by JasonBreininger | Jan 21, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld
1984 was a tough year for video gaming releases. For many of us, 1984 was just another year and the words “video”, “game” and “crash” were never uttered consecutively. There was still a plethora of Atari, Intellivision and...
by JasonBreininger | Jan 14, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Reviews
There aren’t very many consoles in my collection that I’ve ignored in the manner that I’ve ignored the Atari 7800 ProSystem over the years. I’ve owned Atari’s 3rd (2600 x 3 = 7800) foray into home console gaming for many years but after my initial purchase along with...
by Brendan Meharry | Sep 28, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s
Remember the Ataribox? The “new” console by Atari? While not much was known originally about the console apart from what was revealed in a twenty-second video showing nothing but 3D renders (so, nothing) – recently, Atari sent out an email newsletter exposing...
by Brendan Meharry | Sep 7, 2017 | 1980s
Hot on the heels of Atari developing and promoting the Ataribox, a popular online retro games store called Funstock has launched pre-orders for a new device called the Atari ‘Retro’ Handheld. Not much is known about the handheld yet as its sole source of information...
by Old School Gamer | Aug 8, 2017 | 1980s, Console/Handheld
NEW YORK, NY (AUGUST 8, 2017) – Atari®, one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers, today announced Tempest 4000™, a visually stunning, action-packed shooter based on the classic arcade game, Tempest®, will be...