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Why Robin Makes Batman Better Over at the JustOneMoreGame blog, Gabe McGrath has an interview with Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett. A child of the Atari 2600, Bartlett recounts his gaming experiences and isn’t afraid to say he plugs in a bit of Band Hero on the Wii now & then. He’s also a strong supporter of the NBN, and drops a minor hint on the R18+ issue.
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One year later, the Atari 2600 Joystick Lamp gets a worthy companion – this combination of a dead VCS, 10 cartridges, and a boxart lampshade. Put it in the living room window so people can see it from the street!
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The folks behind an officially licensed Commodore 64 emulator on the iPhone are also working on an Atari 2600 emulators for the device, meaning more plink-plonk classics from the early 1980s could be on the way to you.
The title of “Holy Grail of Video Games” changes almost monthly, or whenever an extremely rare specimen hits eBay. The latest claimant: a weird-shaped Atari 2600 cart by the name of Air Raid.
This Tuesday was a very important day. It was the first day my one-and-a-half-year-old son played his first video game.
If the history of video games from the Atari 2600 to the Super Nintendo were turned into a musical, this would be its soundtrack.
The Atari Museum is reconstructing several of the original company’s proprietary chips – including those from the 2600/VCS, 5200, and the 8-bit personal computer line – using data recovered from the reel-to-reel tapes used in their original manufacture.
