Category Archives: Atari Navel Gazing

R.I.P. Gary Garcia of “Pac Man Fever” Fame : Now It’s time For Hollywood To Make A Movie About “Pac Man Fever”

Posted on November 18, 2011 by 8bit_admin

“To create a song that has mass appeal is among the most difficult things you’ll ever do.” -Jerry Buckner   According to Gamasutra, Gary Garcia, 1/2 of Buckner and Garcia died yesterday.   Back in February we contacted Jerry Buckner … Continue reading →

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What Can Be Made In 16K? Atari 5200 16K ROM Games

Posted on November 23, 2010 by 8bit_admin

Here is some 16K inspirations for you.  The following are videos of some Atari 5200 games made in 16K or less.  The ROMs for these games fit on a 16K cart.  the games used the plethora of hardware features available … Continue reading →

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AtariMania.com has full PDF editions of all Atari User Magazines

Posted on September 18, 2010 by 8bitjeff

The awesome, though seemingly under-appreciated site, Atari Mania, has hand-scanned (a lot of f***ing work I might add)  versions of the entire 43 issue series of the UK-based Atari User magazine. This is of special interest to USA-Based Atari 8-bit computer fans … Continue reading →

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Commodore To Make PC in Classic Commodore Case: Pong Ball’s In Your Court, Atari

Posted on August 30, 2010 by 8bit_admin

It turns out, a company has bought the “Commdore” name and is planning to create a PC housed in a Commdore 64 case. that’s awesome. However, personally can’t buy one as it is simply against my Atari sensibilities to do so. However, if Atari would do the same thing, with the Atari 800 (too large actually), 65XE (too small) or the 800 XL (just right), I’d buy it in a second.

So how about it Atari?

Full press release below:

COMMODORE ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE WORLDWIDE LICENSING RIGHTS
Companies ink deal to produce new line of All-In-One keyboard computers. Continue reading →

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Atari Nerd Interweb Mash-up

Posted on August 18, 2010 by 8bitjeff

Here are some of the more interesting Atari related retro gaming related tidbits I found while trolling across the infobaun. The Classis Game Room HD Reviews Atari 2600 Video Olympics – The only way to play pong on the 2600! … Continue reading →

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If I Won The Lottery I’d Open An Atari Store

Posted on August 1, 2010 by 8bit_admin

If I won the lottery, I mean like $100,000,000 lottery, I would open an Atari Store. It would be in some kind of upscale mall or location  like Downtown Disney, Universal City Walk, The Beverly Center, The Grove, downtown San … Continue reading →

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