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Planetoids is a clone of Atari, Inc.'s Asteroids arcade game published by Adventure International for the Apple II in 1980 and TRS-80 in 1981. Each was originally an independently sold game, neither of which was titled Planetoids. The Apple II version, programmed by Marc Goodman, was published as Asteroid. [1]
Gravitar is a color vector graphics multidirectional shooter arcade video game released by Atari, Inc. in 1982. Using the same "rotate-and-thrust" controls as Asteroids and Space Duel, the game was known for its high level of difficulty. [3] It was the first of over twenty games (including the 1983 Star Wars) that Mike Hally designed and ...
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game console and home computer development company which operated between 1972 and 1984. During its years of operation, it developed and produced over 350 arcade, console, and computer games for its own systems, and almost 100 ports of games for home computers such as the Commodore 64.
Arriving in Oct. 2016 from comic book house Dynamite Publishing, The Art of Atari gathers together images from game packaging and ads -- and more. Atari's classic '80s game art explored in new ...
Playland Park was an amusement park formerly located in San Antonio, Texas. Playland Park opened in 1943 and was owned by Jimmy Johnson. Prior to this it operated as a small venue at Brackenridge Park. It was the original home of The Rocket, a popular wooden roller coaster currently located at Knoebels Amusement Resort. Ed Gaida, who lived at ...
When I was a kid (back in the stone age, aka the early 80s), I dreamed of someday owning my own coin-op arcade games. Or maybe just living in an arcade; that would've been fine, too.
Asteroids received positive reviews from video game critics and has been regarded as Logg's magnum opus. [32] Richard A. Edwards reviewed the 1981 Asteroids home cartridge in The Space Gamer No. 46. [33] Edwards commented that "this home cartridge is a virtual duplicate of the ever-popular Atari arcade game.
2. Bulky Home Stereo Systems. Stereo systems and towers were to the ‘80s what record players were to the ’60s and ’70s. That is, they were a living room fixture perfect for entertaining ...