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Game 22: A.P.B. (Atari, 1987)

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Ice Cream Jonsey

The first job in creating every video game is to pick a name not previously used by another game. Those are the rules, I think less of games that don’t show some respect and putting a colon in the title … Continue reading →

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Game 13: Food Fight (Atari, 1983)

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Ice Cream Jonsey

Food Fight can only exist as a video game, it is a perfect representation of a time and platform. It is colorful in a way that arcade games were only beginning to be. The arcade cabinet has beautiful side art. … Continue reading →

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Atari 800 Flashcart – Part One

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Ice Cream Jonsey

Recently I bought an Atari 800 flashcart. It’s pretty good, but not perfect. Every Atari 800 game in the world comes in the .ATR format, and the flashcart isn’t great at using that format – it prefers .exe or .xex. … Continue reading →

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Alpha One: The Major Havoc Prototype

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

I recently went to the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown and played a lot of pinball. I don’t know how the industry is doing as a whole, but when there is a convention center with a bunch of games, I’ll be there. The … Continue reading →

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Atari 800 Flashcart – Part Two

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Ice Cream Jonsey

WIZARD OF WOR At the CGE in Vegas last year there was a real Wizard of Wor. It was very difficult to get onto it and play it, because apparently arcade gamers in a freeplay environment forget everything they ever … Continue reading →

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