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 …
In late spring, we took the kids on a week long beach trip. When I checked the weather, it seemed likely to rain for half of it, so I thought it would be good to have a few indoor activities on deck. I considered packing a tablet, but that would end up being solitary and …
Space Invaders was more than a hit arcade game in the late 70s, it became a bona fide phenomena (allegedly linked to coin shortages in Japan) and launched a new genre, the shooter. Atari wisely licensed the game, and released the first killer app for its VCS home console, greatly increasing sales and helping secure …
Having my Atari 7800 power supply go ‘kaput’ finally pushed me over the edge. Every few months or so, I would peruse the Lynx section of the Best Electronics website, price out a system, and then forget about the whole thing. I had owned a Lynx when they were new in the late 80s, and …
Hi there. After a long hiatus, le geek is back, now with retrogaming! The new format should keep everything cleaner with one page per system, starting with the Atari Video Computer System and Sega Master System, and more coming in short order. All of the Atari VCS content has been updated, edited, or – in …
