Tag: Atari Games
Cave Crusader is a horizontal shoot’em up developed in 1983 by the Italian programmer Michele “Micky” Bina for the Atari 8-bit computers. Developed in Forth and Assembler, the game offers more than 110 screens divided into nine levels. At that time, Cave Crusader was one of the winners of the contest in the first edition of Computer Play, organized by…
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…
This is what I call retro gaming archeology commitment! Ed Fries, who worked at Microsoft and was one of the people responsible for the development of the original XBOX Ed Fries, who worked at Microsoft and was one of the people responsible for the development of the original XBOX, is an avid Arcade collector that goes beyond playing with them. At…
I love retro computing history and every time I see a new book coming out I get excited and hope it is really good! Yesterday a new book came out – Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation. The history of Atari is already told by the excellent Atari Inc. Business is Fun. However, a more straightforward approach to Atari 8-bit computers…
Atariteca earlier this month started a poll to elect the best original game of 2016, which had a great response. Now the Spanish-speaking Atari blog is asking everyone to vote for the best game port, enhancement or hack of 2016. This time around, there is no original game, but pre-existing games that were somehow modified or games that were ported from another platform…
Atariteca, the best Atari-only website in Spanish is conducting a non-scientific poll, trying to elect the best Atari game released in 2016. The list only includes new games released in 2016 so all ports of games from other platforms or hacks/improvements were kept out. Although the poll lets you click multiple times for as many games you want, I hope the poll…
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…
To celebrate 2016, it was released a new edition of the ‘New Years Disc’ by the Atariage user ‘pps’. It is a 5-disc compilation of great graphics, demos, games and music put together for your entertainment. The contents of the pack: Disc 1 – multidisc (Enhanced/Medium Density) ——————————————– Getting into 2016 (3 screener) by miker & PPs Chi Bao (sound)…
It was announced today the availability of Fujiology Archive v2.1, the biggest Atari Demo Scene archive. Based on the ashes of the No Fragments CD-series, Lotek Style gathered together as many Atari Scene releases he could find. It contains productions for all Atari computers and consoles in a 62GB archive found in one single place. You can browse and download what you…
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…
