Before "Halo," World of Warcraft" or any "Grand Theft Auto," there was "Pole Position," "Donkey Kong" and, yes, everyone's favorite, "Dig Dug."
And Cort Allen has the documents, designs and diagrams to prove it - at least for another day.
On Thursday, his collection of all-things Atari goes up for bid at Sotheby's New York. It is expected to sell for between $150,000 and $250,000.
Allen, 60, a Pleasanton resident and semiconductor design consultant, laughs at the estimated sale price. Back in 1985, he just thought it was a lot of cool stuff.
It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.
Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.
A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.
Wow save all your gear and box it up. Keep it in decent condition and maybe one day that PS PS2 PS3 Xbox Xbox 360 N64 Sega Nintendo...all of that stuff save it one day maybe it'll make you rich like this guy.