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From the 2600 that invented living-room gaming to the Jaguar's proud farewell, through the 400/800, XL/XE and ST computers: a whole empire, 1977–1996, in a universe of its own.
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2retro · Atari esencial
The house's official playlist for the Atari universe: 2600, computers, Lynx and Jaguar.
Soundtrack · IonicHyperspace
Alien vs Predator (Atari Jaguar) Full Soundtrack
The complete Jaguar soundtrack unfolds layers of industrial synth and ambient horror that anticipate the sound of nineties survival horror.
Soundtrack · explod2A03
Chip's Challenge Music (Atari Lynx) - Title Screen
The title screen melody composed by Alex Rudis and Bob Vieira, the minimalist sonic face of one of the most demanding puzzles in the Lynx catalog.
Soundtrack · IonicHyperspace
Cybermorph (Atari Jaguar) Full Soundtrack
The complete Cybermorph soundtrack, the pack-in game meant to sell the Jaguar's polygonal power with synth atmospheres as cold as its landscapes.
Soundtrack · IonicHyperspace
Doom (Atari Jaguar) Full Soundtrack
The Jaguar soundtrack only plays in menus and interludes -never during gameplay-, an oddity born from cutting royalties to Prince and the cartridge's memory limit.
Soundtrack · Sport Cards Brass Trains VideoGames
Iron Soldier Music HiFi 1994 Soundtrack Atari Jaguar Gameplay
Iron Soldier's HiFi soundtrack accompanies the mech on screen with an orchestral-synth pulse designed to justify the Jaguar's sonic power.
Soundtrack · Garbage Gobbler
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Atari 2600 Soundtrack - Main Theme (w/ Death Theme)
The main theme and its death variant document the milestone: thanks to the DPC chip designed by David Crane, this was the first continuous soundtrack in console history.
Soundtrack · Philip J. Fry II
Rayman Atari Jaguar OST
The original soundtrack of the Jaguar version of Rayman, the orchestral cartoon score that accompanied the debut of Michel Ancel's character.
Soundtrack · Timmii Gaming Channel
Tempest 2000 The Soundtrack - CD 1994 (Full Soundtrack)
The complete CD soundtrack Imagitec Design officially released in 1994, the techno that turned Tempest 2000 into the Jaguar's definitive sonic showcase.
Soundtrack · ATARI 8 BITS FOR EVER
POKEY MUSIC ( ATARI 800 XL ) DRACONUS - MAIN THEME
Draconus's main theme, Adam Gilmore's POKEY piece that turned this 1988 cartridge into an essential reference for the 8-bit chiptune scene.
Soundtrack · Serge K
Zybex (Atari XL/XE)
Adam Gilmore's other great cartridge for Atari XL/XE, with layers of POKEY that pushed the sound chip beyond what its hardware seemed to allow.
Soundtrack · Random VGMs
Turrican II OST - Concerto for Lasers & Enemies (Atari ST)
'Concerto for Lasers & Enemies' in its Atari ST version, where Chris Hülsbeck solved in software the channel mixing the Amiga handled in hardware.
Soundtrack · Ricardos Gaming
Xenon 2 Megablast Ft Bomb the Bass on Atari ST
The Atari ST version of 'Megablast', the Bomb the Bass track Bitmap Brothers turned into the game's title: one of the earliest milestones of sampling applied to a video game.
Soundtrack · Enrique G. Gálvez
Speedball 2 (Atari ST) - complete soundtrack
The complete soundtrack of the Atari ST version, with Richard Joseph's signature sound that earned Speedball 2 the Golden Joystick for best music of 1991.
Soundtrack · GadZombiE
M.U.L.E - Title music from Atari XL/XE version
The title theme in its Atari XL/XE edition, the melody that opened every session of Ozark Softscape's classic economic colonization game.
Soundtrack · Wasabim
IK+ (International Karate +) - Atari ST (1988)
The 1988 Atari ST version: Dave Lowe arranged for the ST's Yamaha chip the theme Rob Hubbard had originally composed on the Commodore 64's SID.
The video shelf
VHSThe video vaultAtari 2600 Adventure: The First Video Game Easter Egg is Just the BEGINNING!
Documentary · GenXGrownUp
Adventure →A documentary on how Warren Robinett hid his name in a secret room in Adventure, the first documented easter egg in video game history.
The History of Asteroids -Arcade Console documentary
Documentary · PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries
Asteroids →A documentary on Asteroids' 1979 arcade origin, the vector explosion Atari later carried over to the 2600 catalog.
