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Atari is doing the Atari 50th treatment on Jeff Minter with LLamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story - NUON is not mentioned it should be...

Nuon Dome about 5 months ago

This is the chance to try and get NUON emulated. Rich Whitehouse has already looked at NUON emulation so he at least knows about it. The fact they are showing the Konix Multiplayer stuff gives me much hope that the NUON might have a chance to ge …

Dude Story - An adventure platformer released for the Atari XL/XE by Mq Mariusz Ejchsztet

Indie Retro News about 5 months ago

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Feature: Howard Scott Warshaw Talks E.T., Atari, & Working With Spielberg

Time Extension about 5 months ago

"To this day, every time I see Atari: Game Over, I get emotional".On Tuesday, July 27th, 1982, the video game designer/programmer Howard Scott Warshaw accepted a call from his bosses at Atari, asking him to put together the video game tie-in to Steven Spie …
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A British Classic Arcade Photo Tour

The Arcade Blogger about 5 months ago

Searching the web for photos of classic arcades from back in the day, tends to bring up a plethora of American locations. Which is all well and good and pretty informative, but sets of genuine photographs taken in the 80s and 90s that documented the Briti …

introduce yourself • Hello from Belgium!

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi,I already made a few topics about my recent purchase, an Acorn A3010.It's now time to introduce myself. My name is Frank and I live in the East-Northern part of Belgium, close to the German/Holland border.My first computer was a ZX Spectrum 16k (later …
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Guide: Best Sega Game Gear Games Of All Time

Time Extension about 5 months ago

All the gear, and a great idea.First released in Japan in October 1990, the Game Gear was Sega's first portable games console and was in direct competition with Nintendo's Game Boy, Atari's Lynx and NEC's PC Engine GT. The Game Boy would emerge the ultimat …
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A Return to Arcade Odyssey

The Arcade Blogger about 5 months ago

My recent trip to the USA allowed me some time to check out a few arcades, specifically one of my favourites in Miami, FL. The last time I reviewed Arcade Odyssey, was a good five years ago. You can check that out here. The upshot I concluded back then, w …
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Feature: "Our Target Is Disney" - How Michael Jackson And The AS-1 Took Sega Into The Future

Time Extension about 5 months ago

A tale that includes Steven Spielberg, Douglas Trumbull and Tetsuya Mizuguchi.During the mid-'80s, global arcade machine stalwart Sega found itself in an interesting situation. Since merging with Rosen Enterprises in 1965, it had already made countless str …

other vintage hardware, software and languages • Atari 520ST with thermal induced screen flicker

Stardot about 5 months ago

I have been restoring my 520ST that was fitted with 512kb expansion that pokes into the PLCC adapter and terminatesat the screen shifter IC. The external power supply has been fully recapped, all electrolytics (save the two non-polarones) are replaced on …
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Dreamcast Title 'Rainbow Cotton' Has Been Hiding A NSFW Secret For 23 Years

Time Extension about 5 months ago

"A bit of a, um... fun?".Easter eggs in video games aren't a new thing – they started life right at the dawn of the industry, with Atari's 1980 game Adventure being one of the most notable early examples.However, new secrets are always being discovered …
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Poll: What's The Best Evercade Game So Far?

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Vote to help build our 'Best Evercade Games' list!The Evercade family of systems has been around since 2020, and has successfully reconnected players all over the world with classic titles in physical form.Thanks to its selection of curated cartridges, Eve …
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Atari Releases Modern Take On The 1983 Arcade Game 'Food Fight'

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Currently available exclusively for Atari VCS.Atari isn't shy about digging into its vast back catalog of titles to resurrect its old games if it thinks there is money to be made.So far, this year, we've seen the company release a bunch of new games in its …

Input Devices • Control MiSTer Menu with SNAC?

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

As the title says. Trying to save some money and not by a jamma adapter and instead by db15 snac to drop into an arcade cabinet. Downfall of this so far is controlling the mister menu with snac. I don’t want to have any other controls besides a player 1 …

Atari 65XE RAM Expansion Re-Revisited

Jan Beta about 5 months ago

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WTB: Monitor for Apple/Atari 8-bit

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hi folks, I'm looking for a working monitor with composite and/or S-video input in case folks have anything excess to their needs. Something like a NEC/Sanyo/Hitachi/Amdek/App... etc., monochrome (green, amber, BW) or color. Might also consider a 4 …

Development for MiSTer • Snac DB9 compatibility for Amiga and 8 bit cores (FR)

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

Hello everybody,i've bought a Snac Db9 adapter for using on Mister cores original joysticks and paddles but while it's perfect on Atari 7800/2600 or SMS/MD core, it's not usable on Amiga (Minimig) or many 8 bit cores (C= ones, Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad at le …

Tektronix 4051/4052/4054 Flash Drive version 2.0

VCFed about 5 months ago

I've been working on a second generation Flash Drive for Tektronix 4050 computers. My goals with this Flash Drive 2.0 project: Add multi-channel audio for games like Asteroids - where there are background and foreground sound effects during game play Add …
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Atari Owns Almost Half Of Polymega Maker Playmaji

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Companies entered partnership this year.Atari's latest financial report has shed some light on the company's relationship with Polymega maker Playmaji (thanks, Destructoid).Earlier this year, Atari revealed that it was partnering with Playmaji to create sp …

Planet Rescue Mission - A highly challenging and sometimes frustrating game for the Atari XL/XE

Indie Retro News about 5 months ago

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Atari Taking Pre-Orders For A $299.99 Limited Edition Cartridge Set

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Only 500 copies are available.Atari announced earlier today that it is now accepting preorders for a $299.99 limited edition cartridge set featuring the artwork of the Brazilian graphic designer and frequent Atari collaborator Butcher Billy.The set, which …
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Other Console Cores • VTech CreatiVision

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

Holy hell, I must thank the creators of the VTech CreatiVision.I run a very small YT channel and enjoy a lot of the content on the MiSTer FPGA. I think at some point when I first got the MiSTer a couple of years ago ( now own two of them ), I worked thro …
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The Making Of: Virtuality, The 1990s Pioneer That Sold The World On VR

Time Extension about 5 months ago

"The Americans took to this like you wouldn’t believe".The following is an edited extract from the book Curious Video Game Machines by Lewis Packwood, which explores the stories behind rare and unusual consoles, computers and coin-ops. In this chapter, L …
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Jeff Minter's udderly amazing The Llamasoft Story coming 2024

Portable Gaming Roundup about 6 months ago

Jeff Minter is one of gaming's forces of nature and his trippy experiences, let's not be rude and call them mere games, have sound-tracked and lit-up many of our digital lives. That story will be told in full on "modern systems" soon with a release in …
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Pole Position II Skids Onto Nintendo Switch & PS4 Later This Week

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Arrives on December 7th.Namco's racing sequel Pole Position II will be coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop & PS4 this week on December 7th, as reported by Famitsu. It joins the original game, which was released across both consoles earlier this year on …
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GameGuide – Atari Lynx: The Perfect Lynx Companion

Australian Retro Gamer about 6 months ago

  Just in time for Chrissy 2023, Zafinn Books’ GameGuide – Atari Lynx arrives in the Ausretrogamer Fun Factory! We weren’t expecting this book for another couple of weeks, so for it to turn up well ahead of schedule, and all the way …