Tag: Atari XL Games

Two professional-grade shoot’em up games in the 2020 ABBUC Atari XL/XE Software Competition

This year’s ABBUC Atari Software competition brought nothing less than 13 games (12 and one demo, to be precise) comprised of a wide variety of themes and genres. I’ve played them all, and I can tell that every one of them shows the developer passion for the Atari XL/XE family of computers. I am personally fond to shoot’em ups. Notice…

HeliCommander released for classic Atari XL/XE machines

Atari fans are in for a treat this week following the release of not one, but three new titles for a range of classic 8-bit computers and consoles! First on our release radar is HeliCommander, an arcade game that blends elements of Chopper Command and Choplifter into a new and exciting package for the Atari XL/XE series, with the promise…

Pac-Mad, a overcharged Pac-Man for Atari XL/XE has been released

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…