The Demo Scene gets government recognition, Activision's original team returns to the 2600, it's Marchintosh, and the retro world mourns a Rockstar legend.
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1. Activision founders form a new 2600 game dev studio
https://www.audacitygames.com/
Video of Circus Convoy
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/947080393
2. The Demoscene goes legit
http://demoscene-the-art-of-coding.net/2021/03/20/demoscene-accepted-as-unesco-cultural-heritage-in-germany/
3. Happy Marchintosh!
http://www.marchintosh.com/
4. The passing of a Rockstar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-leeds-56374535
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