http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/posts/tags/atari+2600/page/1/ en Vox Thu, 15 May 2008 18:23:08 -0500 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss atari 2600 http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/classic-atari-with-jack-black.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/classic-atari-with-jack-black.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/classic-atari-with-jack-black.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 May 2008 18:23:08 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00fad68832780004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00fad68832780004-50si" alt="Jack Black" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/classic-atari-with-jack-black.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00fa9675c28f0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pitfall atari 2600 northerngeek http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/atari-2600-pacman-that-bad.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/atari-2600-pacman-that-bad.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/atari-2600-pacman-that-bad.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:43:55 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00e398f53d7e0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00e398f53d7e0005-50si" alt="PacMan2600box" /></a> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00f48d1254a60001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00f48d1254a60001-50si" alt="Pac-man_flicker" /></a> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf39bc80002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf39bc80002-50si" alt="Pac-man" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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 m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/atari-2600-pacman-that-bad.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00f48cf39bda0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pacman atari 2600 northerngeek http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-36.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(northerngeek) http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-36.html?_c=feed-rss http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-36.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:05:50 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00f48ce8ae160002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00f48ce8ae160002-50si" alt="Atari 2600" /></a> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414198da4685e00e398ea46430004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d414198da4685e00e398ea46430004-50si" alt="Super_Pong" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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 g... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://northerngeek.vox.com/library/post/today-in-computer-history-36.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414198da4685e00f48ce8ae3a0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pong atari 2600 computer history northerngeek