Tag Archives: Atari 2600

Fuel Industries, a Canadian game developer, has been given a permit from the city of Alamogordo, New Mexico, to excavate the landfill where Atari reportedly buried many, many copies of E.T. and other broken or unsalable merchandise back in 1983.

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Former Atari man D. Scott Williamson has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a Atari 2600 cartridge version of Star Castle. The original title was developed by Cinematronics and released in 1980 arcades, and a console version was planned but never released. Williamson eventually created a 2600 port of Star Castle and showed it during a fan event and thanks to the positive reaction, a limited run with reproduction box, a printed manual, and in cartridge form will be handed to those who support the Kickstarter project. More incentives for supporting the title can be found through the link. A video is below. Thanks, IndieGames.

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If there’s anything cooler than a downloadable retro remake of Halo, it’s the chance to own a really truly Halo 2600 cartridge for your Atari, assuming it still works and you can find it under the pile of board games in the attic.

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