Steve Fulton is has worked in the web and mobile game industry for the past 17 years. He spent 15 years at Mattel Toys as developer and development manager for Barbie and Hot Wheels web sites, creating sites and games for a kids' audience. Steve has been an editor for the indie game development blog 8bitrocket.com since 2006. He has co-written two books on web game development: The Essential Guide To Flash Games (2010) and HTML5 Canvas (2011). An updated 2nd edition of HTML5 Canvas is scheduled for release in 2013. Steve is now the Senior Manager Of Software Development for Mattel Digital Play, steve@8bitrocket.com, or Twitter @stevefulton
I believe technology has reached the point where "retro" game collections can move beyond mere curious nostalgia, and truly return players to a specific time and place in their past.
While many people have heard of the Jaguar's Tempest 2000 and Alien Vs. Predator, there are very few other games from Atari's post-1984 console output that have been hailed in the hallowed halls of video game history.
Atari Inc. created a ton of games and I.P. that have yet to be remade in the modern era. There are lesser-known 9 coin-op games I think would make great casual web and mobile games in 2013
Kris, you said Additionally, we do not own the content you bring over , but your TOS appears to be far-reaching and contradicts this statement. The part about all technology in the Universe is especially interesting, as is the create derivative works portion. Are you saying, people don 't give-up ...
Game Maker was really cool, but let 's not forget predecessors like AMOS and STOS that let Amiga and Atari ST enthusiasts read: me do the same type of stuff in the 80 's...
Great story I like reading stories that give perspective to the machine . Good luck with your current games. They sound like the exact types of games I enjoy making.
