A History of Atari, Part 2 – by Leonard Herman

From late 1975 and throughout 1976, work proceeded on Atari’snew programmable home system.Bushnell and Atari’s president, Joe Keenan, hoped to release it in time for Christmas 1977, but realized they didn’t have the finances to do so. Bushnell wanted to take the company public but his underwriter believed that that wouldn’t raise as much as…

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SPACE INVADERS – by Eugenio Angueira

In 1978, Taito/Midway took the arcades by storm with their release of a game called Space Invaders. The game was designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, who spent a year developing the game itself as well as the hardware necessary to make the game possible. His concept gave the players the ability to fire a laser into…

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First DLC for ‘Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration

Atari and Digital Eclipse Announce First DLC for ‘Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration’ Releases on September 26  Atari and developer Digital Eclipse are excited to share a significant addition to Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. The Wider World of Atari, which includes 19 playable games and eight video segments in a completely new timeline, takes…

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Antstream Arcade Retro Gaming History: The Net Yaroze

Antstream officially launches on PlayStation 4 and 5 today. Happy Launch day. To celebrate this moment on Antstream Arcade, we look back at the Net Yaroze, Sony’s attempt to bring PlayStation console development to the world. While it revolutionised video gaming when released back in 1994, the Sony PlayStation, unlike the popular home computers of…

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Atari 50 – ‘The Wider World of Atari’ DLC

New York, NY (September 26, 2024) —Today, publisher Atari and developer Digital Eclipse are thrilled to announce the launch of the first major DLC to the critically acclaimed Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. Titled The Wider World of Atari, this DLC features 19 playable games and eight video segments set in a brand-new timeline. Delve…

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5 WAYS TO BRING FUN HOME – by Patrick Hickey Jr.

The arcade experience is something you have to have lived through to truly understand. The clinking of change in your pockets as you played your favorite machines, all eating quarters at a breakneck pace. The sweat drips down your forehead and the grease accumulates on your hands from your pizza as you traverse through your…

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ROBOTIC REMEMBRANCE – by John Michonski

For kids today, singing animatronics are a staple of the horror video game genre, with Five Nights at Freddy’s raking in millions of dollars and launching a movie series. For the older crowd, however, they’re a nostalgic, yet sometimes off-putting memory of birthdays past. The most iconic of all animatronics were the Chuck E. Cheese…

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