Andrew Newton on the video games we were playing back in February 1980… The 1980s were a wonderful decade that gave us some of the best music ever, some of the best movies and, more importantly, some of the best videogames. The year 1980 saw the arrival of one of the most important computer brands […]
IDW and Atari teaming up for new tabletop game series
IDW Games and Atari are teaming up to produce a line of tabletop games based upon the classic Atari video game titles Centipede, Asteroids and Missile Command. “Atari is one of the hallmarks of our generation,” says Jerry Bennington, VP of New Product Development. “We’re honored with the opportunity to be able to bring the […]
Atari Flashback 7 and the Atari Ultimate Portable Game Player announced
Atari Flashbacks are extremely popular with all gamers and they’re not slowing down either, as just announced that coming to FunstockRetro.co.uk – in November 2016 – is the Atari Flashback 7, and not only that we’re going to see the Atari Ultimate Portable Game Player too! The officially licensed Atari Flashback 7 will feature 101 games and again comes […]
Atari launches Asteroids: Outpost into Early Access
Atari has announced Early Access availability for Asteroids: Output, its reboot of the 1979 arcade classic which updates the action of the original video game by putting players into an open world multi-player shooter in the role of deep space miners, harvesting rare ore and expanding their based while protecting themselves from deadly asteroid showers […]