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Atari 800, 5200 or arcade equivalent?
Way back in the old days, good arcade games like Missile Command, Pac Man, Battlezone, Tank, Galaxian, Space Invaders, etc. were ported to early videogame systems. Usually, they never worked or played quite right, except those ported to the Atari 800 line of computers, or the Atari 5200 console game system. Those looked and played just like at the arcade.
My question really, is there a plug and play or console available today, with the games built in, that is faithful to that, rather than to the older Atari 2600 or VCS game system? I know there's a Atari Flashback, or Infogrammes plug in unit, but they reproduce the VCS games, not the games and graphics of the old Atari 8-bit computer line.
Hey Kev, As for an 2000+ model of the Atari 800 or 5200 plug n play don't exist in the quality of the day passed.
BUT LOOK AT THIS!! This guy did a great job making an laptop out of a 800. Scroll to the bottom of the links page. http://benheck.com/News_Archive/News_11-16-05_1-16-06.htm
Even better the full story of him making it with pic's http://benheck.com/Games/Atari_800/Atari_800_laptop_1.htm
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Arcade Games Have Come a Long Way
Arcades have come a long way since their inception as simple coin operated games long ago.
The earliest coin operated games showed up in the 1930's as pinball machines. In the early 70's the world was mesmerized by the video game called pong. Then Atari came into the picture as the first major player in the industry.
New arcade games were developed and seemingly overnight they appeared in restaurants, grocery stores, bars and movie theaters all over the United States and other countries. Games such as Space Invaders, Galaxian, Pac-Man, and Donkey Kong were especially popular.
The simplest arcade games are still fun to play but the most advanced games challenge you more, and generally provide a more gratifying user experience. Arcade games are products of someone's imagination. Someone who took a simple idea created an interactive product that appeals to the masses of gamers out there. Some games become extremely popular, others do not.
At one time the only place you could play an arcade game was at a public establishment such as movie theaters and bowling alleys. They started out being the size of small refrigerators. Then we had home gaming systems which over the years were developed and got smaller, and much more powerful with better graphics. There are home gaming systems, handheld games, games on cell phones and about any other electronic media with a screen.
What fascinates me about the games is the endless variety. There are free games available all over the internet and they are all fun to play. If you find yourself sitting in front of a computer waiting on a download you can play a free arcade game.
You won't have any trouble finding an arcade site, there are literally thousands of them on the internet today.
A lot of the game sites allow you to keep score and challenge others to beat your score at a particular game. Some have a link you can embed into your social networking page which will allow other users to play the game. Most of these web arcade sites have upwards of 3000 games or more.
Arcades are indeed a lot of fun. They have come a long way from years ago and I expect that the popularity of arcade games will not diminish anytime soon. They are sure to be developed further as time goes on with more advances in the next few years than we have seen in the last 20 years.
Anyone young and old can play arcade games. It is great exercise for the brain and is fun and challenging at the same time.
Check out some of the great arcade sites out there and play away.
About the Author
Russ Hancock is a webmaster and freelance writer living in the wilds of Montana. He is the owner of the rSeek Network of websites which includes Arcade for you and WebArcade
