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- Cracking Open the Atari 2600 video game console
- Introduced all the way back in October 1977, The Atari 2600 Video Computer System is one of the more fondly remembered video game consoles. For its time, the Atari 2600 was a breakthrough in entertainment technology and foreshadowed what would eventually become a multi-billion dollar industry. In this TechRepublic Cracking...
- Tags: cracking open, atari 2600, video games, consoles, off topic, geekend
- Image galleries 2008-04-18
- Dinosaur Sighting: The Atari 2600 Video Computer System
- Video games are a multi-million dollar business these days. But this booming industry owes much of its current success to a simple little console first sold in October 1977 called the Atari 2600 Video Computer System. By today's standards, Atari games are not much to look at, but their simple...
- Tags: dinosaur sighting, off topic, geekend, atari 2600, game consoles
- Image galleries 2008-04-08
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- Hack the classic Atari 2600 console
- When Atari introduced the Video Computer System VCS back in 1977, no one predicted it would be a runaway success and ultimately spawn the multibillion-dollar gaming industry that we know today. The VCS, later renamed the 2600, is now nearly 30 years old, and still has a large...
- Tags: console, atari inc., games, personal technology
- Book chapters 2006-12-13
- 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (exe)
- This is a remake of the classic Atari 2600 console game. Get four in a row on the 4x4x4 game board to defeat your opponent in either single- or multi-player mode.
- Tags: 3d, board, corporate governance, games, business operations, corporate law, personal technology
- Software downloads 2005-08-11
- I have one
- I got it for Christmas from my cousin. The 2600 was my first home system. I was the king of Pitfall. I could play for hours. That is why I havent taken the Retro out of the box. If I did my gaming habit would take further time away from...
- Tags: atari, sony playstation 2, pitfall, video games, retro, nostalgia, atari inc., tink!, off-topic, game
- Discussion threads 2006-05-22
- Subquest (exe)
- Subquest is a arcade style side-scrolling shooter game based on classic Atari 2600 game - seaquest. It is coming with excellent graphics, visual effects and great game play. More enemies and more weapons and bonus to make more fun.
- Tags: subquest, games, personal technology
- Software downloads 2006-09-20
- KABoom (exe)
- The Mad Bomber has escaped jail, and he is dropping bombs everywhere in the city. Use your buckets to put off his falling bombs and save your building. Prepare your reflexes, coordination and agility, and always remember, he hates losing as much as you love winning. This is a recreation...
- Tags: bomb, eipc, mad bomber, games, corporate communications, personal technology, marketing
- Software downloads 2008-05-13
- Cracking Open 3com's Original Palm Pilot
- Before the iPhone and before BlackBerry, there was the Palm Pilot. Known as the Atari 2600 of PDAs, the Palm Pilot was considered revolutionary in its heyday. Weve rescued this model just so we can crack him open and see what this time capsule of circuitry looks like on the...
- Tags: palm inc., 3com corp., palm pilot, handhelds, hardware, john lee, product photos, geekend, cracking open
- Image galleries 2008-07-03
- Video: Classic (and weird) Atari Centipede commercial
- kilopedesI don't know - Atari is pretty weird without the centipedes. If evolution is a fact and not a theory why then are there no kilopedes?
- Tags: wdobni@..., atari inc., video
- Discussion threads 2007-03-30
- Nail Drivin' 5 Adventure (zip)
- A clone of the classic Atari 2600 game Adventure, with an additional level and two additional games. You can also play the classic levels with additional objects. Additionally, the source code is included and was designed to make adding new levels and objects pretty simple.
