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So, What Is the Appeal of Retro Video Games?

Retromash about 3 days ago

Video games are a massive multi-billion dollar industry these days. But it wasn’t always this way. Some might say it has become all about the money. Given the past few years of terrible AAA games we have had to endure, this might be true, as publishers s …
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Atari Responds To Reports Of Faulty Games In $1000 50th XP Collection

Time Extension about 3 days ago

"We are continuing to work towards a better solution".Update : An Atari representative has responded to reports that two titles in its $1000 50th-anniversary box set are defective.The posts on Atari Age read as follows:Read the full article on timeextensio …
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The TDE Podcast Ep 34: Pong Creator Al Alcorn

The Arcade Blogger about 5 days ago

Episode 34 of the Ted Dabney Experience podcast is available now for your listening pleasure! If you enjoy reading ArcadeBlogger.com, you’ll love the other project I’m involved with: Ted Dabney Experience Podcast episode 34. Click the image to l …
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Feature: "Most Of My Engineers Were Stoned" - Nolan Bushnell On The Failure Of Atari Video Music

Time Extension about 6 days ago

"I think we sold ten at full price".The chances are that you might never have heard of the Atari Video Music. Released in 1977, not long before the all-conquering Atari VCS, it was a device that somewhat resembled a hi-fi component, with a shiny oblong met …
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Atari Fans Spent $1000 On 50th XP Collection Only To Find Two Of Its Games Are Broken

Time Extension about 8 days ago

"Seems more like an amateurish Kickstarter campaign".Back in 2023, Atari released a 50th-anniversary box set which cost $1000 and included 10 Atari VCS / 2600 carts: Adventure, Missile Command, Warlords, Super Breakout, Crystal Castles, Haunted House, Yars …

Display Devices • "Jumpy" video on a CRT (Philips CM8833-2) with SOME cores only.

MISTerFPGA about 8 days ago

Hi,The SCART output of my MiSTer Multisystem is connected to a Philips CM8833-2 CRT monitor (15KHz, similar to Commodore 1084S) using a SCART to RGB DB9 adapter.It works perfectly with most cores, but for several of them the picture "jumps" vertically by …
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Strong Museum Reveals Its 2024 World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees

Time Extension about 10 days ago

Do you agree with the choices?Update : And there you have it! The Strong Museum has just revealed that Resident Evil, Asteroids, Myst, Ultima, and SimCity are this year's Hall of Fame inductees. The announcement was made yesterday at the museum, which is l …

Relive Classic Video Games on Your Phone

Retromash about 10 days ago

Video games have existed for a very long time. The first retro video game, Pong, was created in 1972. Back then, you needed a huge arcade machine to play it. Nowadays, your smartphone is a much more powerful device in your pocket. Along with all the modern …
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Konami's Maze-Action Game 'Tutankham' Arrives On Switch & PS4 This Week

Time Extension about 12 days ago

The game was originally released in arcades back in 1982.Konami's maze-action game Tutankham is heading to Nintendo Switch & PS4 on May 9th as part of Arcade Archives (h/t: Famitsu!).The game, which sees players take on the role of an explorer navigati …
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They missed the Domark: Rampart Reviewed | Amigos: Everything Amiga 451

Amigos: Everything Amiga about 15 days ago

Whadda you get when you cross Warlords with Tetris?!? You get Atari's Rampart! Can the multiplayer arcade classic make the journey to the shores of the Amiga, or is this ship sunk!? ? Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast! https://www.patreo... …

Mikie - An Arcade classic appears on the Atari XL/XE by Krzysztof "Vega" Góra and team

Indie Retro News about 16 days ago

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Feature: Virtuality Gave Us '90s VR - Now Its Legacy Is Being Celebrated In Its Home City Of Leicester

Time Extension about 19 days ago

"Virtuality was the world leader in VR at one point".Back in the early 1990s, a technological revolution was taking place in the English Midlands. Located on a rather nondescript industrial estate in a leafy Leicester suburb was a company poised to alter t …
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How Google's Rampant Sunnyvale Expansion Is Erasing Atari's History

Time Extension about 24 days ago

Sunnyvale developments have swallowed up Atari's former home.When you're talking about buildings of historic importance, Atari's original Sunnyvale HQ at 1265 Borregas Avenue has to rank right up there.This is where, between 1976 and 1984, Nolan Bushnell's …
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Atari Is Reviving Legendary Games Publisher Infogrames

Time Extension about 27 days ago

Infogrames was a publisher active from the 1980s to the 2000s.Atari revealed earlier today that it will be resurrecting the Infogrames brand as a new label to publish games "outside the core portfolio of IP associated with the Atari brand". This news was s …

Dreadnought Assault - Check out this rather awesome looking WIP scrolling shoot 'em up for the Atari 7800!

