How to Make an Atari Game

Step 8 Publishing with a Green Twist

If you've actually made it this far, it's all downhill from here. You can get new boards available from http://www.pixelspast.com/. Once you have your board complete, you then need a casing to put the game in. We all know the old adage for being green- reduce, re-use, recycle. So, if you're just making a couple of copies for yourself, then I suggest "reusing" by simply taking a cartridge you have multiple copies of, removing the labels, taking it apart, and placing the new board in the old casing. Since there are no other real raw materials the only other way to introduce a green element would be with the computer itself. Despite my distate for all things Apple/Mac (comments welcome, but no flame wars please) part of their new campaign is the green-ness of their new line of notebooks, so I suppose you could go that route as well.

Anyway, back on topic- you can do this yourself, but there are several people online who offer to do these services as well, for all types of old game consoles. It's my belief that most if not all of these people are pretty dedicated to the retro-gaming experience and do a top-notch service for you. AtariAge in particular not only puts the game in a new case for you, they also create labels for the games (unless you want to make your own label), as well as instruction manuals and even a box in one case. They are also where I got the idea of re-using old cartridges instead of throwing away old duplicates or selling them on ebay for less than the postage of mailing them out. For more information on their publishing services, take a look at their homebrewing services page. http://www.atariage.com/store/index.php?main_page=homebrews.

Comments

[kosme]

The boards link is not working.

[yokozuna]

Thanks... but this was published three years ago. Perhaps the board company is no longer in business or has moved in that time. If I get some time I'll try to find them or another board provider to put in place of them.