Industry vets Martin Goldberg and Curt Vendel have penned a comprehensive history of the retro gaming juggernaut, Atari, in time for the 40th anniversary of the interactive, table-tennis classic, Pong. The book is called “Atari Inc. — Business is Fun.”
Skewed and Reviewed have posted a video showing what Atari had on display at PAX East 2024.
While managing the games department at Lagoon Amusement Park in the 60s, a young college student named Nolan Bushnell had an idea. Instead of managing and maintaining other vendor’s games, why not start a company and produce his own?
Collectors and game fans should love this. Atari 50th Anniversary Soundtrack Revealed. This milestone marks the inaugural official soundtrack gathering several titles from ATARI since 1983.
I don't remember where I put my 2600....
Cooool.
I'll read this after I'm finished with a Team of Rivals, which is the story of how Baberham Lincoln worked with Sonic and Mario to make Super Smash Bros. Brawl....
Right?
Kinda cool but then I thought: OK, who really cares about Atari anymore these days? I was around gaming back then, and I couldn't be bothered to read this book. :)