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  1. 10-hour Superplay of Arcade Gauntlet
    Gauntlet is one of the best games that Atari Games made, and is certainly one of the best known, but it's interesting how little even people who played it know about it.

    Gauntlet has 100 levels, although seven of them take the form of an in-game tutorial. The first level has three exits; one if market EXIT TO 4 and anothe
    setsideb.com/10-hour-superplay
    #retro #arcade #atarigames #gauntlet #longplay #mackey_special #retro

  2. Jesh & Zac’s 100 Facts About Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
    Finding this one was a real treat for me. I'm so pleased that there are still people who care deeply about these weird arcade/console hack & slash games from a twice-defunct publisher. While in its final years it got renamed to "Midway Games West," it'll always b
    setsideb.com/jesh-zacs-100-fac
    #niche #arcade #atarigames #gauntlet #GauntletDarkLegacy #GauntletLegends #JeshZac #MidwayGamesWest #niche

  3. Jesh & Zac’s 100 Facts About Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
    Finding this one was a real treat for me. I'm so pleased that there are still people who care deeply about these weird arcade/console hack & slash games from a twice-defunct publisher. While in its final years it got renamed to "Midway Games West," it'll always b
    setsideb.com/jesh-zacs-100-fac
    #niche #arcade #atarigames #gauntlet #GauntletDarkLegacy #GauntletLegends #JeshZac #MidwayGamesWest #niche

  4. 🚀 Behold, the ultimate quest: unearthing classic Atari games buried deep within the digital equivalent of a procedural generation fever dream. 🎮 Because why not spend your time trying to find Pac-Man in a sea of bits and bytes when you could just... play Pac-Man? 🤔
    bbenchoff.github.io/pages/Fini #AtariGames #RetroGaming #VideoGames #GameHunting #HackerNews #ngated

  5. Some of my Atari 7800 games. Crystal Quest is really nice and I have to say I'm pretty excited to get Tiger Heli when it'll be released this summer. Heck, I might even consider buying a 7800+ and use it with my trusty (cheap) HDMI2AV converter on a CRT.

    #atari #atari7800 #atarigames #retrogaming #vintagegames #vintagegaming #8bit #videogames

  6. Rampart Again
    Perhaps it's a bit self-indulgent, but I've found a playthrough by someone other than me of the arcade version of Rampart, and decided to spotlight it. It's a game that seems fondly remembered by some, and doesn't seem to have sold badly. It has a baker's dozen ports for a wide array of consoles. But no one, besides me, seems to talk about it any more, and
    setsideb.com/rampart-again/
    #niche #retro #atari #atarigames #DaveRalston #JohnSalwitz #niche #rampart #retro

  7. Rampart Again
    Perhaps it's a bit self-indulgent, but I've found a playthrough by someone other than me of the arcade version of Rampart, and decided to spotlight it. It's a game that seems fondly remembered by some, and doesn't seem to have sold badly. It has a baker's dozen ports for a wide array of consoles. But no one, besides me, seems to talk about it any more, and
    setsideb.com/rampart-again/
    #niche #retro #atari #atarigames #DaveRalston #JohnSalwitz #niche #rampart #retro

  8. Atari Compendium Interview with Michael Albaugh
    You do a daily blog, you plan a post for a day, and sometimes it doesn't work out. It happens. Today's post was going to be a romhack but it turns out it didn't meet my fairly high standards for romhacks. I'm really picky about them. It was a Super Mario World hack with a strong and interesting theme,
    setsideb.com/atari-compendium-
    #retro #atari #AtariCompendium #atarigames #MichaelAlbaugh #retro #text

  9. Someone Other Than Me Talks About Rampart
    It's true! Thanetian Gaming on Youtube has an 18-minute video about Atari Games' neglected classic Rampart. Remember back in September when I posted a strategy guide that no one asked for over four days? Judging by his video he could stand to read it, but no matter, I'll accept any
    setsideb.com/someone-other-tha
    #retro #atari #atarigames #obsession #puzzle #rampart #retro #strategy #ThanetianGaming #video #youtube

  10. Legends of Localization Shows Signs of Activity
    Clyde "Tomato" Mandelin, translator and localizer of video games, including especially of the fan translation of Mother 3, has a website and blog called Legends of Localization. It had been sleeping for a couple of years, but recently has
    setsideb.com/legends-of-locali
    #niche #atarigames #ClyteMandelin #KoinIkkoIreru #LegendsofLocalization #localization #mother3 #niche #TengaiMakyo #Tomato #translation

