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The Last Days Of Atari - In Full Color

Posted by simoniker on from the amazing-ancient-artefacts dept.

AtariKee writes "Scott Evans (famous to video game collectors as the sole owner of Army Battlezone and two Marble Madness 2 machines) stopped out at the former Atari's Milpitas, CA facility [most recently a Midway office] and took a large collection of pictures of what was once the mighty arcade giant's headquarters." The good news is that Scott "was able to obtain and preserve the majority of what you see here."

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  1. Maybe im wrong but Atari isnt really dead by BorgxXx · · Score: 4, Funny

    they just put out a little game under theyre new company name ....some game based on some movie series called "The Matrix". Probably wont amount to much i hear the movies didnt do to well :)

  2. Is it just me by Timesprout · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or does Marble man look like Pac man's illegitimate love child on serious amount of drugs

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  3. Graveyard by Amomynos+Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > and took a large collection of pictures of what was once the mighty arcade giant's headquarters And after a while that server will face the Atari's destiny.

  4. What's that smell? by geordie · · Score: 1, Funny

    'Large collection of pictures' and Slashdot.... hmmmm.... is that the aroma of the server melting?

  5. Screw preserving the old atari building... by EvilCabbage · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... with all those photos, I'd be more worried about preserving his webserver.

    [/obligatory slashdotting comment]

  6. After seeing "Gauntlet" pictured, I am stuck...ARR by neitzsche · · Score: 3, Funny

    After seeing "Gauntlet" pictured, I am stuck with only one thought:

    "Green Elf needs food BADLY."

    Ah, sweet memories...

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  7. Re:Man, that old asteroids machine... by EzInKy · · Score: 1, Funny

    Those were the days, simple and fun open source businessmodels.

    If you replace the "?" with:

    2: Charge a quarter to use the machine.

    Your formula actually works B-)

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  8. Re:Fun Game by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    An amiga user who Can't wait?.

    I find that hard to believe :-)

  9. Re:After seeing "Gauntlet" pictured, I am stuck... by funwithstuff · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't remember the Gauntlet voice ever saying that. I do remember it saying (definitely in all caps):

    "RED WIZARD IS ABOUT TO DIE"
    "BLUE VALKYRIE IS ABOUT TO DIE"
    "GREEN ELF IS ABOUT TO DIE"

    But maybe I'm not very good at Gauntlet.

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  10. Melting... by Marc2k · · Score: 1, Funny

    ..or being wheeled away, either works.

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  11. What's an Atari? by UncleMediocre · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's one of those campy 70's throwbacks that appeals to Generation-X'ers. We need another Vietnam to thin out their ranks a little.

  12. Re:Infogrammes bought Atari by Talinom · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wrong.

    Atari went out of business as a preemptive counterattack to an imminent slashdotting. After all, who would put a link to a bunch of pictures on the web unless it was meant to kill the target?

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