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For those of you who enjoy social criticism the Homestar Runner way, Paul Slocum has announced that the first official Homestar Runner video game will be available in June... only for the Atari 2600. The game was designed by Slocum and Homestar Runner creators Matt and Mike Chapman. According to the site, you can play as Homestar, Homsar, or Strongsad. Strongbad is the enemy. I have no idea if the game will carry the deft (and daft) social humor of the animations, but I sure hope so.
You can get your copy from homestarrunner.com for a cool $40 when it's released in June. And some people say the 2600 platform is commercially dead... how about that for evidence that the latest 3D hardware isn't always the motivator of innovation.
For now, you can get a demo ROM here. Get an Atari 2600 emulator here, if you don't already have one.
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