Indie Retro News about 1 month ago

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'The Epyx Collection: Handheld' Brings 6 Atari Lynx Games To Switch

Time Extension about 1 month ago

The collection will release on April 25th.A new emulation collection containing six classic Atari Lynx games is about to be released on the Nintendo Switch eShop later this month (as spotted by gosokkyu!).The Epyx Collection: Handheld comes courtesy of the …
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Pixel Gaiden - Episode 128 - Straight Outta Left Field, It's Battle Of The 8-Bit Baseball Games!

Amigos: Everything Amiga about 1 month ago

We're back for Episode 128! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news + Battle Of The Systems: R.B.I. Baseball (NES) vs Great Baseball (SMS) 8:00 - Quick Questions 26:16 - Patreon Song 30:30 - Eric's Take - Path Not Taken 53:05 -  Cody& …
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This New Atari ST Racer Is Looking Seriously Smooth

Time Extension about 1 month ago

Working title: 'Atari STE 50fps Racer'.Atari ST developer Jonathan Thomas is perhaps best known for his work on the Atari STE version of Pole Position and for being part of the team which is porting Gremlin's Lotus to the ST – but he's also working on hi …

Commodore Events - Both Old and New C= • Photos and video from Los Angeles Maker Faire 2024

Commodore.ca about 1 month ago

Check out the pictures and video of our exhibit at the April 6 Los Angeles Maker Faire 2024! We had many attendees come and talk about the Commodore and Amiga computers that were on exhibit. Thanks to SCCAN member Jerold K. for helping out through the d …

General Discussions • Does Anyone Has a List of (What I Call Neo-Retro Games)?

MISTerFPGA about 1 month ago

Which have been proven to work on the MiSTergoes for anything NES, megadrive, spec, msx, cpc, c64, ... you know, good knight, harharagon, hired sword 2 abbayede la mort , the mojon twins spec and msx/cps stuff, garbage pail kids, time wizard for the old a …
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Atari’s NeoSprint Is Racing Onto PC & Consoles Very Soon!

Australian Retro Gamer about 1 month ago

NEOSPRINT ZOOMS BACK TO LIFE AS A SINGLE SCREEN ISOMETRIC ARCADE RACER As huge fans of Atari Games’ Super Sprint and Championship Sprint overhead racers, we are actually quite chuffed to hear that NeoSprint – a sort-of-sequel to the “Spri …
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The TDE Podcast Ep 33: Atari’s Roger Hector

The Arcade Blogger about 1 month ago

Episode 33 of the Ted Dabney Experience podcast is available now for your listening pleasure! If you enjoy reading ArcadeBlogger.com, you’ll love the other project I’m involved with: Ted Dabney Experience, episode 33: Roger Hector – Click …
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CEX Is Launching Its Own Repair Service For Retro Consoles

Time Extension about 1 month ago

For Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, Sega, & Atari machines.As originally reported yesterday by Eurogamer, it appears that the British retailer CEX is partnering with the console repair company Tech Centre to offer a new "no fix, no fee" service for your old r …
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Atari's Retro Racer NeoSprint Roars Its Way Onto PC & Consoles This Summer

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Coming to Switch, PS4/PS5, Xbox consoles, and Steam.Atari has announced that it will be bringing its retro racer NeoSprint, to PC and consoles this Summer.The isometric arcade-style racer had previously only been available in early access exclusively on th …
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You Can Now Pre-Order Your Very Own Asteroids Recharged Cabinet

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Provided you have a rather large fortune at your disposal!Update : Pre-orders for Alan-1's new Asteroids Recharged cabinets have now gone live.The cabinets are expected to ship in Q3 2024 and come in 2-player and 3-player configurations — both of which a …