Retro Scan of the Week: Multitasking Video Game Kid
November 13th, 2006 by Benj Edwards
First, the good news. Your little brother has learned to play video games with five controllers at once — an amazing feat of skill. The bad news? He’s sitting on one of your joysticks.
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November 14th, 2006 at 11:07 pm
First Star software was always the top flight graphics people for the Atari.
Amazingly, they’re still in business.
November 14th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
Really? That’s awesome. What are they up to these days? I’m going to have to look into this.
November 22nd, 2006 at 11:53 pm
Those graphics for Flip and Flop look amazing! I wonder if that’s a C64 or A8 screen shot….
November 26th, 2006 at 11:33 pm
I remember a couple of these games, and distinctly do remember these games having some of the best graphics on the Atari 8-bit. These look like Atari screenshots, boat, but I really can’t tell. I had Astro Chase, Bristles, and Flip and Flop. Vaguely remember Astro Chase having great graphics but not being all that much fun. Bristles and Flip and Flop were much more entertaining.
First time I’ve visited the site. . .great stuff!
December 3rd, 2006 at 4:22 am
Star soft still in the biz? neet-o.
I’d like to know what their up too as well.
It’s a wonder how atari is still in business
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:02 pm
http://www.firststarsoftware.com/
Seems like they spend most of their days milking Boulder Dash for all it’s worth.
By the way, David, the original Atari is no longer in business, but the brand name survives. The current Atari has nothing (directly, anyway) to do with the company that produced Atari home consoles, computers, or even the division that produced arcade games.