Facebook

Twitter

StumbleUpon

Email

topics:

Gaming

Atari

vote downundo vote up flag

engadget.com - 5/4/2009

Students create CRT emulator, hope to recapture that analog gaming vibe of yesteryear

—

The retro gaming insurgence seems as strong as vinyl these days, but you don't see as many people looking for a CRT monitor to complete the set. More likely, they're playing a HD remake or the original title on a digital screen in more detail than the developers ever anticipated or intended. ...

3

digitallounge.gatech.edu - 5/1/2009

GT | Digital Lounge - Gaming - Students Make Atari Games Look Like Atari Again

— digitallounge.gatech.edu — Atlanta (April 27, 2009) One of the main themes of Racing the Beam is the strong affinity... between the Atari VCS and the CRT television. The system was designed around the TV and it interfaces with that display in an unusual and specific way. Yars\' ... (more) GT | Digital Lounge - Gaming - Students Make Atari ...

Gaming

Atari

Comments vote downundo vote up Retro Thing found this 5/1/2009found this

6

techradar.com - 5/4/2009

Atari retro-gamers get CRT emulator

— techradar.com — Students at Georgia Tech University have created a CRT emulator to help educate today's kids about the... eye-bleeding, flickering hell-hole that TV gaming used to be. Professor Ian Bogost enjoyed playing old Atari 2600 VCS games using the Stella emulator but noticed that games didn't look quite ... (more) Atari retro-gamers get CRT emulator

Gaming

Atari

Comments vote downundo vote up albertsquare posted 5/4/2009posted this

Leave a Comment

Atari retro-gamers get CRT emulator
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... Georgia Tech students to re-create his lost youth by re-introducing these effects and was astounded by the results. "The results are, to my eyes, fantastic," says Bogost. "The students are currently working with the maintainer of the free, open-source Stella emulator to patch their changes into the main build, where the effects will be available as a configurable option." Anyone with screen burn nostalgia should head over to Bogost's blog immediately. Via Engadget. ...