All Things Atari, Vintage Gaming & More
On this #DeepDive double episode of #XpressO2, I delve into #Berzerk for the #Atari5200. This #game has a long & varied history, from the creation of the #game by Alan McNeil for #SternElectronics in the #Arcades, invoking #speech commands into a game for the first time ever! I read a bit about the history &... Continue Reading →
On the latest installment of #XpressO2, 5-Minute #Atari5200 #GameReviews, I do a #deepdive on #bountybobstrikesback!, which was released after the North American #videogamecrash in 1983. This game, rather, came out in 1985 as a sequel to #Miner2049er, where you're tasked with 'claiming' sections of mines, avoiding monsters & terrible traps, and more! How does the... Continue Reading →
On this #deepdive! double episode of #XpressO2, #Atari5200 #GameReviews, I play #SuperBreakout, a pack-in title for the console back in 1982. It's a port of the famous #sequel to #Breakout, which was created by #SteveWozniak, co-creator of #applecomputers. It's the classic brick busting game of #Atari lore. How did this pack-in version compare to the... Continue Reading →
On this episode of #XpressO2, I play #QIX for the #Atari5200! This game, first developed by a husband/wife team & later #Taito, was a commercial hit in the #arcades in the early 80's. In fact, it was the first #arcade game I ever played back in the day. In this #puzzler, you're drawing lines, claiming... Continue Reading →
On this episode of #XpressO2, 5-Minute #Atari5200 #GameReviews, I play #FriskyTom by #Jorudan in 1983. This is a port of a game by Nichibutsu based on a boy who is trying to repair damaged pipes... damaged by deranged mice, and his one goal is to keep the water flowing to an assumingly pretty woman in... Continue Reading →
(Premieres WED 9/25 @ 8a MDT!) On this first episode of #Xpresso Squared, I take a look at #Atari5200 #games & review them with a modern eye, but also with a nostalgic eye. In this first episode, I play the #unreleased launch title, #Asteroids for the #Atari5200, which never made it to a public release... Continue Reading →
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