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Atari 2600 production line, Ireland (1982)

Source: Youtube/CR's Video Vaults

[cacklingpumpkins]

"Games aren't fun any more"

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I think it's good to have discussions rather than getting angry at others for not lining up with you. But I just can't agree with this notion.

Usually whenever people make such statements they typically have a overly simple view of the industry. Seeing the triple AAA scenes as nothing more than just shooters, narrative games, live service titles and Nintendo. And I'm sure many people have seen that image claiming that all indies are just Earthbound inspired RPGs, rogue-likes or Pizza Tower.

Things are not that simple though. You're going to have to dig deeper than just what's regularly advertised to you or what shows up on your feed. Since the new decade started we've been getting more variety than what the 2010s were offering.

Hi-fi Rush, Pseudoregalia, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, Crash 4, Corn Kidz 64, Laika: Aged through Blood, Endoparasitic, Freedom Planet 2, Neon White, Shredder's Revenge, Madness Project Nexus, Mighty Fight Federation, Crumble, Pumpkin Jack, Noita, Man Eater, Ultrakill, Fight Crab, Carrion and It Steals are just a few fun games I got on Steam that all came out in the 2020s.

And who said you had to play new games anyway? Steam has many older games available for cheap like Doom 1993 or Half-Life. There are even some games I didn't think would even be on their like this shovelware Wii game called Martian Panic and an Atari Jaguar game called Attack of the Mutant Penguins. There are multiple game collections to try to like Namco Museum, Contra Anniversary Collection, SEGA Genesis and Atari Vault just waiting to be tried.

There are many resell stores too. And yes, I know that many like to rank up the prices but my best advice is to go in an browse rather than trying to look for a specific title. I find that a PS2 or classic Xbox and their games are way cheaper than what they often charge for GameCubes and their library. Plus there's a lot more variety too. I was able to get Assassin's Creed 1-3 and Brotherhood on the PS3 for just 20 bucks.

I want to make a post about browsing in retro game stores instead of going in to look for specific games but one thing I love about it is the sense of discovery. I'll find weird games I didn't even know existed for only 5 or 10 dollars. What's Scaler? What's Zapper? What's Pirate's Legend of the Black Buccaneer? I have no idea but they were like 5 bucks each. Even if I don't enjoy them at least I didn't spend that much on them.

Games are still fun. You just need to stop focusing on what's shoved into your feed or think that you have to exclusively enjoy new games.

Now excuse me I've got 18 chapters left in Nightmare Before Christmas Oogie's Revenge to beat.

[askthechronoverse]

Last Chapter •||• Next Chapter

“Kit!” Vito shouted to his cousin as she joined them at the bottom of the cliff. Donkey Kong put her down and she walked back to the two other game travelers. Donkey Kong nodded to the girl and waited for Junior to speak.

“Thank you for your help, guys. Kit, I want you to have this.” He handed her the key for Donkey Kong’s cage. She put the key in her bag. “I hope you can save your dad, too. I don't know if the key will help you, but maybe having it with you will be a good luck charm or something.”

“I hope so. I have a feeling I'm going to need it.” Kit turned to the others.

“I think we're good.” Johnny said, looking up to check the score. “Between the tickets I've been gathering since I started playing video games and now, I think we have enough of the go-kart.” He gestured for them to follow him to the arcade cabinet, where it reset to a Defender facade. Kit waved goodbye to the pair of apes and within the blink of an eye, they were back in the arcade. Kit looked at the price rack and saw that the go-kart was still there. They weren't too late just yet. She ran over to Bellamy, who was playing pinball in the corner.

“Hey, Kit. I don't think I can play much more pinball, kind of glad you came back when ya did.” They grabbed their tickets from the dispenser box attached to the machine. “We almost have enough to get the giant teddy bear.” They gestured to Charmy, who was playing a Pac-Man machine and Ken, who was deep in a skee ball game. “Ken is some kinda skee ball savant. Took him a few tries to get the rules right, but it's oddly impressive.” Kit leaned in and whispered.

“We need to pool our tickets. The go-kart is the foundation element.” Kit watched Vito and Johnny explain the same thing to Charmy and Ken. Bellamy nodded and handed Kit a handful of tickets. The others did the same, though Ken seemed reluctant. He pointed to a very large teddy bear, but the overflow of tickets was soon relinquished. Johnny took the tickets Charmy had from Vito, then approached Kit.

