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Atari 2600 Top 10 Games
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Top 10 Atari 2600 Games

Byrolyretroadmin December 31, 2015February 20, 2025

The Top 10 games for the original home console The Atari 2600 console was one of my earliest video game experiences as a child growing up in the 80’s, having several friends who owned one, but I never had one myself until around 10 years ago, when I started collecting retro video games. As an early…

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Atari 2600 Restoration Part 2
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Atari 2600 Restoration Part 2

Byrolyretroadmin February 19, 2013August 18, 2024

The Classic Atari 2600 Woody Lives! I’ve always had a soft spot for the Atari 2600, one of my first ever console experiences, and I have several in my collection. This is the second update on my latest 2600 restoration, and in the first blog update I focused on the cosmetic aspects – clearing away…

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The restored Atari 2600
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Buying and restoring an Atari 2600 – Part 1

Byrolyretroadmin February 14, 2013August 26, 2024

I finally buy an Atari 2600 console Why restore an Atari 2600? Being an avid retro games collector with a minor case of OCD, I love nothing more than taking an old and unwanted console and bringing it back to life. The beauty of many of the old 80’s consoles is their construction – they…

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Battlezone retro arcade game review

Byrolyretroadmin November 30, 2011August 22, 2024

Battlezone: The Original Tank Game Battlezone was a truly unforgettable game from the early days of the arcades, that saw you in control of a tank in a 3D battle against enemy vehicles and space ships, set in a dali-esque landscape of cubes and pyramids. Battlezone used wireframe vector graphics technology, the same technology that…

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Tempest Arcade Screen
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Tempest arcade classic from Atari

Byrolyretroadmin August 7, 2011September 7, 2014

Atari had huge success in 1979 with the vector graphics based Asteroids, followed by 2 further classics in 1980, with Battlezone and the fantastic Tempest. Tempest was host to a number of “firsts” for an arcade game, including the first game to feature to feature a kind of “continue”, based on the player’s performance in…

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  • Arcade Games
  • Old Computers
    • BBC Micro
    • ZX Spectrum
    • ZX81
  • Consoles
    • Atari 2600
    • Dreamcast
    • Megadrive
    • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
    • Nintendo 64
    • Playstation 1
    • Super Nintendo
  • Handhelds
    • Bambino
    • Bandai
    • Coleco
    • Game and Watch
    • Gameboy
    • Grandstand
    • IOS
    • Mattel
  • Projects
  • Retro Game Store Locator
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