Tron: Legacy HD Trailer and Details Emerge
At last weekend's San Diego Comic-Con, more information was revealed about the upcoming sequel to the 1982 film Tron. The new film, titled Tron: Legacy, is set to be released in 2010. Tron: Legacy will feature Jeff Bridges reprising his role as Kevin Flynn and will be presented in Disney Digital 3-D and IMAX 3D. A high-resolution teaser trailer (previously shown at last year's Comic-Con but never released) is now available--make sure to click the "HD" icon to view a higher-resolution version of the trailer. For the best quality, you can download the trailer directly here. As if the teaser trailer wasn't enough, a recreation of Flynn's Arcade was created for the event, complete with a playable Space Paranoids arcade game seen in the original movie. Even better, a hidden room in Flynn's Arcade contained a full-size model of the new light cycle to be seen in the film.
Link: http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/07/27/comic-con-take-a-look-inside...
From: http://www.atariage.com/
RetroGaming RoundUp Podcast #6
The July episode of the RetroGaming RoundUp Podcast is now online for your listening pleasure. The RetroGaming RoundUp is a relatively new gaming podcast that focuses on classic gaming news, views, and opinions from around the world. This month's podcast runs over five hours, and some of the highlights include:
* Your own Jukebox Part 1
* HWFB (Pinball Mods)
* Review of Moonwalker
* Interview From Funspot
* The British Hour
* Top Ten Sports Games
* It Came From MAME
* We Gamin'
* Tech Questions
* Asteroids Read Along
Link: http://retrogamingroundup.com/shownotes/current/current_roundup.htm
From: http://www.atariage.com/
Retrogaming Times Monthly - August 2009
A new issue of Retrogaming Times Monthly is now online. The August 2009 issue (#63) is another jam-packed retrogaming newsletter with the following features:
* Show Report: California Extreme 2009
* High Score Monthly Profile
* All Eyes On Blaster Master 2
* RTM Idiocy: Blissful Ignorance And Dangerous Knowledge (Act 3)
* Apple II Incider - Marble Madness
* The Thrill Of Defeat: The Ugly Duckling
* Modern Retro - Bionic Commando: Rearmed
* Old Wine In New Bottles: Capcom Classic Collection Volume 2
* Videological Dig - The Vid Kid
* Laughing Pixels
* Gaming Advertisements
You can read these articles and more inside the Retrogaming Times Monthly, now running 143 months in a row! You can also browse their archives to catch up on past issues.
Link: http://www.retrogamingtimes.com/
From: http://www.atariage.com/
This is YM2149 ii
gwEm of The PHF writes:
I took my STj, a Technics and my Vestax and recorded a second edition to the hit "This is YM2149" compilation series... I call it "This is YM2149 ii" :)
Concerto For Acid Band - Jess/Overlanders
Pacemaker - 505/Paradox
No Sheep in Outer Mongolia - Mad Max/The Exceptions
CPU Eater - 505/Paradox
Funktion - Damo/Reservoir Gods
Pea - SH3/Reservoir Gods
Chu Chu Rocket - MSG/Reservoir Gods
Tetris - gwEm/PHF
dYManite - Stu/Drop Da Domb
Killer - Big Alec/Delta Force
Different World - gwEm/PHF
Cassiopeia - Floopy/MJJ Prod
Outlaw - Crazy Q/DHS
Bubble Days - Dma-Sc/Sector One
I took mostly hits from active sceners this time, with a couple of classics. Hope you will enjoy this mix.
Link: http://files.dhs.nu/mpeg/this_is_ym2149_ii-mixed_by_gwEm.mp3
From: http://www.dhs.nu/
Portable Atari 2600 in a Lynx
I decided to stay up last night to work on this after I had it sitting in one of my unfinished projects box for a few months.
I put it away back in December because I was having issues stuffing everything into my case, which you will see below. I believe I am the first to use this... but I'm not entirely sure. Anyways, I was a bit puzzled by all of my wires after taking it out of the box, but after a few checks I only had around 3 or 4 that needed to be touched up. It wasn't that big of a rat's nest after all. LOL
So, after deciding on my project, I naturally wanted to use the Atari Lynx as my case. I had no desire to create a Frankenstein looking thing that had half of an NES controller on it, duct tape, and gobs of Gorilla Glue just to get it all to stay together. Even though it is one on my first real electronic projects, I wanted to make it look nice and make it playable.
