UPDATED FROM EARLIER POST: In honor of the upcoming 5200 homebrews and the newly listed 8-bit conversions in the Atari Age store — not to mention the pending emptying of my wallet — I’ve updated my end labels to match. You can download the updated PDF here. Cheers, Ben
In the late 80s, the Atari XE line was the last hurrah for Atari’s 8-bit computers. The 65XE and 130XE closely matched the 16-bit Atari ST line, and the Atari XEGS was its own “diagonal style, pastel accented” console/computer hybrid that was doomed to compete with Nintendo, Sega and even Atari’s own 7800. While short …
NOTE: CLICK HERE FOR UPDATED LABELS I recently produced some end labels for 1st party Atari 5200 cartridges. I made them Text-Style for the earlier Atari games and Logo-Style for the later games. Click Here for a PDF file of the labels or… Click Here for a Zipped PSD file to make your own Text-Style …
Hi there. It’s been awhile! Sorry about that, I’ve been away – distracted by a rather large Lego project. I’ve also swung back around to playing games on my Nintendo 64. As many of my older CD Drive and DVD Drive based systems are getting finicky in their old age, a solid state cartridge-based system like …
I experienced the Nintendo Entertainment System from afar. I first saw the NES in 1986, at a friend’s sleepover. I was in middle school. Corey had a system with Super Mario Bros, but he also had an Atari ST with a paint program … and a game called Airball. Super Mario seemed fun and all, …
It’s been awhile, but I have some new Neo-Geo Shockbox inserts to share with you! First up is an update to my Neo Driftout insert. Back when I was getting feedback on the design on neo-geo.com, fellow insert maker NeoCverA pointed out that the car photos on the front would look better with a cell …
Legos are probably my favorite toy of all time, and I have had a lot of fun introducing and sharing my enjoyment of these little plastic bricks with my kids. When I was a kid in the 1980s, Lego sets were still relatively basic. There were only six brick colors – red, blue, yellow, white, gray, …