“Thanks for helping me win this, kid. I know your old man will get a kick out of learning his kid got to play ColecoVision to save the world.” He chuckled as he was handed the tickets Kit had. “He keeps telling me the Atari 2600 is the better console. Doubt he’ll be able to deny the arcade experience now.” He approached the counter and the change attendant practically vaulted over to serve him.

“Johnny! Long time no see! It's been, like what, almost 12 hours?” She leaned her head on her knuckles, grinning. “So. Did you enjoy the ColecoVision spotlight we've got going on? That was my idea.”

“Yeah! It's not every day you get to play classic video games on one of the best consoles of early gaming.” The words he spoke almost made the change attendant swoon. “Guess what I finally have?”

“Enough to take the go-kart off our hands? I just knew you could do it, Johnny. But you know I got to see the tickets. Dad would get upset if I short changed another prize again because of how cute you are.” She slid the mountain of tickets to her side and began the tedious process of feeding them into a ticket counter. As she did this, she was startled by a slam on the counter and an equally large mountain of tickets. She looked up to see Master Apocalypse push the tickets in front of her.

“Looks like it's a race to the go-kart today. You just have to wait your turn. Johnny was here first.” She was completely unfazed as she counted the tickets. She turned to Johnny. “So, did you see that new game we installed?”

“NBA Jam? Totally! I've been hoping to play a good two on two two basketball game. Did you know that there's a limited edition version that has Michael Jordan in the roster? I hear he has the only copy!”

“I love when you talk about games like that.” She sighed as the counter continued to sing a song of exhausted ticket feeding. “We're also looking to get a new cabinet for Mr. Do!. Can't believe some kid broke it.”

“Right? Some people have no respect for a game that was the first to be distributed as a conversion kit! You're so lucky you know somebody who can paint old cabinets so convincingly. You had me convinced that Mr. Do! was its own cabinet for years!” The ticket counter eventually ran out and Johnny's blood went cold. They were one ticket short. The change attendant saw this and ripped a ticket from Master Apocalypse’s pile. She dropped it into the ticket feeder as he started to protest.

“Would you look at that? Looks like you finally earned enough to get that go-kart! Let me go get it packed up for you.” She turned and headed into the employees only room behind her to get the box. Master Apocalypse turned to Johnny and glared.

“I'm getting that go-kart.” He folded his arms.

“Nah. It's mine. It ain't yours. Go find something else.” The attendant quickly returned with two boxes and a ladder and began to pack up the go-kart. She handed the boxes over to Johnny when she was done. The smaller of the two boxes was silver and had the word “Colecovision” in rainbow lettering. Under this was a card that had a waving tapir that wore a toy soldier's clothes with neat cursive that stated the console was donated by Daydream Toyworks.

“Like I said: I knew you could do it. We'll probably put a TV up there for the next big prize. We'll have to see.” She grinned. “Oh! Almost forgot to mention: The Colecovision is the prize for playing the showcase. Glad you got it and not someone else. Now, can you take your new friends out of here before I have to kick that blonde beauty over there for abusing our skeeball setup?” Johnny gave Bellamy the go-kart and Kit the Colecovision, which went into her bag, and the group left the arcade for the food court.

The area was set up in a circle. In the center of this circle were green metal tables and chairs full of people eating everything from fried chicken to burgers and more. Some of these people had purchases in bags that declared they came from places like The Bon•Bon and Gloamingdales. The area was filled with the same lush greenery that was seen in the center court, with the only items that weren't green being the sunset orange trash cans that dotted the area. At the furthest point, another fountain could be seen, the sounds of the water a calming force. Before Kit could fully take in the scenery, a voice snapped her into the present.

“Give me the go-cart. I'm not asking again.” Master Apocalypse folded his arms. Johnny turned to face himself, mirroring the gesture.

“That is not happening and I'll tell you why. You're in a shopping mall. The best one in Sunset View. This shopping mall has really good security and an honestly eagle eyed guy who loves this place and enforcing its rules more than anything else. The second you take this go-kart from me or make a move to touch it, he's telling the security guard you're trying to steal it. They're not going to believe you.” Johnny headed for the nearest fast food restaurant in the court, a place called Louisiana Crispy Chicken. “I'm going to treat these kids to lunch. You're going to back off.” The aura the cloaked stranger was putting off was oppressive.

“I'm going to get what I need one way or the other. I guarantee you that, by the time you're done with your little lunch, the world around you will be mine for the molding.” He turned to walk away. “Although, I may just have to convince the right people to give your father a wonderful welcome to life in the Awntawp Correctional Center as the prison punching bag. That might be enough of a change to this world.”

“What are you saying, kid?” Johnny folded his arms.

