The gAtari is a “musical instrument” that basically consists of an Atari 2600 playing pre-programmed tunes hacked together with a few guitar effects processors. It’s kind of like an Atari keytar. The resulting music is scatterbrained weirdness that’s impossible to describe. More »
Movie to video game adaptations of the early 1980s were difficult things. Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, and The Empire Strikes Back were as hard to master as they were hard to genuinely enjoy. More »
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Need a remote shutter for your Canon dSLR? One modder hacked up a classic Atari 2600 joystick to focus and fire – making us question, where’s that matching laser reticle when you need it? More »
I don’t want to say that ILM and Weta did a bad job on Avatar‘s visual effects, but an Atari 2600 edition of Avatar would still get most of the point across. More »
After the first Pong cabinet was placed in Andy Capp’s Cavern in 1972, video games exploded, reaching their full stride by the late ’70s. Here are some of the notable games/systems you played (or would have played) back then: More »
In the days of touchscreens and wireless data, our heroes of yesteryear find solace in the companionship of one another. More »
