Tag: ATARI

If you loved the classic tank battle game Combat on the Atari -- or even if you're too young to have heard of it -- you'll probably love KnifeTank. In this hand-illustrated battle, you play a normal tank versus other kickass tanks with huge knives attached. KnifeTanks increase in number as you advance in levels, and there are more obstacles on the battlefield to contend with, too. Hit all of the ...

digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2009/11/25/the-atari-classics-are-back-and-free-to-play-asteroids-lunar-l/'; Believe it or not, Atari have just released a bunch of old games on their own website. These aren't clones, these aren't even 'loving interpretations' -- these are the real thing, remade by Atari themselves. This comes as part of a re-launch for the Atari website which ...

It won't win any beauty contests, and it has a pretty weak storyline unless you have a magnificent imagination, but Lunar Lander may well be one of the oldest time-wasters in existence. High-school student Jim Storer, obsessed with the Apollo missions -- and obviously inspired by what he'd witnessed along with the rest of the world, 40 years ago today -- took his inspiration to class in the fall ...

Ever wanted to get your hands on the original code to the Atari source code to such classic games as Commando, Joust, and Xevious? Well, now you can, though definitely not through official channels as Inquisitr reported. Rather, it's a result of the trashcan rescue efforts of an Atari enthusiast. As he points out beneath the download links, "these wouldn't exist if I hadn't of climbed into a ...

It's Super Tuesday here in the US, the day when a large swath of Americans cast their ballot in the Presidential primary. Try as we might, we couldn't decide who to vote for. So, we thought we'd lay things out with a metaphor we could easily understand; classic computing. After analyzing candidate after candidate, we think we've figured out which goes with what, so without further ado we answer ...

Who will buy Atari's marketing memories? Maybe you, if you're flush with cash and nostalgia. The fabled Sotheby's auction house is set to sell off a group of Atari marketing materials from the golden age of console gaming, an era which familiarized the average consumer with the concept of interactive play with a big pile of transistors and bits of code. The collection dates fromt he period ...

We're going to let you in on a little secret. That article we wrote the other day about playing Magnetic Scrolls games on your Windows Mobile phone or PDA? That's just one of many ways to relive the 1980s and early 90s with your PDA. You can also run LucasArts, Sierra, Atari, Nintendo, and even Mattel LED games. One of the best resources for finding information on getting these old games to run on ...