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'Asteroids' lands at Universal
hollywoodreporter.com - 7/2/2009
'Asteroids' lands at Universal
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Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids." Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura. In "Asteroids," initially released as an arcade game in 1979, a ...

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atarimuseum.com - 7/4/2009
The Atari 7800 Pro System - The Atari Museum
— atarimuseum.com — 7800 Games & Development New homebrew developed games were very sparse for the Atari 7800 until the last 2-3 years due in part to efforts by Kenfused and Pacmanplus of Atariage.com It now seems that more programmers are taking an interest in this ... (more) The Atari 7800 Pro System - The Atari Museum

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inquisitr.com - 7/4/2009
Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released! | ProgrammerFish - Everything that's programmed!
— inquisitr.com — Remember the Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron ? They used to be favorites whe image n Atari’s 7800 series was still around. Now since the era of those consoles is over and a different world of interactive reality gaming has taken over, Atari Museum, a ... (more) Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released! | ...

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programmerfish.com - 7/4/2009
Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released! | ProgrammerFish - Everything that's programmed!
— programmerfish.com — Remember the Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron ? They used to be favorites whe image n Atari’s 7800 series was still around. Now since the era of those consoles is over and a different world of interactive reality gaming has taken over, Atari Museum, a ... (more) Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released! | ...

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Universal Signs Up For “Asteroids” Movie
GEARFUSE — ... climactic. So it’ll be interesting, and most likely scary, to see it translated to the big screen if this project pans out. Link

Asteroids heading towards the big screen?
Engadget — ... story of the plucky little triangular spaceship and the asteroid field it inhabits. As the Reporter, um, reports: "As opposed to today's games, there is no story line or fancy world-building mythology." Michael Bay is rumored to be very interested in directing. Filed under: Gaming Asteroids heading towards the big screen? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Brace Yourselves! “Asteroids” Headed For The Big Screen
TechCrunch — According to The Hollywood Reporter, movie studio Universal has won a bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game “Asteroids”. Initially released as an arcade game back in 1979, Asteroids featured a triangular space ship that needed to be navigated through an asteroid field. The object was to shoot and destroy the masses of rock and the occasional flying saucer while avoiding smashing into both, so we suspect it will not turn out to be romantic comedy. Matthew Lopez will write the script for the ...

Asteroids the movie - what HD was made for
Tech Digest — ... spaceship blowing up some square-ish looking asteroids with little or no plot at all. Maybe they could even shoot it in black and white for added authenticity. Universal has apparently signed up Matthew Lopez to write the script for the film which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura. It sounds like a winner. No honestly. Although it will have a hard job dislodging Super Mario Bros as the best ever movie adaptation of a game. Bob Hoskins as Mario - genius. (via THR & @clashcityrocker) Get yourself in the mood for the movie with a quick blast ...

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