William    Atari has a new bright yellow Pac-Man Edition of their 2600 mini-console, along with a new 7800 2-in-1 version of the game, as well as a family of joysticks in the colour of Pac-Man and the ghosts that chased him around the playfield, all to seemingly celebrate the wildly popular arcade game...

William    Of the great cultural touchstones we’ve lost over the years, the saddest, I think, is the demise of the video arcade. During the boom years of video games they used to be everywhere: on the main street of every city, town and village, in every mall, and especially in any self-respecting tourist...

William    Here we see a few storyboard panels created by project lead Mike Hally, presented to Lucasfilm to demonstrate the concepts for Atari’s eventual 1983 coin-op video game adaptation of Star Wars. Hally’s Star Wars game was itself an adaptation, of a first-person space game tech demo dating back to...

William    Back in 1976, Steve Jobs was working for Atari; in fact, he was employee #40 when he joined the company in 1974. One day, Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell approached Jobs with a proposition: develop a video arcade game that turned the two-player game PONG, on which Atari had built its fortunes, into...

William    A couple of great video games by Williams Electronics, 1983. 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, Arcade1Up and Atari have teamed up to release a new arcade cabinet to celebrate Atari’s 50th anniversary. The Atari 50th Anniversary Deluxe Arcade...

William    Atari and Wisconsin-based Artovision have collaborated to make shadowbox and desktop versions of 3D artwork based on the classic arcade game Asteroids, along with a piece based on their 2600 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 40 years ago [&]