Atari
The Story of Jack and Jay: An 8-Bit Fairy Tale
Once upon a time… …in a land far away lived Jack and Jay. Jack was the Commander of an armada known as Commodore, while Jay was a Grand Wizard in the royal court of the [more…]
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Amstrad CPC
Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Returns!
Did you miss it last year? Well, here’s another chance to check out Paleotronic’s 12 years of Retro-Christmas, a series of 12 mini-mags looking back at consumer electronics covering the years 1980-1991. It was the [more…]
Atari
Christmas Lemmings!
My task, should I accept (and you did – Ed) was to write an article about Christmas Lemmings as a segue into Lemmings in general. The reason behind this, is simply to meet my brief [more…]
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Top Ten Retro Party Games!
At the time of writing, the holidays are almost upon us. At this time of year we usually have friends over for some food, talk and games. This is where it gets a bit awkward, [more…]
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A Bicycle Named Stella
The second prong of Bushnell’s two-pronged effort to bring arcade games to more children was a secret project codenamed Stella. In 1975 Atari had successfully converted its smash-hit Pong arcade machine into a home version, [more…]
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The Big Cheese: How a Pizza Rat changed the image of video arcades from famously fiendish to family friendly
Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell was facing a serious conundrum. His ‘video computer system’, a cartridge-based home video-game console designed to play versions of popular Atari arcade games, was certain to be a big hit, but [more…]
Apple II
The Family Business: An Interview with Brøderbund Software founder Doug Carlston
Brøderbund Software Inc. was founded by brothers Doug and Gary Carlston in 1980 after Doug had written Galactic Empire, a space strategy game, on his TRS-80 (retro-trivia: many of the locations in the game have [more…]
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Arcade Rats on the Moon!
During the 1960s the world was experiencing space fever. It was an ailment for which there was no cure, nor did anybody want one. During the 1950s the United States and Soviet Union had sent [more…]
Announcements
GORF: The Great Oz Retro-Technology Festival
Spend four days enjoying the company of other retro-technology enthusiasts at GORF: the Great Oz Retro-Fest, at Urban Camp in Melbourne, Australia from April 24th-28th 2019. Modelled after the wildly-successful US KansasFest event, GORF is [more…]
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Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas (Combined Download)
Our tour of electronic Christmas gifts past has concluded, but if you missed it, don’t worry! You can catch up by downloading all of the episodes in a single file via the link below. Download [more…]