Monthly Archives: December 2011

My Interview With Johnny Wilson (CGW) Live on GameCareerGuide.com

Posted on December 28, 2011 by 8bit_admin

A few months back I got the urge to catch-up with Johnny Wilson, the long-time editor of Computer Gaming World.  I do this from time-to-time.  I get nostalgic about old games or magazines, and then attempt to look-up some of … Continue reading →

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spaceport.io Takes some of the Pain Out of HTML5 Game Development By Helping you convert AS3 to HTML5

Posted on December 27, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Wow, it’s getting hard to keep track of all the exciting new APIs, SDKs and platforms emerging for HTML5 game development! We just took a look at Ben Savage’s spaceport.io project today, and it looks really interesting.       … Continue reading →

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Atari Nerd Chronicles: The Best Christmas Ever

Posted on December 25, 2011 by 8bit_admin

  Although I had no idea in early 1981, my brother and I were video game obsessed twins on a collision-course with the pinnacle of ultimate geekdom: computer ownership.    We both loved arcade games and owned an Atari 2600 that … Continue reading →

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The 12 Years Of Atari Christmas 1981-1992

Posted on December 23, 2011 by 8bit_admin

On Christmas ’81 Atari gave to me, a VCS under the Christmas tree   On Christmas ’82 Atari gave to me, two arcade conversions and a VCS under the Christmas tree   On  Christmas ’83 Atari  gave to me three … Continue reading →

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HTML5 Canvas Game: Tic Tac Pro Quack The Glass – Goes Gold

Posted on December 23, 2011 by 8bitjeff

8bitrocket in conjunction with Producto Studios and in association with TicTacDontion.com is proud to announce the launch of our HTML5 Canvas only game targeted to work on ANY HTML5 browser platform (mobile or desktop). 8bitrocket and Producto Studios did all … Continue reading →

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Atari 80′s Christmas Commercials (More Filler For A Slow Week)

Posted on December 22, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Nothing brings back 8-bit Christmas memories like atrocious video game commercials from the 80′s.  The funny is, we LOVED these commercials.   They represented the mainstream accepting our love of Atari and video games…at least that is how we thought … Continue reading →

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Atari History Book Kickstarter Project Launches

Posted on December 21, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Marty Goldberg and Curt Vendel have launched their Kickstarter.com project to help get their massive Atari History book project off the ground.  Here is a video about the project:    

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Image Gallery : From Altair To Nintendo : Christmas Themed Computer And Video Games Ads and Editorial Pages, 1975-1989

Posted on December 20, 2011 by 8bit_admin

When I was growing up, getting into the Christmas spirit usually involved reading my favorite computer and video game magazines and paging through the special Christmas content created just for the holiday. Since the physical magazine era is quickly coming … Continue reading →

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Italian Review of HTML5 Canvas : fantastico!

Posted on December 16, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Here is a review of our book  HTML5 Canvas in Italian.  The  English translation appears to be pretty positive, however, the Italian looks better…so here is a quote in Italian: L’esempio che viene discusso e realizzato è veramente fantastico: un … Continue reading →

Posted in HTML 5 Canvas, HTML5 Canvas Book | 3 Comments

HTML5 Puzzle Game : Color Drop : Game Demo + AS3 vs. JavaScript Code Comparison

Posted on December 16, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Color Drop was game that was featured in our book The Essential guide To Flash Games.  Earlier this month I decided to to see how hard it would be to tackle a similar game for HTML5 Canvas for the next … Continue reading →

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What the hell are you running from?

Posted on December 16, 2011 by 8bitjeff

When I was in 5th grade I started to run. I ran with a friend named Richie and we would circle the play ground of our Manhattan Beach  grammar school 20 or 30 times per recess. I was never interested … Continue reading →

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8bitrocket 5 Year Anniversary : Throwing Up the Past and Top-10 Of Everything We could Think Of

Posted on December 15, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Today is our 5 year anniversary.  It’s been a roller-coaster-ride-kinda-year here at 8bitrocket Towers, with many ups and downs, sharp turns and thrills, but at the end of the ride, we just feel like throwing up. When we started 5 … Continue reading →

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HTML5 Canvas Christmas Tree Drag And Drop Demo And Tutorial

Posted on December 14, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Here is another demo from DevCon5.  Yesterday we showed you an action game, now we will show you something completely different.  A Drag And Drop style decoration application of the type we produced by the dozens ta Mattel throughout the … Continue reading →

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HTML5 Canvas “1945″ Game Demo

Posted on December 13, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Here is one of the game demos we showed at Devcon5 last week.  This is an action game named 1945.  It uses graphics from Ari Feldman’s Spritelib and music from Musopen.com.   You cannot die in this game.  It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Games, HTML 5 Canvas | 8 Comments

New Forum Redux

Posted on December 11, 2011 by 8bit_admin

A couple notes about the new forums. 1. the permissions have been updated so registered users can post in all forums 2. Registering requires admin approval now, as the “human spam bots” are causing issues. -8bitsteve      

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New Forums To Focus On HTML5 Game And App Development (with Flash and Corona too)

Posted on December 10, 2011 by 8bit_admin

We’ve had a lot of requests to start a forum for HTML5 Game and App developers.  Since we use HTML5, Flash, Corona, and other tech too, we decided to try a new forum for all that stuff too. This is … Continue reading →

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8bitrocket Blows The Roof Off DevCon5! :)

Posted on December 8, 2011 by 8bitjeff

Well, maybe the roof stayed on, but our presentations were a quite bit more successful than we imagined.  We’ve received tons of feedback, and it’s all been great.  Maybe we should do this kind thing more often… We met some … Continue reading →

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DevCon5 Santa Clara Live Blog

Posted on December 7, 2011 by 8bit_admin

7:59 : 8bitsteve: Sending last Skype messages to colleagues at Electrotank.   Finished the presentation last night.  Actually, 2 presentations.  Spent tons of free time in past 2 weeks creating demos for the conference.  My actual fear right now: no … Continue reading →

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Steve and I will be presenting on the HTML5 Canvas at Devcon5 on Wedensday

Posted on December 6, 2011 by 8bitjeff

The conference is in Santa Clara on Wednesday and Thursday. We have a three hour block from 2-5PM on Wednesday to present. The first half will be an introduction to the Canvas and some actual code examples to get everyone familiar … Continue reading →

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The People You Will Meet At Your Garage Sale

Posted on December 3, 2011 by 8bitjeff

Garage Sale People (originally written in 2004) What better way to meet the neighbors than to have a garage sale. Actually we called it a “yard sale”, and by neighbors I mean the cheapest freaks I’ve ever had the displeasure … Continue reading →

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Old Web Game Designer Friend Gets Published: Author Kevin Bloomfield

Posted on December 2, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Back in the glory days of Mattel online, we worked on numerous Flash games and web sites with Kevin Bloomfield.   He has since moved to  MGA where he is a toy designer.  Even back 10 years ago, Kevin talked … Continue reading →

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Cerebral Fix CEO Ben Dellaca Says They Just “Discovered” Mid-Core Gaming. We Beg To Differ.

Posted on December 2, 2011 by 8bit_admin

In an article at games.blog.com  Cerebral Fix CEO Ben Dellaca says they just discovered “Mid-core Gaming”: Is Zynga dominating social games on Facebook so much, that it’s, in a way, killing it?  I go to all of the conferences and I’m forever … Continue reading →

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