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    Retro gaming fan club with monthly meetings. Competitions, beer and pizza. Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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  1. Hi there, Rally Speedway is for sure one of the best Atari 800 games. Unfortunately it only comes with 2 tracks.The track editor is a really nice idea, but it is also somewhat tedious to create new tracks (you need 2 joysticks and the manual). So before spending all too much time I wonder if anyone has some track disks ready for sharing? \twh
  2. nice one. Buddy's Pokey conversions are really good. I noticed that also in MyJewels' .. good stuff.
  3. so is there a recommended way to create some kind of user story in the development backlog for the firmware?
  4. Thanks @apc for your comments. I think this is the way. Choosing a default/alternative bootloader (picboot, sdrive, ..) would be indeed useful and maybe also a nice addition for future topics.
  5. my setup is as follows: firmware: v1.2 2023-10-14 18:40:00 hw: 1.6.1 and up
  6. Hi there, I had a chat with Fandal in 2021 and he commented this: >>> I found 400+ games in my archive with jump to the >>> warm start address $e474 in the code. For example H.E.R.O., Airstrike, >>> Screaming Wings... So all these games don't work for you? and: >>> Unfortunately I have no idea why "warm start" version doesn't work with >>> your Atari setup. Many programs actually do this to initialize the >>> computer. Typically it was called by tape games which displayed custom >>> loading screens.
  7. This is btw the same issue that I reported in 2021. I also acquired a new Lotharek Fujinet device and I'm surprised it's still in the firmware in 2024. The issue is with a lot games in Fandal's cataloge. I think a lot of files in Fandals XEX's are CAS conversions and do some kind of warm-reset after loading to actually start the game. The SDrive bootloader has no issues with this. The Fujinet one however does not behave nicely with most of Fandals XEXs. \twh
  8. Hi Todd, i find your list very informative and helpful. thank you! I personally missed the 80's arcade times .. I was too young and also lived in a country where there were no Arcades (East Germany). I only can imagine living in a time with affordable personal computers that were just enough powerful to replicate the arcades games. It must have been wonderful to be able to play the arcade games at home for a simple one-time payment. I guess everyone would accept some small technical limitations. But most of the Atari 800 arcade conversions were really close to the original. The 400/800 platform was just perfect on this regard. So now I have my personal compilation of arcades and I can "time travel" into a early 80s kid and playing the "hot stuff from arcades" relaxed at home no dime required *gg grüße, \thomas
  9. This is a great game. Very playable and very nicely improved over the BBC original. Although I really like Zybex I find Cyborg Warriors even a bit better. This game offers more graphical detail and in total is closer to genre title like Nemesis, RType, Forgotten Worlds, etc. So thank you very much for this! It was worth the effort. It will be played for sure, especially the 2 player mode is just perfect and is great for training young Atarians
  10. I really wonder what "Lee" is. Just Bruce Lee?
  11. new year - a new hope. I'm still waiting impatiently for "ADoom 1.0" - the one with the gun and better immersion. Seems like we are not so far away from it:
  12. Today I had the opportunity to play the C64 version of Wizard of Wor. Until now I always thought that the C64 version was in all aspects much better than the Atari400/800 version, mainly because of the graphics. But to my surprise I was very disillusioned after a few rounds. Yes the C64 hi-res graphics are clearly better, but the overall atmosphere is much more immersive on the 400/800 for me. Even the pokey sound is much more intense and the many color effects are just super good on the Atari. What is missing is the resolution. So I wonder, if we ever would have a XL/XE WOW hack that would increase the resolution while all other 400/800 aspects remain.
  13. This is a wonderful game. Thank you very much! A true highscore arcade game. Just wow!!
  14. I can’t wait to play the full version with the gun. Actually I’m actively waiting for it until then I won’t play through the current WIP 🙂
  15. Atari game with keyboard-only control?! This is pure blasphemy Good port anyway.
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