Showing posts with label Atari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atari. Show all posts

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

Early 3D Game

You won't think there was a 3d game available on the Atari 2600, but there was. In 1983 CBS electronics released a first person dungeon crawler game called Tunnel runner. 
The game pushed the 1970's hardware of the Atari to its limits. It featured a maze inhabited with monsters. The goal of the game is to get out of the maze and avoid  the monsters. 
In my opinion it is the most graphically advanced 3D game on the console. Very few people were aware the game existed because it didn't have an established marketing network like other games providers. They even tried to add some shading to give some depth to the game. 
When you were confronted by a monster, it felt like it was a part of the game terrain and was animated. 

Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Atari Watch

Atari is still around and now they're making smart  watches. You can buy an Atari watch with 4 popular Atari games on it. 
It also has a selection of retro gaming themed digital dials to chose from and all the other trimmings that come with a smart watch like fitness monitors and pulse metrics. 
I want one myself. I thought the four games on there like pong, super breakout, centipede and missile command are perfect for watches. I love super breakout. 

In the image above the wristband has a walnut finish just like the atari 2600. Very nice 👍