Newbie Atari 8-Bit Question

[Skyyking]

Hey gang!,

 

I had a 800 XL back in the day (84-87) and LOVED it! I was wondering where I can find any games and Enulators for the PC?

 

I REALLY miss playing 'Zone Ranger' and a game I REALLY loved was 'Spin Dizzy'. I also LOVED all the Scott Adam adventure games too. I don't think SPA or anybody would really make a big deal over 8-bit games would day? I would just get an 800 XL, but I have very little room for it.

 

I apologize if this is a taboo topic, but I just thought I'd ask.

[zenassem]

I am not at a computer with my bookmarked links, So I will post them later today. I'm sure someone else will answer by then as well. But If you want to get started, you can do some GOOGLE searches. Basically what you will need is:

 

1)Atari800winPlus : This is the best emulator that I have come across. Be sure to get the Plus version.

 

2)800/xl/xe bios roms, OS, &basic roms: They are not to hard to find, but they are usually not on the same site as the emulator.

 

3)The games are a little trickier to find, but I can post some links later. They usuallly come in disk images (.ATR files), cartridge Roms (.ROM) files, Cassette images (.CAS), atari executables other formats, you can read about the other file formats in the Atari800winPlus help.

 

I will follow up later today with actual links.

[zenassem]

Here are some of the links that I have for atari 8-bit emulation, games, utils, disk images. I willl have too look through my bookmarks because I'm sure I have others. I'm not sure if posting these links is frowned upon, so if a moderator will let me know if it's not okay to so so, i won't in the future.

 

http://www.atariage.com/5200/emulation/ata...ri800_tutorial/

http://atariarea.histeria.pl/PLus/downloads_us.htm

http://retrobits.net/atari810.html

http://www.cwc.dircon.co.uk/

http://www.atarimania.com/

http://www.emulators.com/xformer.htm

http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/xlsearch/

http://www.ataritimes.com/8-bit/

http://freeweb.siol.net/diomedes/index.html

http://ape.dyndns.org:8083/

 

Those should help you get started.

 

~Zenassem

[zenassem]

(Could someone let me know if their is an edit feature on this forum? I hate to double post)

 

btw, the atarimania link has a dump of spindizzy (one word) in the 400/800 games section !!!!

 

Good Luck! and Happy Gaming!

 

~zen

[JB]

(Could someone let me know if their is an edit feature on this forum? I hate to double post)

It's been disabled due to problems.

[Skyyking]

Thank you guys! Sorry about not getting back to everybody sooner I think I found a source that sells CD/DVD's full of Atari games and just about every other computer too! I want to wait and see how legit they are before I ost their site, just in case I would'nt want you guys getting ripped off too.

[urborg]

The biggest and most complete archive with games for 8-bit Atari computers is here:

 

http://atari.online.pl

 

Check it out, and have a great fun.