Atari STuff News, Rumors, and Updates
| Oct 19, 2008
| 1999: Hasbro releases Pong: The Next Level for PS in the US
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| Nov 07, 2008
| Happy Birthday to Kitten, World's Biggest Jaguar and Lynx Fan
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| Nov 10, 2008
| 1999: Namco announces a new Pac-Man advertising campaign that includes Mr. T and Verne Troyer (MiniMe).
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| Nov 16, 2008
| 2006: Nolan Bushnell opens his first uWink video game diner in Woodland Hills, California.
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| Nov 20, 2008
| 1985: TOS 1.0 officially released
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| Nov 29, 2008
| 1972: Pong first released
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| Jan 01, 2009
| Happy New Year!
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| Jan 05, 2009
| 1985: Atari announces the Atari ST at the Consumer Electronics Show
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| Jan 08, 2009
| Happy Birthday to Pattie Rayl
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| Jan 25, 2009
| 1955: Iwatani Toru (creator of PacMan) is born in Japan.
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| Feb 05, 2009
| Happy Birthday to Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari [link]
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| Feb 05, 2009
| Happy Birthday to Robert Birmingham
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| Feb 18, 2009
| Happy Birthday to Dan Rhea
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Atari STuff News for Nov 17, 2008:
- Are you excited about the Chimera multicart?
- New Version Of The Atari Lynx Emulator Handy/SDL
- CTPCI : Design is finished
- We need you!
- Introducing Altirra, an 8-bit Atari emulator
- Pre-orders are taken for the CTPCI
- Chipyxa #6 - chipmusic online compo
- STay Atari? Luckily for us, some people have.
- Atari 2600: Circus Atari
- Classic Atari Joystick Goes USB
Atari STuff News for Oct 31, 2008:
- Is there a game graphics collection?
- Top Ten Handheld Innovations
- Calamus 1.0 for free!
- Blyp beta goes public!
- Doctor: A new demo by Trilobit for the Atari 2600
- PSP7800 v1.2.0: Atari 7800 emulator for PSP
- Chuck throws reality out the window, but still works
- Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer
- Incoming! Homebrew Label Contest
- Old multipart from Euphoria resurrected
Atari STuff News for Oct 25, 2008:
- Atari consumed by Infogrames
- A brief history of computer music
- ET for Atari Crappiest Game of All Time
- ATARI Search Engine
- Retrogaming Times Monthly - October 2008
- Replica Atari 2600 Style USB Joysticks
- maxYMiser v1.24 (520 version) released
- Joystick Junkies appointed Atari fashion partner
- Atari 2600: Boxing (Recycled Gaming)
- Once Upon Atari, Vol. 1
Atari STuff News for Oct 04, 2008:
- What Ever Happened To...?
- Ocean Machine by TBL now on Falcon
- Atari Hero mod lets you rock out with ET
- BC Gaming's 5 Weeks of Horror: Horror in the Time of Atari
- "Atari" Blazers
- Perfecting a Tron Game
- Historian Finds Puzzling Game Diskette Image
- CTPCI project still active
- RetroArcadeRadio Press release
- Stu releases new CD with YM chipmusic
Atari STuff News for Sep 26, 2008:
- Suska project makes further progress
- Portal Ported To The Atari 2600
- iPhone Breakout Knockoffs Being Nastygrammed By Atari
- Torment releases small demo at Sundown
- New version of Silkcut Falcon
- New Bits intro
- New Falcon game released by Paradize!
- Forever Next
- Will Modern Games Stand the Test of Time?
- Atari 2600 "M Network Baseball" - Best Atari Sports Game
Atari STuff News for Sep 12, 2008:
- Atari 8-bit demo
- Wizard of Wor Review for the Atari 2600
- Atari 2600 Raiders of the Lost Ark Video-Walkthru
- Bits releases new intro
- Seeing the operation of code in Atari 2600 games
- AtaWii Beta 1.0 with Wiimote support
- Atari 2600 Connection #95 Published
- Suska project makes further progress
- Paradize releases Zikdisk 2
- Retrogaming Times Monthly #52 Available
Atari STuff News for Aug 25, 2008:
- Taylor Ridge Books released as HYPertext
- New Emulation book!
