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Have you played Atari today?

The Return of ATARI
Franco-American video gme publisher Infogrames, in an effort to increase its profile with consumers by reaching back into gaming history, said Wednesday it is changing its name to Atari. To mark the new Atari and the new ticker symbol ATAR, Chief Executive Bruno Bonnell is set to open the Nasdaq on Wednesday.
Infogrames/Atari shares have been on a run of late, rising more than 130% on the Nasdaq since April 18, when the company said it had completed work on Enter the Matrix, the hotly anticipated video game companion to the forthcoming Warner Bros. film The Matrix Reloaded.
The Atari name is the most storied in video gaming, dating back to the early 1970s, when Nolan Bushnell and a team of engineers at Atari created “Pong,” the arcade video game that was so popular machines sometimes jammed up because they were overflowing with quarters.
“What we have decided to do, following a very precise strategy, effectively is to adopt this brand Atari,” Bonnell told Reuters. “Clearly we feel like it is the symbol of the global company that we became during the last two years.”
Over the years, Atari went through many incarnations, and at one point operated as a subsidiary of what was then called Warner Communications and is now known as AOL Time Warner.
It ceased to be a stand-alone company in 1996, when it was acquired by JTS, and in early 1998 JTS sold the Atari rights and assets to toymaker Hasbro.
Infogrames, founded in France in 1983, acquired the rights to the Atari brand in early 2001 when it bought Hasbro Interactive. In October 2001 the company relaunched the brand and began using it as a games publishing label.
Though its origins are French, Bonnell said 65% of the company’s business is done in the United States. Last year the company cut 60% of its French workforce.
Bonnell said the parent company trading on the French bourse will continue to be known as Infogrames Entertainment, as the process for changing the company’s name will take longer there.

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Giddy up!

‘Alias’ Becomes a Video Game
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) – Come fall, video gamers will have the chance to make Sydney Bristow do whatever they want.
Video-game maker Acclaim has reached an agreement with Disney Interactive to release a game based on ABC’s spy thriller “Alias.” The game will be released across all platforms.
Details of the “Alias” game are few at this point. Acclaim says players will be able to control Sydney (played by Jennifer Garner on the series) and attempt to complete a number of missions involving espionage, combat and stealth tactics.
Acclaim says the show, with its multiple locations and high levels of action, “lends itself perfectly to interactive entertainment.”
The “Alias” game is scheduled for release in the fall.

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Give it a shot!

Gobble, Gobble!
Hey, pin the beard on the turkey!

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It’s the weekend! Go ahead! Have some fun!

Hey Look!
It’s online Rubik’s Cube!

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It’s the weekend, have some fun!

Enjoy!
This one could keep you occupied all weekend: Online Simon!

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Sweeeeeeeeet!

JETTING TO PLAYSTATION
Sony announcing it’s developing a videogame called Rise to Honor inspired by Hong Kong action movies and featuring the martial arts stylings of Jet Li. The title is due on PlayStation 2 in fall 2003.

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I can’t stop!!!!

Muppet Pinball Mayhem Is Awesome!
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Digital Eclipse has produced the first pinball game release for the Gameboy Advance and it features THE MUPPETS!
Muppet Pinball Mayhem is a compilation of four different, original pinball machines, each with a Muppet character as the theme.
Features
* Four tables
* Competition and Adventure modes
* Battery save
* Four player (hot seat mode)
* Only for Game Boy Advance
From the start, you can play in three different tables: Kermit, Miss Piggy, and Gonzo. A fourth, hidden table can be unlocked, but you’ll need to go through the game’s Adventure mode and unlock it…but one you’ve done the dirty deed, it’s unlocked for good thanks to the included battery save.
The game engine itself is a simple vertical scroller that follows the ball up and back into the playfield of each of the four tables. But internally, the engine handles the ball physics as close to realistic as possible — the silver ball thumps off objects, flippers and bumpers with true-to-life motion. And yep, if you successfully accomplish certain tasks on a table, you’ll be able to lock balls in play for multiball action…up to three of these balls will bounce around the playfield, and it’s a challenge keeping them all in play.
Muppet Pinball Mayhem is a blast and and I had to stop playing to work on the site, but I am going back to play right now!

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Do…You…Want…To…Play…A…Game?

Good Luck!
Wanna throw a punch like Jackie Chan?

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Today’s Guiltiest Pleasure!

Hey Look!
Its Online Etch-A-Sketch!

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Take some time for yourself

Enjoy!
Here’s today’s most entertaining time waster.