Old School Gamer – September 2024 It took me a while to write the second part of the Atari article so it wasn’t published until nearly two years after the first part. Unfortunately, as I wrote this one, I realized that it would have to be continued again into a third part, and probably a…… Continue reading INNOVATIVE LEISURE: A HISTORY OF ATARI – PART 2 – THE WARNER YEARS
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INNOVATIVE LEISURE: A HISTORY OF ATARI – PART 1
Old School Gamer – November 2022 Ryan Berger, the publisher of Old School Magazine, called me and asked me if I’d like to write a 3,000-word article about the history of Atari through the mid-nineties for the Fall 2022 issue. Once I started working on it, I realized that I had taken on much more…… Continue reading INNOVATIVE LEISURE: A HISTORY OF ATARI – PART 1
K.C. ESCAPE!
Released in 2017 by Good Deal Games/Homebrew Heaven at Portland Retro Gaming Expo K.C. Escape! was designed using the template that I created for Ralph Baer’s Pinball. As before I wanted to include a little history so I added the K.C. Munchkin Story which compared Odyssey’s K.C. Munchkin! to Atari’s Pac-Man. kcs-escapeDownload
RALPH BAER’S PINBALL!
Released in 2015 by Good Deal Games/Homebrew Heaven at Portland Retro Gaming Expo Ralph Baer, who had invented the Magnavox Odyssey, the world’s first videogame console, had nothing to do with Magnavox’s later console, the Odyssey2. However, the company that Baer worked for, Sanders Associates negotiated with Magnavox to develop software for the new console.…… Continue reading RALPH BAER’S PINBALL!
LASERCADE
Released in 2007 by CGE Services at Classic Gaming Expo I don’t remember much about the circumstances of this game, as all of my original files for this one has disappeared. The version included here is just a scan of the published work. Lasercade was a game I had never heard of and John Hardie…… Continue reading LASERCADE
ENTITY
Released in 2003 by CGE Services at Classic Gaming Expo Entity was part of the second trio of manuals that I wrote for CGE Services. This one is based on the 20th Century Fox movie of the same name. Or is it? The original manual as I created it is included here. You’ll notice that…… Continue reading ENTITY
LOOPING
Released in 2003 by CGE Services at Classic Gaming Expo Looping was part of the second trio of manuals that I wrote for CGE Services. The cover was taken from the Colecovision manual of the same game. This is the only manual that I did based on a Coleco product. The manual included here is…… Continue reading LOOPING
RUSH HOUR
Released in 2003 by CGE Services at Classic Gaming Expo Rush Hour was part of the second trio of manuals that I wrote for CGE Services. I remember being very excited for this game because I had played the original unfinished prototype of this game at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in 1983. I had…… Continue reading RUSH HOUR
PICK UP
Released in 2002 by CGE Services at Classic Gaming Expo Pick Up was part of the first trio of manuals that I wrote for CGE Services. The 20th Century Fox logo was used, although it would be removed from later Fox-related games. The manual presented here is in color as it was designed, although the…… Continue reading PICK UP
SAVE THE WHALES
Released in 2002 by CGE Services at Classic Gaming Expo Save the Whales was part of the first trio of manuals that I wrote for CGE Services. The 20th Century Fox logo was used, although it would be removed from later Fox-related games. The manual presented here is in color as it was designed, although…… Continue reading SAVE THE WHALES
The Game Scholar 