Task: Connect Your Atari Joystick to a PC Needed: Atari Joystick and a USB adapter Time: 10-15 minutes Introduction The Atari 400 and 800 were by far the best gaming computers when they hit the market. This was largely due to the awesome ANTIC graphics chip
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Task: Read the Book “Racing the Beam” by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost (3-6 Hours) Needed: The book Time: 3-6 hours Introduction I had an Atari Video Computer System (VCS) or 2600 before I owned an Atari 400 and then 800 computer. The 2600 was
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Task: Find Easter eggs in several Atari home computer games Needed: Dig Dug and/or Donkey Kong cartridges Time: 15-60 minutes Introduction There are several Atari home computer games that have Easter eggs left by the programmers. I list here three of these that I personally
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