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THE400 Mini Atari Press Kit is PACKED with SURPRISES!

Atari brings the computer age home. Again! Welcome back to the Atari 8-bit world of computing! The powerful Atari 400 set a new standard of capability with its release in 1979, and along with its subsequent models, has been loved by gamers and computer enthusiasts for decades. Now Retro Games and Atari have collaborated to […]

Jon

March 25, 2024

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Atari 2600 Donkey Kong: Was This Port TANKED to Make ColecoVision Look BETTER?

Donkey Kong is a 1981 arcade video game developed and published by Nintendo. As Mario, the player runs and jumps on platforms and climbs ladders to ascend a construction site and rescue Pauline from a giant gorilla, Donkey Kong. It is the first game in the Donkey Kong series as well as Mario’s first appearance […]

Jon

March 22, 2024

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Atari’s Asteroids Recharged Cabinet Already IN PRODUCTION | Amusement Expo & Alan-1

Alan-1, Inc., a video game studio and manufacturer of coin-operated arcade game cabinets, announced yesterday a new partnership with the iconic game publisher Atari. Alan-1 has been selected by Atari to create new arcade games cabinets for their Recharged games. These cabinets will be designed for Family Fun Centers, Barcades, and other location-based entertainment (LBE) […]

Jon

March 20, 2024

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Atari 2600 Adventure: The First Video Game Easter Egg is Just the BEGINNING!

Adventure is a video game developed by Warren Robinett for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1980 by Atari, Inc. The player controls a square avatar whose quest is to explore an open-ended environment to find a magical chalice and return it to the golden castle. The game world […]

Jon

March 15, 2024

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Atari Comes Back to the Arcade! | Recharged Cabinets Coming Soon

Jon

March 13, 2024

Q*bert 1983 Tabletop Restoration | Vintage Parker Brothers Arcade Machine

Tabletop arcade toys were all the rage in the early ’80s. Coleco was well known for its tabletop machines (Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Frogger, etc.), but slightly lesser known were those by Parker Brothers. In 1983 they released this version of Q*bert by Gottlieb. Jon found this one on a road trip into South Georgia, and […]

Jon

March 12, 2024

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