Welcome to Ataricade.com, where you'll find details and pictures of a unique collection of Atari coin-op video games, posters & test equipment, as well as arcade game-related news, articles, information & links.  Ataricade.com is also home to the Quantum Registry.

  6/20/09: Irish Pole Position II.
    Not long ago a dedicated Pole Position II, originally manufactured at Atari's European headquarters in Limerick, Ireland arrived from London unscathed after its long voyage.  This game will be replacing the U.S.-made Pole Position II that's currently in the arcade. 

After it arrived, Rich at ThisOldGame was contacted about having a small run of control panel overlays produced for it and he graciously obliged.  The control panel and the graphics on the overlay are unique and unlike any other model as can be seen in the below pictures.

Rich is currently working on control panel overlays for the U.S. PP sit-down as well.  Read more about these projects here: More Pole Position Projects added to the Project Plate.

  5/30/09: Jack Gale Greets An Old Friend.
    Jack Gale, the man who held the world record for Zoo Keeper for 21 years with 20,063,950 (currently 3rd at Twin Galaxies) reacquainted himself with the game after a very long hiatus.  Jack did not top his personal best, but did set a new high score on the game, and made an amazing 1,000,000 point jump at one point.

For those wondering where the Zoo Keeper is exactly, and why it's even here, it resides in the garage next to a work bench, and exists as it is the wife's favorite game. :-)

A full list of Jack's coin-op records can be seen here: Jack Gale.  Jack also is currently holding some Ataricade-best scores on Asteroids and Missile Command.