one of the pivotal players in the era that brought arcade machines into the home. He also came up with the concept for Breakout with…
