Sector Wars - New Atari Game Release (Potential 1980s English Software Release)

[Sector Wars - New Atari Game Release (Potential 1980s English Software Release)]

Thank you very much! I will test it on real hardware.

[AtariMania Top Games by Rating (101+)]

I like very much Atarimania Top 100 pages, but there are the problems mentioned by @MrFish

 

I do think too only registered users should be allowed to vote. Poor "revenge" votes would be still possible; perhaps reducing voting range (1-10) could help.

 

Top 100 Downloads page is more faithful but obviously top 100 titles will continue to be the most downloaded because people will continually download them because they are in that page.

 

I agree with @Guy1 that it would be interesting to see titles pas #100.

 

[Karateka - MaxFlash Patched version.]

I recorded a video that shows an example (Karateka) of the starting glitches that some games have and Homesoft removes, if possible.

 

[Karateka - MaxFlash Patched version.]

1 minute ago, Jacques said:

@Philsan  There are no starting glitches in 130XE version I attached, though.

Some games shows some garbage at the start and Homesoft removes it.

 

Here's what appears at the start of your version (for less than a second).

 

[Another Atarian leaves us..]

Dedicated to Bob.

 

[Karateka - MaxFlash Patched version.]

2 hours ago, Jacques said:

Not sure if anyone is interested, but I attached Karateka binary file, which requires 130XE to run, though.

KARATEKA.EXE 80.54 kB · 7 downloads

 

Karateka.xex (128) is available on Homesoft, without starting glitches (as usual with Homesoft games).

http://www.mushca.com/f/atari/index.php?idx=K

 

[Better BASIC?]

Turbo-Basic XL (1985), faster, compatible with Atari Basic, compilable.

 

If you program on PC (but works on Atari too), there's the awesome modern FastBasic.

 

See at the end of this post:

 

 

[Sdrive-Max user manual]

1 hour ago, tajvdz said:

Hello, I have a question about the Sdrive Max. With control-L you can switch to long file names. However when you reboot the Sdrive it is turned off again. Is it possible to save it to the cfg file so that it is turned on all the time?

CTRL + W

 

You can find documentation here: https://atari8bit.net/everything-sdrive-max/

[Another Atarian leaves us..]

I am very sorry for your less, may he rest in peace, condoleances.

 

What does it mean "Sadly when he was put in the home all that stopped as he wasn't allowed his lap top because he would throw stupp about including it".

I am not sure I undertood correcty. He wasn't allowed to bring his laptop?

[Just ordered an Atari 800XL, was wondering about those multicart things.]

Check out comparison table in Topic for newbies.

 

Here's the short answer, for average users, without special needs or hardware add-ons:

• If you need to load ATR only games (download Homesoft collection with "Download all" button to find out which of the best games are ATR only) or applications, buy a SIO device (SIO2PC-USB if you have a nearby PC or an external SIO device if you want a stand-alone solution: SDrive-Max at the moment seems the best solution).
• If games on ATR format only aren't important for you, if you like fast or instant load, if you like to play some cartridge format games that otherwise would need a memory expansion, buy a multicart (AVGCart at the moment seems the best solution: cheaper, has a limited ATR compatibility and disk swap button - developer is working on adding full ATR compatibility).

 

[Lasermania NTSC fix.]

9 hours ago, matosimi said:

Heh, funny the file statistics does not show there is an update, however I tried the previous version from homesoft (still saved in download dir) so I can see there is different CRC of the zip file (even the xex modification date is set to 1.1.1980).

 

This version contains Wilheim's NTSC fix and level 02 is NOT working

 

Please try the latest update. 🙏

[New Unreleased Atari 8-bit Game in 100% Assembly Language]

Will you release the cabinet too? 😄

 

I've noticed the high score screen.

Eventually you could think about releasing a version using the AtariMax Maxflash rom format; then you could add high-score save feature (like Pac-Man 2012 or Space Harrier).

[The Flinstone's Adventures]

8 hours ago, Sikor said:

So, time to check other Sellinger's Brothers production... Try Jurrasic Park for example (dont miss with Satantronic/Sikor Soft "Jurrasic Park II")

Nice game too. It seem to work with both OSes. Do you know its release date? Atarimania and Fandal don't have this information.

@miker ?

[Lasermania NTSC fix.]

Martin, I asked Homesoft to fix his version.

Could you please check out if it's OK now?

[The Flinstone's Adventures]

The mighty Homesoft kindly fixed The Flinstone's Adventure and Ghastly Night.

 

Now they work on OS version 4 too.

[Atari Spotted in video:]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_on_Video

[Unreleased Game Week (Including Sector Wars written in Assembler)]

Hi Vic!

 

11 years has passed!

 

I made a donation but unfortunately you raised not much money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

 

I am glad you're OK and you'll release your game.

[Where did this DOS interface came from?]

MiniDOS.atr

[Where did this DOS interface came from?]

17 minutes ago, Philsan said:

Compute! June 1984 and July 1984

 

3 minutes ago, Preppie said:

I knew I'd seen this before, used to use it myself.  

 

https://archive.org/details/1984-06-compute-magazine/page/n117/mode/2up

 

I never managed to see part 2 as getting hold of compute magazine in the eighties was a bit hit or miss where I lived, but now I can read it

 

https://archive.org/details/1984-07-compute-magazine/page/n141/mode/2up

 

14 minutes late. 😂

[Where did this DOS interface came from?]

33 minutes ago, CharlieChaplin said:

To me it looks like the mini DOS above is actually "MacroDOS" by Jerry Allen, released 1984 (?) in Compute magazine. 

 

Attached the program with the docs I have and also attached the mini DOS programs I found on several german magazines.  Note: *.BAS are Atari Basic files, *.AUT means that these ML-files must be renamed to Autorun.SYS to work...

 

 

MacroDOS.zip 83.12 kB · 4 downloads MiniDOSe.zip 32.62 kB · 4 downloads

Compute! June 1984 and July 1984

[Where did this DOS interface came from?]

I think Andreas @CharlieChaplin will surely give us infos...

[Unicorns season: Prince of Persia for the A8!]

22 minutes ago, rensoup said:

wouldn't the poll be displayed with the first post though ?

 

poll is live: 

 

 

In fact after voting I changed my mind, I would keep current version, therefore my vote is wrong.

[Unicorns season: Prince of Persia for the A8!]

#3

[Major Blink - C16 port to the A8]

3 hours ago, Nojeee said:

Here's an updated version of Major Blink as requested. I'm using the same code as that released for the 5200 ... the changes are mainly to the front end which is more like that of Berks Four. There are a few cosmetic changes to the game itself along with some adjustments to the way the game ramps up difficulty with each completed screen. Extra lives are now based on your starting skill level - this stops you banking lives by starting at the lower skill levels. I also had to reintroduce some PAL/NTSC adjustments.

 

I've given this a day's testing on Altirra and it seems fine ... fingers crossed.

 

Major_Blink_2020.xex 21.07 kB · 6 downloads

Thank you very much!

[Lasermania NTSC fix.]

7 hours ago, matosimi said:

Well, I tried your version, but it cannot be beaten.

I remember back in the days, there were multiple versions of lasermania... and there is also my own version [f MatoSimi] that should be correctly playable:

 

http://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=katalog&sub=L&tg=Lasermania#Lasermania

 

I do not remember what was the catch, but there must be a reason for that many versions of the game.

There's also Homesoft XEX version, with starting glitches (characters) removed as usual.