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The Most Beautiful Atari 2600 Lamp Ever Created [Arts & Crafts]
kotaku.com - 1/14/2009
The Most Beautiful Atari 2600 Lamp Ever Created [Arts & Crafts]
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In the long and storied history of Atari 2600-themed lighting projects there have been countless interesting creations, but only one Atari 2600 lamp deserves to be called the Ultimate. This is that...

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3600 Controller
benheck.com - 1/9/2009
3600 Controller
— benheck.com — OK so yesterday I had my Facebook status as saying I was “being frustrated by potentiometers” - a rather normal day for me, really. For whatever reason this prompted one of my friends to suggest I build an Xbox 360 controller inside of an ... (more) 3600 Controller

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Atari’s 1984 Touch Tablet: A Retro-Unboxing
technologizer.com - 1/20/2009
Atari’s 1984 Touch Tablet: A Retro-Unboxing
— technologizer.com — The next time you use your shiny new Wacom tablet and Adobe Photoshop CS4, think back to a time before time–a time before blends, morphs, heal brushes, and 10-megapixel images. A time like 1984, which, for computer graphics, was darker than the ... (more) Atari’s 1984 Touch Tablet: A Retro-Unboxing

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edge-online.com - 1/14/2009
Atari Explains Silent Hill Content Cuts
— edge-online.com — Atari has revealed to Edge more details of the amendments made to Silent Hill Homecoming for it to be granted classification in Australia. News emerged last week that the title had been resubmitted to the Australian Board of Classification (meaning ... (more) Atari Explains Silent Hill Content Cuts

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Atari 2600 lamp will light up your life
Tech Digest — ... videogames - from Pacman to Pitfall. From Atlantis to Adventure. And now you can remember it by lighting your room with a supersize joystick. It's been created by Instructables member Seamster, and although I'm a little too young to have owned a 2600 myself, I can appreciate the lamp's best feature - the big red button will turn it on and off. Awe-inspiring. Now to craft a lampshade shaped liked a Pac-man ghost... Giant Atari 2600 Joystick Lamp (via Kotaku) Related posts: CES 2009: Thrustmaster T.16000M joystick | ...

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