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Famous Quotes (Allan Alcorn)

Famous Quotes (Allan Alcorn)

Antti Mutta

“Pong was an unusual video game...The [arcade] game had no instructions, nothing, and yet it was a big success. There had been nothing like it.” - Allan Alcorn / Designer...

Famous Quotes (Allan Alcorn)

Antti Mutta

“Pong was an unusual video game...The [arcade] game had no instructions, nothing, and yet it was a big success. There had been nothing like it.” - Allan Alcorn / Designer...

Ultimate GFA Demo (1990)

Ultimate GFA Demo (1990)

Antti Mutta

In the mid-1980s, an advanced dialect of BASIC programming language called GFA Basic became popular on 16-bit computers, especially on the Atari ST. However, there were plenty of doubters in the...

Ultimate GFA Demo (1990)

Antti Mutta

In the mid-1980s, an advanced dialect of BASIC programming language called GFA Basic became popular on 16-bit computers, especially on the Atari ST. However, there were plenty of doubters in the...

Micro Machines: Atari 1200XL

Micro Machines: Atari 1200XL

Antti Mutta

1200XL is the only system to emerge from Atari's Sweet 8 (aka Liz NY) and Sweet 16 projects, which were intended to produce challenging products against the rivals Commodore, Apple...

Micro Machines: Atari 1200XL

Antti Mutta

1200XL is the only system to emerge from Atari's Sweet 8 (aka Liz NY) and Sweet 16 projects, which were intended to produce challenging products against the rivals Commodore, Apple...

Pioneers of the industry: Electronic Arts

Pioneers of the industry: Electronic Arts

Antti Mutta

Welcome to PART THREE of our celebration of Electronic Arts (EA) 40th anniversary. In this series, we post screenshots of some of the most beloved titles from EA's vast catalogue...

Pioneers of the industry: Electronic Arts

Antti Mutta

Welcome to PART THREE of our celebration of Electronic Arts (EA) 40th anniversary. In this series, we post screenshots of some of the most beloved titles from EA's vast catalogue...

Company Origins: Commodore

Company Origins: Commodore

Antti Mutta

What’s in a name? For the company behind two of the most beloved 1980s and 1990s home computers, the C64 and Amiga 500, the answer lies in the history of...

Company Origins: Commodore

Antti Mutta

What’s in a name? For the company behind two of the most beloved 1980s and 1990s home computers, the C64 and Amiga 500, the answer lies in the history of...

Videodrome (1983)

Videodrome (1983)

Antti Mutta

VIDEODROME is one of the best examples of body horror cinema, a subgenre which its director and writer David Cronenberg had pioneered and explored previously in Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977),...

Videodrome (1983)

Antti Mutta

VIDEODROME is one of the best examples of body horror cinema, a subgenre which its director and writer David Cronenberg had pioneered and explored previously in Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977),...