Atari 2600 Lord of the Rings Discovered

TheAlchemist writes "Eighteen years ago a Lord of the Rings game appeared in a Parker Brothers catalog for the Atari 2600. Unfortunately, the game was never released, along with several other titles that appeared alongside it. Just in time for the first Lord of the Rings movie release next week, AtariAge.com has discovered a long lost prototype of this game, probably one of the most sought after 2600 vaporware titles. You can look at screenshots, a picture of the prototype box, the prototype cartridge, and download the binary image that you can then run in one of several Atari 2600 emulators. More information about the game can be gleaned here."

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Please Fire Michael, Timothy and Jamie!!

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Re:Please Fire Michael, Timothy and Jamie!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Excellent. Sir, I salute you!

Slashdotters Anonymous Privacy At Risk??

[Anonymous Coward]

I know you guys don't like to discuss Slashdot as a whole on the site (and the slashcode). But after this comment by Jamie, admitting to author moderation and the infamous "bitchslapping" script, and the changes to 2.2 that weren't discussed (authors can see IP and subnet of all posts, including anonymous posts, and can sort based on them), I'd like to know what the slashdot population thinks of the changes? Do they feel that their anonymous privacy is being threatened? I understand this is a privately owned site, but it is always known to believe in "free speech", and "privacy", and "Your rights online". What is the community's reaction to the "unnamed changes"??

Re:Blown away, already? We need a local cache!!!

[Cloud 9]

Slashdot needs to provide a local cache of pages it links to, for all non-major league sites.

This is a no-no. Read the portion of the FAQ regarding caching.

HAND.

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Re:Blown away, already? We need a local cache!!!

[effer]

To quote the FAQ:
"I could try asking permission, but do you want to wait 6 hours for a cool breaking story while we wait for permission to link someone?"

Since most /. articles come a day to a week after the news is broken, this is not really the best excuse. An offer to colo sites for a week would work well for all involved.
I'm not bashing here, just suggesting a viable option!!

MySQL.

[delus10n0]

Yet another reason NOT to run MySQL.