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Atari’s 2024 Yars Rising on a 2600 CARTRIDGE?

In Atari’s Yars Rising promo kit, they include the regular swag, but a fascinating boxed cartridge housing the “Qotech Training Program!” What’s in this weird little custom cart? From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one […]

Jon

September 16, 2024

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Yars Rising Story Trailer Reaction & Analysis | SPOILER FREE

New “story trailer” for Yars Rising (coming September 10, 2024) just dropped, and Jon does his best to break it down in this reaction & analysis without giving anything away! From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration […]

Jon

September 10, 2024

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Activision’s River Raid for the Atari 2600 | The River of NO RETURN!

River Raid is a video game developed by Carol Shaw for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1982 by Activision. The player controls a fighter jet over the River of No Return in a raid behind enemy lines. The goal is to navigate the flight by destroying enemy tankers, […]

Jon

September 6, 2024

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Yars Rising Story Trailer Reaction & Analysis | SPOILER FREE

Jon

September 5, 2024

IS THIS the ROOT CAUSE of the Atari 7800+’s PR Problem?

The announcement of the Atari 7800+ has been met with a fair amount of pushback from some fans. The key criticism being, “it’s the same as last year’s model in a new shell.” And, to be fair, they have a point. In this brief video, Jon outlines what he perceives to be the root cause […]

Jon

September 3, 2024

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Fatal Run 2089 Reveal Trailer Reaction & Analysis | Did You Catch It All?

In this video, Jon pores over every frame of the reveal trailer to see what advance information we can deduce about this forthcoming title from Atari. Atari’s Fatal Run 2089 delivers over-the-top driving action across a post-apocalyptic landscape. You’ll be drifting into hairpin turns while traveling at insane speeds across 20 levels, each with […]

Jon

September 2, 2024