atari 2600
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The First Big Video Game Console, Now The Latest Tiny LEGO Kit
With it’s sexy wood panelling and those iconic controllers, the Atari 2600 is one of the most readily recognisable pieces of video game console history, even when it’s only 9.5cm wide and built entirely from LEGO pieces.
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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…
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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.
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Pitfall!’s Creator Likens His Fame To Being A Child Star
There were a lot of one-hit wonders in the 1980s, but David Crane isn’t one of them. The Activision programmer was behind Decathlon for the Atari 2600, Ghostbusters, one of the first great film-to-game adaptations on PC, and later, A Boy and His Blob. But he’ll forever be known as Pitfall!‘s creator, almost typecast as…