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 Steven Tucker and ABBUC have teamed up to create an Atari XL/XE USB Cartridge. The cartridge allows the use of USB peripherals with Atari 8-bit computers, such as keyboards, joysticks, steering wheels, and more. Support for additional USB devices will be added as new drivers are written. The software for the cartridge is open source and is part of the MicroUSB project. Pre-ordering begins now and ends with shipments starting 12/01/2004. To learn more about the Atari 8-bit USB cartridge, please visit the Atarimax.com.
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 The Krokodile Cartridge Label Contest ends Sunday, November 14th, so if you're working on a label design for the contest you'll need to submit your label soon! Thus far nearly 70 designs have been submitted! In case you missed the original announcement, the Krokodile Cartridge is a programmable game cartridge for the Atari 2600 game console containing 512K of Flash ROM that can be programmed by connecting the cartridge to a Windows PC (more details are available here). Krokodile Cartridge creator Armin Vogl and AtariAge have teamed up to sponsor a contest to design an original label for the Krokodile Cartridge. The winner of the contest will receive their own Krokodile Cartridge, free of charge (a $99 value), as well as his or her name in the credits as listed in the manual. Complete details on how to enter the contest may be found here, and the Krokodile Cartridge can be pre-ordered in the AtariAge Store here. Good luck!
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 Man Goes Down – no it's not rude, just an accurate description of the gameplay for a new Atari 2600 homebrew game being developed by Alex Herbert. You see, you control this little guy, negotiating platforms that continuously scroll up the screen. Get pushed off the top or fall off the bottom and it’s game over. There's fruit and other goodies to collect along the way to help you on your journey down. Man Goes Down will fully support Richard Hutchinson's AtariVox speech module. Not only does this add cool synthesised speech to the game, it also stores the preferred TV mode (NTSC/PAL/PAL60) plus the top 5 scores with the players' initials! You can visit our In Development section to view a wide variety of screenshots from the game, and can follow its progress (and download the binary to try yourself) in our Homebrew Development Forum.
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 The latest issue of Armchair Arcade is now online, featuring another original cover painted by Seb Brassard. The fifth issue of Armchair Arcade covers Atari to Tandy and much in-between, including:- Chasing the Dream: The Tribulations of a Bedroom Game Programmer by Nickolas Marentes
- Armchair Arcade's Classic Review Radio Special by Bill Loguidice
- On Family Gaming by Matt Barton
- Dungeons & Desktops by Mathew Tschirgi
- Hot Topic editorial: Emulation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Part 1
Please visit Armchair Arcade for all this and more!
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 A new version of the Atari 5200 emulator Jum52 for the Playstation 2 has been released. This emulator takes advantage of the "PS2 Independance" exploit and runs from a memory card. Improvements over the previous version include:- Incorporated Jum52 v0.8a updates
- Converted PS2 code to use ps2sdk 1.1
- Memcard handling for load/save state
- Removed CD handling code.
- Implemented player 2 controller
- Modified to run off the MC
Please visit the Jum's A5200 Emulator page for more information and to download Jum52 for the PS2 and other platforms.
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 The sixth issue of Retrogaming Times Monthly is now online for your reading pleasure. Highlights from the November 2004 issue include:- Retrogaming Commercial Vault - The Odyssey 2 Voice! and Keyboard!
- Many Faces of Space Invaders
- Collecting in Australia - PAL vs NTSC
- 8 Bit Slam Dunks
- Galaxians vs Space Invaders - your votes tabulated
- CoCo Games that are Turkeys for Thanksgiving
- A Vic 20 Resurgence
You can find all these articles and more over at Retrogaming Times Monthly!
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 Coinciding with the 20th Anniversary of when the Atari 7800 was originally slated to ship, Static Gamer has announced an Atari 7800 Homebrewerpalooza Contest. While homebrew development for the 2600 and 5200 has been fairly active, to date there has been little homebrew activity on the 7800, and this contest aims to help change that. Entries for the contest can include original Atari 7800 homebrew games as well as hacks of existing games, and the contest runs through June 27th, 2005 (Atari's anniversary). You can learn more about the contest here and discuss the contest with fellow Atari 7800 enthusiasts in our Contests Forum.
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 Game Console Hacking is a new book that explores hacking a wide variety of game consoles, from the Atari 2600 all the way through the Xbox. Two of the book's principle authors are Joe Grand (of Pixels Past) and Albert Yarusso (of AtariAge), who contributed a significant amount of classic gaming material to the book. In addition to learning how to perform a myriad of hardware hacks on classic and modern consoles, the book also covers homebrew efforts for these systems and you'll find a primer on electrical engineering basics to help get you started. An added bonus is the great foreword written by Ralph Baer, "The Father of Video Games". You can view the front cover here and the back cover of the book here. Game Console Hacking can be purchased from Amazon.com and other online and offline retailers.
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The Krokodile Cartridge is a programmable game cartridge for the Atari 2600 game console containing 512K of Flash ROM that can be programmed by connecting the cartridge to a Windows PC. The cartridge supports several different bankswitching methods and also includes 32K of built-in RAM to support games that require additional onboard cartridge memory (such as Atari's SARA-chip games). Krokodile Cartridge creator Armin Vogl and AtariAge have teamed up to sponsor a Krokodile Cartridge Label Contest to design an original label for the Krokodile Cartridge. The winner of the contest will receive their own Krokodile Cartridge, free of charge (a $99 value), as well as his or her name in the credits as listed in the manual. Complete details on how to enter the contest may be found here, and the Krokodile Cartridge can be pre-ordered in the AtariAge Store here. Good luck!
