Filed under great pieces of retro news is that a long awaited port of Jordan Mechner’s 1989 platform classic Prince of Persia is within hours of arriving for the Atari 8bit family. It may even be here by the time you read this. Many platforms of the era […]
Finding new additions to my Atari 8bit collection happens on occasion when I see something unique or a version I always wanted. Thankfully on eBay recently I was able to do both with a couple of cartridges that’ll work nicely in my old system. Crossfire was a game […]
Not long ago my parents stopped by my house and dropped off another random box of things that they had in storage which was followed up with the line “we think you might want some of this”. A lot of the Atari items I now have come from […]
Note: I’ve already written a lot about Star Raiders previously as I firmly believe it is one of the greatest games ever made. As a result there may be some duplication in what I’ve already said. I wanted to try something a little different from my usual posts […]
If there was one game on the Atari 8bit series that I knew of when I was young that seemed too intimidating to even try, it was subLOGIC’s 1984 title Flight Simulator II (FSII). At the time I was still trying get my head around less confronting flight […]
Now that I’ve been spending more time playing games on my Atari 8bit machines I’m also keeping an eye out on potential bargains. Game cartridges are what I keep an eye out for as many titles for the system were later released in that format for the XE […]
A lot of my time this week has been spent trying to do something a little different to my normal blogging routine and that is to make a video for YouTube! Nothing too fancy – just a chance to play some games on my Atari 130XE and record […]
I do love my old Atari stuff. Lately I’ve been getting them out of storage and trying to set them up in a way that I can continue to enjoy them in the years to come. Emulators are great but there’s still nothing quite like having the old […]
Released in 1983 for the Apple II, Atari 8bit and Commodore families as well as the IBM PC, Doug Smith’s Lode Runner was amongst a string of hits from publisher Brøderbund that included Choplifter and Karateka. With shades of arcade, platform and puzzle games all rolled into one, […]
1982 was a good year for Activision; not only was there the brilliant River Raid wowing Atari 2600 gamers but another iconic game from the company would arrive in the form of David Crane’s classic platformer Pitfall!. The game was a massive hit and is believed to be the second […]
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A look back at some of the games we've played on Xbox One over the years.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
The Late Night Session 