The Story and COMPLETE Arcade Games of Atari: Part 3 -1984-1989

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It’s Part 3 of our look at Atari’s arcades, and it’s the Atari Games era! We’re going from 1984 and dealing with the rest of the 80’s, including classics like Paperboy, Gauntlet, Hard Drivin’, Marble Madness and many more, as well as unreleased games and assorted business happenings. Enjoy!

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The Arcade Flyer Archive: https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/
Arcade Heroes – Atari Prototypes Over The Years: https://arcadeheroes.com/2012/06/15/atari-prototypes-over-the-years-mega-post/
Arcade History: https://www.arcade-history.com/
Arcade Museum – Thread for the release of Jammin: https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/ataris-unreleased-jammin-arcade-game-roms.558119/
Arcade Museum – Thread for the release of Relief Pitcher: https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/ataris-system1-version-of-relief-pitcher-roms.558318/
AtariAge: https://atariage.com/
Atari Compendium: https://www.ataricompendium.com/
AtariGames.com (ARCHIVE LINK): https://web.archive.org/web/20110716114634/http://www.atarigames.com/
Atari Protos: http://www.atariprotos.com/
Game Design Theory and Practice – Ed Logg: https://arcarc.xmission.com/Magazines%20and%20Books/Chapter%206_ed_logg_interview.pdf
Halcyon Days – Ed Rotberg Interview: https://dadgum.com/halcyon/BOOK/ROTBERG.HTM
KLOV: https://www.arcade-museum.com/
Jed Margolin – The Secret Life of Vector Generators: https://www.jmargolin.com/vgens/vgens.htm
Lost Media Wiki: https://lostmediawiki.com
System 16: http://www.system16.com/
Undumped Wiki: https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
UnMAMEd Atari Games: https://unmamed.mameworld.info/non_atari.html

0:00 Intro + The Switch to Atari Games
4:27 Return of the Jedi
6:41 Marble Madness
8:51 The Empire Strikes Back
10:47 Paperboy
13:00 Peter Pack-Rat
14:47 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
17:37 Gauntlet
21:30 Namco Takes Control
22:50 Air Race
23:57 Gremlins
25:17 Jammin
27:44 Super Sprint / Championship Sprint
30:09 Road Runner
32:18 Gauntlet II
33:52 720 Degrees
36:09 Relief Pitcher (System I Version)
38:53 RoadBlasters
40:36 A.P.B. – All Points Bulletin
43:10 Xybots
45:43 Published and Vs. System Games: Rolling Thunder, Pac-Mania, Final Lap, Assault etc.
47:45 Atari Games Gets Independence
49:46 Blasteroids
52:27 Vindicators / Vindicators Part II
55:29 Toobin’
57:48 Cyberball / Cyberball 2072 / Tournament Cyberball 2072
1:01:10 Accelerator
1:02:13 Hard Drivin’
1:05:23 Tetris
1:06:55 Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters
1:08:27 S.T.U.N. Runner
1:10:18 Skull & Crossbones
1:12:27 Guts and Glory

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