#kee games

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SPRINT Classic T-Shirt by ChuckDL

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Sprint 2

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Sprint 2 by Peter Hirschberg/Luna City Arcade

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Retro Game Spotlight 066: Sprint 2 (1976)

Publisher: Kee Games (Atari) Platform: arcade Designers: Dennis Koble, Lyle Rains

Trivia: The first in a long series of racing games, Sprint 2 (the "2" in the title designates the number of players) was one of the earliest games to use the "Atari arcade font" first introduced in Quiz Show.

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Atari Sprint 2 Arcade - Final Result by GeekJoan

Second video of the final result of our tuneup of an old Atari Sprint 2

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Indy 800 (Atari, 1975)

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So here’s Atari’s backstory, “The Rise and Fall of Atari“! Here’s how Atari started making games, made it big and then just... lost it all in the Big Crash.

Including:

-The start

-The “rival“ that was actually an Atari subsidiary

-Space Invaders success

-Atari Pacman

-ET, and how it led to terrible failure

-Nintendo taking over after Atari was gone

Enjoy!

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Rule #1, Tank II (1975)

Been too busy/sick to post much, but I grabbed this game a few weeks back, Tank II. This predates Cabaret cabinets, but clearly is a precursor to what Atari would call Cabarets a few years later.

This game didn’t have a power switch from the factory. Someone “helpfully” wired one up, drilling a hole in the 25¢ plex in the coin door in the process. The wire was old and the insulation crumbling — and it was patched in before the line fuse! I removed it all before powering up, as it could present a serious danger of fire or damage to the game.

The monitor really needs recapping, and I think there’s a game board issue — it immediately starts a game when turned on, which shouldn’t be happening — but it’s in overall awesome shape for a game this old.