Tag Archives: Atari

Ben Heck Turned A Single-Chip Atari 2600 Jr. Into An Awesome Portable Gaming Device

Do you know there was an Atari 2600 Jr. console in 1986? Me either. But it does not matter. What matters is, it was a significant video game console because, there was a rare variant that packs a single chip design.

RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch To Feature Real-world Six Flags Attractions

Mobile video game RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch is getting a boost in realism by the way of real-world Six Flags content. The world’s largest regional theme park company has announced a licensing partnership with Atari’s RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch. The plan is to make available real Six Flags’ thrill rides like the world record-breaking roller coaster and […]

Pre-order Opens For Atari Modern Day Connected Game Console, Atari VCS

Lo and behold. Atari is finally getting back into the game that it had once rein supreme. Now, please don’t ask why we have missed the announcement last year, but anyways, what matters here is, it is now a reality called Atari VCS. VCS here is, of course, the moniker once associated with the classic […]

Oh Look, Atari Is Going To Make Hats With Integrated Bluetooth Speakers

Atari must have known that there’s no way it is going to kick any of the video game console big three’s butts (but it is going to get into the game anyways). So, the once popular video game console maker has embarked on a new business plan: making wearable tech and the seemingly nondescript hat […]

Original RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme Park Sim Turned Into Mobile Game

Good news, fans of the original RollerCoaster Tycoon! A new RollerCoaster Tycoon mobile game is out, blending the classic Windows PC game with its sequel RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. Aptly dubbed RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic, this real-time theme-park sim is now on Google Play store as well as Apple Appstore, priced at $5.99. Sadly and not surprisingly, […]

Custom Atari 2600 PC by Hard Drives Northwest

Atari was to console gaming like Commodore 64 was to personal computer – in the 80s, that is. 30 years on, computing and graphics power have improved immensely and it seems like our quest for a pixel-perfect world has no room for the once glorious pixelated past. regardless, some…