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From the retro-cool files comes a brand-new game that runs only on the 26-year-old Atari 2600 console. Homebrew developer Paul Slocum teamed with the creators of the cult webtoon Homestar Runner to convert lovably cantankerous characters like Strong Bad into 8-bit form. Yes, the graphics are painfully blocky, but Slocum's ambitious role-playing game chokes more power out of the ancient system than anyone ever dreamed of back in the Carter era. Look for cameos by classic characters such as Pac-Man and the ghosts, the Berzerk robots, and the bat and dragon (or is it a duck?) from Adventure. Says Slocum, "If it's 8 pixels wide and a single color, it'll be in there." Dig that Atari box out of the closet and buy the $40 cartridge at www.homestarrunner.com.
- Chris Kohler
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