Atari – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:16:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Who remembers E.T. for the Atari 2600? https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/16/who-remembers-e-t-for-the-atari-2600/ Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:16:00 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74545 In the latest issue of Wireframe magazine, video game pioneer Howard Scott Warshaw reflects on the calamitous E.T. for the Atari 2600. Could it serve as a useful metaphor for real life? When Julius Caesar ran into Brutus on the Ides of March so many years ago, it changed his life dramatically. I would say…

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]]> Behind the scenes at Atari https://noise.getoto.net/2021/08/24/behind-the-scenes-at-atari/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:24:10 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=73819 We love Wireframe magazine’s regular feature ‘The principles of game design’. They’re written by video game pioneer Howard Scott Warshaw, who authored several of Atari’s most famous and infamous titles. In the latest issue of Wireframe, he provides a snapshot of the hell-raising that went on behind the scenes at Atari… Video game creation is…

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