AtariAge becomes Atari's page

Well, this was "fun" news to wake up to... long-running classic gaming forum AtariAge has been purchased by Atari, with its co-founder Albert Yarusso hired to maintain the site.

Perhaps this was inevitable... Atari SA has been aggressively buying up IP holders left and right, and the web site AtariAge shares its name with a newsletter published by Atari forty years ago.

Still, it's rarely a good thing when independent online publishers get gobbled up by massive corporate interests. Remember how Jump the Shark jumped the shark after Fox bought it and turned it into a vapid TV gossip site?

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Old Games For Old Gamers

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Discussion of retro video games (circa 1972 to 2013), from the perspective of those who played them the first time around. Pull up a chair and share your experiences. What was your first game console? What retro games have you played lately, and what recent homebrew titles hope to fill gaps in an orphaned console's library? This is the place to talk about it!

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This is still early, so the rules aren't finalized, and are subject to expand and change when the situation demands it.

Don't be a jerk. That should give you a pretty good idea of how to behave, but in case you need specifics, treat other users respectfully, and avoid being racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic. Moderate snark is fine, but try not to make things personal.
Sharing homebrew games is very much encouraged, but don't provide links to officially released software still protected by copyright. Homebrew games based on existing IP is fine, and ROMs released to the public domain or available with a free use license are fine.
No porn, no illegal content.
Trades and sales are not banned, but this magazine and its owner cannot be held liable for transactions gone wrong. This isn't the place for that... have you considered Cheap Ass Gamer instead?
Discussion of older game systems (2013 and before) and classic games for recent consoles is preferred. Right now, that dividing line is set at the Xbox One, which was recently discontinued by Microsoft.

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