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Welcome to The Dot Eaters

www.thedoteaters.com

The companion site to this blog has been online nearly 15 years now, with lots of text, pics and video content added in the meantime. It hopes to chronicle the early years of video game history. Thanks for visiting it.

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    Thayer's Quest cabinet After the enormous success of laser arcade game Dragon's Lair , Rick Dyer and his RDI Video Systems com...
  • A Quick Look Back: Aztec
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  • The 12 Video Games of Christmas: Pitfall!
    Leaping into The 12 Video Games of Christmas today is Pitfall Harry, in a drastic iOS remake of Activision's original 1982 Atari VCS/...
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    Tapper is a game any denizen of early 1980's arcades will remember fondly. It was a very successful arcade game released by Bally/Midwa...
  • The Visual Cortex: Remembering Christmas Wishes
    I'm fairly certain that heading into the Christmas season, a lot of kids in 1983 were lying under their blankets at night with a flash...
  • A Quick Look Back: Mail Order Monsters
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      • Big Changes Ahead for The Dot Eaters
      • Amazon Opens Retro Game Store
      • Game On 2.0 Lands at the Ontario Science Centre
      • Just Say Yes, An 80's Drug Message Remixed
      • Monday Meme: Family Portrait
      • Hard Wares: Star Wars/Pac-Man iPad Back Cover
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