Did You Know That There WAS a Proposed Lord of the Rings Atari 2600 Game??? While visiting Plum Island on the North Shore of Massachusetts for the first time, I saw great sights & ate some great food while in cool company... See the Parker Bros. catalog page Download the game & more info Even MORE detailed info... (December 30, 2002)

Completely Frivolous Webpage of Images from Dig Dug 2 For no real good reason, I've set up a page full of cool Dig Dug 2 images, but soon there will be text and links & stuff on it... maybe... Frivolous Dig Dug 2 page (September 18, 2002)

Game Chambers comics!

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New Adult-Themed Atari 2600 Game
called "Pick Up" from 20th Century Fox

I found out about this soon-to-be-released game on the Atari Age
website. Click this link to read more about this game that's going
to be released at the Classic Gaming Expo 2002 in Las Vegas
this August. (More on this game in Action Geek 13.)

Also being released NEW for Atari 2600 at the CGE 2002 :
Save the Whales and Crack'd

Info on OTHER ADULT Atari games:
Mystique - the first Adult Videogame Company for Atari
Playaround - another Adult Videogame Company for Atari

So y'wanna be a H.E.R.O. ??? Read a brief review of the classic Activision game H.E.R.O. that I wrote for this guy in England's Atari website...

Dig Dug Has Arrived!!!! On Saturday the 21st of January, 2000, the great Dig Dug arcade game move took place. With the help of Chantal, Chantal's father Jimmy and my brother-in- law Shawn, the four of us moved the full-size arcade game from the RG Shakour, Inc. warehouse to the House of DougÆ... Many different factors made this move miraculous that it even was successfully completed, such as the sheer weight of the game, the slipperi- ness of the front steps, the narrow stairs and NUMBER of stairs and angles that Shawn, Chantal and I had to manoever around...

I found this graphic while at the web page of Computing Direct. As part of the Stamps of the Decades series of U.S. postage stamps, there's actually a 33¢ US stamp depicting kids playing the classic Atari 2600 videogame, Defender as part of the 1980's collection. I'm just kinda stunned that it's not Pac-Man or Donkey Kong or something not quite so quasi-obscure.

Now at the House of Doug... Dig Dug!!! Oh my god... While loking for screenshots of a game called Bump'n'Jump, I stumbled across a web page selling classic stand-up arcade games. I found a Dig Dug game for sale for $495 ($60 crating fee, about $100 shipping) and I went nuts! I've always wanted a Dig Dug game in my possession, not only because of the similarity in my name and the game's name, but because it was such a fun game to play. This little miner guy, Dig Dug, tunnels through the earth, eradicating weird little enemies by inflating them with his pump until they explode. There are all kinds of enemies, some are fairly benign (but you still hafta destroy them), some breathe fire... You can also tunnel under rocks, quickly move away, then drop the rock on your unsuspecting enemies. I tellya, the game is a hoot... So, I'm paying Blast From the Past Amusements in a couple installments, my Dad is chipping in money for it, in lieu of a Christmas present and I'm hoping to have the thing in my kitchen by New Year's Eve. I guess I can set the machine for Free Play's, but I think I'm also going to use it to help me save up laundry quarters... Anyone wanna play some Dig Dug?

Warioland 2

While Christmas shopping, I picked up a Gameboy game for myself called Warioland 2. I've always liked the Mario Brothers themed games and this one follows the pattern of it's predecessors perfectly. MANY different layers, levels, secret mazes, tunnels, problem solving, mind-numbingly frustrating challenges AND the game is a Gameboy Color game, so if and when I finally get around to adding a Color Gameboy to my arsenal of handheld videogames, this baby will be in full color. AND, another ingenius feature of this game is that you can save at almost any point on this game and come back to that exact spot later, thanks to battery backup.

I had a chance to try the new Color Gameboy while at my sister's house, opening
presents with relatives. This kid had a Color Gameboy with the Pokemon Pinball
game in it. The game itself was what's called a "rumble pack", meaning that,
in addition to the game being in color, you periodically FELT vibrations and such
from the game itself, as the ball bounced against flippers and walls... VERY cool...
I WILL be buying one of these stupid things AFTER the DIG DUG game arrives...

Waste Valuable Time Destroying Cities...

I found this happy little Mac game while looking for a Mac version of Elf Bowling. While not as inanely stupid as Elf Bowling, this game is a cute 3-D Monster movie game where you get to play one of four menacing characters and proceed to destroy everything you see. Of course, the MAN's after you (in the form of tanks, planes, helicopters, etc.), but you can take 'em out with yr death ray. Multi-angle / view play, lots of little details. Download Battalion for yourself and see...

Long Lost Atari Game - Combat 2

Remember Atari? Well those of you who DO, will most likely have
fond memories of having played the cartridge that came with the game
console called Combat. There were many different variations on tank
battle, biplanes shooting at eachother and jet fighters. Although it was
very simple visually & play-wise, it remains one of the ultimate in
two-player games. Well, just recently, a prototype of a game never
thought to have existed has emerged - Combat Two. I have not
played it (but would LOVE to) and all I have seen of it are the visuals
I saw on the Atari Gaming Headquarters page, but it looks like it
could've been fun. They have alot more information at their site...
(images from Atari Game Headquarters)

I'm WAY into Atari games and old video games in general.
Expect more reviews of old Atari games in the future.
In the meantime, check out my personal list of actual atari carts that I own.
(I actually have even MORE games than the list shows, IF you include all
the ROMs I acquired BEFORE the ruling on having to own the
actual cartridge to download the ROM).

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