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Doin’ the Donkey Kong By by Darryl Guenther
Back in the day when arcades and corner markets were after school hangouts, one could expect to hear the “whacka-whacka” sounds of Pac-Man, the lasers firing up in Defender and the crackling, shooting sound of Centipede. There weren’t any life-like PCM samples or 3D...
Five NES Sleeper Gems
With over 700 games, the Nintendo Entertainment System library is massive. For that reason alone, it’s possible you haven’t played some of the best games on the console, despite the fact that the console was discontinued 25 years ago. In this exclusive Old School...
Colossal Cave Adventure 1976 – By Ken Horowitz
As gamers, we fondly remember certain titles that defined specific periods in our lives. Some of us grew up with one console or computer that became synonymous with our childhood or adolescence. That kind of impact is remarkable and likely beyond the scope of what the...
Atari and Arcade1Up Announce Exclusive Partnership for Iconic Titles
Atari® and Arcade1Up announce an exclusive partnership to strengthen their relationship and ensure the future of arcade gaming is true to the experience consumers remember. Arcade1Up launched in October of 2018 with multiple games from Atari® and other licenses which...
Atari® Partners With Antstream Arcade To Deliver Thousands of Retro Games to Atari VCS™ Video Computer System
Atari VCS to Launch with Unique Version of Revolutionary Game Streaming Platform, Offering Thousands of Classic Retro Games, Including Atari’s Vast Library of Console and Arcade Titles NEW YORK, NY (SEPTEMBER 30, 2019) - Atari® — one of the world's most iconic...
These scale models of the PS1 & Saturn include the Internals too
Miniature versions of consoles are all the rage at home – and seemingly everywhere else. It feels like every other week a new, little emulation box is released onto the market to satisfy the retro gaming cravings of the general public. While these are usually smaller...
Intellivision Lives! On Your Computer! By Chris Cavanaugh
I don’t think the console wars of today have anything on the console wars of the late 70’s/early 80’s. You had a choice to make: The Atari 2600 or the Mattel Intellivision. For me the choice was always obvious: The Atari 2600. For some reason, I always felt superior...
Lost Arcade Classic: Warp Warp By Kyle Snyder
When you ask the average Joe or Josephine which video game they associate most with the early 80's, you get a variety of answers...Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, Galaga, and of course, Pac-Man and his family. Not ONCE will you ever hear somebody excitedly...
This Day In Video Game History
