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08-12-2016, 19:20
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNGKHqlTLde-Ytsp25YYWr7JjyyOMQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779296574730&ei=nLJJWJCjOJaUWIW3k9gB&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38252232"><img src="//t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS3WznliOnbVmU4kLyLpvkea8rq4NleB O2jz9u7yedMsKgMWO-M9xEerJos5UusnyJFwguWqSDO" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">BBC News</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNGKHqlTLde-Ytsp25YYWr7JjyyOMQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779296574730&ei=nLJJWJCjOJaUWIW3k9gB&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38252232"><b>Minecraft blocks used to make virtual <b>Atari 2600</b> console</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">BBC News</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">A YouTuber has recreated the <b>Atari 2600</b> games console - by building a virtual version of the device&#39;s hardware out of Minecraft blocks. Seth Bling, from Seattle, described his project online in a video. The ones and zeroes used by computers as the <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNGIrQSF9rvgQp7F0VXF_avkc0TnmQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779296574730&ei=nLJJWJCjOJaUWIW3k9gB&url=https://www.wired.com/2016/12/minecraft-atari-2600-emulator/">Super-Hacker Builds <b>Atari 2600</b> Emulator… In Minecraft?!</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>WIRED</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNGtouVkwklm5G1OCeGBoLU3N7KLNw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779296574730&ei=nLJJWJCjOJaUWIW3k9gB&url=http://bgr.com/2016/12/07/minecraft-games-atari-2600-emulator/">This dude built a functional <b>Atari 2600</b> emulator inside of Minecraft</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>BGR</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEeF8tsaQ749hZhWw2_qzHwL_syJw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779296574730&ei=nLJJWJCjOJaUWIW3k9gB&url=http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/12/machine-emulation-within-minecraft-can-teach-kids-the-guts-of-the-atari-2600/">A slow <b>Atari 2600</b> emulator is now inside Minecraft—and it&#39;s pretty cool</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>Ars Technica</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1" class="p"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEaZvvQH4N4cVnzRpzDwWFtuFax5g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779296574730&ei=nLJJWJCjOJaUWIW3k9gB&url=http://motherboard.vice.com/read/someone-built-an-atari-2600-inside-minecraft"><nobr>Motherboard</nobr></a>&nbsp;-<a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNHnL2RLmyvme3vnSazfX69mVpM-mw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779296574730&ei=nLJJWJCjOJaUWIW3k9gB&url=https://boingboing.net/2016/12/07/atari-2600-emulated-inside-min.html"><nobr>Boing Boing</nobr></a>&nbsp;-<a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEBcQjqZiqPyOJxD1fFwvCygGuYxw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779296574730&ei=nLJJWJCjOJaUWIW3k9gB&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DjPRkjNDmTlc"><nobr>YouTube</nobr></a></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dZ7bw9ri-3Yny9M9Z6uDG6fZzxSsM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b>all 17 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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