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10  août     19h19
Whatever Happened to Donald Duck’s Speedboat for Atari 2600?
Josh Wirtanen    As far as I can tell, Donald Duck’s Speedboat was supposed to be the first ever video game to star Donald Duck. And I guess it kind of was technically. I don’t know for certain why it was cancelled, but the target release date makes me suspect it had something to do with the video game crash,...
06  août     16h01
The Visual Trick That Makes Yars’ Revenge Work
Josh Wirtanen    If you’ve never seen Yars’ Revenge in motion, you really need to check it out. It’s absolutely intoxicating. The deep synth tones create a mood of despair, while the flashing Neutral Zone draws your eye. The design of the fly like YAR, despite being maybe a dozen pixels in total, is actually very...
23  juillet     17h59
Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 3 for PS4 and Xbox One - Complete List of Games
Retrovolve Staff    While we absolutely adore the Atari Flashback Classics collections, we find it frustrating that they don’t list their games on the back of the box. So we created full lists of included games for Volume and Volume . We wanted to do the same for Volume . Before we get into the list, though, we...
09  décembre     23h16
Comparing the Crystal Castles Arcade Classic with Its Atari 2600 Port
Josh Wirtanen    I can’t blame folks in for thinking Atari’s arcade hit Crystal Castles was incredible. Its isometric viewpoint made great use of its limited resolution, presenting a tangible D environment. Plus, you can tell a good deal of work went into its character designs and animations; just look at how...
06  novembre     19h24
Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 2 for PS4 and Xbox One Complete List of Games
Retrovolve Staff    On October, , Atari released two collections of classic Atari games for PS and Xbox One: Atari Flashback Classics Vol. and Atari Flashback Classics Vol. . This is just a matter of opinion, but we think Vol. has more variety sports titles feel a bit over represented on the first volume ...
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Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 1 for PS4 and Xbox One Complete List of Games
Retrovolve Staff    On October, , Atari released two collections of its classic games for PS and Xbox One: Atari Flashback Classics Vol. and Atari Flashback Classics Vol. . Each collection includes game manuals, multiplayer support, leaderboards, Trophy Achievement libraries, and, of course, classic Atari...
19  avril     13h00
The Strange and Wonderful World of Atari Box Art
Mandi Odoerfer    In the age of Atari, games couldn’t sell themselves on graphics alone. Games needed ways to spark players imaginations, to convince them that their villains and heroes were more than awkward clumps of pixels. And for that, they relied on box art. While some video game companies gave little thought...
05  avril     12h00
Was Atari’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Really as Bad as You’ve Heard?
Josh Wirtanen    When I was a kid, I spent an extended stay in a hospital because of a sick family member. As any kid without entertainment is bound to do, I got bored very quickly and probably complained loudly about it. To mitigate my boredom and to keep me from getting into too much trouble , a nurse brought me...
14  septembre     14h20
How I Missed out on Robot Tank’s Official Medals
Josh Wirtanen    Robot Tank for the Atari was an incredibly innovative game for its time. Sure, it was pretty much Activision’s answer to the Battlezone arcade game, but it was also so much more than that. Interestingly enough, this was a very early example of the first person shooter genre, coming out way...
10  novembre     18h30
VCS Showdown Atari 2600 vs. Sears Tele-Games Video Arcade
Andy Reierson    It’s the least controversial debate in the history of gaming Or is it Andy breaks down the crucial differences between the Atari and Sears Tele Games Video Arcade in this brand new video.
08  novembre     19h19
Small Town Auctions Landfill Waste on eBay; Gamers Everywhere Rejoice
Andy Reierson    If you feel like taking metaphorical piss on Jack Tramiel’s grave, feel free to head over to eBay and bid on some of the abandoned cartridges that were excavated from an Alamogordo, New Mexico landfill earlier this year. It’s sort of ironic that Atari couldn’t even give these things away in the ...
01  octobre     14h30
The First Wireless Video Game Controller Was for the Atari 2600
Mandi Odoerfer    I tend to think of wireless controllers as a fairly modern invention. I spent most of my gaming existence tethered to a console, and I never gave much thought to life without a cord. Wireless controllers are something I associate with fancy HD epics, not classic pixelated titles. But apparently,...
13  septembre     14h30
Atari Casino’s Box Art Promises Cocaine and Hookers but Fails to Deliver
Andy Reierson    There are times when I will just sit and stare at my ever growing video game collection. Most often, I am carefully selecting a title from the shelf to spend a few hours with after a hard day’s work. Sometimes, I will just make stacks of boxes and jewel cases and sift through their various paper...
12  septembre     14h30
Top 5 Activision Games for Atari 2600
Andy Reierson    It’s hard to believe that, given the massive amount of disdain targeted at the company today, Activision was once one of the most beloved and respected video game publishers in the industry. One could even argue that they were the paramount distributor of first generation home console games,...
20  août     00h07
1982’s Fast Food Is Not Approved by the FDA
Andy Reierson    Fast Food might be the only video game in history where achieving morbid obesity is its primary objective. This one of a kind twitch title released by obscure developer Telesys in gives you control over Mighty Mouth, whose sole objective is to eat as much food as he can. But not the purple...
02  août     17h56
Denny’s Atari Remix: Denny’s Reaches out to the Hungover Atari Demographic
Josh Wirtanen    Denny’s has absolutely everything I look for in a hangover cafe. They’re open hours a day, they serve breakfast all day long, they have coffee, and they attract the sort of crowd that’s not going to judge a guy for being an alcoholic. Plus, there’s a Denny’s within walking distance of my house,...