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    My first book is now available!

    in Atari 2600

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    My first book "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion: Volume 1" just went LIVE this morning via Amazon.com (plus 6 other countries)! The paperback is printed in black & white on creme paper, just like the 80's video game digest books. It covers 34 homebrew titles for the Atari 2600 in 182 total pages. Homebrews spanning from 1995 to today! 

     

    Amazon Kindle version will be available in a couple of days for $3.99. If you purchase the paperback and want the kindle too, the kindle version is reduced to $1.99.

    I'm also going to upload a color version of the same book, since I've had numerous requests for color pictures (though it will be pricey due to the color printing costs of Amazon). 

     

    There are some preview pics of selected pages (by Amazon) on the webpage. Just click "Look Inside" right above the picture of the cover to see them. If you'd like to see a sample title, I can post one here, since Amazon only shows the beginning few pages and none of the actual homebrew titles. The game list is in the table of contents which is one of the preview pages.

     

     

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1980969396/

     

     

    If you purchase a copy, please let me know what you think. How did I do for my first book? Anything you'd like to see added for Volume 2?

     

    Thanks!

    Brian

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  6. Video Game Player of the Century Billy Mitchell

    in Arcade

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    Also, because you mentioned IMDB, I looked up King of Kong to see what it said. Found some interesting stuff under Trivia:

    While the movie claims that Billy Mitchell held the Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior records since 1982 before Steve Wiebe came along, there were numerous scores higher than Mitchell's validated by Twin Galaxies in the early 1980s that went missing during Mitchell's time as a scoreboard editor. His 1982 Donkey Kong score was also beaten in 2000 by Tim Sczerby, who's name is omitted from the film but seen on a computer screen for a moment when Walter Day is entering Mitchell's taped score.

    at the 52:17 mark of King of Kong, it shows Tim Sczerby in 3rd place with a 879,200 score on the Twin Galaxies scoreboard website - but the graphic within the movie a few moments later shows a different list........

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  10. Nolan creates Pizza Time Theatre (Chuck E Cheese's)

    in Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre

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    In many ways, the history of gaming can all be traced back to Nolan Bushnell, the co-founder of Atari. But that's not all he's known for... #8DaysOf8Bit 1f3ae.png????

    Join us as we meet the mad genius behind Chuck E. Cheese’s in the Emmy® nominated series 8 Bit Legacy.

     

     

    https://www.facebook.com/GBS8BitLegacy/videos/155700601763856/

     

    pay attention to the credits at the end  ;)  ;)

  16. Atari National Pac Man Day is April 3rd (1982)!

    in Arcade

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    Arenafoot —Notice those last two posts mention the "Tampa Bay Rowdies" in the fine print. I'm sure you know they were a USFL football team for Tampa, FL. I know you love Arena Football, obviously, so I thought you might have noticed that. Also love that Busch Gardens Dark Continent mention too.

    The newspapers ads are from March-April 1982.....

    USFL = Tampa Bay Bandits (owned by Burt Reynolds) 1983-1985

     

    I had to look up to see what the TB Rowdies was actually...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rowdies_(1975%E2%80%9393)

    part of the North American Soccer League - at that time.

  24. Brand New! Head-2-Head Adventure online!

    in Atari 2600

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    So, you ask yourself ......how would a 2 (or 3) player game of Atari Adventure be played??? Well, Ro Anders decided to try and program it and it is now available for us!! Any of the 3 levels can be played with 2 or 3 players competing AT THE SAME TIME! Each player has their own castle and their own key to open it, everything else is still the same. Welcome to Atari Adventure Rebooted (aka Head-2-Head Adventure)!!!!

    Download here: https://sites.google.com/site/h2hadventure/home

     

    Now you're playing against..... (maybe me) and you get to the black castle and get the chalice from the red dragon and you return it to your castle .....only to find that your castle is locked because someone else locked your castle and took off with the key! LOL!!

     

     

    This game is quite addicting! And its an awesome twist on an already awesome game! I've played a couple of games against the creator and other Adventure fans and they agree, this classic is even better!

     

    A current drawback (but minor) - you have to shut down the program and restart it to begin a new game each time. Ro may fix this in the future if there's enough interest in the game. (and some computers anti-virus programs will flag this game too, but its perfectly fine)

     

    https://www.facebook.com/h2hadventure

    https://twitter.com/h2hadventure

     

    h2h Adventure already has a magazine review:

    https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/head-to-head-adventure-for-pc-and-mac/

     

    BTW - I did create a private Facebook PM of those of us who downloaded the game, so that we can find a 2nd (or 3rd) player to play against. Let me know if you would like to be added so that more of us can enjoy this new version of a classic!  (contact me either thru Atari.IO PM or here) 

     

    See you in the game!

    ENJOY!! 

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