- Sweet Nostalgia: Old Computer Ads to Put a Smile on Your Face
- TeraDesk version 3.97 released
- Vintage Computer Festival East 5.0
- Interesting old article at The Atari Times
- Wireless Joysticks
- TeraDesk version 3.97 released
- Classic Gaming News
- Atari 2600 Pitfall!
Atari STuff News for Aug 09, 2008:
- Space Invaders Worldwar Pits USA Against Japan
- Chairman of EFF to appear at the Alternative Party
- Retro #1 - Atari 2600
- AMS I & II
- How to Beat ET for Atari 2600?
- Atari, Interplay Settle D&D Licensing Dispute
- Barack Obama? Former Pong Lover
- ACEC Swap Meet September 13, 2008
- Oklahoma Video Game Expo - Saturday, August 9th
- ResourceMaster goes freeware
Atari STuff News for Aug 02, 2008:
- Notes about Atari Stuff
- Portland Retro Gaming Expo August 2-3
- PSP7800: Atari 7800 Emulator for PSP v1.1.3 out now
- Angry Video Game Nerd reviews the Atari 5200
- A.M.I.S. BASIC source
- What The Atari 2600 Taught Me About Personal Finance
- Bizarre 1980s ad for Atari Millipede with Magic Mushrooms?
- Have Modern Gamers Lost the Patience For Puzzles?
- PSP2600: Atari 2600 emulator for PSP v1.1.4 (minor update)
- Atari Music Video
Atari STuff News for Jul 27, 2008:
- Retrogaming Times July 2008 Issue Available
- Suska IP-core v.2K8A available
- Another new Lynx owner
- Question about the 7800
- Space Invaders 7800 Reservations
- JAKKS Pacific Dupes Wii for Under $100
- Legendary band Front 242 to play live at the Alternative Party
- emuControlCenter 0.9.8 released!
- NeXT are back with 16 years old GFA Basic demo
- Atari 2600 totally sucks but is also completely awesome
Atari STuff News for Jul 22, 2008:
- Atari 2600 at 50
- Atari game on Knight Rider?
- STOT webpage (beta) is online
- Suska IP-core v.2K8A soon to be released
- Port of x128 updated
- Mod of the week - Multi-platform portable
- Rob’s Video Game Reviews: Xenophobe (Atari, Lynx, 1990)
- Atari Blog Mention
- ST Remix album finally finished
- Atari 2600 Connection 94 Published
Atari STuff News for Jul 04, 2008:
- Atari v. Germans who don't like Alone in the Dark: the follow-up
- Atari is not suing over Alone in the Dark review
- Tainted Tie-Ins — Worst Movie Games Ever
- Atari's Howard Scott Warshaw to guest star on Code Monkeys this Sunday!
- Would You Buy An Atari Phone?
- new Falcon game from .tSCc.
- Vintagenarios Party 2008
- NAS2008 is finished - photos, results & releases
- D-Bug back with new game fix
- Bits back on the ST
Atari STuff News for Jun 28, 2008:
- Nordic Atari Show 2008
- Leonardo DiCaprio is Nolan Bushnell in Atari
- Retrogaming Times Monthly #49 Published
- Gloky releases unfinished screens
- CCAG Fall 2008 Show Announced
- Rubbish videogame endings
- DiggerTees retro-inspired parody T-Shirts!
- Atari 7800 Portable
- Five Atari Games that Failed the Test of Time
- Atari Sues Over Review?
