Category Archives: Atari 2600
Atari 2600 Box Art – The Best Video Game Media
The best box art in video game history?
The Atari 2600 was the first real experience of video gaming for many of retro gaming fans, and if you were born in the 70's then its likely you will have owned or played one of these classic machines (you can see my article on renovating an old … Continue Reading ››The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600
The Empire Strikes Back is regularly quoted by fans as their favourite Star Wars film, focused on Luke's development as a Jedi knight, and his relationship with his evil nemesis Darth Vader.
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Moon Patrol for the Atari 2600
Moon Patrol was a classic 2600 conversion of the arcade game of the same name. Developed by Irem and launched by Williams, this side scrolling driving game was the first of its kind. The arcade version also featured parallax scrolling, a simple optical illusion where different background graphics move at different speeds to give the … Continue Reading ››
Frogger for the Atari 2600
Frogger is one of those classic video games, up there with space invaders and pac-man having broken out of the arcade entered popular culture. The premise is simple - get your frog across the busy road, over the crocodile infested river, and home to his lily pad. The gamaplay was all about timing, when to … Continue Reading ››
Asteroids on the Atari 2600
Atari released Asteroids in the arcades in 1979 and it became their biggest selling game of all time, up there with Space Invaders as one of the most recognised video games in history.
It was only natural … Continue Reading ››