Archive: november 21, 2008

Atari 2600 Devs Talk About Pot Smoking, Whips and Flying Frogs [Clips]

Howard Scott Warshaw, creator of Yars' Revenge, has been tracking down the former game developers for the original Atari, the 70s company that gave us all of those great (and not so great) 2600 games. The resulting video interviews, Once Upon Atari, give us a glimpse into the chaotic, bizarre and drug-filled world of game development in the decade of sex, drugs and game development.
Hit up the link to check out the other six chapters.
Once Upon an Atari [IGN]

View full article at "Kotaku"

Tags: Atari, Clips, Culture, Marijuana, Oddities

Aug 21 RetroforceGO! records episode 57 tonight: The Atari 2600

Aug 22 RetroforceGO! episode 57: The Atari 2600

Apr 14 Super Genintari combines NES, SNES, Genesis and Atari systems into one

Nov 28 Atari 2600 Plus SEGA Game Gear [Modding]

Jan 3 People Magazine Plugs Atari, Snubs Nintendo in “Celebrate the ‘80s!” [Originals]

Dec 2 Atari Preview Tour: Heroes Over Europe

Jun 16 The start of the affair: The Atari 2600 Jr.

Apr 23 I've Wasted My Life (And Other Unreleased Atari 2600 Gems) [Humor]

Nov 15 Classic Atari Joystick Goes USB [Retro]

Feb 15 Rare Atari Game For Sale, Got Half A Mil Handy? [Atari]

Nov 25 World of Warcraft Gets Its Atari 2600 Port [The Molten Core]

Aug 17 Atari Games Too Bad to be True [Atari 2600]

Apr 15 Alone in the Dark hits PS3 in Autumn, with bonus fun!

Apr 3 Stop the presses: Announcement of a new Nintendo DS game with dogs in it

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Jun 2 The Other Atari [Business]

Dec 2 Atari to bundle Rez HD, Lumines Live, E4 in one retail box

Aug 17 Destructoid Interview: Flying Lab CEO Russel Williams

Dec 11 Ubisoft Wanted City Of Heroes Devs Too [Ubisoft]

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