There is nothing more tragic in the word of arcades than a disused classic cabinet sitting in some forgotten place as a glorified table. More »
Not just any old Missile Command either, but a multiplayer Missile Command. More »
Atari is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Missile Command, offering one more playable version of the venerable city defence twitch game, this time online and totally free. More »
Missile Command rights holder Atari is banking on Hollywood’s creatively bankrupt studios to warm to a movie based on the 30-year-old trackball game in which missiles are commanded and cities are saved. More »
You can keep your “good v evil” motif from King of Kong, for me, the film’s highlight was the appropriately-named Mr. Awesome (aka Roy Schildt). Becase, yes, he was/is awesome. As such, this interview with the man behind the legend – over at The -Minus World – is essential reading. Because if you don’t read it, you’ll miss stuff like this:
As they say in the King of Kong, this society is based on war and games. The real war is to get the higher score Missile Command score recognised and the war in Iraq is to get democracy recognised over the assholes. It’s the same mindset with a different goal.
You’ll also miss the raving-mad Schildt ponder beating Billy Mitchell to death if locked in a room with him for five minutes, so please, go read it.
Don’t Get Chumpatised: Missile Commander Roy Schildt Speaks Up [The -Minus World]
Our disturbed friends at Retro Sabotage are all suspender-popping about their 20th sabotage since the site launched shortly before New Year’s Eve. Remember, these are flash games that play normally (or close to it) before something goes horribly, comically wrong and beyond your control.
The latest is the “Missile Command Docudrama” although its message is, surprisingly, kind of serious. Tof from Retro Sabotage explained to me in an e-mail: “We wanted an “anti-sabotage” to celebrate the 20th release, and it’s kind of a mirror to Mockumentary (though we got mails of people who somehow believed in that one)”.
In the past I know we’ve linked to some of their other clever redos of classic arcade games. The Xevious Autopsy in particular is worth a look, and I think it’s new since RetroSabotage last got a mention here.
Missile Command Docudrama [Retro Sabotage]
Benj Edwards is a Halloween costume idea generating god amongst men. This year’s suggestions beat last year’s by a country mile, with the Vintage Computing and Gaming idea man starting off strong with “Error” from Zelda II. And the Atari Force squad? Consider me a tad jealous I didn’t think of it first.
Personally, I’m going to try to convince my better half to drop her pin-up girl idea and be the Mrs. Missile Commander to my Missile Command Guy. Unless I can throw together that Strider Hiryu costume in the next two weeks, consider me commanding missiles. Anyone looking for a smart Halloween costume idea who’s also in possession of a spare plasma sword, click on.
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