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 A new version of the excellent Atari STE emulator Steem Engine has been released. Steem runs the vast majority of Atari ST software, is designed to be easy to use with many unique features, and is available for Windows and Linux. The newly released version (3.2) contains many improvements and bug fixes since the previous 3.1 release. Please visit the Steem Engine home page for a complete list of changes and to download the emulator.
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 The second issue of Video Game Collector is now shipping! Video Game Collector is a new magazine covering classic gaming consoles, including a complete price guide and checklist for every major video game system from the Atari 2600 up through the Xbox. This second installment includes several new features, including:- Timeline, a video game history column by Leonard Herman
- Twin Galaxies, the official column from the official video game scoreboard
- Old School, an exclusive new column from legendary game designer Steve Woita
- Homebrew Haven, a brand-new, two-page article by Albert Yarusso
- New listings and price updates in the price guide
- Collector's Spotlight featuring John Keyes of the Houston Computer Museum
- ...and more!
You can purchase Issue #2 of Video Game Collector from the AtariAge Store, and subscriptions are available at the Video Game Collector web site.
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 The Atari Video Club has announced the grand opening of the AVC News Stand. The AVC News Stand has images from the covers of the various AVC Jagfest issues along with detailed information about each issue. The Jagfest issues as well as Video Game Summit programs can be ordered through Cafepress.com. AVC has also announced plans for a new magazine, "Into The Zone", that will make its debut early next year. You can learn more about the Atari Video Club News Stand here and jump to the News Stand here.
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 A new version of the popular Atari ST emulator SainT is now available. Version 1.71 of SainT includes the following improvements from the previous release:- Fullscreen + Spectrum512 extreme left border color fixed
- Double odd address fixed
- Added "Clear all breakpoints" button in debugging panel
You can read a list of all the recent changes to SainT here and download the emulator from the SainT Home Page.
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 Richard Hutchinson has announced that he is developing an external speech synthesis/sound effects unit for the Atari 2600 and 7800, named the AtariVox. The AtariVox is similar to Richard's VecVox speech module for the Vectrex, and includes 32K of onboard memory that game authors can use to store high scores, save points, and so forth. The AtariVox uses the new SpeakJet sound chip and plugs into the second joystick of an Atari console. You can learn more about Richard's projects by visiting his web site and can also follow discussion about the AtariVox in our Atari 2600 Forum.
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 Chronicles of Airata is a new Atari 2600 homebrew now in development by Maciej Kozlowski. In Chronicles Of Airata you control a knight named Sir Pixel on his quest against the Evil Wizard and his legions of monsters. Your mission is to steal all of the Evil Wizard's powers by killing his legions of beasts. You can fight and defend with the sword, as well as use some magic spells to heal yourself or blast your enemies. There are different types of monsters, which move at different speeds and some of them can even use magic against you. The game uses just one joystick for both fighting and magic. You can view screenshots of Chronicles Of Airata here and discuss the game with Maciej and other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 2600 Forum.
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 A new website titled Atari Cave, dedicated to the classic Atari 8-bit computer line, has been launched. The site intends to be a comprehensive guide to the large army of games released on the Atari 8-bit computers, including those distributed on cassette, cartridge, and disk media. Reviews of games include box scans, instructions, screenshots, game tips, maps, related links, and more. Please visit AtariCave.com to browse the first batch of reviews they've put online.
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 Videogame Wiz has announced an Atari 2600 MaxiCart, similar in function to their previous 5200 MaxiCart offering. The 2600 MaxiCart is a special Atari 2600 cartridge that allows loading games into it using a Windows PC. To program the MaxiCart, you connect the cartridge to a PC with a USB cable and then use the loader program to download software into the cartridge. Once the code has been downloaded into the MaxiCart it can be used as any other Atari 2600 cartridge in a console. To learn more, please visit Videogame Wiz.
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 Vintage Computer Festival (VCF) is an international event that celebrates the history of computing, with their next event set for the weekend of November 6th and 7th, 2004. VCF 7.0 will take place at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, and will feature the first public screenings of a new BBS Documentary, a Retro-Code Challenge, a great lineup of speakers and workshops, an exceptional exhibits gallery where you can display pieces from your own collection, and much more. The Retro-Code Programming Challenge will pit teams against one another to see who can write the best video game in three hours, and includes an Atari 800 team. To learn more, please visit the Vintage Computer Festival web site.
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 Clicks! is a new puzzle-game for the Atari Jaguar being developed by Matthias Domin. Based on the SameGame concept, the purpose of the game is to clear a playfield of 100 colored tiles. Clicks! will be released as an encrypted Jaguar CD and will sport the following features:- Practice and Level-modes
- Several "desktop themes"
- Multi-Lingual
- Demo Scripts explaining the game
- Settings and HiScores stored on MemoryTrack
- Cinepak-movie at start-up
- BJL Loader
You can view screenshots of Clicks! here, and discuss this upcoming Jaguar game in our Jaguar Forum.
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Version 1.0.7 of Virtual Jaguar, an Atari Jaguar emulator based on the Virtual Jaguar source code released by Potato Emulation, is now available. With nearly a year having passed since the last release, quite a few improvements have been made to the emulator. Binaries are available for Windows and Linux, and the source is available as well. You can view a complete list of changes here and keep up with the latest Virtual Jaguar news over at SDLEmu.
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