Kirkland

I've collected all the Atari 7800 manuals, colorized them, and combined them into a large PDF so everyone who just has cartridges can enjoy the games. http://www.atensionspan.com/KML/Atari7800/Atari_7800_Manual_Compendium-KML.pdf (for compressed- 94MB) http://www.atensionspan.com/KML/Atari7800/Atari_7800_Manual_Compendium-VGM.pdf (for lossless 4K- 253MB) Waiting to see how the 8.5"x11" print version turns out from Lulu.com (but that's 2 weeks out).. Funny exchange on Reddit: "Do people not realize that atariage.com has always had these?" If you'd actually flip through it, you would notice it also includes maps for Commando, Crossbow, Dark Chambers, Double Dragon, Ikari Warriors, Impossible Mission (Possible Mission hack), Jinx, Super Skateboardin', Tank Command, Tower Toppler, Water Ski, and Xevious.. as well as Trebor's excellent Midnight Mutants walkthrough and a Scrapyard Dog walkthrough, hints for 9 games, level/password codes for three games... and then the main point of this: every cover has been replaced with color box art and every instance of a screenshot and items/weapons/characters artwork has been 100% accurately replaced with in-game graphics- down to the exact scores/lives/levels/enemy locations to make it faithful to the originals. But yes, all of this is on AtariAge. (In original black, red and white, and individually, of course).

http://www.atensionspan.com/KML/Atari7800/A7800 Manual Compendium-V0.95.pdf Known issues fixed. Down to just questioning if the black borders on sideways pages are too jarring. The Mrs. suggested using gray (possibly) or just white (unlikely- I think that affects perceived page layout). Thoughts? Could still use some more web sites (if applicable). And a nap.

http://www.atensionspan.com/KML/Atari7800/A7800 Manual Compendium-V0.9.pdf It's 250MB, so might take a bit to download (shaking fist at GoDaddy) This is optimized for viewing on a 4K monitor, so your mileage at other resolutions may vary. Getting this dialed in. I see the Tower Toppler header needs to shift, and the 2nd set of Xevious maps don't line up with the first. The 5 path Crossbow pics are sideways, but that can't really be helped. Still need to finalize some credits based on print/PDF versions. The print copy won't have the Midnight Mutants or Scrapyard Dog walkthroughs in it- would add 30+ pages to do right, and even then the Scrapyard Dog maps are just way to long to work in print. But they look pretty good in this PDF. On that note, I'd like to push out a final version of this in time for the Atari 2600+ launch, so the clock is ticking. I would like to include some web links on the credits page for more Atari 7800 resources, but outside of AtariAge, Atari7800.org, 7800.8bitdev.org and Atari7800Forever, I'm at a loss for what's out there. Any ideas from you experts? I'm firing off the 600dpi version to Lulu.com on Monday to do a test print. I'm a little concerned about having page numbers on the edges and some covers that go clear to the edge, but I should be ok. If not, I'll have an idea of what needs to be adjusted before continuing on. Any questions/comments/concerns/offers of officially licensing by Atari.. fire away- I'm open to suggestions to make this a comprehensive one-stop guide.

Very good sir! Thanks!

My Title Match Pro Wrestling and Tomcat (just the front cover) are scruffy- a clean scan would save me editing time. Let me scrounge around for my revision list- I think there are some "Rev A" ones (usually more red) I'm missing for completeness sake. Now Atari 5200 and 8bit.. that opens a can of worms. for Atari 2600: http://www.atensionspan.com/evil/A2600-US-Missing.html need to update that- I've gotten scans for Track & Field and picked up Frogger II and Miner 2049er II.

Yes, I would greatly appreciate a Summer Games manual scan. You can trip over the Atari 2600/7800/Sears version manual everywhere, while the 7800 specific version isn't quite "L00K R4R3!"- it just doesn't surface often.

Good news is- I'm making good progress. Bad news is- the guy I was getting the Summer Games manual from backed out. Saw there was only one sale in Pricecharting history, so now it's not for sale. The hunt continues.. http://www.atensionspan.com/KML/Atari7800/A7800-wip4.pdf Table of contents updated, page numbers added, placeholders all filled in. Now it's just editing and dropping pages into the correct spot for the remaining manuals. Still have 2 pages of Filler Space that need something. And have to come up for something to scribble on the back cover. Also decide if I want to put a copy of the Atari 7800 console manual at the back. Enough games say, "follow the instructions in your Owner's Manual." Thoughts? Comments? Anybody with a Summer Games manual and a scanner?...