“I know people. The people I know run Awntawp. They can make Emmet’s time in Undar look like a tropical vacation.”

“Are you threatening us?” Bellamy stepped forward, between Johnny and Kit and Master Apocalypse.

“Maybe. I see it as leveraging my assets.” Apocalypse turned to Kit. “Well?”

“Yeah, Kit. Which do you choose? The rock or the hard place?” Bellamy rolled their eyes. Kit held the key she was given by Junior in her hand from in her bag and steeled her gaze.

“What do you mean? You still never told me who you are, so I don't know why I have to see anything you've done as a threat.”

“You really don't need to know. All it needs to be understood between you and I is that we are enemies. As my enemy, I know your weaknesses. Your weakness is your family. I mean, look what you've gone through so far to make sure your father stays out of prison. He's trained you well. But I was trained a lot better. I know people who can make your father's life a miserable mess in prison. Because he let himself be captured, it's only a matter of time before the court puts him away. All that has to happen is one little push. And once he does get sentenced, he's in a domain I can control. A domain I will make sure he will never come back from. I want you to choose, Catherine Brickowski. Choose between the world as you know it or your father. I know what you're going to pick.” He grabbed a chair and sat.

“Kit.” Charmy put a hand on her cousin’s shoulder. “Please think this through. I know you love your father. That's never been a question. But you need to walk away.”

“Your father can take care of himself. The world might not be able to handle the change. Don't be too rash.” Vito added. The pause between words was long and awkward, moving like a newborn deer. Eventually, Kit spoke.

“Master Apocalypse. I'm not playing this game. You can- Hey!” While she spoke, Master Apocalypse had rolled his eyes and snatched the go-kart out of Bellamy's hands.

“Don't worry. None of you are going to remember any of this. No one's going to remember how selfish you are.” A portal opened behind him and he stepped away. The portal closed quickly, causing the others to be unable to chase after. Kit didn't turn to face her travel companions. She instead put her head in her hands. A voice in the distance cried out, “HEY! STEALING IS NOT TOLERATED ON MALL PREMISES!”

[ghostyv]

I saw the tags - I wanna know about your ocs! 👀 how many you got? Which ones your fav? Got a specific pairing (romantic or platonic)?

*deep breath* THANK YOU AAAAAA-

Okay. So. For starters, there’s Lauren Caster. She’s gone through many names bc she’s basically my self insert and I can��t seem to pick a name for myself so she’s been cycled through the name box—but she started out as Lauren caster so we stick with that(she’s also a character for a book my best friend and I are writing called Purple War, so)

Then we have Nes and Noah Caster(from the same book) They’re twin brothers who while still in the womb were cursed. Basically long story short, Lauren Caster was cursed by this woman with the intention of harming the children but it didn’t work. The boys ended up with purple(see what I did there?) splotches on their faces. Well—Nes ended up with large splotches somewhat mimicking vitiligo, and Noah ended up with millions of tiny freckles all over his face and neck and shoulders/arms(Nes is still bitter about it💀). They reside in a world where two sisters, the red queen and the blue queen, were at odds. The red queen was defeated years ago and her spirit was magically entombed in the ceiling above her throne. To summarize the book, Nes goes to steal from the royal vault, meets princess Atari(my bestie’s character. yes their names are a play on the game systems, that’s an even longer story if you wanna hear that too. It’s really really funny.) after being thrown in the dungeon, was let out and they begin to fall in love but while the two were snooping around the blue and red connected castles meant for the two queens to rule a purple kingdom together, they found the red queen’s throne room. Atari sat on it and was possessed. Where Noah comes in is he was the royal cook and helps Nes with pulling the red queen’s spirit out of atari(we haven’t completely ironed out the details of how).

The next character is also from the Purple War universe as well, and I actually have a picture of her if you scroll down to a tag game I was in, it’s on my blog. Her name is Aisling Bohdi. She’s a Dragonborn woman who’s parents were killed by a town they used to live on the outskirts on. Aisling was about 14ish when it happened, and she’d been out running errands and such in the next town over. When she returned she was chased by the townsfolk up a mountain trail and into a cave, where she lost the mob and resided for another roughly 7ish years. When she finally exited the cave, she met a man named Malek Bruce, the son of a lawyer and he actually practiced law as well, but in a falling out with his father, quit. He acts dumber than he is, and he’s got some major detective skills. Together the two end up going on a few adventures and wind up teaming up with nes, Noah and Atari to ultimately defeat the red queen in(get ready to come full circle) the Purple War(whoaaa!)

