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 If you're tired of all the negative press E.T. for the Atari 2600 has gotten over the years, Duane Alan Hahn has created a new pro-E.T. section under Fi's Atari 2600 Memories. Besides sharing what he likes about the game, Duane has also created a map page, scans of the manual and tips sheet, and an E.T. appreciation page where you can submit your own pro-E.T. comments. You can find all this and more at Fi's Atari 2600 Memories.
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 Videogame-Wiz has announced that their Atari 5200 MaxiCart is now available for purchase. The MaxiCart is a special Atari 5200 cartridge that allows gamers and developers to download game files using a USB port into its flash memory via a PC. Once a game has been transferred to the MaxiCart, it can be played on any Atari 5200 console. The cartridge will retain the game until a different one is loaded. For more information, please visit Videogame-Wiz.
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 In preparation for attending PhillyClassic 5 in March, we've put together a comprehensive set of pages detailing what you can expect when you stop by the AtariAge booth at the show. We'll have a large number of Atari 2600, 5200, Jaguar, Lynx and ColecoVision systems setup demoing the latest games and games in development, as well as a wide variety of tournaments you can participate in. Many homebrew authors will be on hand to talk about and demo their games, and Howard Scott Warshaw will be at the AtariAge booth autographing copies of his game Saboteur, which will be released at the show in boxed form. You can also pre-order many of the games we'll be offering for sale at the show, in case you are not able to attend personally. For all the details, please check out the AtariAge at PhillyClassic 5 pages. And if you'll be there, don't forget to sign up for your personalized name badge!
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 Version 3.0 of the Steem Engine Atari ST emulator has been released. Steem runs the vast majority of Atari ST software and is designed to be easy to use with many unique features. Version 3.0 contains a large number of improvements and bug fixes over the previously released version, and is a must-download if you're an Atari ST fan. Please visit the Steem Engine home page for a complete list of changes and to download the emulator for Windows and Linux.
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 Dennis Debro has released a beta version of his upcoming Atari 2600 homebrew game Climber 5. Your goal in Climber 5 (an enhanced port of a game that first appeared in Compute! magazine) is to ascend to the upper rafters of a building under construction to retrieve a baseball that has been hit up there. Climber 5 will make its debut at PhillyClassic 5 next month, and will feature a label design by Jason Dvorak, who was the winner of the Climber 5 Label Contest. You can download the beta and discuss the game with Dennis Debro in our Homebrew Discussion forum.
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 Zach Matley and AtariAge have chosen the 28 playfields that will be included in the Combat Redux binary and the cartridge to be released at next month's PhillyClassic 5! The three random recipients of a Combat Redux cartridge are Al Kuester, DDCecil, and Walter Lauer, and every individual who had a playfield chosen will receive a $5 gift certificate in the AtariAge Store. To view all the winners, as well as all the the other (nearly 200!) submissions, please visit the Combat Redux Playfield Design Contest page. Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to everyone who made this a hugely successful contest! If you enjoyed making playfields for Combat Redux, you'll want to go take a look at the Indy 500 XE Track Design Contest we're presently hosting!
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 Issue #78 of Retrogaming Times is now online, jam-packed with a large variety of classic gaming articles. Here are some highlights from this month's issue:- Silverball Addiction
- MAME reviews of Roller Jammer and Jungle King
- Vic-20 Reviews
- Retrogaming Commercial Vault
- The Many Faces of...Montezuma’s Revenge
You can find these stories and more at Tomorrow's Heroes.
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 If you live in the Northwest US, you'll want to mark your calendar for the weekend of May 8, 2004. The NorthWest Classic Games Enthusiasts (NWCGE) has announced that this year's show will be held in a larger venue at the Seatac International Airport Holiday Inn. As with previous events, the highlight of this year's expo will be the Annual Northwest Atari Championships, with many prizes awarded for those that can demonstrate their expertise in out-scoring their competitors in a wide variety of classic games. And as always, the show is an excellent opportunity to purchase, trade, play, and discuss games for a wide variety of systems, and appearances by several video game celebrities are expected. For more information, please visit the NWCGE website at nwcge.org.
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 Atari created a great driving controller for the Atari 2600, but only released one game to take advantage of it: Indy 500. While Indy 500 is great fun to play, it has a limited number of tracks. Gustavo del Dago has taken it upon himself to develop a new version of Indy 500 titled Indy 500 XE. This new version features more tracks (the game has been increased in size from 2K to 4K), the tracks are double-resolution, allowing for more detailed and interesting levels, different car graphics for each player, and more game variations.
Additionally, Gustavo has created an easy-to-use Windows-based track editor that allows the easy creation of new tracks, loading and saving of tracks (so you can go back later to refine them), selection of background, playfield, and player colors, and the ability to generate a binary so you can immediately test your creations. AtariAge and Gustavo are sponsoring a contest on AtariAge to allow everyone a chance at creating tracks that might be included in a cartridge version of Indy 500 XE, scheduled to make its debut at PhillyClassic 5 in March.
You can learn more about the contest and how to enter here. Have fun and good luck!
