While many people believe Pong is the original video game, they’re way off. Even though Atari gained great fame with Pong, they weren’t the first, and they certainly weren’t the first company to craft a virtual table tennis match. A blockier version was part of one of the many Magnavox Odyssey’s games. Except its title…
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Centipede (PS1) Review
I’ve never really played the game in the arcades, or ever to be a matter of fact. Like I said, the PS1 game is based on the classic arcade game. It even includes a copy of the original, just incase you want to play that. A neat little extra, though it is a bit expected….
Video Game History: Nintendo On Atari 2600
While Nintendo is known for never releasing games outside their own consoles (even PC) there have been a few exceptions in the early days. For example the old arcade games they released were ported to some other platforms before the NES came out. One of those was none other than the Atari 2600. Is that…
Video Game History: Atari Lynx
The Atari Lynx was a full-color video game system released by Atari in 1989, the same year as the Nintendo Game Boy. Even though its graphics and color far outmatched the Game Boy on technical terms, it flopped when it came to the market. Only a small number of games were ever released for it…
Fun Fact: The Other Thing The Atari Founder Created
Nolan Bushnell was responsible for two major things. The first was the founding of the video game company Atari. He also created the pizza chain Chuck E. Cheese’s.