Tag Archives: atari

Latte art is amazing in its own right, but drizzle in a dose of Atari and you have a coffee made especially for those whom desire nothing more than a quiet night in with Mom, munching on crunchy snacks and rejoicing in gaming nostalgia.

Ian Bogost's retrofuturist art game A Slow Year explores the traditions and aesthetic possibilities of the medium.

Thrash metal and testosterone-raked commands give way to twee chimes and happy laughs in the latest trailer for Atari's whimsical casual game, The Undergarden.

Much like any other game console, Atari cartridges contained executable code along with corresponding data. Much of Atari game code is in the language of mathematics – if x is true, go to y. In this visualization of the custom Halo 2600, a adaptation of Halo for the Atari 2600 we’ve posted about in the past, each time there is ...

Most of you won’t know this, as up until now it was privy knowledge to only a few lucky souls. The man we have come to know and love as Pac-Man is not the character we thought he was. Back in 1982, as the original Pac-Man was living the rock star lifestyle courtesy of his new found fame, there was ...

Steve is an enigma. And apparently, an extremely stinky enigma at that. Did you know that while he was working at Atari he was forced to work the night shift because of his terrible personal hygiene? True story. Sounds like someone could have used a few bars of Star Wars Soap. For that and 14 other amazing Steve Jobs facts ...

To this day my fingers still ache thanks to the arthritis (well it might as well be arthritis) I self-attribute to the many hours of joystick jamming to the tune of Atari. I remember some pretty intense finger cramping but I also remember some of the most fun hours I’ve ever spent, which is why I don’t run away screaming ...

There’s something about the packaging of Atari-era games that really strikes my design fancy. The minimalistic bit style was both honest and gorgeous. I actually don’t think I’d mind if modern movie posters were designed in the same style. Some modern posters could certainly use the revision. Or at least a few zombies added here or there. Hit the jump ...

Have you ever noticed that the Atari logo might have been inspired by a certain Parisian landmark? This is a TeeFury shirt so it’s only available for the next several hours for $9!

Don’t ask me how they are going to make a movie out of a game based on outlined pixels, but apparently they’re willing to try. Universal Studios has picked up the rights for the “Asteroids” movie. The film will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura with a screenplay by Matthew Lopez. “Asteroids” literally had zero plot, unless you count a ...