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Tags: Atari, Atari ST, Review, Video, Video games
The Last Arcadian is one of those games that in hindsight are pretty strange stuff for a public domain or shareware title. Considering even in the early 1990s a 3D shooter was automatically rather cool and thus profitable, The Last Arcadian makes you think why it wasn’t released commercially.
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Tags: Atari, Atari ST, Nostalgy, Pinball, Review, Video, Video games
I used to read ST Format back when I had an Atari ST. Later in its existence the magazine started to include better and more complete games and other software on its cover disk, probably because of the Atari was dying and publishers decided to give away their assets (or more like the actual developers [...]
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Tags: 8-bit, Asteroids, Atari, C64, NES, Nostalgy, Retro gaming, Reviews, Video, Video games
Probably my most favorite video games are thrustlike games — games that relate to Thrust similarly how Rogue relates to roguelikes. Here are some of the games I consider the best examples of this genre.
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Tags: Atari, Demoscene, Playstation 3, PS3, Video
More demoscene stuff: a very recent PS3 demo (a real-time animation for you not in the know) and a very recent Atari VCS demo. The Atari VCS (redubbed Atari 2600) was pretty much the first game console for the masses and it was released in 1977. The Playstation 3 was released in 2006.
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Tags: Atari, Folklore, Games, Jeff Minter, Nostalgy, Retro gaming, Video, Video game music, Video games
A bit of nostalgy can never hurt anyone. To me, weird tales about old software are a source of inspiration — they are essentially war stories for nerds. Here are some cool software stories from the past told by the developers themselves.
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