New record for Asteroids was just set minutes ago. All 60 hours of the tape needs to be verified and John McAllister needs to receive a drug test – but another of the elite classic arcade records has been surpassed. This particular record was 28 years old, 41,336,440 – formerly held by Scott Safran. John passed this score by only a few thousand.

He tried to his best to choke it away. With 300,000 left to go, he took a bathroom break. When he came back, he was out of rhythm, resulting in his lives dwindling down to just two. He found a last minute groove, and got the reserve back up to 10. The last 100,000 points was a fun ceremonial walk.

Congrats John! Nice to see these classics get tested.

Posted by Zoyx on 04.05.10

Now it is the Atari 2600 collector’s turn to lose some sanity. A rare Atari 2600 game is up for auction. Air Raid is an R10 rarity game. The version of Air Raid up for auction is the only known copy that still has the original box. Albert of AtariAge.com saw the game and box in person and validated it. Here is the forum thread that started it all. The bid is up to $6,500 as I type, with 8 days still remain for the auction.

Air Raid for the Atari 2600

Posted by Zoyx on 04.02.10
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Harmony Cartridge for the Atari 2600 is up for pre-order. Some features for you to drool over:

The board fits into a standard Atari shell (with slots dremeled out for the SD card and USB of course).

Features: Plays all legacy 2600 games up to 32k. USB programmable, SD card slot: FAT12/16/32 compatible, supports SD and SDHC, menu: supports directories, no limit on number of files, auto-detection of bankswitch type. Windows/Mac/Linux programming software. There is much more, but that’s the gist of it.

Posted by Zoyx on 09.24.09

One of the Medieval Mayhem matches from last Monday.

Posted by Zoyx on 02.05.09
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So lonely, needs a home. Atari 2600, with games, TV and cart. I believe this gorgeous retro setup has been available for sale since fall.

Posted by Zoyx on 01.08.09