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More Details on the Atari Gamestation Plus, Pocket Player, & Micro Player from CES 2023

My Arcade (Dreamgear) and Atari are collaborating on three new pieces of hardware featuring Atari titles. They were first showcased to the public at CES 2023 in Las Vegas. Details and specs are slowly becoming known, so we share the info so far, along with some first-hand photos from the My Arcade CES booth, in […]

Jon

January 6, 2023

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Sonar: The Atari Prototype that Could Have Been a 2600 LAUNCH TITLE!

The Atari 2600 prototype game, Sonar, was in development at the very start of the Atari 2600 (or maybe even before). Utilizing stereo sound to send separate ping-back notifications to two simultaneous players was a creative use of the 2600’s dual internal speakers — which were removed prior to launch as a cost-saving measure! Possibly […]

Jon

April 4, 2023

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Yars’ Revenge: Atari XP SOLD OUT Collectors’ Series! – Atari VCS / 2600

Yars’ Revenge is a classic video game that was originally released for the Atari 2600 in 1982. It was developed by Howard Scott Warshaw and published by Atari, Inc. The game is named after its main character, Yar, an insect-like creature. In the game, players control Yar as they navigate a vibrant, abstract, and colorful […]

Jon

July 25, 2023

1979 Wildfire Pinball Handheld | Vintage Parker Brothers Electronic Toy

Wildfire is a handheld pinball simulator released by toy manufacturer, Parker Brothers, in 1979. The box advertises that it “sounds and plays like the real thing!” We know that’s unlikely for an electronic toy of this era, but that takes nothing away from the charm emanating from a vintage gadget like this. Jon recently found […]

Jon

October 17, 2023

10 Atari 8-bit Computer Games You MUST PLAY on THE400 Mini!

The Atari 8-bit computer line is finally getting its due in the form of THE400 Mini (which Jon can’t stop himself from calling “THE A 400 Mini”) from Retro Games & PLAION. If you are an Atari 8-bit fan, then you already know the amazing game library a gadget like this will unlock for thousands […]

Jon

January 24, 2024

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Atari 2600 Superman: Game-Breaking Exploits to Achieve an IMPOSSIBLE SCORE!

Superman is a video game programmed by John Dunn for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1979 by Atari, Inc. The player controls Superman, whose quest is to explore an open-ended environment to find three pieces of a bridge that was destroyed by Lex Luthor, capture Luthor and his […]

Jon

April 6, 2024