Berzerk (Arcade & Atari 2600) - Digitized Speech on the Atari 2600?! - Saturday Afternoon Gaming
Documentary · Gaming Jay
Berzerk →An analysis of how Berzerk dared to use digitized voice -Evil Otto's- back in 1982, a technical feat the 2600's hardware could barely sustain.
Lynx 1989: Blue Lightning / Cali. Games / Zendocon / Electrocop / Chip's Challenge | GBW Gaiden 06
Documentary · Jeremy Parish | Video Works
Blue Lightning →Places Blue Lightning among the Lynx's 1989 launch titles, the aerial bet meant to prove the handheld's graphical power.
California Games: The Complete History - SGR
Documentary · Slope's Game Room
California Games →Revisits how Epyx redeemed itself commercially with California Games after World Games stumbled, with its unmistakable chiptune cover of 'Louie Louie'.
The History of Centipede - arcade console documentary
Documentary · PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries
Centipede →A documentary on Centipede's arcade history, the precision shooter Atari later brought into living rooms via the 2600.
Combat - Atari 2600 - The First Game You Played (Atari 1977)
Documentary · The Dot Eaters
Combat →A documentary on Combat as the game bundled with every 2600 sold between 1977 and 1982: an entire generation's first contact with video games.
Excavating the Atari E.T. Video Game Burial Site-Game|Life-WIRED
Documentary · WIRED
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial →WIRED documents the real 2014 excavation at the Alamogordo landfill, the myth turned into archaeology of Atari's most cited commercial failure.
Atari 2600's Haunted House: The GRANDDADDY of SURVIVAL HORROR!
Documentary · GenXGrownUp
Haunted House →Argues why Haunted House is the direct ancestor of survival horror, two decades before the genre even had a name.
Missile Command: A Cold War Arcade Classic | Video Games Over Time
Documentary · ballerscuba
Missile Command →Explores the nuclear anxiety of the Cold War that the designer himself, Dave Theurer, carried into nightmares while programming Missile Command.
The History of Pitfall! – video game documentary
Documentary · PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries
Pitfall! - Pitfall Harry's Jungle Adventure →A documentary on the making of Pitfall! and David Crane, the programmer who left Atari over royalties and founded Activision with this game as its flagship.
Carol Shaw's Road To River Raid - Revealing Gaming's History
Documentary · Game Informer
River Raid →A profile of Carol Shaw, the industry's first designer credited by name on the box, the author of River Raid's tense, precision flight.
🗝️ Adventure - Warren Robinett Easter Egg | Atari 2600
Documentary · Qorzyix
Adventure →A look at the discovery of Robinett's hidden room, the gesture of an anonymous programmer that forced Atari to start crediting its creators.
California Games, A Retrospective
Documentary · Nomad Jock
California Games →Another retrospective look at Epyx's beach-themed catalog and its leap -sound included- from the Commodore 64 to the 2600 cartridge.
Meet the Unsung Female Programmer Behind Atari’s Centipede
Documentary · Motherboard
Centipede →A profile of Dona Bailey, the programmer behind Centipede's pastel palette and a design deliberately meant to attract a female audience.
The Untold Story Of The Atari 2600's DISASTROUS E.T. Game
Documentary · TripleJump
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial →Reconstructs the complete story of E.T.'s rushed development and how it ended up buried -literally and symbolically- in the New Mexico desert.
[NES+VRC6 Remix] - Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
Remake · Kuhneghetz
Pitfall II - Lost Caverns →An NES reread with VRC6 sound expansion of Pitfall II's theme, proof of how much that pioneering score still inspires forty years later.
Draconus 2024 - Adam Gilmore music Atari XL/XE (2024)
Tribute · Adam Gilmore
Draconus →Gilmore revisited his own classic 36 years later: 'Draconus 2024' took first place in Silly Venture's POKEY music competition.
Tribute to Adam Gilmore (Zybex Main Theme - Atari XE/XL)
Tribute · franklyn77
Zybex →A community tribute to Zybex's main theme, proof that Gilmore's work keeps circulating among new generations of POKEY fans.
Chris Huelsbeck: Symphonic Shades - Turrican II (HQ)
Tribute · Naleka2008
Turrican II →An excerpt from 'Symphonic Shades', the 2008 symphonic concert in Cologne that established Turrican II as one of the most revered soundtracks of the 16-bit era.
M.U.L.E. Main Theme Cover - String Quartet (C64/Atari 8-bit)
Cover · Jason Bernard
M.U.L.E. →A string quartet reinterprets M.U.L.E.'s main theme, a sign that this melody transcended the chip and became musical heritage in its own right.