  11. Ed Logg on Creating Gauntet
    Recently I've been working on a getting-started guide on what I think is one of the most interesting games in UFO 50, Pilot Quest. (Other games I've really enjoyed, though I've by no means tried every game in the collection yet: Magic Garden, Waldorf's Journey, Planet Zoldath, Attactics, Kick Club, On
    setsideb.com/ed-logg-on-creati
    #development #retro #2012 #arcade #atari #atarigames #development #edlogg #gauntlet #gdc #retro #video #youtube

  12. Arcade Mermaid: Rampart, Part 4: Level Strategy
    Yes! More Rampart! I'm still out of town at DragonCon so I'm repurposing an old strategy guide I wrote for Extended Play into a week of posts. Even I'm starting to get sick of Rampart by now, but please stick around. And if you've ever tried playing this inf
    setsideb.com/arcade-mermaid-ra
    #arcade #arcademermaid #niche #retro #arcade #arcademermaid #atari #atarigames #guide #niche #rampart #retro #strategy

  13. Arcade Mermaid: Rampart, Part 3: The Phases
    Because I'm out of town for a few days, we're continuing our week-long coverage of Atari Games' brilliant, yet really hard classic arcade strategy game Rampart.

    Each of Rampart's phases has its own considerations, so let's take them one at a time.

    Battle
    setsideb.com/arcade-mermaid-ra
    #arcade #arcademermaid #niche #retro #arcade #arcademermaid #atari #atarigames #niche #phases #rampart #retro #strategy

  14. Arcade Mermaid: Rampart, Part 2: Overview
    We continue our lengthy, obsessive coverage of Atari Games' brilliant, but really difficult, arcade strategy game Rampart.

    Overview

    Building Phase

    Rampart is really two separate but related games, the single-player game and multiplayer. Both are exce
    setsideb.com/arcade-mermaid-ra
    #arcade #arcademermaid #niche #retro #arcade #arcademermaid #atari #atarigames #niche #overview #puzzle #rampart #retro #strategy

  15. Arcade Mermaid: Rampart, Part 1: Introduction
    The next week is going to be pretty busy for me, so I'm reusing a long long piece I originally wrote for the short-lived fanzine I made, Extended Play. It's been seen before, but only by a very small audience.

    Rampart has been an obsession to me s
    setsideb.com/rampart-part-1-in
    #arcade #arcademermaid #niche #retro #arcade #arcademermaid #atari #atarigames #DaveRalston #JohnSalwitz #niche #puzzle #rampart #retro #strategy

  16. @biogeo #Gauntlet was originally a licensed NES title produced by #Tengen (a subsidiary of arcade manufacturer #AtariGames), but then Atari figured out a way through the NES's lockout chip and decided to go the unlicensed developer route. There was a big legal hullabaloo, and as a result Gauntlet and #Tetris were stricken from the records as official licensed cartridges, and removed from later listings. (I presume that it's just "Tetris" in the listing, eliding which version of Tetris is meant.)

  17. 720 Degrees Hints and Tips
    Following on from the Defender tip video I linked, here's a high-level tip video for a "radically" different game, Atari Games' wonderful yet challenging arcade skateboard adventure 720°.

    It's really different, not just from space shooter games, but from just about everything else, even from other skateboarding games. In some ways i
    setsideb.com/720-degrees-hints
    #retro #720 #720zone #atarigames #retro #skateboarding #sports #video #youtube

  18. I may not be the first to try an Atari 2600+, but I bet I’m the first person to use an NES controller on it!

    #atari
    #atarigames
    #gaming
    #retrogaming

  19. PatmanQC on Atari’s Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters
    Escape From the Plant of the Robot Monsters (I'm just going to call it Escape Etc. from here) is a game I've always been curious about.

    It's weird to think now about the time frame of Atari arcade games. 1972 saw Pong; 1979 was Asteroi
    setsideb.com/patmanqc-on-atari
    #retro #atari #atarigames #documentary #escapefromtheplanetoftherobotmonsters #retro #video #youtube

  20. I am thinking seriously again about my game idea that's an elaboration upon Salwitz and Ralston's Rampart. #atari #atarigames #johnsalwitz #daveralston #rampart #arcade #remake

  21. I am thinking seriously again about my game idea that's an elaboration upon Salwitz and Ralston's Rampart. #atari #atarigames #johnsalwitz #daveralston #rampart #arcade #remake

  22. I am thinking seriously again about my game idea that's an elaboration upon Salwitz and Ralston's Rampart. #atari #atarigames #johnsalwitz #daveralston #rampart #arcade #remake