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The Atari Times

Article Archive for 2009


This is our archive of everything posted to the website. Select the year of interest below.

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Sky Diver

June 8, 2009 - Now you too can jump out of an airplane and not get killed! But I wonder how those poor video skydivers feel when they go SPLAT!?

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Championship Rally

May 14, 2009 - Not often do you get to cover a homebrew game for the Lynx! If you're looking for that top-down racing action missing on Atari's portable wonder, look no further than Championship Rally!

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Pressure Cooker

April 27, 2009 - Well, this might be a first. A review of a review. Sort of. More like a revisiting. Anyway, if you haven't played Pressure Cooker in awhile, you're a big fat loser.

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One Big Pixel?!

April 13, 2009 - It's been over 30 years since the Atari VCS was introduced. Back then, we youngsters actually had to use our imaginations when playing games. And did we like it? HECK YES. None of this drivel in video games today where everything is so stylized. So, I bring you think reminiscing of what it was once like.

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Star Raiders

March 30, 2009 - One of the all-time greatest games ever! How many games can say they started a whole GENRE of games? Ok, I'm sure some smart-alec will say that Star Raiders was not the first, but it certainly was the BEST.

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Super Breakout

March 23, 2009 - What does outer space and breaking bricks have in common? Nothing! That's why Atari put an astronaut on the box art for Super Breakout! But it doesn't matter. This version of the game is miles better than the original!

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Defender of the Crown

March 16, 2009 - As one of the more beautiful classic computer games out there Defender of the Crown had a lot to live up to. Was the game any good, or was it just a scenic slideshow?

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Quantum

March 9, 2009 - After a long hiatus, The Atari Times is back with more articles for you to bother with. This time our stalwart author Darryl B. shows you what it's like when you take vector games and try to get too cute with them.

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