atari 2600
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Video Games’ Oldest, Still-Standing Record Was Set 30 Years Ago Today
11Many video game records are thought to be extremely difficult, if not theoretically impossible to beat. There’s one out there that may in fact be physically impossible to surpass. It’s the fastest time in Dragster, an Activision title by Pitfall! creator David Crane, and the mark was set 30 years ago today.
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30 Years Late, A Supposedly Impossible Atari Feat Puts Arcade Classic Onto A 2600 Cartridge
Howard Warshaw — the man who created the beloved best-selling Yar’s Revenge for the Atari 2600 — said that a decent version of arcade hit Star Castle couldn’t possibly be stuffed into a game cartridge for the iconic home console. Scott Williamson never believed that.
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American Icons Gallery Show Recognises Classic Gaming Consoles
We live in an age of gaming gorgeousness. Gamers’ lives nowadays are filled with fancy normal mapping and illumination engines, powered by slickly encased hardware that outputs onto super-sharp screens. In short, there’s a lot of thought given to aesthetics in the present day. But, it hasn’t always been this way and an upcoming art…
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Video Game "Poems" Get A Luxurious Special-Edition Release
A Slow Year, the anthology of “video game poems” Dr. Ian Bogost wrote for the Atari 2600, has published a special edition befitting a work of art. The box is hand-crafted and bound in red leather, with foil-stamped gold lettering. The set sells for $US500 and only 20 are available, but admiring it is free.