Tag: Atari
Custodian is the very first release for the Atari Jaguar by Piko Interactive. The game is an Arcade shooter in which you have to protect energy bases from parasites that are trying to drain it dry! Featuring 4 area levels, many weapons and power ups, and awesome chiptune music! Pre-orders will be available 2-3 months before shipping starts. The game will be manufactured with…
Neon Run is a racing game in the style of an endless runner. You drive past other cars, and try to blast them for points, the cars gets faster and after a while you begin to encounter giant holes, it’s fiendishly hard, but lot’s of fun. Not much to the sound, just the engine hum and the sound of your…
Atari Age member Alp is currently working on a new homebrew title for the Atari 2600 that truly looks amazing. The game is called Cat Quest. The game is, essentially, a port of this very game Alp had been working on for the NES. Alp is using the “venetian blinds” interlacing technique to potentially minimize sprite flickering. This is still…
Kevin, Brad and Randy have finally managed to take a break from interviewing everyone who ever saw an Atari in the store, and released a rare non-interview podcast. Bill Kendrick co-hosts as the Atarians discuss Atari Party, Kansas Fest, the 1200xl and whatever else they can find on archive.org. Link: libsyn Subscribe: iTunes
Roy Widding (aka, Rotteroy of Megastyle) has kindly given us an ‘exclusive’ heads up via email about a fantastic new retro remake version of ‘Mr. Robot and His Robot Factory’ which was originally released way back in 1984 for the Atari 8-bit, Apple II and Commodore 64. Made for Windows, Mr.Robot contains awesome retro pixel graphics, lovely chip tune sounds,…
The TransKey II is an adapter for 8-bit Atari computers that allows use of an external PS/2 keyboard. AtariAge user mytekcontrols has just released a new firmware version with significant improvements, including: A much improved PS/2 handler kernel with more solid timing Improvements to keyboard hot-plugging support A switchable US/DE key map (Ctrl+Alt+F4) Faster cursor movement As a bonus, the…
Via A2Central.com: Javier Rivera has opened a store to offer fashion-conscious Apple II enthusiasts an array of Apple II-themed t-shirts (and coffee mugs). Check them out at the Apple II FAQ Store”. They even have one with the //c LCD display. Also, I’ve recently discovered RabbitEngineering’s Etsy shop, where they sell tons of 3-D printed retro system figurines. Each one…
We have been hosting a forum for many years, but with so many good forums around the internet, we assume we never were able to gain regular members, helping to increase the interest. For many months, we’ve been using the Facebook groups more actively, and the results are really amazing, with interesting discussions, news, photos and whatever comes to your…
Atariteca brought to our attention the release of Saboteur! for the Atari, ported from the original Commodore 64 version. The hero is a ninja who must infiltrate a warehouse and retrieve a disk containing the names of rebel leaders. Along the way, you will face enemies heavily armed and dogs. The game is available for free but you can check…
Atariage user Ramses let us know about this video of the Atari programmers panel from the Portland Expo 2015. It includes Bob Smith, Tod Frye, Rob Zdybel, and Howard Scott Warshaw. Anyone interested in retro game development should watch it. Really interesting. [youtube YLoJ5jcccPU nolink] On a side note, the video and sound are perfect, which is very rare in retro…
