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ChatGPT Kept 'Begging To Restart' Before Being Beaten By 1979 Atari 2600 In A 'Beginner Level' Chess Showdown
Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 6:26am | 545Read More...An Atari 2600 chess cartridge has humiliated OpenAI's vaunted ChatGPT, highlighting the limits that large language models still face outside pure text. What Happened: Citrix engineer Robert Caruso pitted ChatGPT-4o against Video Chess (1979) through an emulator and watched the bot "get absolutely...
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Atari Acquires RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Publishing Rights In Multi-Million Dollar Deal
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 - 2:55pm | 407Read More...Atari SA (OTC:PONGF) has acquired the publishing rights for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 from Frontier Developments PLC (OTC:FRRDF) for $7 million. According to IGN, this acquisition includes various RollerCoaster Tycoon games, spanning from RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic to RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch....
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Atari's Qomp 2: Pong's Ball Breaks Free In Creative Sequel
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 - 3:26pm | 258Read More...Atari SA (OTC: PONGF) is introducing Qomp 2, a unique sequel to the iconic video game Pong. This new title envisions what would happen if the ball from Pong could break free and explore different worlds, Kotaku reported. See Also: Atari 2600+ Returns: Retro Gaming At A Modern Price Point...
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Atari 2600+ Returns: Retro Gaming At A Modern Price Point
Thursday, August 24, 2023 - 4:55pm | 345Read More...Atari SA (OTC: PONGF) has introduced a new replica of their classic Atari 2600 console called the Atari 2600+. The unit is now available for pre-order at $129.99. This modern version is slightly smaller than the original 1977 console and features modern connections like HDMI and USB-C, Kotaku...
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Steve Jobs Job Application Hitting Auction In Test Of Physical Asset Vs. NFT
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 12:21pm | 577Read More...A 1973 job application from one of the most well-known business leaders of all time is hitting the market as a non-fungible token. What Happened: The 1973 hand-written job application from Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) founder Steve Jobs is launching as an NFT today at 12:41 p.m. ET. The auction format...
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'Eat, Sleep And Play': Atari To Develop Video Game Themed Hotels
Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 2:00pm | 458Read More...Wish you could just go back to the 1980s for a few days and play some Asteroid or Centipede? Well, there may not be a time machine to your parents' basement or the mall arcade, but there may be an updated alternative. What Happened Atari, which put tabletop Pong in so many 1980s restaurants and...
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33 Apple Stats That Will Blow Your Mind
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 3:39pm | 885Read More...A recent infographic published by Shop On Less highlights several interesting stats and facts about Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Some of them might be known; others might be very surprising. So, without further ado, here are 33 intriguing Apple stats and facts: 1. Apple's famed "bitten...
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SLIDESHOW: A History Of Video Game Console And Handheld Flops
Sunday, August 4, 2013 - 10:00am | 257Read More...Consumers have not always been kind to console and handheld manufacturers. While Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have earned a degree of loyalty for producing iPhones and iPads, gamers are less likely to stand by their favorite hardware maker. This became evident the moment that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT...
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Zynga Officially Unveils The Ville, Matching With Friends, Elite Slots, and a Partnership with Atari
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 3:00pm | 179Read More...Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has officially announced its next game in the "With Friends" series: Matching With Friends. Available now on the App Store, Matching With Friends is a puzzle game where players can swap and match colored blocks to score points. Zynga also showed off the next game in its casino...
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Cruising Around The World Of Test Drive Unlimited 2
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 6:02pm | 595Read More...If Take-Two Interactive's (NASDAQ: TTWO) Grand Theft Auto series was the inventor of the open-world action/driving game, then Test Drive Unlimited was the inventor of the first open-world racer. Several game publishers have tried to use that moniker, “open-world,” in their marketing materials. But...
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Should Apple Become a Game Developer?
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 5:32pm | 861Read More...In the game industry, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has become a lot of things: a facilitator (the App Store allows virtually anyone to develop and release games for the iPhone), a distributor (the App Store also guarantees that millions of average Joes are exposed to games they wouldn't have otherwise seen...
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iPhone In Danger Jan 19, Jan 27 (AAPL, SNE)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 2:27pm | 2249Read More...On January 11, iPhone enthusiasts waited anxiously for confirmation of the Verizon (NYSE: VZ) / Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) deal. Less than one week later, investors moved cautiously as Steve Jobs announced that he was back on medical leave. Today, iPad users gasped at the news that their personal data...
