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Games for Atari: 1977 to 1995 Kickstarter Book ProjectMarc Oberhäuser, our friend and long-time member of the retro gaming scene, has launched a Kickstarter project to raise funding for his new book, Games for Atari: 1977 to 1995. Marc is a German video game designer and has been an avid Atari video game collector for more than 20 years.
"Games for Atari: 1977 to 1995" celebrates games for the legendary Atari 8-bit video game and computer systems:
Atari Video Computer System/2600
Atari 5200 SuperSystem
Atari 7800 ProSystem
Atari 8-bit Computer Series 400/800/1200XL/600XL/800XL/800XE/65XE/130XE
Atari Lynx
From the Kickstarter page:
"In its core this book is an art book, focusing on the in-game graphics, the real screenshots. You have fond memories on the early days of the interactive entertainment, the evolution and its revolution? You have played Pong at home on some clone system? You have had one of the most famous game consoles from Atari, Mattel and Coleco under the Christmas tree? Then this book is for you.
Speaking with a veteran gamer about his first game system, he most likely remembers the look of the games and says something like Dear Lord, they looked terrible! before going deeper into a game and talking about how innovative or good (or bad) the gameplay was. Next in the conversation you might hear quotes like What was the name of that game again? You know the one where the knight was just a square and the dragons looked like ducks."
And thats the point of this book. It awakes (hopefully) fond memories of times long gone, of the Atari age, when the Californian company ruled the video game world. Browse through the book and linger over games you played. And the next time your friends coming around you can pick up the book and share anecdotes and episodes about Atari and its games."
Book Content:
5 Classic Atari Game Systems
502 Games covered
704 Pages strong
1,150 Screenshots/Pixel Art
Please visit the project's Kickstarter campaign to learn more about the book, view various sample pages, and make a pledge. You can discuss the book with Marc Oberhäuser in the AtariAge Forums.
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