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Guide: Best Atari 8-bit Games - 10 Classics You Should Play First On Your Atari 400 Mini

Time Extension about 2 months ago

8-bit classics revisted.The Atari 400 Mini is the latest mini-console-styled product from Retro Games Ltd, following the A500 Mini of 2022 and the C64 Mini before that.Pre-loaded with 25 games, the system can run ROMs from the entire Atari 8-bit computer l …
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Atari Partner Gives Closer Look At New Asteroids Recharged Cabinet

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Alan-1 is collaborating with Atari on a new series of cabinets.Earlier this month, we shared the news that after 25 years away Atari was returning to the arcades with a bunch of new cabinets based off of its Atari Recharged series of games. Well, now we've …
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Review: Atari 400 Mini - A Deep Cut, But A Welcome One

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Beige is beautiful.After a flood of big-name micro-consoles that includes the NES, SNES, Mega Drive, PC Engine and Amiga, we now have what must rank as the deepest cut so far: the Atari 400 Mini. Based on Atari's range of 8-bit home computers, which first …
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Flashback: Wizard Vs. Wizards - The Early eSports Tournament That Time Forgot

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"This is the event where Hollywood meets the Computer Age".While it's tempting to think of eSports as a fairly modern creation, there were actually competitions as early as the 1970s and 80s that sought to combine the popularity of video games with the thr …

Time Traveling through Retro Sports Gaming: Icons, Classics, and Cult Favorites

Retromash about 2 months ago

The rise of retro sports gaming is a fascinating look at how digital versions of real sports have enthralled gamers for many years. The world of vintage sports video games is full of creativity, nostalgia, and history, ranging from the first simulations …
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Interview: "It’s Rare That You Can Identify A Winner" - How Namco Brought Tekken To The West

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We chat to former Namco US product manager Jerry "Blood & Guts" Momoda.Jerry Momoda may not be a name that many modern Tekken fans are familiar with, but the former Namco US product manager played a huge part in launching the iconic fighting game in North …
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The Llamasoft Classic 'Tempest 3000' Is Being Reissued For The Nuon

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Update: A price & pre-order date have now been set.Update : Songbird Productions has just revealed a bit more information about its upcoming reissue of Tempest 3000 for the Nuon. This includes a price, the date that pre-orders go live, and what exactly is …
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Some Super Rare Atari Items Are Up For Auction

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Including Al Alcorn's Cosmos prototype.A bunch of rare Atari items are part of an auction which celebrates the impact of computers and video games."RR Auction's March 2024 sale chronicles Steve Jobs and the Apple revolution, with additional featured items …
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Gallery: Unboxing The Atari 400 Mini

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That's nice press kit, we have to say.The Atari 400 Mini is launching very soon, and the kind folks at Plaion were nice enough to send us a pre-release press unit, which we're currently putting through its paces ahead of our review.Like the Atari 2600+ bef …

Popeye VBXE - An arcade port, but this time for the Atari XL/XE with VBXE! (RC1)

Indie Retro News about 2 months ago

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A Brief History Of Game Mods

Retromash about 2 months ago

‘Modding’ is a slang term for modifying game data. Since the launch of arcade games, modding has been common practice. It’s had an interesting history, pivoting from something that was largely discouraged to something that many developers now nurture …

Tetris for the Atari 8-Bit by Eric Carr entered into the BASIC 10Liner Contest 2024

Indie Retro News about 2 months ago

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Feature: How Kasumi Ninja's Angus MacGregor Found A New Lease Of Life

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"Angus holds some very fond memories for many".Kasumi Ninja is an ill-fated Atari Jaguar title released in late 1994. Like many fighting games of the time, it tried to grab a slice of the street-brawling pie that was so lucrative in the mid-nineties, thank …
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Review: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Is An Expertly-Crafted Look Into A Video Game Legend

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Ewe won't believe your eyes!Following on from critically acclaimed titles like Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration and The Making of Karateka, Digital Eclipse has now turned its attention to one of the UK's most unique developers with its latest 'interac …
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After 25 Years Away, Atari Is Returning To Arcades With Its "Recharged" Series

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Partnering with manufacturer Alan-1.Video game veteran Atari is partnering with video game studio and coin-op manufacturer Alan-1, Inc. (yes, that's a reference to Tron, you nerd) to bring its "Recharged" series to arcades, bringing the company back into t …
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'Lunar Lander Beyond' Lands On PC & Consoles This April

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Arrives April 23rd, 2024.Atari earlier today revealed a release date for Lunar Lander Beyond — developer Dreams Uncorporated's upcoming reimagining of the popular 1979 arcade machine.The game will arrive digitally on April 23rd, 2024 across PC, PS4, PS5, …
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JRPG 'Breath Of Thunder' Could Come To The Jaguar, Saturn, N64 And (Reads Notes) Virtual Boy

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Update: First footage revealed.Update : The first footage of the game has been released:Original Story : Sungrand's Jerrel Dulay, the Australian indie developer behind the seemingly unstoppable Silver Falls series, has just launched a Kickstarter for a new …

Atari 1050 drive "Boot Error"

VCFed about 2 months ago

Hi all Now that I made my cable I've got the next issue: One of the floppy drives I'm restoring does everything these drives do, but only results in continuous "BOOT ERROR" when trying to boot a DOS disk. I checked and did everything …
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Archer Maclean's Atari Arcade Experiments Have Been Preserved

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Includes Robotron, Donkey Kong, Tempest and Breakout.Development disks which once belonged to the legendary British developer and game designer Archer Maclean have been preserved by Games That Weren't, giving the gaming world a glimpse of some of the unrel …
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Kickstarter launches for Ambitious Multi-Platform RPG “Breath of Thunder” - includes Dreamcast stretch goal!

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 3 months ago

Update (11/03/2024): Due to online feedback, the creator of this Kickstarter has pulled all the stretch goals for retro systems, including Dreamcast.It must be Dreamcast Kickstarter launch fever recently, as another new Kickstarter campaign was brought to …
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Interview: "A True Original" - Digital Eclipse On 'Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story'

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We speak with Digital Eclipse editorial director Chris Kohler.Digital Eclipse has made a name for itself over the last decade for delivering quality game collections like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection and 'interactive documentaries …
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Anniversary: Video Game Database MobyGames Celebrates 25 Years

Time Extension about 3 months ago

The website was acquired by Atari back in 2022.Today marks the 25th anniversary of MobyGames, the online video game database known for cataloguing and preserving information related to game development credits, release dates, and so much more.The website w …
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Atari Wants To Revive More Of Its Classic Systems

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"There will certainly be more projects in that vein".Atari has a rich history to draw from, and it has been doing just that via projects such as Atari: 50 Anniversary Celebration, the Atari 2600+ and the upcoming Atari 400 Mini.The good news is that the At …
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Atari CEO Claims Bubsy Response Was "Greater Than Anticipated"

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"One way or another, we’re going to find a way to move forward with a Bubsy project".Back in October of last year, Atari CEO Wade Rosen made headlines after suggesting in an interview with the gaming YouTube channel MinnMax that the company was willing t …
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Atari Wouldn't Have Launched Its 2021 VCS In 2024

Time Extension about 3 months ago

"Probably a little outside of what we would go towards today".Atari is one of the most famous names in the video game business, even if the brand itself has changed hands many times over the decades.The company is currently undergoing something of a reviva …