Category: video games
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Unboxing the Atari 2600+
It was Christmas morning, 1980, and there were just two presents left under the tree. I had enjoyed the presents I’d opened so far, but there was one thing that I had wanted more than anything: an Atari.
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A conversation with Carla Meninsky
My 2011 interview with the creator of Atari’s Warlords, Dodge ‘Em, Star Raiders, and an unreleased prototype of Tempest.
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Exploring Galaga’s quirks
Like most arcade games, Galaga features an attract mode that shows you how the game is played. Interestingly, there is a bug in the game that lets you control the ship during certain portions of this demonstration.
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The hidden “heart” stage in Arkanoid
The hidden “heart” stage in Arkanoid (or, how cheating at Arkanoid gave me a broken heart.) How I discovered a screen the developers didn’t intend for players to see.
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