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Artwork from Ancient Atari History
Matey-O writes: "Safestuff.com contains some early information on Atari's arcade games. Internal memos, brainstorming sessions, and artist renderings that accurately predicted what arcades would look like. (Except there seems to be a LOT more women in the arcades than I seem to recall.) The artwork has been there a while, so it's archived on the wayback machine."
Looking at the pictures, the arcades 'of the future' force you to wear clothes 'of the past.'
A winner is you!
For some bizarre reason, this is actually a facsinating read
...on this one. Perhaps there's a reason for her smile of anticipation?
--- Hot Shot City is particularly good.
Maybe Atari's downfall was hastened because of their inability to see video game culture taken over by hordes of people just like them: mouth-breathing, pimply-faced, adolescent male dweebs in O.P. shorts.
The only certainty is entropy.
...by the seventies dream girl. C'mon, they were fantasizing in these pictures. They couldn't do better than that?!?
I see the clothes the girls are wearing haven't changed much ;)
Someone should open a nightclub/lounge so we can all (apologies to the orignal) "munch pills in the dark and listen to repetitive beats", and remember the good ol' late seveites and early eighties. This time around we might be able to attract more girls, or one cold always hope.
as they say "In your dreams nerdboy!!!!"
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
Yes, Ping! The exciting new game from Atari that measures IP path latency. Thrill as you send packets into battle with enemy hosts! Will they return safely, or will they be forever lost in the hostile ether? It all part of the fantastic adventure that is Ping! Lowest score wins!
Play Ping: the game that will really socket() to 'ya!
Bush should have died, not Reagan -- Morrissey
Morrissey rides a cockhorse -- The Warlock Pinchers
I like the concept design for the "ping" game ...
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http://web.archive.org/web/20010828031441/safestu
I think they should have arcade versions of all the standard UNIX system functions.
"d00d, I just set the new high score on grep!"
...or does anyone else think that all the people in the pictures look stoned out of their minds?
Some of the girls are cuties though, I sure wish the artist's redition were true, that'd make my obsession with video games worthwhile.
Ahhhhhvacado!
~ now you know
5) 1st person Space Invaders
:)
Real Life Space Invaders was the funniest thing that happened to me in the army. The bombardier (artillery equivalent of a corporal) had us on parade and decided we should all play a game of Space Invaders.
He was the player and we were the invaders. We had to take small steps sideways saying "dun dun dun dun" and moving our arms correctly for effect while he shuffled sideways and threw stones at us. I distinctly remember being the last invader "killed" - of course by that time I was crabbing quite quickly and going "dununununununnunun"
--- Hot Shot City is particularly good.
I wonder how they brainstormed *this* up:
Boon Ga Boon Ga
It's 10 PM. Do you know if you're un-American?
The brainstorming session on the site includes an interesting one - 14: "Mr. Bill". Could this be a precursor to xBill?
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