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Mostly Atari-related projects, and other ramblings. Home of the Artie the Atari comic strip.

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Return of Stupid Game Ideas: Lunar Lander Arcade

Wow... it's been awhile since I posted a Stupid Game Idea (idea... idea... idea... idea...).   They're not so much "stupid" I suppose, as "speculative". But since this blog doesn't have "Speculative" in its name, "Stupid" is what I'm sticking with.   I've got a few of these I've been planning to write up for awhile, and another recent speculative project has given me the incentive to finally dust these off.   So... several years ago (in fact, around the time of the last Stupid Game Idea (i
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Realsports Baseball

I'm not that much of a sports fan. But I still watch Seattle teams when they're on TV (especially if I'm up there on vacation), since that's where I'm from originally, and it's my hometown.   Although I couldn't care less about basketball. Never liked it.   But that's okay, since the Sonics left last year anyway. Now, even though I consider that a plus, a lot of people thought losing the Sonics was a "bad thing".   2008 was a year of "bad things" in Seattle sports.   The Seahawks were pl
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Real-world Lynx fun - part II

See what I did there with the II? As in Lynx II? No? Well... fine. I never claimed to be a good literaryist. I'm pretty sure that's a word. If I tell my spell-checker to ignore it, it works, and that's good enough for me. Anyway, a few years ago, I had written that I had dusted off my Lynx II and picked up a few new games for it. And while there were a few keepers in the bunch, after a little while the Lynx sat idle again. In the last couple of years though, it's had new life breathed
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Real-world Lynx fun

I recently added a Lynx to Artie the Atari. The reasons were twofold: I've had a Post-It note on my computer for well over a year that says, "Atari Lynx whose battery always dies by fourth panel".   . I've had a list of Lynx games I've been meaning to buy from B&C Computervisions for even longer than that. Much, much longer. . I'm not a completist, by any stretch of the imagination, but there are some games I've always wanted to pick up for the system (I own a Lynx II).   Nearl
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Real Arcade Play: Achieved!

Yet another mouth to feed:     Huge thanks to Albert for hooking me up with this Vectrex! This is a pretty sweet unit - very clean, works great, solid controller, and it included several games and overlays (gotta have the overlays).   I've been wanting one of these since, well, since the early 80's when I first saw them in stores. More recently though (like, ten years ago) Alex Herbert sent me copies of a couple of his Vectrex homebrews as a thank-you for work I did on the manual and labe
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Ralph McQuarrie

An amazing artist - Ralph McQuarrie - passed away yesterday at the age of 82. Even if you can't place the name, you've seen his work, if you've ever seen:   Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi Star Trek IV Raiders of the Lost Ark Battlestar Galactica (the original series)   And many more...   Or played:   Vanguard (Atari 2600), which he did the label artwork for (possibly others, but that's the one I know of).   The Art of Star Wars was the first big "Art of..." b
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Ralph Breaks the Internet - Spoiler-free review

I'm not even sure Ralph Breaks the Internet is still in theaters. I saw this back in November, but only now have had the time to write up a short review for it. Actually, I've got three movies to write reviews for, hence the need to keep them all short. What do you mean, you'll "believe it when you see it"? I don't always write needlessly long-winded, rambling, circumlocutory reviews. And yes, I did look that last one up - I felt there would be additional humor if I made a counterpoint to my
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Quart is in session

Well, it's almost the end of October.   And it's taken all month, but finally, it's here.   Baskin-Robbins Pumpkin Pie ice cream. My annual addiction, as I've mentioned a couple of times before in this blog.   So I've stocked up. I've got a quart of it in the freezer.   Which should last me about one, maybe two... scoops.   Well, they're open again tomorrow.     Speaking of food... I haven't really posted anything from the finished Gingerbread Man manual. I'm kind of holding off o
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Predictions for 2012

Hey, it's that time of year again. We'll get this year out of the way right away, then move onto how I did last year.   Predictions for 2012: I predict I won't make any predictions for 2012. So, I'm already either 100% right, or 100% wrong, depending on whether or not you take that prediction into account as an actual prediction.   The reason I'm not making any predictions, is that with Steve Jobs gone from Apple... they've become all-too predictable. iPad 3? Yep. iPhone 5? Yep. Killi
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Predictions for 2011

It's January, which means it's time to guess incorrectly at what isn't going to happen this year.   I mean after the Seahawks beat the Saints today in the playoffs... there pretty-much isn't any point in trying to predict anything.   But first, a recap of my predictions from last year:   Apple will release a tablet computer - it will be more than just a big iPod... - Right. Mostly. The iPad was just a big iPod though, but managed to transcend that market and effectively kickstart the
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Predictions for 2010

So here we are... the year Jupiter explodes and turns into a miniature sun, causing the Soviet Union and United States to finally declare the Cold War over, and millions of innocent black monoliths to die horribly in the resulting conflagration.   Which brings up the inevitable question, what else is going to happen this year, and how were my predictions for last year?   Let's find out! First... 2009:   Nothing spectacular from Apple, but steady progress and upgrades. - Right. But that
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Nathan Strum

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Predictions for 2009

Well, last year I made my predictions for 2008. Let's see how I did... "Apple will release a lightweight MacBook." - Right. "Apple will release a touch-screen tablet computer, with a stand/docking station that basically turns it into an iMac (with the addition of a wireless keyboard and mouse)." - Wrong. I have no doubt Apple has a touch-screen tablet computer in their labs, but I doubt they'll bring it to market. The market just isn't there (especially with the iPhone filling a lot of th
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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