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Soviet Arcade Games from the 70s and 80s(arcadeblogger.com)
256 points by videotopia 7y ago|35 comments
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by videotopia 8y ago
Agreed - but time can be a strange mistress! The only vector game with predominantly green vectors I can think of would be Gravitar.
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by videotopia 8y ago
You may be confusing it with Atari's Battlezone, which was a black and white vector game, with a green gel overlay on the screen to create "color".
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How Atari created the Star Wars arcade game (2017)(arcadeblogger.com)
99 points by videotopia 8y ago|37 comments
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The Secret History of the Arcade Trackball Controller(arcadeblogger.com)
6 points by videotopia 8y ago|0 comments
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Classic Arcade Video Game Bootlegs, Lawsuits and Litigation(arcadeblogger.com)
2 points by videotopia 8y ago|0 comments
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by videotopia 8y ago
That development cabinet is in a museum now in upstate NY.
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by videotopia 8y ago
https://youtu.be/G5FZRqherbo
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by videotopia 8y ago
@doodlebugging you might want to take a look at this: https://youtu.be/9Oob9CVZF6s
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by videotopia 8y ago
Ah man. Awesome stories. The thing I remember about Asteroids was that it looked like nothing else. The straight lines and glow of the vectors were hypnotic.
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Atari Asteroids: Creating a Vector Arcade Classic(arcadeblogger.com)
155 points by videotopia 8y ago|60 comments
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Unboxing a never-opened Robotron arcade machine, frozen in time for 35 years(arcadeblogger.com)
2 points by videotopia 8y ago|0 comments
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80's archive footage from the Atari arcade factory floor:(arcadeblogger.com)
2 points by videotopia 9y ago|0 comments
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Atari Tempest: Dave Theurer’s Masterpiece(arcadeblogger.com)
232 points by videotopia 9y ago|61 comments
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Saving classic arcade machines from a derelict building(arcadeblogger.com)
1 points by videotopia 9y ago|0 comments
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Creator of MajorBBS Tim Stryker's Aztarac arcade game is found(arcadeblogger.com)
2 points by videotopia 10y ago|0 comments
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Atari Tempest Time Lapse Photography(arcadeblogger.com)
4 points by videotopia 10y ago|0 comments
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History of Arcade Video Games Documentary(arcadeblogger.com)
2 points by videotopia 10y ago|0 comments
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Tomcat: Atari's Lost Vector Arcade Game(arcadeblogger.com)
2 points by videotopia 10y ago|0 comments
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by videotopia 10y ago
Totally agree. Digital payments are a mess. Sadly, everyone thinks they have the answer - solutions looking for a problem.
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by videotopia 10y ago
Yeah. I think someone at Atari saw an easy pay day, with no marketing spend. 10 or 20,000 machines presumably charged out at a top dollar govt sponsored price per unit, sent to one delivery address? Kinda makes sense on the surface of it; n
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by videotopia 10y ago
The general consensus is it never got to production beyond the two prototypes, but who knows?
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Bradley Trainer: Atari’s Military Project(arcadeblogger.com)
75 points by videotopia 10y ago|13 comments
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Worlds Largest Classic Arcade Museum: 300+ Cabinets(arcadeblogger.com)
1 points by videotopia 10y ago|0 comments
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Atari's association with the US Military in the early 80s(arcadeblogger.com)
1 points by videotopia 10y ago|0 comments
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Cool Donkey Kong Timelapse Photography(arcadeblogger.com)
1 points by videotopia 10y ago|0 comments
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The Secret History of the Arcade Trackball(arcadeblogger.com)
2 points by videotopia 10y ago|0 comments