8th January 2012An Apology - Unscheduled Site Down Time
Over the holidays we had almost 3 days when the site was down, due to our domain name expiring. Fortunately, the problem was rectified in short order, but please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
1st January 2012Happy New Year!
Wishing all our registered members and visitors a very happy New Year!
14th October 2011DS Sales Top 50 Million
The 3DS just grew its sales again, but it's got a long way to go to prove itself a potent sales successor to the Nintendo DS, which just passed a whopping 50 million consoles sold in the US. We all know that the DS hardware sells well, but games have been its big success too, with Nintendo on hand to reel off some handy droplets of information: The 273 million software units sold for the Nintendo DS family equates to more than 107,000 games being sold per day, every day for almost seven years. Including more than 24 of the top 25, and 43 of the top 50, best-selling portable games in this hand-held generation.
8th September 2011AtGames to Launch Atari Flashback 3
Los Angeles, CA -- AtGames Digital Media Ltd. is launching the Atari-licensed Atari Flashback® 3 console in the US. This product recreates for gamers the original video gaming experience of the widely appealing video game console (30 million units sold worldwide) from the 1980’s. With titles such as Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede, Yars’ Revenge and 56 others, there are hours and hours of the purest video gaming entertainment for the whole family.
For anyone who had an Atari 2600 back in the 1980’s, the Flashback 3 really is a “flashback” to an era when video gaming first had mass appeal. But if you haven’t had the experience of the original Atari, then the Flashback 3 takes you right back to the heart of the eighties. Features:
Design based on original Atari 2600, Two retro joysticks based on original Atari controllers, 60 built-in games, Plug and Play into your TV, Classic limited edition Atari poster included.
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