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Atari releases source code for 7800 games
inquisitr.com - 7/6/2009
Atari releases source code for 7800 games
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Atari has released the source code of over 15 games developed and sold for the Atari 7800. Games released include Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron, although notably you’ll need a 7800 emulator to run any of them. According to Programmerfish , Atari said the purpose of the release ...
'Asteroids' lands at Universal
hollywoodreporter.com - 7/2/2009
'Asteroids' lands at Universal
— hollywoodreporter.com — 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," ... (more) 'Asteroids' lands at Universal

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'Asteroids' lands at Universal
hollywoodreporter.com - 7/2/2009
'Asteroids' lands at Universal
— hollywoodreporter.com — 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," ... (more) 'Asteroids' lands at Universal

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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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Download Squad:  Enthusiast posts source code for 13 Atari classics...legally?

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Enthusiast posts source code for 13 Atari classics...legally?
Download Squad — ... Ever wanted to get your hands on the original code to the Atari source code to such classic games as Commando, Joust, and Xevious? Well, now you can, though definitely not through official channels as Inquisitr reported. ...

Atari releases source code of 15 games
D' Technology Weblog — ... Atari has released the source code of over 15 games developed and sold for the Atari 7800, games include Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron, although notably you’ll need a 7800 emulator to run any of them. Atari said the purpose of the release is to give potential developers insight into the Atari’s gaming platform so they may possibly build upon the 7800 series. Why people would want to build upon the 7800 in 2009 I don’t know, but I still like the sound of it. Download source code at ...

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Atari 7800 goes open source — CrunchGear
In a somewhat belated move calculated to “give potential developers insight into the Atari’s gaming platform so they may possibly build upon the 7800 series,” Atari has released the source code to several awesome but rarely-played Atari 7800 games , including Dig Dug, Centipede, ...
Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released — Slashdot
jadoon88 writes to share a series of old Atari 7800 games that have been unofficially open sourced. "Remember Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron? They used to be favorites when Atari's 7800 series was still around. Since the era of those consoles is over, and a different world of interactive ...