I started off by taking out the Lynx guts. I sacrificed a few parts that I used in this project. But basically I was just going off of what I was reading online and trial and error. I ruined a few Atari 2600s in the process, and burned myself a few times, however I can't complain as the end result is pretty nice and will look great in my collection.
I'm not 100% finished with this. There are a few tweaks and a few issues that I want to iron out. At times I can play for a while with no issues, and at other times the screen likes to roll as though the vertical hold isn't working. I'm not exactly sure what this is. It very well could be battery issues. I'm not really sure. Right now I am running the entire thing off of 6 AA batteries. I did pickup some lithium batteries... I thought that might fix the problem, but it doesn't look like it. I am now thinking about taking it apart and redoing the Video mod. I did the old one because the local radio shack did not have the rights parts for the improved one. Oh well... I guess I'll get that later on.
The batteries will get replaced later if I can find an appropriate battery to run this (I am running a real Atari 2600 4X4, and the hip screen controller thing for the video) There are a lot of extra things I want to do, but I may just save them for the next portable I do. I am considering starting a new one and using the Flashback 2 in it (but still adding a cart connector to it). Should be fun and I know it should leave a lot more room.
One cool thing I did: I kept the Lynx controller membrane intact and soldered all of my controls to that membrane (well... a connector that is). So the select button is Opt1 and Opt2. The reset is the pause button. obviously A and B are used for shooting and the directional pad works well. Here's some pics of my project, and it running Pitfall.
Link: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=148512
Atari Modern Classics: Your Favorites Get Demaked
Before the over-the-top, logo-heavy madness of today's next-gen masterpieces became the visual norm for videogame cover art, there was the basic beauty of the Atari 2600's approach to package design. But what if the biggest games of today fell into the hands of a 2600-era artist? We'd have Atari Modern Classics, a vintage look at our fresh favorites.
We originally ran these on a site we worked with back in September of 2008, but wanted to share these with our new audience here at GameSpy. Enjoy!
From: http://www.gamespy.com/articles/101/1011636p1.html
Get your life organized 2: Back it up!
How much are your music, pictures and files worth to you?
File formats come and go. Harddrives does not last as long as we want to. New software means new formats. Formats that can be unreadable if they don’t get big enough. Are you sure that you still can open your old Ms Works 3.0-documents or your Kodak Photo CD’s…
15 years ago i had an Atari 1040. I used it to write essays and other schoolwork. This data will only be readable with that old Atari-software that I used to create it with. Since the disks are formatted with some old file-system I will need an Atari (or some compatible OS) to be able to get the files. Kind of tricky!
Some formats will live longer than others. If you have Word Documents, Mp3 files, Wav and PDF-files, they will probably be readable in the future (but we don’t know how long). If you have documents made by software that is not so common, I recommend you to keep the program or convert the data to a more common format.
Wired have written an article about this subject. It is available here.
Link: http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/magazine/17-08/st_burnin...
From: http://david.fredh.net/2009/08/07/back-it-up/
Classic Game Room HD – MILLIPEDE for Atari 2600 review
Classic Game Room HD is anew member of the Classic Game Room family. A more relaxed, subdued show about classic video games from the past 30 years. You may have played Centipede on Xbox Live Arcade XBLA, but have you played Millipede?? A more advanced version of Centipede, this game could have just been called Centipede 2. Millipede came out on the Atari 2600 in 1987 and was a huge arcade hit in the 80’s. Will Millipede return as a first person shooter on the PS3?
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXFS0shXieQ
From: http://www.atarisystem.com/uncategorized/classic-game-room-hd-milli...
Custom Atari 2600 Pitfall kicks and box art/flyer
I've really got into the kicks customisation scene lately and really felt the urge to do a 2600 themed set. Pitfall felt like a good fit. C&C welcome.
Link: http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=11078
Classic Game Room HD – DODGE ‘EM for Atari 2600
Classic Game Room HD reviews DODGE ‘EM for the Atari 2600 VCS from 1978! If you like Atari you’ll love Dodge ‘Em! If you love Atari you’ll want to make Dodge ‘Em your mistress, and then cheat on Atari behind its back. Dodge opposing cars as you collect dots (or cursers) on screen in this fast paced, exciting Atari game from the 1970’s! Dodge ‘Em is a super easy game to find and collect today and costs pennies. If you like Atari games like Maze Craze, Surround or Indy 500 you’ll dig Dodge ‘Em …
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1edvROHa8k
From: http://www.atarisystem.com/uncategorized/classic-game-room-hd-dodge...
