Zafinn Books

Check out the website Next Monday (29th) for all the info. Prices will include shipping to your particular region.

Agreed! GameGuide ST and Lynx covered much more than games, it covered history, hardware, resources and had interviews as well as other great content. I'm doing the same again for the Jaguar, and the book is for old and new players too.

Thanks for the link. I haven't read that so I can't comment. The GameGuide series (Atari ST and Lynx, and now Jaguar) is different in that it contains history, hardware, reviews, resources and interviews within a themed design layout and quick reference.

Yes, the info will be there Monday the 29th.

Never say never, but the official history, hardware and software is the main theme of these GameGuides - I always try and provide current resources in the books where possible.

@Lostdragon All will be revealed next week 😋

Just a heads-up for Jaguar fans here! If you want to book your copy of GameGuide for the Jaguar, I can take pre-orders for a limited time beginning Monday, 29th April. I hope to ship orders end of July/August (depending on print lead time). My self-published books are stock limited. First 50 orders will get a special GameGuide goodie bag with themed gifts to celebrate the books release. Every copy ships with free themed vinyl stickers 🥰 Contains the history of the Jaguar, interviews, resources, hardware & reviews of all the officially released games. More info soon on the website. *Note: If you have a special Jaguar related project you would like mentioned in the book, please send me a private message. Thank you! Thank you again to all my fellow Atari nuts and loyal Atari fans out there 😊

Hi Lynx lovers! Stock is getting low on my limited reprint of GameGuide Lynx - don't be shy, get your copy before they are gone forever! 😊 Shipping worldwide included in the price on the website. https://zafinnbooks.com Thanks for reading and be safe, Karl www.atariexplorer.com

Hi @x=usr(1536) - No, but I used to go there as a kid to get my Atari stuff too 😁 We supplied Peats among others and had stores across the city including Switzers, Clearys, Eason and Grafton Arcade - and a business center on Chatham Lane.

I use to sell Atari/Commodore system up until 1992 (official Atari/CBM distributor in Ireland), still used my Mega 1 up until 1994 when a 486 entered the home 😬 (still have my original Mega 1). In 1993 I switched sides and spent almost 7 years at Gateway2000/Gateway pushing PCs in marketing. You can read more about that and an interesting Atari/CBM story at my site here > Atari Explorer

These were sold into some Eastern european dealers as special orders circa 1987. The 4160STF was displayed at the World of Atari show the previous year (1986) but never sold. 2080/4160STE's were shipped to developers in 1989. Atari also provided these name-plates to select dealers who upgraded stock models in some countries.

There was an external ROM plugged into the January 1985 CES ST's (2 x working IIRC) - these were strictly policed and were demo'ed by authorised staff. I have some notes somewhere about these, but if any staffers are still around (Landon?), perhaps you can confirm if these ROM Carts (see picture) were loaded with the pre-internal TOS/GEM for the show? I'll check some old HD's for those CES notes to confirm as I can't remember off the top of my head. Picture courtesy of https://www.stcarchiv.de/hc1985/04/ces-1985-kampf-der-kolosse and another image here https://www.gamopat.com/2015/02/quand-atari-a-voulu-bouffer-la-pomme.html

Ahem... 😉

Thanks @Zeptari for the kind words re: GameGuide ST 😊

@Zeptari - all packed up and ready to go! FYI, all the games you mentioned are reviewed, so you obviously have good taste! Ira Velinsky was Atari Corps head of industrial design (previously worked at CBM) and even designed the Jaguar case, unfortunately he sadly passed away in 2000 far too young. He had his own design studio (SoZo) and even did some work for Sega (on the Nomad). 🙂

Thanks @Zeptari much appreciated 😊

FYI, yes I have copies left in stock to answer all the messages in one go 🙂 When they are gone, they are gone though!

FYI - Thank you for all the messages over the holidays. The store is now re-open, and there is a small quantity of We Love Atari books left for sale as well as GameGuide ST and Lynx 🙂

Thank you @MrZarniwoop that means a lot. Have a great Christmas and a super 2024.

I'll be open again on the 8th January 😁 Merry Christmas everyone!

Hello! If you want to get a GameGuide book for the Atari ST for Christmas, please order before the 28th November. Irish Post can guarantee items to the USA and Europe will get there for the big day if I post orders by then. Free vinyl stickers with every book 🙂 Store closes for the holidays on the 1st December and re-opens on the 8th January (with a limited supply of We Love Atari re-prints available too!). Happy Holidays everyone.

Hello! If you want to get a GameGuide book for the Lynx for Christmas, please order before the 28th November. Irish Post can guarantee items to the USA and Europe will get there for the big day if I post orders by then. Free vinyl stickers with every book 🙂 Store closes for the holidays on the 1st December and re-opens on the 8th January (with a limited supply of We Love Atari re-prints available too!). Happy Holidays everyone.

Hi @Zonie - Yep, looked into that. It is possible, as Irish Post offer a book service upto 5kg (with €16 per kg after that) but the savings are less that €25 over a tracked shipment (no tracking on the book service!). A new cart from AA to Ireland costs €31.20 and thats the cheap option! Shipping is expensive and it's a shame because it puts people off buying anything from another country. Anyway, I appreciate the thought 🙂

We are over half-way there, hopefully a few more orders will come through over the weekend. All pre-orders get a free goodie pack (see above) and will be included in draw for a brand-new copy of the hard-back book "The Bitmap Brothers Universe" and three runners-up will get a copy of the forth-coming new book "GameGuide Jaguar" due next year.