04.12.25 SALMON RUN & Beating The Odds! Plus: ASSAULT ON METALTRON on the ATARI VCS! Game No. 199! (Atari Newsline Ep 347)

ATARI NEWSLINE. BREAKING NEWS. In a cool story by our friend & fellow #Atarian#BenjEdwards on ‪@arstechnica‬ comes a cool story about #SalmonRun, an #Atari#APX#Game for the #Atari800#HomeComputer & Beating The #Odds! Not just getting a game published but surviving with a lifelong illness! Plus: #AssaultonMetaltron, a #Towerdefense game by ‪@bluesunsetgames3887‬! Let's take a look! PS... Continue Reading →

April 12, 2025 0

04.06.25 MIDWEST GAMING CLASSIC Update! Plus: HEROES OF LOOT: GAUNTLET OF POWER on the Atari VCS! (Atari Newsline Ep 346)

(EP 346) ATARI NEWSLINE. BREAKING NEWS. // The ‪@midwestgamingclassic‬ is going on RIGHT NOW as we speak! Let's take a a look @ some photos from ‪@BrianChilders1234‬, ‪@atari‬, ‪@johnhancockretro‬, ‪@SongbirdPro‬, #AtariX & more! Plus: #HeroesofLoot#GauntletofPower is ‪@orangepixelgames‬'s latest on the #AtariVCS! It's a super cool #RPG#RogueLite sequel in the HOL series! Let's take a look... Continue Reading →

April 6, 2025 0

03.16.25 Best Electronics, Nubeo Watch Review, Atari & B3 Blockchain Partnership (Atari Newsline Ep 337)

(ep 337) ATARI NEWSLINE. BREAKING NEWS. // On this #AtariNewsline update, 3 new #Atari articles! In the first, #TomsHardware discusses #BestElectronics, and the incredible legacy of #Atari #Computer & #Gaming #Support! Plus: New #Nubeo #Atari #Asteroids #Watch #Review by #Gizmodo! AND: Atari & #B3 Enter #blockchaingaming #partnership, article by #VentureBeat. Next on Atari Newsline! Let's... Continue Reading →

March 16, 2025 0

03.13.25 ‘STAR RAIDERS’ Turns 45! Game History & New Atari Merch! Let’s Discuss & Celebrate! (Ep 336)

On this #AtariNewsline, @Atari Celebrates 45 Years of #StarRaiders! From the legendary #Atari400 & #Atari800 #8BitComputer Release, to the #Atari2600 and #Atari5200 ports, #StarRaidersII, as well as later iterations such as on the #Ps3, we celebrate this amazing #atari #game & all the #joy it has brought gamers from around the globe! Plus: NEW #Merch... Continue Reading →

March 13, 2025 0

03.06.25 Atari Stories #10: “Sex, Pong & Pioneers: What Atari Was Really Like, According to the Women Who Were There” (Exclusively on Spotify!)

On this episode of Atari Stories, I read you an article on Kotaku.com titled "Sex, Pong & Pioneers: What Atari Was Really Like, According to the Women Who Were There." By Cecilia D'Anastasio from 2018. According to this article, there was some wild sexism going on and perhaps while Nolan Bushnell, reportedly, turned a blind... Continue Reading →

March 6, 2025 0

03.06.25 “I, REBEL” GAME JAM! A Week Long Game Jam Inspired By Jeff Minter! April 11-18 (Will you join?) (Atari Newsline)

ATARI NEWSLINE. BREAKING NEWS. / On this #AtariNewsline update, @Atari has announced the #IRebel #GameJam! Inspired by legendary #dev #JeffMinter! THE original #Indiedev! There's a cool contest for #game #developers, from intermediate to advanced, where you can grab 2 of Jeff's most recent games as well as enter for some pretty cool prizes! Let's take... Continue Reading →

March 5, 2025 0

03.05.25 XPO 3: (Deep Dive!) “Ballblazer” (1987) for Atari 7800 (XpressO3: 5-Minute Atari 7800 Game Reviews)

On this #deepdive episode of #XpressO3, #Atari7800 5-Minute #GameReviews, I play #Ballblazer by #Atari & #LucasArts! This game was initially created in 1985 & announced that year, and came out on a variety of consoles, including the Atari 5200, 7800 & 8-Bit Computer line. It's a futuristic #sports #game, that I actually like! Let's take... Continue Reading →

March 2, 2025 0

03.04.25 That Atari Show 93: “The Legend of Atari Mirai” Feature, Atari Newsline, Game Review & Atari Cinema

On this episode of #AtariNewsline, I peel back the covers on the unreleased & legendary #AtariMirai console. It was discovered only recently in an #Atari warehouse after the company shuttered some offices. Was it a partnership with #SNK to released #NeoGeo like collaboration #games or was it meant to be the #16bit successor to the... Continue Reading →

March 2, 2025 0

03.07.25 ATARI THEATRE V.8 – “Inside ATARI HQ & Atari News Reports of the 80’s” (Videos & Much More!) (Atari Newsline Special)

Next Fri! 3/7 on #BCB! It's Vol 8 of #AtariTheatre! "INSIDE #ATARI & #News Reports of the 80s!" Feat: HQ @Atari Employee Christmas vid from 82, #Asteroids Tourney, 83 #VideoGame Crash stories, #Arcade Cab & #Atari2600 Manufacturing & more! 7p MDT! Watch: https://youtu.be/7NuedI0I53M

February 28, 2025 0

02.28.25 BCB 160: Sears TeleGames Video Arcade II: My First Atari 2600 Console! History, Overview & Review!

On this episode of #BCB, I #review the #Sears #Telegames #VideoArcadeII! This system came out in 1983 and was actually my very first #Atari #gameconsole as a kid in the early 80's. (It came with some funky controllers, to be sure!) Being reunited with the #console after all these years is very nostalgic. But how... Continue Reading →