Category: Atari News
The guys behind the new Retro VGC are doing a limited run of Jag Console Case and Carts. It is very important for the interested people to know that the Translucent Jag orders have to be in by this Monday morning 8:00 AM pacific time USA. Console shell is $45 delivered in USA and $8 for carts. International add $15…
Warren Robinett, the veteran programmer, designer and The Learning Company founder known for his groundbreaking game design work at Atari, TLC and NASA, has given at GDC 2015 a Classic Game Postmortem lecture on the creation of his hit 1979 game Adventure for the Atari 2600 console. ‘Adventure’ also contained one of the earliest known “Easter eggs” ever hidden in…
The episode #19 of Antic is out, and it if full of interesting discussions and information. Some of the content: The release of source code for Action!, BASIC XL, and Star Raiders ROB (Player/Missile Podcast) fills us in about Atari emulation on the Android Brad gives a technical overview of the Atari 400 and 800 machines Randy tells you everything…
As usual, Inverse ATASCII covers another productivity tool for the Atari 8-bit computers. This episode features ‘A Financial Wizard’, originally released in 1982 by Computari. The companion blog post also shows several screen shots of the program and a couple of adverts. Link: Inverse ATASCII
It was announced on Atari Museum Facebook group the passing of Atari legend Steve Bristow this past Sunday. He was in charge of Atari’s Coin-Op Division during the glory days of stand-up arcade machines, was one of the pivotal players in the era that brought arcade machines into the home. He also came up with the concept for Breakout with…
The interview this time is with Sal Esquivel, also known as KJMANN on AtariAge. Sal has been very involved in the Atari community and owns a company by the name of Atlantis Games Group out of Portland, Oregon that produces software for the 8-bits. That software includes games like Outrun, Venture, Tempest Xtreem and others, which are sold through Video…
With the Jakadapter you can connect two Atari-style joysticks to USB. This new version has the following changes: Both ports have now 8 configurable pins, for better support for other joysticks and paddles. The firmware is upgradeable via a boot-loader for future firmware updates. Website: http://kair.us/projects/jakadapter/index.html
[youtube bgWk6ZCfEjo nolink] The user known as Tezz on Atariage forum has announced his new game Chimera+. “Chimera+ is a complete rewrite of the game from the ground up to create an enhanced version with the goal of optimizing performance for faster gameplay, changing the controls and, adding the features missing in the original Atari release. The new version works…
It was announced today on Atariage, that the issue #5 of Pro(c) ATARI magazine will be send to the printers tomorrow. This time around both German AND English magazines will have simultaneous release. If you are interested, you can contact 8bitproc-ataride and ask about the postage cost for your country. You can also order the back issues and save some…
Forget Bloomsberg’s fancy This new episode of Inverse ATASCII features Atari Stock Charting, originally released in 1980 by Atari, was developed by Control Data Corporation and it was the first commercial stock charting software for the Atari. Even if you are more into generic podcasts, or retro gaming, Inverse ATASCII is always full of information about not only the software…
