[Atari 5200 7805 Voltage Regulator to DC/DC Switching regulator comparison]

You realize you'd only start seeing savings from this after running your system constantly for a full year, right?    The cost of the part (plus shipping) is approximately the same you'd save from running your system 24/7/365.

[Help Me Identify This Handheld]

Ask Rik at http://handheldmuseum.com/ If anybody would recognize it, it would be him.

[The Ultimate Jaguar Unreleased/Beta/Source/Dev Master List!]

Just to reiterate Ross' comments regarding the naysayers, the only "currency" that has any value from here on out is hard evidence (sources, paperwork, etc) - evidence that everyone can research, investigate, and otherwise use to <ahem> vet information.  Or to state it more succinctly: "Put up or shut up."

[6 interviews with former Atari designers, courtesy of Ross "Lost Dragon"]

Just posted these on my site: http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/interviews.html

 

Ross interviews:

 

B.J. West

Carrie Tahquechi

Dan Hunter

Lee Actor

Richard Costello

and Ted Tahquechi.

[Earliest video game Easter egg found in Atari's Starship 1 coin-op!]

Starship 1 designer Ron Milner let slip the secret, and Ron, Ed Fries, and Michael Albaugh (another former Atari alumni) helped to figure out the sequence to trigger it:

 

https://edfries.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/chasing-the-first-arcade-easter-egg/

 

[Atari National Pac Man Day is April 3rd (1982)!]

Here's some from a local newspaper, proving that the game was indeed available a few weeks earlier.

 

Btw, I'm not sure why this thread is in the Arcade Life section since the whole Pac-Man Day event was about the VCS version

[Atari National Pac Man Day is April 3rd (1982)!]

Here's a few more.

[Need Help Identifying Atari 2600 Joysticks]

I have a photo of the box for the Kingsway on my site:  http://www.ataricompendium.com/faq/faq_vcs_system_kingsway.jpg

That PAL version of Commando Raid looks pretty funky - http://www.atarimania.com/game-landung-in-der-normandie_s10819.html

[Need Help Identifying Atari 2600 Joysticks]

Those are sticks that came with the Funvision Home Computer (2600 clone from Spain).  

 

Was Funvision definitely from Spain?  I've heard Japan, Finland, and Australia as possible locations.  The FHC was created by VTech, who are based in Hong Kong.

 

The box for this 2600 clone is definitely from Japan, and the logo is the same found on the Funvision VCS games:

 

http://www.ataricompendium.com/faq/faq_vcs_system_funvision_gemini.jpg

 

Btw, the controllers were with this Funvision 2600JR clone called the Hi-Score MK3:

 

http://www.ataricompendium.com/faq/faq_vcs_system_hi-score_3.jpg

[My Atari 7800 Kiosk]

Would't it have been a grand idea to wire up those Walmart kiosks to use some of the TVs just to the right??  Nah....

[The Ultimate Jaguar Unreleased/Beta/Source/Dev Master List!]

We will continue looking into the A8, ST, Lynx, Jaguar, 7800, 5200 etc from both sides of the Atlantic, run and gather who you like, the long and the short and the tall, Atari Sherriff's, supposed museum hosts, whatever....

 

Sorry i'm having to post this, but enough is enough.

 

 

I've seen BTB trolled on YT, Atari I.O interviews trolled on FB pages, Slanderous ,cowardly claims made agains't Piko Interactive, it goes on and on and whilst comments are retracted after legal action threats or offending FB posts deleted, it seemingly needs to be reinforced that those claiming victim status, attempting to sow distrust, because of some insecurity that OMG, someone is is researching ATARI....will always be an EPIC FAIL.

 

 

 

Yes, Unseen64 and GTW are branching out to cover ATARI.

 

 

Atari I.O are building a historical archive of interviews, magazine material etc from the global Atari scene.

 

 

Deal with it, as it's not going anywhere .

 

Is it possible to like a post more than once?

 

Well put, LD.  Too many history books have been filled with opinions, when all they should have included were facts, and history books w/o a list of sources to back up their information are worthless and should be placed in the fiction sections of every library.  Sources of information should be available to all, and not just a select few.  Both Ross and myself are doing just that, so that people can truly verify information for themselves should they choose to.

