Category: Atari News
ANTIC, the Atari 8-bit podcast is having a campaign this weekend, trying to reach USD10,000 in donations for the Internet Archive. The campaign runs from noon PST 12/12 through noon 12/20). Here is what you can do, and what you can get: If you donate >= US$50 and forward the podcast crew a receipt for your donation, they’ll send you…
Dungeon Master was originally developed for the Atari ST by FTL Games, and later ported for the Amiga, Apple IIGS, PC, SNES, TurboGrafx-CD, Sharp X68000 and PC-9801. The game established several new standards for RPG and video games in general. Jimmy Maher, The Digital Antiquarian, has published to articles about the game. The first one talks about the development of the game and the…
The new issue of Pro(c) Atari is ready and wait for your orders. The team behind it will try to ship is as soon as possible so it can be a nice addition to your Christmas stockings. This issue contents: Time For A Quickie Report: Videogame MeetingRasta Converter Pictures Rasta Converter Pictures Interview: Christopher Murray Reviews by Jeff Parker of…
Lupo Alberto is a game developed in Italy that has been published by Idea for the Commodore 64 in 1990, and Amiga in 1991. Amiga Power magazine game to the Amiga version a 78% score. The magazine review summarizes well the game as a “cut down Super Mario Bros. A scrolling, platform based landscape is patrolled by creatures with different intelligence and…
It’s a Pixel THING Youtube show talks about how the publishers used to sell their games back in the 80s: Cover art, magazine adverts and posters! In the 80s, and even early 90s, graphics weren’t, at all, the selling point of a videogame. Covers and adverts on magazines were! Let’s take a look at some examples on how to sell…
Aric Wilmunder, the interviewee of Antic Podcast Interview 104, is the creator of the real ‘Star Raiders II’ for the Atari 8-bit. The game was never released, until now. The creator has posted on Internet Archive the unfinished game (ATR file), alog with a guide to controls in the game and “The Authoritative Star Raiders II”, Aric’s description of why the…
Revenge! is a magazine in PDF devoted to games and vintage hardware as well as emulation of various systems. Some of the featured articles and reviews this month: Megaman Hysteria Reviews Wings of Fury Trivial Pursuit Console Forever Download: Rev’n’GE
Imagine Google Streets inside a museum. This is exactly what this virtual tour is at the Living Computer Museum in Seattle, WA. Made by Tosolini Productions, the virtual tour really takes you to any place inside the museum. You can walk, look around, check the computers, etc. The only thing better than this would be to visit the museum in…
Few days ago we reported that Saboteur! for Commodore 64 was getting a port for the Atari 8-bit computers. At that time, the released version for Atari had no colors yet. Terence “Tezz” Derby joined the project this week with Mariusz “mariuszw” Wojcieszek to help with the port of the game. He has reported on Atariage about his progress: “Much…
Ingo “1NG” Boller just put up on sale the digital version of the game Jim Slide, winner of the ABBUC 2015 Game Development Contest. The “Personal Digital Edition” costs only 5 euros and the buyer with receive the 48-level game via email. Also, in a nice touch, the author will customize the game intro screen with your name. To buy…