- Tags: level, games, personal technology
- Software downloads 2005-11-11
- (Images: Star Trek warps into Xbox 360, PSP)
- Star Trek LegacyIt finally gives me a reason to buy myself an X-box. I'll put my Atari 2600 to sleep now.QuandaryIm in something of a quandary, because I want to get an XBox 360 sometime next year. The problem with that is between Star Trek
- Tags: software, 360-degree, star trek, abeduran, xbox 360, microsoft xbox
- Discussion threads 2006-11-30
- Video: Touchscreen + Missile Command = Awesome
- Okay, so we all love classic 1980s video games, and we all love new gadgets. Thus, simple math tells us that combining the two should make even an Atari 2600-level game seem insanely cutting edge. Thus, I give you Missile Command played on a wall-sized touchscreen--for the win. ...
- Tags: touch screen, video, keyboards, corporate communications, monitors & displays, games, hardware, peripherals, marketing, components, personal technology, jay garmon
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Haunted House (zip)
- Haunted House is an SVGA remake of the classic Atari 2600 adventure game. Your goal is to collect three pieces of a magic urn and escape from the mysterious mansion before you're scared to death by a variety of creepy creatures like vampire bats, spiders, or the ghost of Old...
- Tags: haunted house, games, personal technology
- Software downloads 2004-10-27
- Pitfall Screen Saver (exe)
- Pitfall Screen Saver was originally released way back in 1982 Pitfall and is the best selling video game for the Atari 2600. In this screen saver you watch as Harry tries to jump over logs and dodge other dangerous obstacles. Pitfall Screen Saver looks and plays just like the original...
- Tags: screensaver, video game, video, games, corporate communications, personal technology, marketing
- Software downloads 2007-06-20
- Picodore 64: The Commodore 64 notebook
- Some insane genius has homebrewed a Commodore 64 mini-notebook -- and he plays Pitfall on it! Thanks to the inevitable advances in Moore's Law, you can now cheaply and easily cram what was once the world's most popular personal computer into a case the size of a...
- Tags: notebook, notebooks, engineering, hardware, notebooks & tablets, jay garmon
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- Console Classix (exe)
- Enjoy classic console games online. Play thousands of games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Gameboy Color, the Sega Gamegear, the Sega Genesis, the Sega Matser System, Colecovison, and the Atari 2600. The Console Classix browser allows you to access the list of games and...
- Tags: sega corp., console, console classix browser, games, personal technology
- Software downloads 2007-12-18
- Video: Classic (and weird) Atari Centipede commercial
- Take a strangely catchy 1980s synth-pop soundtrack, mix in some stock footage of assorted weirdness, and ice it with a giant university-mascot style Centipede costume (that kidnaps a genuinely terrified teen playing an Atari 5200 console), and you've got a vaguely surreal TV commercial for the ages. And if you...
- Tags: stock, video, atari inc., investment, corporate communications, finance, marketing, jay garmon
- Blog posts 2007-03-27
- Geek Trivia: The cheat goes on
- Another 2600 CheatI remember my first "cheat" was in the 2600 actually it was still known as the Video Computer System then version of Space Invaders. By powering up the game and holding down one the switches (Game Reset or Game Select.. can't remember which) you were given the...
- Tags: contra, florida_rob, game, microsoft adventure, nes, off-topic, software, wall
- Discussion threads 2007-03-07
- Cisco 2600 lab
- I have 3 Cisco 2600 Routers. All have a serial card WIC, CSU/DSU T1. How can I connect the routers VIA serial link with a cable? Will a crossover work, if yes how do the serial links need to be configured on either end?Thanks...
- Tags: routers & switches, network technology, rheadland@..., cisco 2600, cisco systems inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-26
- Build (and code with) your own 8-bit video game console
- Where is the joy stick?From a quick glance, it appears not to support a joystick. That's probably better for your wrists, but isn't true to the 8-bit ethos.Should I dig out one of my 8-bit Ataris from storage, or start POKE-ing around with Python and Pygame? Mmmmmm.....v.RE: Build...
- Tags: game players, games, keyboards, corporate communications, viztor, hydra, joystick, video game console, console, game console, video game, video
- Discussion threads 2007-06-29
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