Tag Archives: Atari

Custer’s Revenge: Atari’s Most Infamous Disaster

Retro game Custer's Revenge gameplay screenshot

Atari Crosses the Line In the early 1980s the video game market was booming and the Atari 2600 sat in living rooms everywhere. In 1982 a small publisher called Mystique released Custer’s Revenge for the Atari 2600, pitching it as an adults only title. The premise was crude and simple, and it immediately drew attention for all the wrong reasons. Players guided a caricatured General Custer across a screen while …

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The Atari 2600 collection [562 games] video journey

Enjoy our comprehensive retrospective as we showcase each and every one of the classic games developed for the Atari 2600 in this captivating video journey. Atari 2600: A Nostalgic Look Back at a Gaming Pioneer The Atari 2600, originally known as the Atari Video Computer System (VCS), stands as a monumental figure in the history of home video gaming. Released in September 1977, this iconic console brought the arcade experience …

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Wolfenstein 3D (Atari Jaguar)

Wolfenstein 3D (Atari Jaguar) – Leftover Culture Review The Leftover Culture Review is premiering on Retro-Replay! And to celebrate, we wanted to start out by Schtompfing Nazi arsch im spiel WOlfenstein 3D fur die Atari Jaguar. http://blip.tv/leftover-culture-review/wolfenstein-3d-atari-jaguar-leftover-culture-review-6311117 LOCR Producer: When talking about first person shooters for the Jaguar, most peoples first thoughts are Alien vs Predator or Doom, and the Jaguar did have a great port of Doom, but with …

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pocket-sized Atari 2600: Stella

A guy by the name of Mario over at ModRetro forums put together a nice little Atari 2600 hand held gaming console. Here are the Specs and what Mario has to say: Specifications: 3.5″ Screen Uses an Atari Flashback 2 Hopefully will have room for the cartridge slot 2 GBASP batteries for a total of 3.7v, 1200mAh Uses a GBC 5v step-up to power the screen and FB2 FITS IN …

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