Now for someone not from purple war. Honeybee Vega. I’m extremely proud of her—and I had some art somewhere but apparently I deleted it in my desperately needed camera roll purge(I had over 65k in there dude, my storage was begging for it’s life constantly). Honeybee came from my dream smp phase(I’m aware of how cringe it is, but it got me through the hardest year of my life). She’s a humanoid honeybee with one human eye and one giant complex eye(the eyes visible on the sides of bees heads. Quick detour for a bee anatomy lesson bc they’re my favorite animals—they have two large complex eyes on the sides of their heads which humans who aren’t insane like me and love bees perceive to be their only eyes but depending on the type of bee, they can have more eyes on the top of their heads called simple eyes that are used to assist bees with sun orientation so they can navigate during the day.) anyway, she has a complex eye as well as a human one so her eyesight is very bad, bless her. I adore her, she’s one of my more visually complex characters. She also has wings, and used to be able to fly but during a war one of those wings were slashed and she was stabbed and almost died, had it not been for a friend saving her.

And that’s it! Those are my major ocs :) if I think of more I’ll add onto it.

[randomclam24]

dark chambers atari 7800 at DuckDuckGo scrapyard dog gameplay atari 7800 at DuckDuckGo https://vimm.net/vault/91478

[w8ing42moro]

Okay I love to use a site called Vimms Lair it’s awesome it’s got everything from Atari to XBox 360. For a specific Wii emulator I highly recommend Dolphin. It plays Wii and GameCube games and is super user friendly and cool

https://vimm.net/vault/63861

https://dolphin-emu.org/

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TYSM!!!!!! I will certainly check them out tonight!! ty lightning!!!!!

[crushingdeath]

WOLF EYES + LOULA YORKE + WELKIN

Tue 8th Apr 2025 @ The Portland Arms Doors 7:30, tickets £17.50 adv from here

WOLF EYES

Thrilled to bring psycho jazz titans and contemporary memelords Wolf Eyes back to Cambridge for the first time in nearly two decades. Now a duo of John Olson and Nate Young, over nearly 30 years Wolf Eyes have laid waste to the American midwest and beyond with a dizzying range of punishing noise, alien soundscapes, warped blues, grindhouse ambient, power psyche, and new age skronk. Over a crushingly vast discography of lathe cuts, CDrs, handmade tapes, and the occasional "regular" release, they've pushed instruments and listeners to the limit, frying circuits and minds in equal, incalculable numbers. Always ingenious, always inscrutable, always revelatory, Wolf Eyes are consistently essential but never predictable. True underground DIY heroes of our age! https://wolfeyes.xyz/

LOULA YORKE

A composer and improviser, primarily working with modular synthesiser, Loula Yorke takes a discrete and deliberately meditative approach to electronic sounds, creating fluid, kaleidoscopic works in the liminal space between personal and political. Winner of a prestigious Oram award in 2020, Suffolk-based Yorke takes a monastic, meticulous methodology to her own work, whilst extending her practice outwards running workshops such as the femme-centred synth-building workshop, Atari Punk Girls.

https://loulayorke.com/

WELKIN

Welkin play with elemental forces. Named for the vault of heaven, the group encompasses a deeply textured and constantly evolving sound. Between them, Dominic Lash and N.O. Moore (guitars) and Dave Fowler (drums) have collaborated with the likes of Tony Conrad, Eddie Prévost, and Adam Bohman. A trio of improvisers, they utilise the language of sonic heaviness to enlighten the sky, drawing on a tradition that runs from Blue Cheer to Fushitshusha to SUMAC and beyond.

[gagamedevassoc]

As we head into SIEGE season, we are digging into the SIEGE #gamedev vaults to release highlights from previous years. Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari and the entire #videogame industry, was our keynote in 2010, and his presentation has only been available as a podcast - until now! Be among the first to see it on YouTube!

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Have a Phosphor Dot holiday!

I'm taking the day off for obvious reasons, but you can still enjoy this classic from the Phosphor Dot Fossils vaults. Back in '85, they had disks that go jingle jangle jingle - and they were marketed as "electronic greeting cards". See what it was like on the Apple II, Atari 8-bits, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS PCs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIEMHh2I0EA Read the full article

[fuckyeahchiptune]

James aka CalmDownKidder plays the latest chiptune tracks, talks about upcoming shows and some tech news!