[My Atari 7800 Kiosk]

Nice job with that, Justin.  I particularly like the side "wings"

[Atari VCS/2600 games in movies, shows, and videos]

http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/atari_tube/atari_tube.html

[EM Pong Coffee Table]

There's a thread on KLOV about it, and a Kickstarter page:

 

https://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=399785

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461917284/play-atari-pong-in-your-coffee-table

[Rarity - Atari Hi-Way]

Hope the owner puts up a video of it running.

FYI: Leftover Hi-Way sit-down cabs were used for the sit-down version of Night Driver.

[Yars' Revenge]

VCS Pac-Man outsold EVERY VCS cart

[FS: Atari VCS/2600 carts]

List updated

[iFixit Game Console & Electronics Refurbishing Kit - brand new, never used]

*** This is sold ***

[Ed Fries (current VCS/2600 homebrewer) interview]

Here's a link to the interview on my website: http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/ed_fries/interview_ed_fries.html

["Coleco - The Complete History" hardback book coming June 2016]

It's boring and not a single screen from a game on the cover or a picture of the console. Who came up with that? Let's hope the book is 100x better than the cover. You know what they say about judging a book by its cover.

 

I see a screenshot of Donkey Kong...

[Turn your VCS into a Powerful Home Computer! - Atari 2600 Sneak Peek]

Fixed link.  There's a link to an excerpt from Brian Bagnall's excellent book "On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise And Fall Of Commodore":

 

http://www.ataricompendium.com/faq/bagnall_vcs_keyboard.pdf

 

Soon after PVI was formed, Jack Tramiel heard PVI approached Atari and filed a ("exploratory") lawsuit against them, claiming they stole trade secrets.  PVI were forced to disclose details of their VCS project.  Tramiel insisted that was his product, and pursued the case.  The Graduate was ultimately cancelled by James Morgan when he took over as the new Atari CEO in 1983.  An ongoing lawsuit against PVI by Commodore was likely the main motivating reason for its cancellation.  PVI eventually won, but it cost them several years and approximately $300,000.

 

There were 3 other companies that worked on VCS keyboard peripherals, only one of which was released:

 

Entex:  http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#piggyback

Unitronics: http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#expander

Spectravideo: http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#compumate

[Nolan Bushnell tells the fascinating story behind ShowBiz Pizza Theft of Chuck E. Cheese Concept]

I see a few comments about how Nolan was wasting money on creating Sente.  Sente was a company originally called Videa which Nolan simply bought.  See my interviews with former Videa/Sente designers Howard Delman, Lee Actor, and Roger Hector for more info: http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/interviews.html

 

What Nolan was really hemorrhaging money on was Axlon, and it was something that ultimately cost him everything, including his home.

[Atari's history on unreleased games]

Would love to know if you have anything VCS-related in your cache of material, Lance (btw, best wishes for a speedy recovery).

 

The story of the 3 remaining dealers buying everything (?) in Atari's final days is one I've heard before, and Atari still lives on through you 3.  I agree, the $100k Atari was originally asking for each game was absurd, knowing that Atari likely didn't pay anywhere that much for them.  I suppose you could have waited until nightfall, trespassed onto Atari's property, and stole the items... but that would be illegal

[Art of Atari book review]

Thanks for asking him.  I suspected it was something done only overseas (by Atari UK?), since no U.S. flyers used the same art.  Also not sure if it was only used in Germany, as Arcade Flyers database isn't complete (they rely on contributions).

[The Guy Who Made the 'Worst Game Ever' Has Nothing to Apologize For]

VCS wasn't the only game to have been developed in such a short time, although most of the other games were 2K or 4K.  For example, Ed Salvo cranked out a bunch of his games in short time: http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/ed_salvo/interview_ed_salvo.html

 

Skeet Shoot - 4 weeks

Spacechase - 6 weeks

Racquetball - about 4 weeks

Lost Luggage - about 4 weeks

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - about 6 weeks

Mountain King - 6 weeks (very impressive, if true)

 

He also did Colecovision Gust Buster in 6 weeks.