broncoman Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 does any body have any pics of the old game company's buildings id like any of them especially of imagic or starpath they were my favorite games of all of them when i was a little guy thx to all on here u all rock!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 I have an old Joystik mag that shows teeny pics of the Atari building and Starpath employees amongst others. As a matter of fact... there are scans of it on the web. aah here it is! : Starpath Staff Atari HQ in Sunnyvale What I found funny was the blurb about Nintendo at the end where the writer shows his uncanny videogame journalistic insight by predicting "Nintendo seems to believe that players still want another cute character game.... but it may be a little late". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 I haven't been by there, but the address for Apollo is VERY close to where I currently work. I'll stop by there soon and take a picture of it. I've been meaning to do that. -Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 We'd love to get pictures of these buildings to add to the information we have about individual companies. I have a few pictures of Atari's Sunnyvale headquarters that I took in the last year. Here's one of them, of 1196 Borregas Avenue. This was taken on my trip in June 2000 when I went out to interview with TiVo: I've been meaning to compile a list of addresses in the Bay Area so I can make a drive by of all of them to take pictures (I'll be going back there soon for a visit). ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Maybe down the road we could have 'then & now' pictures of these buildings/sites.I'm afraid that the 'then' pictures will be a bit grainy, but it would be cool anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 In the early 80's, George Sullivan put out a book called ScreenPlay, the story of video games. I have a copy of it I got from the local school library. It had not been checked out in over 10 years (librarian gave it to me). Inside, there are photos of all the Activision and Imagic staff, as well as some shots of hardware used for graphic design at Atari and in Ralph Baer's studio. As for buildings, there is a shot of Andy Capp's Tavern. For those of you just joining the video game experience already in progress, this is where it all got big, kiddies. When Magnavox was hucking 100 buck gimmics, Nolan and Al were out there beating the pavement with a Pong machine. This is the tavern that they first tested the machine, and the coin mechs jammed full of quarters not long after they put it in. Sort of a dump, but hey, its humble roots, right? There is a shot of Atari HQ, and a shot of the assembly line of Centipede machines. If you can find this book, its good for some fun. Reading level is about third grade, so's evens me's cans reads its If there is interest, I could scan the shots, I doubt there would be reprisal for my action by the author at this point in time.... Cassidy They are black and white, BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Well, 2 years ago I flew out to California and spent several days with my friend and former Atari employee Gary Rubio. We took photo's of nearly every Atari building, using a copy of a facilities map given to my by Lynn Kapotich who worked in Atari's Operations department I created an Interactive Map of Atari buildings, I still need to go back and finish it, but its got some great photo's of many of Atari's lesser known buildings. Plus included with some of the photo's are some interesting stories related to each building: Interactive Map of Atari Buildings Enjoy! Curt The Atari History Site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Very cool Curt thanks for posting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Curt Vendel: [QB]2 years ago I flew out to California and spent several days with my friend and former Atari employee Gary Rubio. We took photo's of nearly every Atari building, using a copy of a facilities map given to my by Lynn Kapotich who worked in Atari's Operations department I created an Interactive Map of Atari buildings, I still need to go back and finish it, but its got some great photo's of many of Atari's lesser known buildings. Plus included with some of the photo's are some interesting stories related to each building: Wow, that kicks ass! I'm going to be going back to Mountain View soon to move my remaining possessions to Texas, and I'd be glad to take the remaining pictures you're missing. I lived very close to this whole slew of buildings and drove by them every day to work along 237 (TiVo is only another two miles down the road past them). Let me know, as I'm definitely going to hit some of the other Atari-related companies that were in the Bay Area at the time (which must be half of them, easily). ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Oh I almost forgot! Here's a great scan I did from one of my books of a Centipede assembly line. ATARI CENTIPEDE ASSEMBLY LINE I think those are Red Barons on the back as well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Geoff Earle! I finally figured out the name of the Atari Canada President, now I need some pictures of the Building there... Perhaps I could convince my dad when he goes out to BC to go near there and take some shots for me, unless someone around there already could do it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 oh wait, its in markham, Ill go there myself!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 but um, what was the address??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Curt, As always, you offer the finest. What a beautiful way to showcase the facilities. I would never even have thought to do that. Thanks for sharing. See you in Philly, Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Yknow what's funny (or sad) is I lived in Santa Clara for 6 years while I went to college there, and I NEVER thought to go and check out the Atari buildings which were so very close by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 The only game company I know that was in Michigan was K-Byte (K-Razy Kritters, K-Razy Shootout, K-Razy Antics, and K-Star Patrol). They were located in Troy Michigan, and I've been meaning to go take a look at thier old building if I'm in the area. BTW if K-Byte doesn't sound familiar it's because they licensed most of their games to CBS. I believe they only released K-Razy Shootout for the Atari 400/800 under thier own label. Eveything else was released by CBS (K-Razy Shootout for the 5200 and all the rest were for the 400/800). Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 Here is 1300 E. Arapaho, Richardson Texas. Apollo Today -Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 BTW: I did look through the dumpster, but did not find any copies of Lochjaw or Guardian. -Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Tempest: The only game company I know that was in Michigan was K-Byte (K-Razy Kritters, K-Razy Shootout, K-Razy Antics, and K-Star Patrol). They were located in Troy Michigan, and I've been meaning to go take a look at thier old building if I'm in the area. If you do get out that way, please take some pictures of the building! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 No Dice. I got the address off the cart, and it only says Troy MI. Anyone have the manual? It might have the address on it. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Tempest: No Dice. I got the address off the cart, and it only says Troy MI. Anyone have the manual? It might have the address on it. I'm looking at the 5200 K-razy Shoot-out manual now, and unfortunately all it say is this (on the inside cover page): Program Copyright 1983 Kay Enterprises Co. Program created by Dr. Keith Dreyer and Torre Meeder. Programmed for CBS Electronics by Kay Enterprises Co., Troy, Michigan. The back of the manual has: CBS Toys, A Division of CBS Inc., Newark, NJ 07105 ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncoman Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 found a old post from me back in 2002 wow been gone to long anyhow you guys ever post some pics id love to see them thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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