/// New Releases

Makary Brauner - When We Were Young https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-J0VOJWms

Rei8bit - Sparkle Scanline Disco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuVPGtbFWKc

Leą - Cold, Friday, Move on https://ile-nemusic6.bandcamp.com/track/cold-friday-move-on

Jarskie - Pixelized https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivqvEHlLL04

Yoann Turpin - "S.M.H.G.P (Super Merry Happy Game Plus)" https://soundcloud.com/acclion/chiptune-song-smhgp-super-merry-happy-game-plus

chr15m + fenris - aebr https://chr15mfenris.bandcamp.com/album/wireless-hill

/// Upcoming Shows https://twitter.com/chiptuneshows

HarleyLikesMusic - Get The Bleach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mq8yFWmIZY

/// Tech News

Star Bars - Atari 2600 Music Editor! https://twitter.com/aleksieeben/status/1686402682699853826

Atari 2600: Tie Tycoon (Star Bars Demo by Tempest/Extend) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnSoyYtNbSo

/// From The Vault

cTrix - Horses Remix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IKTNSux0Rc

https://chiptune.chat/ Thursdays 7pm (UK Time)

logo + stream graphics by https://wendymurphy.online/

[sharivers92]

I'm so happy today that today is my lucky today because my ask my mom that i want it $100 visa gift card i want so badly because i want to play and buy new indie games on the atari vcs store digital i'm going to enjoy and play these 10 games i just got like danger scavenger, jetboard joust, tail gunner, thrustlander, sir lovelot, sigi a fart for melusina, ato, guntech, froghop and atari vault 2!

[mysteamgrids]

Atari Vault

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I remember atari

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Atari Vault adds 50 more games and a discount

Atari Vault a new 50 Game Pack expansion DLC releases on Linux, Mac and Windows PC. Thanks to developer Code Mystics and of course Atari. Which is also on sale with a nice discount on Steam. So it's to bring back the Golden Age of Gaming. Publisher Atari releases an very nice expansion for the Atari Vault. This is also THE ultimate collection of classic titles. They are adding fifty retro and rare games. Available on Linux, Masc and Windows PC for the first time. The original launch for the bundle was in March 2016. Atari Vault comes with the most beloved classic games into a single title. Bringing with it a bunch of new features and multiplayer capabilities. Also with the new DLC, you get instant access to an even more extensive catalog. This comes from the Atari 2600 and arcade. While bringing the total count of games to a crazy 150. Includes Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, and a ton more. The DLC adds vintage Atari arcade games. So these range from the ‘70s, Atari 5200 titles, and Atari 2600 games. Along with prototype and limited edition homebrew games for the Atari 2600. There are also a dozen new DLC exclusive Steam achievements. Likewsie, there are 100 original games in Atari Vault. So you can take on classic gaming in a modern age. Along with an improved user interface. Plus the addition of online and local multiplayer. Topping that off with far more configuration options. And high resolution scans of original manuals and boxes are available too. Oh the insanity.

The following titles are included in the DLC:

Fourteen Arcade Games: Avalanche, Atari Baseball, and Atari Basketball. Canyon Bomber, Destroyer, Dominos, and Fire Truck. Atari Football, Maze Invaders, Monte Carlo, and Pool Shark. Sky Diver, Atari Soccer, and Super Bug

Sixteen Atari 5200 Games: Asteroids, Centipede, Countermeasure, Final Legacy, Micro-Gammon, Millipede, Miniature Golf, Missile Command, Realsports Baseball, Realsports Basketball, Realsports Football, Realsports Soccer, Realsports Tennis, Star Raiders, Super Breakout, and Xari Arena

Atari Vault - Twelve M Network Games for the Atari 2600: Air Raiders, Armor Ambush, Astroblast, Dark Cavern, Frogs and Flies, International Soccer, Sea Battle, Space Attack, Star Strike, Super Challenge Baseball, Super Challenge Football, and Swordfight

Eight Prototype and Limited-edition Homebrew Games for the Atari 2600: Adventure II, Aquaventure, Frog Pond, Holey Moley, Motorodeo, Saboteur, Wizard, and Yars' Return

Atari Vault 50 Game Pack expansion DLC

Also, the updated and enhanced version of the Atari Vault will a free download. Since this goes out to all owners of the upcoming Atari VCS. The AMD Ryzen embedded units are available at GameStop.com, Walmart.com, and AtariVCS.com. As shipments start going out in March 2020. The Atari Vault and new DLC are both available on Steam. Due note, the base Atari Vault game is also required to play the 50 Game Pack expansion. Atari Vault new 50 Game Pack expansion is available on Steam. Only priced at $2.99 USD. This includes the 40% discount until December 3rd. And of course playable on Linux, Mac and Windows PC.

[atariforce]

Vintage 80s Atari Cyberball T-Shirt