Ultra Disassembler by Adventure International

[Ultra Disassembler by Adventure International]

26 minutes ago, DjayBee said:

In the linked thread above is also a disk image.

 

This means that the program doesn't autoboot? 

[Ultra Disassembler by Adventure International]

Many thanks, just added it to Atarimania!

[California Games was actually in production for the ATARI 8-Bit but no code might have ever been produced.]

Main Street Publishing re-released many games in budget format and sometimes had weird packaging such as this box:

http://www.a8preservation.com/#/software/release/6074

 

The label is typical Main Street Publishing "quality" and even the disk sleeve is in line with what the company churned out. Sometimes, it seems they just used leftovers found God knows where. 

 

 

[Recordings of cassette loader music?]

Would you be willing to make .wav files of some of your tapes so they can be archived for the Atari Software Preservation Initiative project?

 

For example, there is no cassette dump of any of the Early Games programs and Juggles' House needs to be verified.

[Jumpman hacking]

50 minutes ago, Mclaneinc said:

As much as I'd like to hope so I can't but imagine this year has been nothing but trouble for almost every one, jobs going, sudden need to find people to look after small children, the sickness itself and just worry upon worry..

 

You forgot Brexit 

[California Games was actually in production for the ATARI 8-Bit but no code might have ever been produced.]

No, it's entirely clear California Games would've been developed by Epyx but released on cartridge by Atari under catalog number RX8122 through the licensing agreement mentioned in the letter.

[I'm looking for "GRAPHICS 7 PAINTER"]

You're right, it could just be a hack. 

[California Games was actually in production for the ATARI 8-Bit but no code might have ever been produced.]

It would also be interesting to know what happened to Winter Games, which supposedly exists as a prototype at least.

[I'm looking for "GRAPHICS 7 PAINTER"]

The first version was likely just a PD program and never published as a type-in.

[Magic Castle]

Now that's dedication!

[Championship Lode Runner]

37 minutes ago, FULS said:

Blue on my TV set.

 

Thanks, the game gives the right colors if you play with Altirra's "artifacting phase" option.

[Championship Lode Runner]

Do the bricks look blue or green on regular NTSC hardware?

 

 

[Championship Lode Runner]

Jeff is referring to Championship Lode Runner, not Lode Runner proper.

[Championship Lode Runner]

36 minutes ago, FULS said:

Most are in black and white, which means they were only sector copied.

They were protected in such a manner that it would play but look bad.

 

What makes you think this is due to bad deprotection?

 

There's an .atx file somewhere which seems to play just fine with artifacted colors, the only problem being the bricks turn out green instead of blue if you don't adjust the graphics.

 

 

[Old BASIC demo by Jeff Minter found!]

Thanks for that!

 

BTW, still looking for this one as well! 

[Old BASIC demo by Jeff Minter found!]

Found by accident while exploring some random old disks:

http://www.atarimania.com/demo-atari-400-800-xl-xe-zarjaz_37256.html

[Images generated by RastaConverter]

Hope to see some pictures in honor of Diego Maradona, tried one but it didn't do him justice.

[Disc O' Pop - Abbuc Software Contest 2020]

This is crazy, I couldn't score more than 22 points!

[Uridium demo.]

 

[Last Squadron ABBUC software contest 2020]

Really love it. Too bad there's no loading picture and the options screen looks a bit cheap compared to the game itself. 

[Disc O' Pop - Abbuc Software Contest 2020]

Love your game, incredibly addictive!

[Games that are bigger on disk version]

38 minutes ago, xxl said:

Spelunker

Goonies (different music)

 

Spelunker was never released on tape.

 

I believe the different music in The Goonies had to do with the rights to Cyndi Lauper's song which were for the US only (though early copies sold on disk by US Gold probably sneaked out and had the original music).

[Games that are bigger on disk version]

Some more: Chopper Rescue, Choplifter! (though it was released on cartridge and not tape), B-1 Nuclear Bomber, Crossfire...

[Games that are bigger on disk version]

Some games have an additional loading screen or better presentation, not sure that qualifies...

[Games that are bigger on disk version]

Serpentine, Zorro, Zaxxon...