William    A couple of great video games by Williams Electronics, . Joust was a late stage Williams classic, with John Newcomer as project lead, getting players slapping the flap button furiously while trying to get the upper perch on their opponents . either computer controlled or with another ostrich...

William    If you’d like to see how the mighty Intellivision was developed and how it impacted the industry, you can check out our history of the console, a history you can read, listen, watch and even play, here at The Dot Eaters: https: thedoteaters.com bitstory console intellivision Big game developer...

William    Psygnosis was a vaunted British game developer and publisher, perhaps known mostly for their games for the Commodore Amiga, such as the smash hit Lemmings. The iconic futuristic racing game Wipeout was their second biggest seller, getting a boost by being a launch title for the blockbuster...

William    If you’ve ever yearned to play Atari arcade games like Missile Command, Crystal Castles, Major Havok and more in an affordable arcade cabinet format, Arcade Up and Atari have teamed up to release a new arcade cabinet to celebrate Atari’s th anniversary. The Atari th Anniversary Deluxe Arcade...

William    Atari and Wisconsin based Artovision have collaborated to make shadowbox and desktop versions of D artwork based on the classic arcade game Asteroids, along with a piece based on their game Adventure and another one featuring the Atari logo splash screen that appears in front of games for the...

William    Trying to figure out what is the best of any genre is kind of a fool’s errand. What makes something the best is a highly subjective thing, and it’s very rare to find consensus. But the decision is pretty much in when it comes to arcade video games: Atari’s Star Wars, released years ago

William    In , long after laserdisc games had come and gone in the arcades, Rick Dyer tried his hand again in the genre by releasing Time Traveler. Distributed by Sega, Time Traveler was similar in concept to Dyer’s previous huge hit, the arcade laserdisc blockbuster Dragon’s Lair, featuring lush...

William    It’s hard to believe that PONG is a half century old. But it was years ago, on Nov. , , when an upstart company in Santa Clara, California called Atari announced a crazy product: a ping pong game played on a TV screen, mounted inside a wooden cabinet. It was the second attempt by the...

William    As part of a marketing push an area where CEO Ray Kassar excelled at , Atari created a two minute ad for arcade game Dig Dug. The funny thing about all this hoopla is that Atari hadn’t actually made the game: it was licensed by the company from Namco for release in North America. Taking five days...

William    For an extensive look at the glorious early years of Activision, have a read of my article, here: https: thedoteaters.com bitstory console activision Microsoft has a deal to buy long time video game company Activision, to the tune of . billion. That’s a lot of CoD Points Looking back at the...