It’s time to dust off the Atari gents, geek chic is in. Our Gamer Girl shows us how she likes to play her favorite classics. Game on.
Photography: Jason Ierace | Gaming products: The Gamesmen Styling: American Apparel, Wicked Weasel
atari 2600
Released in 1977, The Atari 2600 was one of the first home video game consoles to utilize video game cartridges instead of having hardwired games built into the machine. Credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware, the console had only 128 bytes of RAM for run-time data. Nine games were released to accompany the launch of the machine, including Outlaw (below), Space War, and Breakout.
Galaga
The sequel to the game Galaxian, the 1981 starfighter shooter Galaga was one of the most successful games from the golden age of... Read More