Category: Atari News
Mariusz Wojcieszek and Terrence Derby have ported the ZX Spectrum cult classic ‘Jack the Nipper’ (1986, Gremlin Graphics) over to the Atari 8-bit. For the few of you that have never played this game, Jack the Nipper is loosely based on the British comic strip character Sweeny Toddler. ..and so the story goes, Jack was tired of all the wimps…
Atariteca is a website that publishes news and articles related to the Atari 8-bit machines. It has published a new article which is actually an open poll asking for the visitors to vote for the best original game of 2017. The site is in Spanish, but anyone will be able to vote since retro gaming language is universal :) Here…
At a glance, Pac-Mad looks like a Pac-Man clone but after looking a little bit further you will realize that it is more than that. First released as a WIP (work in progress) at the demo party Irony 2017 by Wojciech Bociański, the game gathered a lot of attention, even being in the early stages of development. Wojciech then took…
Reminder: We want to remind everybody of the C64.TV prize giving that we had mentioned in our last Scene World Podcast right at the beginning of it! (http://scene.world/hamsterfox)! Share your story of the 80s and 90s as a youngster where you went to eletronic stores and bought your computer and games stuff, supply your stunning story and best back it up…
After a long time without new issues, Pro(c) Atari magazine is back. To make up for the time lost, the magazine now has a new format and more pages. The issue #13 brings 104 pages full of Atari goodness, including: Perplexity Sikor’s Atari-Party Achilles DungeonLord Spelunker Rain Of Terror Spare Change Boulderdash – Turn your sceens into a game Diamondz 2…
Arcade Attack has published an interview with Al Alcorn, the designer of PONG, which we can all agree, is a landmark in the video-game history. The short, but entertaining interview focused on the time Al started at Atari and was tasked to create the arcade that helped to create the video game industry as we know it. You can check…
Telnet65 is a program that allows an Atari 8-bit computer (XL/XE) to access another machine connected to the Internet. This is shown by the video published by Viktor “w1k” Čech (Slovakia) where the client emulates a VT100 terminal using telnet protocol. On the video “w1k” is using Telnet65 v1.2 to connect to an IRC server. [vsw id=”zhJ8AypQ7zY” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] The…
If you happen to be in Europe or more precisely in Italy by the end of November, you should try to add Florence to your travel plans. There is a retro reason for that! This year the “Firenze Vintage Bit Onlus Club” decided to celebrate the 30 years of the Amiga 500 with a special event that will happen on…
The Atari 2600 will have three brand new homebrew games being released at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo that will happen next October 20-22. The games are Super Cobra Arcade, Space Cactus Canyon, and Draconian. Follow the description from the press release: Super Cobra Arcade is a sequel to the classic arcade game Scramble in which the player must navigate their…
The site Nostalgiamatica is offering a calendar for the next year that will please the Antic podcast hosts and the rest of the Atari enthusiasts around the world. The 2018 Atari 800XL calendar is ready to show off many Atari games in a 21×28 cm 200mg glossy paper. Each month will feature a screenshot of one of the favorite games,…