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 Andrew Davie has managed to get his hands on a prototype of the Krokodile Cart for the Atari 2600, and has written a review about it to whet your appetite. The Krokodile Cart (a work-in-progress name) is a new Atari 2600 flash cart designed by Kroko that emulates a 2600 cartridge, including various bankswitching schemes. The cartridge, which connects to a PC via a serial interface, can support games up to 512KB in size and plans are to include 128KB of RAM, which could allow for some fairly elaborate games. You can read Andrew's full review here, which include some pictures of the cart. Additional information and pictures can be found here.
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 Matt Reichert of AtariProtos.com has announced that the 7800 Section of his prototype reviews site is now online. Matt has posted thorough reviews of ten different Atari 7800 prototypes, including unreleased games such as GATO, Klax, and Pit Fighter. You can find reviews of these 7800 prototypes and much more over at AtariProtos.com.
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 Saboteur is an enjoyable multi-level shooter written by Howard Scott Warshaw, the Atari programmer and designer responsible for Yars' Revenge, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. In Saboteur, you play the role of Hotot, a cybernetic life form who must destroy a secret missile base that evil intruders plan to use as a launching site to destroy the galaxy's power source. Saboteur was never released by Atari, and at some point work was even done to modify the game to fit the A-Team television show.
Saboteur will be released in cartridge form at PhillyClassic 5 with a professionally printed box, manual and label, all in the style of Atari's original silver label releases. Howard Scott Warshaw will be attending PhillyClassic 5, and will be autographing copies of Saboteur purchased at the show! This is a more complete version of the game than what is currently floating around the net. You can read a thorough review of Saboteur over at AtariProtos.com.
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 Version 0.95 of the continually improving Jaguar emulator Project Tempest has been released. The latest version fixes some issues with CDI version 4.0 files. Please visit the Project Tempest development site to download the latest version and keep up with the latest Project Tempest news.
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 A new version of the work-in-progress Atari 7800 emulator EMU7800 has been released. Version 0.50 of EMU7800 includes the following changes:- "The Truth in Advertising" release... now, most 7800 titles are playable
- 7800 BIOS startup can be skipped
- Both .a78 and .bin 7800 ROMs are supported
- Added gamestate save/restore
- Added mouse-based lightgun support
- Added GUI options for varying emulation speed, etc.
You can download and learn more about EMU7800 here.
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Version 0.8.6beta of ARAnyM (Atari Running on Any Machine) is now available for downloading. ARAnyM is a virtual machine for running the Atari ST/TT/Falcon operating systems and has been ported to a wide variety of computing platforms. Improvements in the latest version include:- Visual improvements in Setup GUI
- New functions available in Setup GUI
- Fixed changing path to Floppy in Setup
- Fixed serious bug in Floppy path configuration
- Fixed serious bug in NVRAM handling
- Fixed (hopefully) problem with HostFS mount points on ARAnyM reboot
You can view the latest news and download the latest source code and binaries at the ARAnyM Home Page.
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 Jaguar enthusiast Jason Smith has announced that he is now taking orders for the Jaguar Extremist Pack #1. This first collection contains three rare Jaguar/PC CDs--Black Ice/White Noise Revision 23, Battlemorph Beta Unencrypted, and the Dante.exe Needle Path Test. The first pack costs $34 (including shipping in the US), and must be purchased before February 22nd. For complete details about this collection (as well as the ones to follow) and to order a copy, please visit Jayson Smith's Jaguar site here.
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 Fans of classic gaming and computing will want to hurry on over to Videlectrix, a company dedicated to creating new games inspired by the Atari 2600 and other old school systems. Browsing through their catalog you'll find such stellar titles such as, "Pigs on Head", "Sundae Drivin", "King Dingo", Salad Daze", and many more. Those familiar with the world of Homestar Runner will especially feel at home when visiting the Videlectrix site. Enjoy!
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The Atari STE Fanpage is proud to announce that they have reached the 150th entry in their archive after being online for two months. The Atari STE Fanpage features STE news, a list of software that takes advantage of STE features, STE-related links, and more. The Atari STE is an Enhanced version of the Atari ST computer, featuring improved graphics and sound capabilities over the original release of the ST. If you'd like to learn more about the STE computers, please stop by the Atari STE Fanpage today!
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 A new Atari site has just been launched by the name Atarimania. With a focus on the Atari 2600 and 8-bit computers, the goal of Atarimania is to provide a large wealth of information that hasn't been available previously online, including scans of rare and international catalogs, magazine scans (particularly of foreign issues), scans of hard-to-find documentation, classic Atari game ads taken from magazines, and much more. Atari 8-bit enthusiasts should especially enjoy the site, as Atarimania is dedicated to hosting the most complete and accurate games database available online. You can visit Atarimania at www.atarimania.com.
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 If you're one of the many people who enjoys tinkering with electronics to see what makes them tick, then you'll want to check out Hardware Hacking: Having Fun While Voiding Your Warranty. This new book, co-authored by Joe Grand of Pixels Past and Albert Yarusso of AtariAge, dives into the world of hacking a wide variety of electronic devices. "Hardware Hacking" has over 120 pages of videogame-related hacks for the Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, 8-bit computers, and the PlayStation 2. Also covered are topics such as custom case mods, iPod hacks, wireless and mobile device experimentation, and much more! Stop by the AtariAge booth at PhillyClassic 5 to buy a copy of the book at 25% off the cover price and have it autographed by Joe and Albert. Read on for more details, including PDFs of the Table of Contents, Introduction, and Foreword.
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