Atari STuff News for Jun 07, 2008:
- Game Design Essentials: 20 Atari Games
- Stella 2.6.1 Released
- Atari podcast at Bitjam
- SNDH Archive v2.8 released
- The Multari: Atari 2600 gets elegantly shoved in a handheld
- The other Atari
- Play Atari 2600 at a grocery store
- Announcing PLATARIADA 2008
- Explosion Takes Out AtariAge
- SNDH Archive v2.8 released
Atari STuff News for May 25, 2008:
- Rob Fulop's Actionauts Now Available
- Programs for 68K FreeMiNT released
- Phosphor Dot Fossils: Documentary DVD
- Silkcut from The Black Lotus now on Falcon
- George Opperman Atari artworks
- atari++ updated to 1.54
- Cracking open the Atari 2600
- Atari Founder Claims Chip Already In PCs Will End Game Piracy
- Rob Fulop's Actionauts Now Available
Atari STuff News for May 18, 2008:
- Top 10 Atari 7800 Games
- Guitar Hero pedal controllers
- Retrogaming Times Monthly #48
- AtariProtos.com 8-bit Update
- Interesting new Arcade Timeline
- Games that Time Forgot: Alien vs Predator (Atari Jaguar)
- Activision bringing Pitfall back for Wii
- The Games My Mother Played
- GTA IV for the Atari 2600
- Play 2600 games online
Atari STuff News for May 10, 2008:
- KK Commander 1.0C released
- Litchi 1.1B released
- Space Invaders 30th Anniversary Bath Towel
- PicrossST - Ac2008 Edition
- JagCode II releases
- Fading Twilight Excerpt 12
- The Top 15 Vaporware Products of All Time
- The Hall of Shame: Dishonorable Mentions II
- Zaku - the new horizontal shooter for Atari Lynx!
- A History of Gaming Platforms: Mattel Intellivision
Atari STuff News for May 04, 2008:
- 2600 Connection Issue #93 Now Available
- New Video Game Auction Site
- Is the Golden Age of Gaming a myth?
- Christos releases STOT intro
- Super Genintari
- Shareholder sues Atari over sale price
- P2AM -- PS/2 mouse for your 16-bit Atari/Amiga
- 2600 Cabbage Patch Kids Proto Found and Released!
- DASM Version 2.20.11 Released
- M68K Releases for MiNT
Atari STuff News for Apr 26, 2008:
- Last Atari Arcade Game - Hidden Accessibility Feature
- I've Wasted My Life (And Other Unreleased Atari 2600 Gems)
- Unreleased Atari 2600 Game Found At Flea Market
- 2600 game ending screenshots
- Tower Toppler SDL-Port to *fast* Atari systems
- Links Atari Web Browser
- Youtube: Jack Tramiel in the 25th Anniverasy of C64
- Czech Atari 8bit Diskmag Flop 51
- AtarICQ 0.172 is released
- Retrogaming Times Monthly #47 Published
Atari STuff News for Apr 14, 2008:
- Hatari version 1.0.1 released
- Links Atari Web Browser for MiNT released
- joe 3.5 for m68k-atari-mint released
- Multari: portable Atari 2600
- Atari Star Wars on an oscilloscope
- Atari catalog 1981
- PSP 2600 v1.1.3 Atari Emulator released
- Interview with Tron Designer!
- Bitfellas Podcast Falcon special
- Atari ST developer story part 2
Atari STuff News for Apr 07, 2008:
- Blizzard Does April Fool's Right
- The Man Who Tried To Sell A Video Game For $500,000
- Atari user's desk, circa 1983
- CCAG 2008 Show May 24, 2008
- ACEC Swap Meet September 13, 2008
- GFA-BASIC Compiler v3.6 r15 released
- Speach about the ATARIscene
- SpartaDOS X 4.41 Upgrade from DLT
- KeyEdit 1.0 for FreeMiNT released
- New version of CrippleMiNT
Atari STuff News for Apr 05, 2008:
- Hatari version 1.0.0 released
- Rainbow for Atari Falcon Is Now Freeware
- Ice Hockey: 1981 TV Ad for Atari 2600
- Neat Atari Print Ads
- Atari Breakout Art
- Atari Lynx Marlboro Go
- My first computer...the Atari 800XL
- Nintendo, Atari, and retro couches...oh my!
- Museum of Computing gets uprooted
- Atari 2600 Cake
This page last updated on Feb 23, 2007 by Troy H. Cheek