@gamedeveloper.com    Plus: Atari acquires Hipster Whale and Mina the Hollower hits 300,000 sales.

@gamedeveloper.com    The deal could eventually cost Atari almost 40 million.

@arcadeblogger.com    Episode 38 of the Ted Dabney Experience podcast is available now for your listening pleasure If you enjoy reading ArcadeBlogger.com, you’ll love the...

@boingboing.net    At a certain point you just have to give it to ancient, flagging games company Atari just for continuing to throw shit at the wall. With the much...

@newatlas.com    Atari made it look so simple: press a few buttons to move, rotate, vanish through hyperspace, fire missiles, and boom: total asteroid destruction...

@boingboing.net    Wizardry, originally coded in BASIC at the turn of the 80s, was one of the early greats in computer role-playing games, spawning a long-running...

@gamedeveloper.com    The company is eyeing remakes and new releases after purchasing the rights to multiple titles in the classic RPG franchise.

@thefoggiest.dev    Lately I found myself having a lot of fun with Frontier Elite II on my Atari STe and I found it brought me back to some twenty years ago, when I...

@pluralistic.net    Today’s links A free, open visual identity for enshittification: No mere poop emoji Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: RIAA...

@gamedeveloper.com    The deal includes Implicit Conversions’ proprietary emulation technology, Syrup.

@aftermath.site    No one watching the crash of Atari could’ve seen the Super Nintendo ten years later

@computeradsfromthepast.substack.com    Now for something different

@technicshistory.com    In 1979, Atari and Texas Instruments (TI) established a new category of computer, which hybridized the features of the personal computer and video...

@arcadeblogger.com    Another cool video to share with you this week. This is a previously unaired interview with Atari’s Joe Robbins. Robbins was regarded as an industry...

@3quarksdaily.com    Bayan Atari in The Dig: Having authored a multitude of fiction and nonfiction works, Howard University alumna and professor Toni Morrison (B.A.’53, H...

@theverge.com    In 1986, electronic music pioneer Laurie Spiegel created Music Mouse, a way for those with a Mac, Atari, or Amiga computer to dabble in algorithmic...

@setsideb.com    Gauntlet is one of the best games that Atari Games made, and is certainly one of the best known, but it’s interesting how little even people who...

@arcadeblogger.com    Well, its been a hot minute since I’ve updated the blog. Life decided that it had other plans for me over the past 18 months or so. The good news...

@gizmodo.com    The company says the plans for Phoenix are still in play.

@creolened.com    One of the few perks of being old is I got to see the video game business grow from basically nothing to the monster it is today. Sometimes it’s a...

@gizmodo.com    Take a peek at the stuff from the Apple founder’s childhood bedroom.

@blog.gingerbeardman.com    2025, eh? What a blast.This year saw an incredible burst of creativity and exploration. I started the year shipping a multi-player arcade racing game...

@thefoggiest.dev    Last week I wrote how I basically used my new Atari STE to recreate my father’s professional music setup to let it once again play back the music I...

@setsideb.com    Bubsy has been undergoing a bit of a revival lately, with a well-received collection out from Limited Run Atari and an upcoming 3D platformer that’s...

@bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com    We traditionally divide consoles into generations the earliest devices like the Magnavox Odyssey are the first generation, the Atari 2600 is second,...

@setsideb.com    I am a sucker for a bargain. If something is 90% off I’ll often buy it if I have little interest in ever playing it (that’s how I ended up with the...

@design-milk.com    Explore Design Milk’s technology gift guide for tech-savvy, design-forward shoppers, with beautifully crafted gadgets that blend innovation style.

@gamedeveloper.com    Kelly Bianucci will report to Atari chairman and CEO Wade Rosen in new company role.

@theverge.com    Atari has announced yet another retro console revival, but this time it’s launching hardware from an old competitor. Atari and Plaion, a company that...

@theverge.com    After releasing Space Invaders and Atari 2600 versions of its gaming-themed semi-smart wearable, My Play Watch is back with a third version that puts...

@theverge.com    Nearly two years after it was first announced at CES 2024, My Arcade’s Atari Gamestation Go handheld is finally available for preorder for 179.99...

@setsideb.com    I’ve lamented how Atari Games shut down lots of interesting prototypes over their operation because they didn’t perform well on test, or maybe other...

@gamedeveloper.com    Also in the news: lessons from the ’Friendslop’ genre, Atari buys Ubisoft properties, and more.

@tedium.co    Oh no, someone made a new Bubsy game. And that someone was Atari. How concerned should we be? Not to be too critical of one of our contributors, but...

@boingboing.net    Atari and Namco pitch the classic console in bright yellow, with a matching wireless controller and illuminated ghosts on the front panel. It comes...

@gamedeveloper.com    Workforce reductions will impact game development studios, the publishing business, and group-wide services.

@cory.news    Cory Ondrejka joins in on the 40-year-old retro computing reminiscing: For being otherwise bright folks, it’s remarkable how completely wrong they...

@bigthink.com    Consider a gamer playing a game. Maybe one of them is in a room near you right now. You hear periodic outbursts of anger and joy. They’ve been at it...

@inverse.com    Missile Command Delta is a subtly ingenious reimagination of one of the all-time great arcade game experiences.

@boingboing.net    During a conversation with ChatGPT about artificial intelligence and chess, ChatGPT touted its skill in the game. The chatbot claimed it could easily...

@newatlas.com    ChatGPT volunteered to play a 1977-vintage Atari 2600 to a game of chess and came to regret it after the eight-bit chess engine from the age of Disco...

@tedium.co    A YouTuber makes an interesting pitch for the legendary Commodore brand: Instead of letting it die on the vine, make the brand accessible to the...

@arstechnica.com    Hobby project shrinks 1980s computer platform that pierced the Iron Curtain.

@blog.gingerbeardman.com    So, my game HERD NERD took 3rd place in the I, REBEL game jam, hosted by Atari and Jeff Minter. We are delighted to let you know after hours of play...

@mcsweeneys.net    I was a goner, they said. Oh well. Could’ve been worse. Could’ve been born before they dug up all the words. & we’d just stand around trying not to...

@boingboing.net    Atari’s 1200XL should have been a success of the 8-bit home computing era: modern, compact, designed to compete with the breakout Commodore 64, and...

@arstechnica.com    Doctors said he’d die by 13, but Bill Williams turned long odds into iconic art about endurance.

@boingboing.net    Best Electronics (previously) is an Atari parts store still open after 41 years, reports Tom’s Hardware, servicing a hardware lineup that ended 32...