News flash: Atari has signed a deal to produce casino slot-machines based on their classic games — including Pong, Centipede, and Asteroids. As Wim Stocks, their head of sales and marketing, said in a press release:

“There is a huge population that grew up with these Atari games and that audience is still clamoring for ways to recapture the fun of their first gaming experience.”

Heh. Since my earliest gaming experiences consisted of sitting in a dendritical haze while I mechanically shoved an endless stream of coins into glowing machines … why, yes, an Atari-themed slot machine would kinda recapture that thrill, wouldn’t it?

(Thanks to Sean for this one!)