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northerngeek posted Classic Atari with Jack Black | May 15, 2008

This is a classic commercial from 1982 starring Jack Black talking about the amazing Pitfall. He has been around for a long time hasn't he.

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northerngeek posted Atari 2600 Pacman That Bad? | Apr 30, 2008

I just read a Wiki on the Atari 2600 Pacman game. I was completely lost for words at how the game was this big flop, listing nothing but flaws on how different it was from the arcade Pacman. The ghosts were wrong, the sound was wrong, Pacman's mouth was always opening and closing, and it just went...

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northerngeek posted Today in Computer History | Mar 27, 2008

Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney form Atari Inc. in 1972 and begin work on a video game called Pong. Based on the tabletop ping-pong game, the home version of Pong becomes a huge success in 1974. Three years later, the company introduces its video game console, the Atari 2600, and scores another huge...