Atari Bigby

Pole Position on an Atari 5200 (1983) In the first half of the 80s, Pole Position set the benchmark for future racing games. Developed by Namco, the game’s realistic graphics went down a storm in the arcades, and following its success, it was then ported to 8-bit home computers and consoles by Atarisoft. The original arcade version was published by Atari in the U.S. and Namco in Japan. Enjoy this video clip of the Atari 5200 console version, which looks and sounds very similar to the Atari...Read Full Story

In the early 1980s, if you mentioned sports video games and Atari in the same breath, you were usually laughed at. The Atari 2600, despite being one of the best-selling home gaming consoles of all time, just didn't have quality sports games, at least not early on. In 1982 Atari released Realsports Baseball for the Atari 2600. This won over some fans, but it still wasn't quite enough. Then in 1983 when the Atari 5200 system was released, lots of sports gaming fans had high hopes. And they...Read Full Story

In 1982 when Sega released  Zaxxon  to arcades, the game was an immediate hit with gamers, and this was well deserved as this was such a groundbreaking arcade game. Of course by today's standards Zaxxon is no big deal, but in 1982 it was the first game that most gamers got to experience in some sort of three-dimensional environment, even though the 3D effect in Zaxxon is actually only a simulation. Zaxxon was so popular that there just had to be a  home version  of it for the most popular...Read Full Story

Jclombardi highlights Packers headlines. Guest senior writer jclombardi @ http://lombardiave.com Clipped from: www.jsonline.com ( share this clip ) Help is on the way for Packers defense : The Packers get former starters in cornerback  Al Harris (knee) and safety  Atari Bigby (ankle) off the physically unable to perform list this week, but the Packers acquired some additional assistance. The Packers traded a seventh-round conditional pick in 2011 to the Jacksonville Jaguars for...Read Full Story

In the early 1980s, if you mentioned sports video games and Atari in the same breath, you were usually laughed at. The Atari 2600, despite being one of the best-selling home gaming consoles of all time, just didn’t have quality sports games, at least not early on. In 1982 Atari released Realsports Baseball for the Atari 2600. This won over some fans, but it still wasn’t quite enough. Then in 1983 when the Atari 5200 system was released, lots of sports gaming fans had high hopes. And they...Read Full Story