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  1. Finally modern gaming has caught up with... by xanderwilson · · Score: 1 · on Monkeys Play Videogames With Their Mind

    the advanced technology of the Atari 2600
    http://videogames.org/html/images/mindlink.gif

    Alex.

  2. Re:"Supercharged" by phillymjs · · Score: 2 · on Modern Retro computing

    And yet, they don't offer a version of the Atari that *uses* a Supercharger.

    ~Philly

  3. Re:ah yes... by SomeoneGotMyNick · · Score: 2 · on Atari's 30th Anniversary

    My brother and I saved up for the Arcadia Supercharger for our Atari instead.

    Much better games were available for this classy add-on.

  4. Re:A "Unique Assessment"? Try "Not Worth Reading." by ab · · Score: 1 · on The Battle Of The Consoles: From Atari To The Xbox

    No kidding. As a console collector, I've got probably twice as many systems as he mentioned, and expected the article to be incomplete. It's far worse than that.

    His article completely glosses over the fact that consoles trounced "computers" (and by that he means IBM PC clones) for most of history as far as quality and quantity of games as well as technology. He fast-forwarded up to Doom and got to the point where Wintel machines were a contender. For nearly twenty years before that (and the IBM PC wasn't around for half of that), consoles were king, and the computers that were in the same league (like the Commodore 64 and the Atari 8-bits) don't even get a mention.

    History gets revised all the time, but compressing an entire industry into "there once was the Atari 2600 and now there's the Xbox", and not even talking about the former is ridiculous.

    Want to hear something funny? I bet more people will buy an Atari 2600 this week than an Xbox. Neither one is available at any store around here, and collectors buy Atari stuff all the time!

    One of these days I'll finish photographing my collection and set up a nice web site. Until then, you can find out a lot more about the history of consoles at the history of video games homepage, which is great but no longer being updated.

    ab

  5. Check it out! by QuantumG · · Score: 5 · on First Ever Pitfall Perfection?

    you can get the ROM here and an emulator here. Of course, I thought missile command was the best 2600 game. Btw to get the emulator to work you need to hit F10, select "configure controllers" then "keyboard" and press "up" on your keyboard, select "joystick" and then "up" and repeat for each key you want to use on your keyboard. Why there is no default keyboard config, I don't know.

  6. Check it out! by QuantumG · · Score: 5 · on First Ever Pitfall Perfection?

    you can get the ROM here and an emulator here. Of course, I thought missile command was the best 2600 game. Btw to get the emulator to work you need to hit F10, select "configure controllers" then "keyboard" and press "up" on your keyboard, select "joystick" and then "up" and repeat for each key you want to use on your keyboard. Why there is no default keyboard config, I don't know.

  7. Re:Stuff that matters? by jakdin · · Score: 1 · on Dave Barry Takes On Sony

    I'm playing Raiders of the Lost Ark on a G4 Mac: thanks to emulators!

    This game is bringing back tons of memories...music and all! It rocks big time folks. Never played it? Go get it: http://www.videogames.org/

    People will be playing these old classics for as long as people are playing the shiny-new games! Long live 'video games' (of every sort!)
    Jak Din