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DiCaprio to Star in Atari Movie
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by Jordan Yerman | June 8, 2008 at 06:57 am
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Paramount Pictures has snapped up a pitch titled "Atari," with Leonardo DiCaprio attached to star.Written by Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman, project is a biopic about entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell, the creator of Atari and one of the founding fathers of the vidgame industry.
DiCaprio will produce via his Appian Way shingle.
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at 21:19 on June 8th, 2008
Costume spotted at the 2008 Starlight Run in Portland.
(Main console was a huge refrigerator box. They also had a few "games," with a Pac-Man being chased by the ghosts........and a "Pong" setup.)
Very creative.......and it won first-place in the costume contest.
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at 21:24 on June 8th, 2008
Yes, that IS Leonardo DiCaprio advertising for Hybrid LIfe.
antjeverena has contributed a photo to this story.
at 05:21 on June 9th, 2008
Well, basically, I put this sticker in my closet when I was 6/7 years old and it's there since that day :)
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at 06:33 on June 9th, 2008
A collection of still operational vintage game consoles as seen on a table during the vintage computer games event "Back in Time Lite" in 2005 in Manchester, UK.
See flickr photo page for more details.
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at 08:06 on June 9th, 2008
its a great idea.
i wish you can enjoy my design.
and let me know about newsstuff and thanks and regards.
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at 08:32 on June 9th, 2008
Oh the memories...
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at 09:04 on June 9th, 2008
This is an authentic Computer Space machine. Developed by Nolan Bushnell, and released in 1971, Computer Space was the first commercial arcade machine.
Pargon has contributed a photo to this story.
at 11:00 on June 9th, 2008
Photograph of Nolan Bushnell taken at the Classic Gaming Expo (Las Vegas) in 2003. There's always a good reason to visit the show (as someone from the UK) and that year happened to be Bushnell himself.
at 11:03 on June 9th, 2008
This is the control panel of my MAME that my dad and I built about 3 summers ago. Building this is something I will remember for the rest of my life. I feel so proud of the job we did and the time we spent together.
kim01 has contributed a photo to this story.
at 12:24 on June 9th, 2008
Image mashup courtesy of the 2600 label maker http://www.labelmaker2600.com/
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at 14:42 on June 9th, 2008
Nolan Bushnell, with son, Brent, greet a meeting of the Los Angeles Geek Dinner at their newly opened restaurant, uWink, in Woodland Hills, California. Listen to an audio interview with Nolan Bushnell on My Word with Douglas E. Welch
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at 11:37 on June 10th, 2008
If it's made any where near as good as Fistfull of Quarters, the Donkey Kong documentary, then I'll be stoked to see it.
at 22:00 on June 10th, 2008
If you look closely you can spot my working Atari 7800 - just under the old Apple IIc monitor. I like to keep it close by so that I can play when I get a sudden urge.
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at 16:15 on June 12th, 2008
This sounds like a great idea. I have been an Atari fan for more than 25 years. My original 800XL still works and I fire it up occasionally.
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at 20:31 on June 13th, 2008
Found my 7800 ProSystem at the dump in town, someone had just gotten rid of it. It's in such good shape it still has the protective plastic on the aluminum trim on the console and both controllers.
I've got a bunch of 2600 games, and the only one that doesn't work is my favorite - Space Invaders. I still need paddle controllers to play half of them.
John68040 has contributed a photo to this story.at 11:50 on June 14th, 2008
Photo taken at Gound Kontrol in Portland Oregon. A GREAT arcade and bar.
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at 09:36 on June 30th, 2008
Studio shot of the infamous E.T cartridge published by Atari. Found the cartridge in a bin at a used clothing store.
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