AtariAge
Video game database
Type of site | Online database on classic Atari video games |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Atari SA |
| Created by | Albert Yarusso & Alex Bilstein [1] |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1998; 26 years ago (1998) |
| Current status | Online |
AtariAge is a website focusing on classic Atari video games. The site features gaming news, historical archives, discussion forums, and an online store. It was founded in 1998.[2]
Taking its name from the 1982–84 Atari Age magazine, the site also houses a comprehensive, searchable database of Atari video games, including manuals, packaging art, estimated rarity, screenshots, reviews, and other details, as well as an Atari Age magazine archive. The site is also home to a community of homebrew developers for Atari and other classic video game systems.[3] Some of the homebrew games originally published by AtariAge have been included in official video game compilations such as Activision Anthology.[4]
AtariAge was acquired by Atari SA in September 2023. The site will remain under control of its co-founder Albert Yarusso, and his support team.[5][6]
References
- ^ "About AtariAge". AtariAge. Archived from the original on October 9, 2004. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ "About AtariAge". AtariAge. Archived from the original on June 23, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ Carless 2005, p. 15: "As discussed earlier, the Atari 2600 itself has a vibrant homebrew scene oriented around such sites as Atari Age."
- ^ Carless 2005, p. 22.
- ^ "Atari acquires AtariAge". 7 September 2023.
- ^ "Atari Gobbles up AtariAge, One of the Web's Oldest Retro Gaming Sites". 7 September 2023.
- Carless, Simon (2005). Gaming Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 0-596-00917-8.
External links
- AtariAge.com
- Interview with Albert Yarusso about AtariAge Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
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and amusements
- Anti-Aircraft
- Asteroids
- Asteroids Deluxe
- Atari Basketball
- Atari Football
- Avalanche
- Battlezone
- Black Widow
- Breakout
- Canyon Bomber
- Centipede
- Cloak & Dagger
- Crash 'N Score
- Crystal Castles
- Destroyer
- Dominos
- Fire Truck
- Firefox
- Food Fight
- Gotcha
- Gran Trak 10
- Gran Trak 20
- Gravitar
- Hi-way
- I, Robot
- Indy 4
- Indy 800
- Jet Fighter
- LeMans
- Liberator
- Lunar Lander
- Major Havoc
- Millipede
- Missile Command
- Night Driver
- Outlaw
- Pin-Pong
- Pong
- Pong Doubles
- Pursuit
- Quadrapong
- Quantum
- Quiz Show
- Qwak!
- Rebound
- Red Baron
- Return of the Jedi
- Shark Jaws
- Sky Diver
- Space Duel
- Space Race
- Sprint 1
- Sprint 2
- Sprint 4
- Sprint 8
- Star Wars
- Starship 1
- Steeplechase
- Stunt Cycle
- Super Breakout
- Super Bug
- Super Pong
- Tank
- Tank 8
- Tempest
- Tournament Table
- Triple Hunt
- Ultra Tank
- Video Pinball
- Warlords
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- Home Pong
- Stunt Cycle
- Atari Video Music
- Video Pinball
- 2600
- 5200
- 7800
- XEGS
- Lynx
- Jaguar
- VCS (2021)
- 2600+
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