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To coincide with Halloween, this weekend (Oct 27, 2017) saw Netflix release its second season of Stranger Things — a sci-fi/horror TV series about a band of kids joining forces to battle supernatural forces in their small Indiana town — to a very enthusiastic North American audience. The first season is set during the early 80s and contains all of…
Bill Lange has published on his blog a nice 2017 calendar that you can print yourself. Each month features an iconic game published for the Atari 8-bit computers. The year starts with Jumpman for January, followed by other classics like Cavern of Mars, Hardball, Pole Position, ending with Dandy! The calendar has two pages for each month, one with a screen…
Atariage forum lwiest has published an updated version of his reverse-engineered version of Atari Star Raiders on Github. This new update brings small corrections and updates, mostly based on the official game source code also released on Internet Archive. Iwiest’s version also brings an extensive documentation, which is perfect for whoever wants to learn how the game came about. Link: GithubLink:…
Following the interview with Russ Wetmore on Antic Podcast, Kevin Savetz has published with the author’s authorization, the source code of Preppie, Preppie II and Sea Dragon. Preppie is a Frogger-like game with some variations, and Preppie II is a Maze game (still with frogs!). Sea Dragon is a side-scroller submarine game (imagine R-Type under the sea). All three games…
Mr Atari has given to all of us an amazing Xmas present, ‘Lost in Space’ a new game for the Atari 8-bit computers. The game guide starts with “You are a space-captain racing against rivaling lunar-landers. Your goal is to land and rendezvous 15 times. Can you beat the competition or set an unbeatable mission-time?” The game contains five challenging…
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…
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…
Star Raiders is one of the most pleased games released for the Atari 8-bit machines. Created by Doug Neubauer, it was released in cartridge form by Atari in 1979. It was big news last week (yeah, I know, I am late) that Kevin Savetz had received the full source code listing of Star Raiders, and he was about to scan…
The people behind the Atari magazine pro(c) Atari has released a special printed edition of the PDF Magazine ‘ATARI GAMER XL/XE Game Review Edition’ created by Darren Doyle. The 72-page magazine will feature: Atari Time Tunnel Atari Fun Facts 2 Interviews System Focus on 130XE Atari 8bit Trivia 60 Game Reviews Atari Computers in Europe in the 80’s 8bit Lost…
This episode features Letter Wizard, originally released in 1984 by DataSoft, and developed by Special Systems Software. As usual, the podcast website (link below) offers a wide variety of scans and screenshots for you to get a better picture of this software. Link: Inverse ATASCII
