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Control Freak When it comes to video-game controllers, Nintendo has always been an innovator. Back when Atari and its one-button joystick ruled, Nintendo devised a two-button controller with a directional thumb pad. Then came action-sensitive vibration, wireless connectivity and an analog stick for 360˚ steering. Now the company hopes to shake things up with a wireless controller for next year's Revolution console that will allow players to apply real-world physical experience to games. The one-handed grip has motion and position sensors, so if you're playing a Ping-Pong game, you just...
...COASTER CULTURE ? Can't get enough of coasters, or think you can do better than the engineers? Then try Atari's Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (rollercoastertycoon.com), a computer game that lets you simulate your own thrill rides. ? For the true aficionado, Roller Coaster Database (rcdb.com) provides listings, news and statistics on about 1,800 coasters around the world...
...offers a 6-min. ride (epic by coaster standards) through 2.27 km of countryside, albeit at a relatively genteel top speed of 80 km/h. SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES; COASTER CULTURE Can't get enough of coasters, or think you can do better than the engineers? Then try Atari's Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (rollercoastertycoon.com), a computer game that lets you simulate your own thrill rides For the true aficionado, Roller Coaster Database (rcdb.com) provides listings, news and statistics on about 1,800 coasters around the world
...were Slinkys and Silly Putty. By 1978, average income was $15,064 (about $45,000 today), the average family home was 1,755 sq. ft., and 62% of mothers with children ages 6 to 17 were in the work force. The hot toys: Star Wars action figures and the Atari 2600. Today, while real household income hasn't expanded (it's $43,318), houses have--to an average 2,340 sq. ft.--and 70% of mothers living with children ages 6 to 17 are in the workplace. It speaks to both the technical advantages and the discretionary spending...
Bushnell's baby, Atari, which he left in 1979, lost $539 million in 1983 when the video-game industry crashed. The following year his second big start-up, Pizza Time Theater, a chain of restaurants featuring singing robots with names like Chuck E. Cheese, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Despite these debacles, Bushnell sold off the ventures early enough to pocket about $70 million...