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If you think “all” ideas for games have already been done, then you have not tried Astronomer on the Atari 2600. Yep, you read that right. An independent developer is working on an Atari 2600 game that is based on astronomy. You can even play it online right now. Link after the jump, of course.
Posts Tagged ‘2600’
View Heavenly Bodies on Atari 2600 with Astronomer
December 13th, 2017 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Atari 2600, Console, News 
Tags: 2600, Astronomer, Astronomy, atari, AtariAge, batari basic, homebrew, independent, indie, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming 
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My Favorite Gaming Hidden Gems, Part One: Snoopy and the Red Baron (1983, Aari 2600)
November 12th, 2017 Michael Crisman I’ve been playing and collecting video games since the early 1980’s, and while there’s something to be said for enjoying the greats of the gaming world, there’s no better feeling for me than picking out something I’d never heard of, throwing it into my system, and being unable to tear myself away from it because […]
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Posted in Atari 2600, Console, News, Reviews Tags: 2600, atari, console, hidden gem, licensed, peanuts, shooter, snoopy No Comments »
Space Cactus Canyon Enters Beta on Atari 2600
July 23rd, 2017 Carl Williams Life as a cactus is not exactly a life of action. You pretty much stand there in all the heat all day and soak up what little water you can. That is a normal cactus. The last cactus on Earth, who just happens to be the star of Space Cactus Canyon on the Atari 2600, […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 2600, atari, atari 2600, AtariAge, batari basic, homebrew, independent, indie, Space Cactus Canyon, World War No Comments »
Sword of Iffrit New Atari 2600 Game in Beta
July 18th, 2017 Carl Williams New Atari 2600 games seem to be falling out of the sky. Most of them are mock-ups only featuring no gameplay and certainly not running on actual hardware (old school limitations suck). One rather interesting new game that is currently in beta that caught my attention is Sword of Iffrit. This appears to be an […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 2600, adventure, atari, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, role playing game, rpg, Sword of Iffrit No Comments »
Drunken Pooper: Strange Tales from Classic Game Development
March 24th, 2016 Jason Santuci My first Atari 2600 game was far from original – although its origin was. A certain amateur developer entered a coding contest sponsored by the now defunct video game import company Lik Sang. His chosen genre for his entry: “fecal shooter”. He chose to reenact a situation in which his roommate placed a stinky, fully […]
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Sharknado Still Coming to Atari 2600 Now New Name
December 31st, 2015 Carl Williams It is interesting to me how much companies will go out of their way to protect an intellectual property in certain areas. Take Sharknado for example. AtariAge forum member, “neotokeo2001” was working on a game that used the name “Sharknado” and it was “similarly” based on the movie of the same name. I say similarly […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 2600, atari, AtariAge, forums, hammerhead, movie, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, shark, Sharknado, Twist'R-Shark No Comments »
Shadow of the Colossus Atari 2600 Revived After Hardware Crash
December 27th, 2015 Carl Williams A while back I covered the Atari 2600 port of Shadow of the Colossus by AtariAge member, “Ultima”. Since I last covered Shadow of the Colossus for the Atari 2600 there has been a hardware crash that cost Ultima all of his previous code. Since then he has gone back to the drawing board and […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 2, 2600, atari, bandit gaming, cartridge, game, II, playstation, ps2, retro, retrogaming, Shadow of the Colossus, sony, two, video game, Work in Progress, youtube 1 Comment »
Portland Retro Gaming Expo to Debut Clyde’s Revenge for Atari 2600
October 4th, 2015 Carl Williams Another title that is going to be debuted at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo is Clyde’s Revenge for the Atari 2600. This is another limited release by Good Deal Games and Michael Thomasson, GDG owner/founder. What is unique about Clyde’s Revenge is, well, you are taking control of the bad guy, specifically the red ghost […]
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Posted in News Tags: 2600, atari, Clyde's Revenge, Good Deal Games, homebrew, Homebrew Heaven, pac-man, Portland Retro Gaming Expo, PRGE, retro, retrogaming No Comments »
Portland Retro Gaming Expo to Debut The Realm of No! A Text Adventure for Atari 2600
October 3rd, 2015 Carl Williams It is well known that the Atari 2600 was strictly a gaming console, there were no accessories like a full keyboard or disk drive released for it. That is not stopping Michael Thomasson and his company, Good Deal Games, from releasing a full text based adventure title on Atari’s classic console. Fans of Choose Your […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 2600, adventure, atari, Charles F. Gray, d&d, dungeons and dragons, Good Deal Games, Greg Zumwalt, Michael Thomasson, Portland Retro Gaming Expo, retro, retro gaming, text No Comments »
The 2nd Great Video Game Crash and how it could Be Stopped
September 13th, 2015 Carl Williams The video game industry had a crash in 1983/1984 that nearly ended our favorite pastime for good. During this period there were many gaming consoles available, lots of games and many developers that were popping up out of nowhere and just as quickly disappearing. It was a horrific time for fans of gaming that lived […]
