I could watch this a thousand times. Atari memories:

Should Atari release new games on the new Neo Geo thru Plaion? Anticipation for the Neo Geo is HUGE A lot more people will have Neo Geo & want new 2D games Should Atari team up w Warner to release Neo Geo versions of: Pit-Fighter RoadBlasters STUN Runner Mortal Kombat More?

In 1993 TTi was a small group of guys operating on a shoestring budget w no money from NEC to promote the Turbo Duo So they got @tonyhawk to edit an indie VHS in the style of a Powell/Peralta skateboarding video, to get word out about Turbo Duo and the new game Lords of Thunder

every kid in ’89 lined up for Game Boy. safe choice. grey screen I went the other way. Atari Lynx. backlit color blasting like a neon skate video ElectroCop was my gateway drug, 16-bit cyberpunk in my hands some kids followed the crowd Lynx crew jacked in 📷@CoinsNConsoles

TurboGrafx-16 and DUO were tragically underrated in the ‘90s. While PC Engine soared in Japan, tg16 and Duo were almost completely ignored in the US Except by the coolest gamers like us, who enjoyed games like Ys Book I&II, Splatterhouse, & Lords of Thunder 📷@CoinsNConsoles

This book is an example of ignoring Atari Covers NES SMS TG16 SNES GEN NEOGEO Book about Sprites 1983-90, Atari had 7800 MARIA operable in 1983 NES, SMS, TG16/PCE push ~64 sprites on screen at once. Atari 7800 pushed ~200-300 w no hard limit Why ignore that? 8-BIT Narcissism

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Interviewed “Josh” today for my zine. An autistic hacker, he goes by the name “g0z3r”. Insanity. Absolute chaos.

Instead of gold boxes Atari should be making golden cartridges of 7800 Swordquest Timeworld.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner 1970-2025

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True Stories of My Battles Against Technological Ignorance: Part One I’ve been a computer user and enthusiast for 50 years. In 1975, at the age of 10, I first encountered a computer, a PDP-11, at the Children’s Museum in Boston. This sparked my lifelong fascination with technology. By 1978, after months of visiting Radio Shack, I bought a TRS-80 Model 1 with 4K of memory. This early computer couldn’t even display lowercase letters, but it was a marvel at the time. To put it in perspective, 4K of memory is less than what a modern digital watch has today. I used this computer to run programs like ELIZA, a simple conversational program, and games like Moon Landing and Scott Adams’ text adventures. It even used a cassette drive to store data. Bringing the TRS-80 to school was a pivotal moment. I wanted to share this ‘neat thing’ with my classmates. Instead of curiosity, I faced fear and ignorance, resulting in suspension. It was a stark reminder that the fear of new technology isn’t new. Today, I see similar reactions with AI. Just like then, fear and misunderstanding can overshadow the potential benefits. It’s crucial to push past this ignorance and embrace the future.

The Atari "Painter" Microbox030/040 variant (without the top-lid CD-ROM) which was the combination of the Atari Falcon Atari Jaguar system in one unit with ComLynx support. The things we could have had... and the idea of having a Falcon platform powered by the Jaguar chipset was truly fascinating. But would you have preferred it over the ST-styled Falcon030 that was released?

It's time for year-end lists. What were your favorite #AtariVCS games released in 2024?

We'd love to see @DigitalEclipse bring some of their games natively to the #AtariVCS, but it's good to have PC-MODE as an option.

The first “Mario”commercial from Atari was a parody of the Classic TV show “Car 54 Where Are You?”

Speaking of incredible #chiptunes, the music in Ballblazer on the Atari 7800 and 8-bit computers is particularly fascinating! “The music in "Ballblazer" for the Atari 8-bits is generated through a technique called "riffology," which was designed by Lucasfilm Games team leader Peter Langston. This method involves algorithmically creating music by assembling pre-defined melodies or "riffs." Specifically: - The lead melody is composed from a set of 32 eight-note melody fragments. These riffs are randomly combined by an algorithm that dictates various parameters like speed, volume, note omission, and rhythmic breaks. - Accompaniment for the melody includes a bassline, drums, and chords, which are also assembled on the fly using a simpler version of the same approach. This procedural generation ensures that the music, particularly the theme called "Song of the Grid" heard between matches, is different each time it plays, offering a unique, ever-changing auditory experience while maintaining coherence with the game's theme.”

BIG REMINDER: These were called VCRs Not “VHS Players” The whole point was that they could record TV.