Atari introduced Barrel-Pong for 1973. Here’s how to build your own. BTB walks you through the ins-and-outs of how to make your own Atari Barrel-Pong. Custom built from scratch? - Check. Tribute to Bushnell? - Check. 1970s swag? - Double Check The post Atari Barrel-Pong appeared first on Atari I O.

Hey what’s up everybody We’re hosting a special live event tonight at 7:30 PST, and you’re invited We’re going to be playing arcade ROADBLASTERS on a real-deal Atari System 1 arcade cabinet. We’re gonna be collecting fuel globes, catching special weapons, and zapping limousines. Will we save the...

Do you want an amazingly weird side scrolling run and gun platformer thats also an Arcade port? Well look no further than the monkey that spits fireballs... Toki. I always loved this game growing up. I have very fond memories of Toki because this was one of those roadtrip games. My grandparents at...

Xybots is a near-perfect arcade translation for the Atari Lynx. BTB reviews this 3-D maze runner, full of robots to blast alone, or with a friend via the Comlynx Cable. This game had a lot of stuff going for it. There were a lot of perks you could buy during the game in order to enhance the way it...

Merry Christmas from 7800 Avenue. Today we relive the magic of Christmas morning 1982 with Howard Scott Warshaw’s ambitious take on the hit film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600. E.T. gets a bad rep as the worst video game ever made . There’s been a lot of controversy around it....

In this episode of Lynx Lounge we talk about the 1982 Williams arcade classic Joust, plus sleepovers, forts, and pizza. I’ve always loved Joust. It is a big favorite of mine. I am so pleased to be talking about it today, and how well it plays and how well it looks and sounds on the Atari Lynx. Isn...

Namco’s side scrolling arcade adventure that got Pac-Man out of the maze and into the world. An excellent arcade port for the Atari Lynx and TurboGrafx-16. So you need to ask yourself.. did Pac-Man survive the change from maze games to side-scrolling adventures? Well I would say yes. I think this...

Who is the baddest monster of them all - you of course Smash through 61 cities in this 4 player Atari Lynx Classic Man, this game is absolutely fantastic. From the moment this game came out in 1986 to today, I’m still having fun with this game What can I say? I’m a big monster at heart, and I...

This isn’t your daddy’s NES game - this one is even harder. The 1988 arcade beat em up hits the portable 16-bit Atari Lynx... and boy does it hit hard. Ninja Gaiden came out in 1988, and here’s the interesting thing: I remember this coming out for the NES first. This was an amazing game for the...

Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Chris Buongiorno plays Atari 2600 Spider-Man, Marvel and Spidey’s first video game released in 1982 by Parker Brothers. You saw Chris about two years ago here on The Jag Bar, if you saw the episode for Supercross 3-D. That was the episode where everybody was getting really...