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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
- 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
- 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
- Atari Stacy (Dinosaur Sightings: Computers from 1984-1989)
- Atari 8bit ComputersI was a little sad to see no mention of the Atari 400, 800, 800xl, 1200xl, etc. here. But maybe that is a good thing. I guess they aren't considered dinosaurs yet. How about these?Anyone remember the Commodore 128? Now there was a cool computer. ...
- Tags: 800xl, 8bit, Atari, Atari Inc., computer, COMPUTERS, hardware, Kaypro 2000, kitkimes41@..., Sony PlayStation 3
- Discussion threads 2006-07-29
- System Restore Locks up - XP Home Edition
- Right Clicking on "My Computer" and then clicking on the system restore tab brings up this error and problem. Run DLL as an App ErrorAppName: rundll32.exe AppVer: 5.1.2600.2180 ModName: srrstr.dllModVer: 5.1.2600.2180 Offset: 000099b2N
- Tags: diskeeper, hardware, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, software, system restore, TheNose, win xp home, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-10-08
- Using a Cisco 2600 As Firewall
- Hello,I am currently looking to use a Cisco 2600 series router as a firewall for a small lab that my company has put together for testing purposes. We are not looking for a full fledged, complete firewall, but rather something that will simply prevent unwanted traffic and intruders. I...
- Tags: Firewalls, Network security, bigbaddave15@..., ACL, firewall, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
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