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Archive for the ‘Games That Emulate Tennis In Some Form’ Category

May 27th, 2008

The circus is in town!

This image put a smile on my face today. It’s a screenshot of the classic Atari 2600 game Circus Atari, designed by Mike Lorenzen and published by (who else!) Atari.
Prior to its release as an Atari 2600 game, Circus Atari was an arcade game (Exidy’s Circus, 1977) and an older Atari game (Clowns, 1978).
Oh, yeah, […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

May 20th, 2008

More Atari, Famicom, and SNES games on Re:Retro

If you’re a regular visitor of this blog and the rest of the Video Games Channel of b5media, then you probably already know why I’ve been gone for almost a week. If not, well, here’s a short explanation (which I also posted on my other b5media blog, MMOtaku):
Whew! What a nasty week! I won’t bore […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

April 30th, 2008

Blast from the past: Egad! It’s the Coleco Telstar

Here’s another video featuring a television commercial for the Coleco Telstar Arcade, my first video game console. Sigh, wish my Coleco Telstar Arcade’s still in pristine condition. But that’s all it is, a wish, since the cartridges that contain the video games have been lost. So here’s a toast to this personal trip down memory […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

February 9th, 2008

Whatever happened to … ? #1: Mario’s bid for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

In February 2005, a petition to put video game stars such as Mario and Donkey Kong on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was launched. The rallying cry of the big push:
Interactive entertainment is an important part of the entertainment industry. Each year, video games usually make as much money—or even more—than the movie box offices. […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

January 18th, 2008

Re:Retro Re:Novation

Yes, you read that right. I have mighty big shoes to fill, and I better hop to it.
I welcome you to the first post of the new Re:Retro (sounds kinda ironic, doesn’t it?). Since, admittedly, I can never match the writing prowess of the venerable Al Ewing, this space’s former blogger, I’ll focus more on […]

By Joel -- 9 comments

April 11th, 2007

The History Of Gaming, Part Four: The Welcome Tape Again

Right, now that we’re finally done with POEM, let’s check through the rest of the Welcome Tape. Once again, ‘cpmisalive’ at YouTube delivers something we can actually see with our human eyes.

By alewing -- 0 comments

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