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Atari Arcade Division Closes

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the do-not-go-gently dept.

Bill Kendrick writes "Today Midway dropped the axe on 'Midway Games West' (Formerly Atari Games Corporation). The remaining 30 people working there have been laid off. The other half of Atari, who went on to make the Atari ST line of computers and Jaguar and Lynx game systems, is still alive and kicking, as part of Infogrames. Still, it's a sad day for gamers."

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  1. gonna miss them as much as me?? by peculiarmethod · · Score: 5, Informative

    Midway's list of free games include:

    - Defender
    - Joust
    - Rampage
    - Spy Hunter
    - Robotron 2084
    - Tapper
    - Defender II
    - Bubbles
    - Satan's Hollow
    - Sinistar

    http://www.midway.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FT Co ntentServer?pagename=FutureTense/Apps/Xcelerate/Mi dway/Play

    pm

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  2. Embedded Links are your Friend! by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Informative
    Making this a link rather than trying to get fr1st p0st helps.

    I spent much of my first meager paychecks at Aladdin's Castle in Saginaw, MI, playing Crystal Castles and Gauntlet. There was some later version of Asteroids which i really liked, and wouldn't mind sharing my apartment with one of the full-sized arcade machines. And probably most favorite was Tempest, which I have for the PC. There's a knob for sale which I believe works with it. Best game ever with the sound cranked way up!

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