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Play Halo’s Atari 2600 ‘Port’ With This Cartridge Now On Sale

Almost three years ago, Ed Fries — a Microsoft executive instrumental in acquiring Bungie and making Halo the definitive Xbox series — created Halo 2600, a flash game demake that imagined the game on an old Atari VCS. Now, AtariAge.com is putting the game’s ROM on a proper cartridge, with period box and label art and an instruction manual.


Missile Command’s 31-Year-Old All-Time Record Is In Danger Of Falling

Victor Sandberg of Sweden has been playing Missile Command for more than 50 hours on a single coin, chasing a record that has stood since 1982. The all-time high world record high score of 80.5 million points is held by another Victor, in this case someone named Victor Ali.


Atari’s Founder Goes Digging In The Desert, But Not For E.T.

Everyone’s familiar with the great video game burial of 1983, a disposal of Atari 2600 cartridges so bizarre it’s often taken to be urban myth. No, that’s really how they got rid of colossal flops like E.T. and the Pac-Man port, 30 years ago this September.


Conan O’Brien Shows Us The Atari Games We’ll Never Get To See

Atari — or, well, Infogrames — has filed for bankruptcy, and ConanO’Brien is commemorating the 40-year-old company in spectacular fashion. From Atari Lord of the Rings to Atari Harry Potter, here are the games we’ll be missing out on when the company goes bankrupt.


Watch These Pundits And News Anchors Get Nostalgic About The Atari

“Do you remember the Atari? Oh man, I remember the Atari!” These are words that you’ve doubtless heard from people over the age of 30. For some, Pong and Atari were their first and last brush with gaming, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find one among them that doesn’t recall those days with fond memories.


Atari Files For Bankruptcy Protection

The Los Angeles Times is reporting today that Atari is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which could see the retro computer game company live on.


Rare Arcade Game Killed By Atari Lawsuit Comes Back To Life

Maybe you’re like me and never heard of 1980s arcade game Meteors. If you guessed that it was a clone of Asteroids though, you’d be right. The coin-op arcade game stood at the centre of a lawsuit aimed by Atari at competitor Amusement World.


Here’s A Monstrous New Way To Celebrate 40 Years Of Pong

Celebrating 40 years of Atari’s take on video game tennis, Pong World transforms those primitive paddles into furry animated monsters, because why the hell not?


Old Game In Attic Turns Out To Be Extremely Rare, Possibly Worth $30,000

Air Raid was a mediocre game released in 1982 for the Atari 2600. Very few copies were produced or sold, which means that 30 years later, it’s an extraordinarily valuable collector’s item.


Gaming App Of The Day: The Physics-Based Bunny Breakout Game

I would have been perfectly happy if Super Bunny Breakout, a collaboration between Atari and Zynga, were nothing more than the original Breakout with a vaguely rabbit-looking ball. Luckily for everyone else, it’s so much more than that.


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