So I made it pretty, but of course ran out of room to have a master map with all possible paths. Will stick that on another page with the pics of all the Adventurers.. Danger Zone Paths.tif

Yessir- thanks!!

Niiice. I felt bad for just sliding the map for Crossbow into the Jinks maps page, now I can blow it up and put that on page 55 that needs some filler space. I'm trying to keep the individual manuals on facing pages, but the 4 and 12 page ones throw me a gap. I'm sure I'll have a few more filler pages in the back half for even more stuff, while still keeping this under 200 pages. I printed this off at work on the company laser printer, and it still looks quite legible in this scaled-down version (which was my big fear that four 5"x7" pages scaled to 3.9"x5.5" to fit in a 8.5"x11" book would just be too tiny to read.) Will print through lulu.com for edge-to-edge like my other books.

Roughly halfway done. Progress report attached for those interested. Table of contents isn't finalized yet (of course) and Baseball is a placeholder. Any questions/comments/critiques would be appreciated. A7800-wip3.pdf

Your camera is just fine. Could I get you to retake the manual one with just the left side in one pic and just the right side in one pic? Might have to place a book on the top and bottom edges to gently flatten it so it doesn't glare from where it wraps around the case. Otherwise, this is great- I can make this work! Thanks!!

Excellent!! Thank you!!

I know CincYnoTi sold off most (all?) of his PAL stuff a few years back. Not sure if he held onto it or not. And like some other long term members, he hasn't visited in months. I think we're getting old. 🤔

I could easily stitch together a handful of pictures taken with your phone of the instructions side. I'm getting pretty good at editing 😉

That's all I've really been able to find as well, but that doesn't get me closer to the instructions printed on the inside

I'm working on colorizing all the Atari 7800 manuals for a project. (started a year ago..) I am down to missing scans of the PAL Baseball release (the cover slick/inside with instructions) and 600dpi+ scans of Tank Command and Water Ski. There are decent scans of those two Froggo games available- which is my fallback plan, but I'd like to match the quality of the rest of the set- and there are no pics anywhere for Baseball. Any help or info on who might help would be greatly appreciated! A7800-wip.pdf

Atari 8bit has been on my back burner for awhile. I've got a stack of manuals on a desk to scan. I started cleaning up some of what I'd pulled from Atarimania, but sidetracked as always. Looking forward to what pops up- was going to be asking around for submissions myself after I got through A7800/A5200.

Dug around and found my finished "Possible Mission" map. Puzzle pieces are all in there- individually by level and then then by how they combine. A7800-Possible_Mission-Map-NTSC.tif

On the left side of my map I have all the pieces listed. Throughout the map I have at the top of the game screens how it's found on the left side and the proper orientation on the right side- it's been awhile but that sounds right.

I'm plodding through scanning Atari 5200 manuals at 1200dpi before heading back to Atari 2600 manuals. Any thoughts on hosting 3rd party titles (like Activision, Imagic, etc.)? Or will those remain just html/text files to remain "safe" due to the new ownership's legal department?

<at the next quarterly Atari meeting> "...to capitalize on consumer and investor interest in Artificial Intelligence, we have purchased the AI that runs AtariAge. This acquisition will herald in a new age of customer relations for our product." <TrogdarRobusto raises hand> "ummm.. don't you mean 'AL', short for 'Albert'.. not AI?" <corporate finance guy looks at screen> "Sonofa.. what font is this?"

Since actual Atari people are in here.. I've got a project where I've been scanning manuals and I'm wondering on your stance for hosting them going forward. Would you be limited to Atari-owned or open to 3rd party as well? And who would need approval? Is this unnecessary as Atari might now free up and post their original pdfs? Or if those have been lost to time, should I focus more on the Atari side of my project? http://atari7800.videogamemanual.com/ (green & blue links) https://archive.org/details/kirklands_manual_labor_-_atari_2600_-_atari_corp_international_-_4k_version/3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (Atari) [international]/

See, this is what happens when I get sidetracked with other projects I'd made some progress on editing the last few, but cleaning up that Computer World manual to my standards was taking enough time I wandered over to finish up some other sets (just a complete SNES and complete PS2, so not like it was a big deal).. I've got good scans of the Conquest of the World and Quest for the Rings- just need to dig up which drive has them on. Don't need another case of the "Peebs" on this set.

Is this the right page order? Filenames were a smidge goofy Atlantis.pdf