Justin

🐸 I want to see a Muppet movie where a human character freaks out when they meet a talking frog

🐸 I want to see a Muppet movie where a human character freaks out when they meet a talking frog

🐸 I want to see a Muppet movie where a human character freaks out when they meet a talking frog

🍕 PIZZA PARTY SUMMER BEGINS NOW! 
 

Save Atari History in Atari Mania? Discuss at ClubVCS!
 

ICYMI: Great conversation on the Atari Weekly Podcast with @BHG_Gaming , @RelicGamer and Dorkzide discussing the current console gen.
 

Hello, world! It's been a while -- too long, actually. It's been a busy and crazy spring. Hopefully I can chill during the summer. That I/O pizza party thang should help 🙂 

As for the busy and craziness, at work, I manage the digital management rollout on Pluto TV. It's a huge project that involves pretty much every team -- lots of fires, drama 😂. It should wind down a lot by end of July.
On the personal front, my father passed away on Apr 1. This is the first time that I shared this online. He was diagnosed in late 2020 with interstitial lung disease which we knew was terminal. He seemed to be doing ok, and we thought that he'd be with us for a few more years. But his time came, and he went quickly and peacefully, and for that, I am thankful.
Given all these things and my increased involvement with my church, my online presence and gaming time have suffered. But I am going to make a concerted effort to hang out here again to chill. The I/O has always been good to me, and it's a great tight community.
Game on! 🕹️🤘

🍕 PIZZA PARTY SUMMER BEGINS NOW! 
 

🍕 PIZZA PARTY SUMMER BEGINS NOW! 
 

🍕 PIZZA PARTY SUMMER BEGINS NOW! 
 

Here's the tweet about the latest Squad Challenge, which has garnered a little attention especially among Atari fans:
 
https://twitter.com/retrowithmarco/status/1532230941157969921?s=20&t=QxK6D6cNtx0zksrtuN6UAw
 
I guess I'll have to track my progress as well!

An insightful blog post about modern-day Atari at Stone Age Gamer. 
https://stoneagegamer.com/blog/atari-recharged/

ClubVCS members: What VCS games are you playing this weekend?!

🚦🏁🏎️🏎️🏎️ The 2022 Pole Position II Grand Prix is UNDERWAY!! 
 

A new Recharged Squad Challenge is up at ClubVCS! This one really ROCKS!

Remember when TBS started every show five minutes late? Everything would be at 10:05 PM etc.

Remember when TBS started every show five minutes late? Everything would be at 10:05 PM etc.

Remember when TBS started every show five minutes late? Everything would be at 10:05 PM etc.

Really sad news via Marty Goldberg on Facebook:
It is with great sadness I announced the passing of Atarian Regan Cheng on April 4th after a two year battle with cancer. Regan was 1/2 of the world's first video game industrial design team consisting of him and Pete Takaichi under the leadership of George Faraco. Joining in 1972 while both were still pursuing a degree from San Jose State University, the duo designed Pong-In-A-Barrel as their first project before moving on to work on the infamous Gotcha cabinet. and a slew of others. Ronald Wayne (who would later go on to co-found Apple) went on to manage them after George's departure and by 1975 they were crucial to Atari's coin cabinet designs helping carve out Atari's unique look and feel in the arcades and were joined by Clint Graham, Phil Kearney, and Carl Lepinne. Iconic looking games like Night Driver, Evel Knievel and more.
Back in those days everything was done by hand, no modern CAD or design software. As Regan recalled last year regarding the days when Atari used off the shelf TV's in it's arcade games: "I recall us design guys creating the card board bezels to custom fit to each new TV. Took a while to do. We would trace the final pattern and give to a die cutting shop to make production parts. What a kick. Now we would use 3D CAD and 3D print . It was a kick."
Also in 1975 Regan became involved in Atari's foray into consumer products with Home PONG. By the early 80s he had left the Coin Division and was responsible for helping craft the futuristic look of Atari's home offerings like the Atari 5200 and their XL line of computers and products like the Atari 2600s Star Raiders controller as well as the phone products in Atari's pioneering AtariTel division.
Leaving Atari in 1983, he continued to play a role in Silicon Valley going on to work for such companies as Sigen Corporation, NAMCO, Data East, Global VR and Google (in their Google Fiber group). Regan is survived by his son, sister Donna, and a brother.
All product photos courtesy of the Atari Museum. Read more about Regan's contributions in Atari Inc- Business Is Fun and Tim Lapetino's book Art of Atari.

Going live soon playing Space Invaders on the Atari 2600: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k4akrRlogM

Some insight into Atari's strategy with the XP line and their recent acquisition of MobyGames.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/atari-game-preservation-efforts/

Going to go live soon streaming some Tax Avoiders on the Atari 2600.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJIVWohHNnU

Congratulations to @Joe for winning our very first ClubVCS Recharged Squad Challenge! He turned in an incredible score of 23,125 in Missile Command: Recharged to take the win! 💥💥💥
Next up is Centipede: Recharged up now through April 30th at ClubVCS!
 

PSA: It looks like MicroCenter is down to their last Atari VCS in Fairfax, VA at $249 for the All-In Edition bundle. 
Many folks have been successful in getting Best Buy to price match using the online portal. That opportunity will close once MicroCenter is sold out. Regular price is $399 for that bundle.
https://www.microcenter.com/product/627563/atari-vcs-800-black-walnut-full-bundle?storeid=081

Over the last few decades, only a small number of unreleased prototypes were discovered for the Atari 7800. Some are masterpieces, some are not playable at all. At Atari7800Forever.com, we rank the top 10 that have been found. #atari7800 http://www.atari7800forever.com/top10up.html

No Joke: I will be posting at least 3 videos today, maybe more. Stay tuned...