I Have a Confession To Make: I Hate SMUPS!
Hello all, if my inbox is going to be filled with hate mail, here it comes. I hate shoot em ups (smups) games. I mean I can’t stand planning them at all. I see them in an arcade, plunk in a quarter or two, and then get bored with them. For some reason whenever I bring...
VECTOR 21 (GCE Vectrex) Designed by George Pelonis
Available for $21 from Fury Unlimited (www.furyunlimited.com) Take it from someone who knows – when you start out learning to program on a new platform, you try to pick a project that is not overly complex. Making your first project a homebrewed 3D shooter like Quake...
Merlin’s Walls (Atari 2600) by Igor Barzilai
Available from AtariAge.com for $25 Any creative art, from movies to novels to video games (yes, I called video games art), has to move forward with new techniques and big ideas. And any designer who hits on something that’s never been done before will give it...
Nolan Bushnell: Entrepreneur, Pioneer… Legend
Those of us who have tried, know how extremely hard it can be to start your own business and become successful. However, an aspiring entrepreneur by the name of Nolan Bushnell beat the odds and forever changed the world of gaming. Nolan K. Bushnell, was born February...
System Profile: Atari 2600
I have a question. “Have you played Atari today?” When the Fairchild Channel F came along, Atari realized that the market for home video game consoles that could only play one game, like Pong, was fading fast. So, in 1976, Atari frantically started working on project...Latest Magazine For Paid Subscribers
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