DiCaprio to Star in Atari Movie

by jordan | June 8, 2008 at 10:57 am | 813 views | 17 comments

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.

I'll check this film out if -and only if- it features footage of Joust and Dig Dug: two of the finest games ever crafted by human hands.

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wazmix-pix

at 01:19 on June 9th, 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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antjeverena

at 01:24 on June 9th, 2008

Yes, that IS Leonardo DiCaprio advertising for Hybrid LIfe.

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monicaborges

at 09:21 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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docpi

at 10:33 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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HACHE DESIGN

at 12:06 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.

HACHE design

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amster

at 12:32 on June 9th, 2008

Oh the memories...

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Pargon

at 13:04 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.

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Mayhemers

at 15:00 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.

kim01

at 15:03 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.

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djdrue

at 16:24 on June 9th, 2008

Image mashup courtesy of the 2600 label maker http://www.labelmaker2600.com/

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douglaswelch

at 18:42 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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salvez

at 15:37 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.

retrogamescollector

at 02:00 on June 11th, 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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Yooper423

at 20:15 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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John68040

at 00:31 on June 14th, 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.

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cjonesgo

at 15:50 on June 14th, 2008

Photo taken at Gound Kontrol in Portland Oregon. A GREAT arcade and bar.

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shutterbastard

at 13:36 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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