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Extremely Rare Atari Cartridge Sells For $US5000
2:00PM Owen Good | A sealed-in-the-box copy of “The Music Machine” — rated “Unbelievably Rare” by Atari Age — just went for $US5250 on eBay. The game, sold only in religious book stores, is prized by collectors. More »
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Toys R Us Launches Game Trade-Ins Nationwide
12:20AM Mike Fahey | The trade-in program Toys R Us was testing back in March seems to have tested well, as the retailer launches said program nationwide today, accepting used games from the Atari 2600 on up. More »
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A Match Made In Post-Apocalyptic Heaven: PitFallout!
10:20AM AJ Glasser | So apparently some good came out of watching a robot learn to play Pitfall: a Pitfall/Fallout mash-up. More »
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Old Atari Cart Remade Into Wallet
4:30AM Owen Good | It is $US55, however, the maker of this fine conversation piece says all of an Atari 2600 cartridge’s parts, except for one screw, are repurposed to help make it into a wallet. More »
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Kids Make Old Games Look Good On New TVs
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Earlier this week, we saw the ugly side of modern emulation. So, in the interests of fairness, today let’s look at some people hoping to set things right. More »
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Kotaku’s Old-School Easter Egg Hunt
2:30AM Owen Good | It’s become something of a tradition ’round the Tower to observe Easter with, what else, lists of Easter eggs. So here is my dirty half-dozen, from well before the 8-bit days.
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With This Atari, I Thee Wed
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | I’m getting married later this year. Need a wedding ring. Funny, then, that at this precise time in history, I come upon this gold ring, made out of the heart of an Atari. More »
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How a Lightweight Console Lay the Foundations of Game Design
2:00AM Owen Good | A book by two professors of media studies examines the challenges of designing games on the Atari 2600, and posits that the infamous port of Pac-Man wasn’t a half-assed effort after all. More »
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Fake Atari Games 2.0
4:00AM Owen Good | Fake ports of modern games? Yeah, it’s been done before. Same with cart labels. But someone stuck them on actual carts, which will be hilarious once the next yard sale rolls around.
