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 Addressing a genre that has gone largely ignored on the Atari 2600, Andrew Davie has revealed that he is developing an Atari 2600 Kung Fu style fighting game called Fu Kung!. Fu Kung! will feature large sprites with upwards of 100 frames of animation, and maybe some other surprises if Andrew can squeeze them into this large, 32K game. No word on when Fu Kung! will be released, but Andrew is making quick progress and already the game shows great promise.
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 Chris Larkin is hard at work on a new Atari 2600 game called Kablamo! Based on a card game by the name Boom-O, Chris' version for the 2600 instead uses symbols rather than cards. Each player starts the game with three bombs. Players play cards in turn trying not to get the bomb timer over 60 seconds. If you do, then you go Kablamo! and lose a bomb. Last person with a bomb wins! You can read more about Kablamo!'s development in our Atari 2600 Forum.
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 The organizers of the upcoming PhillyClassic 4 classic gaming show have launched a new website to help promote the event. PhillyClassic 4 is scheduled to take place March 28-30, 2003, at the Valley Forge Convention Center in Philadelphia. You can learn more about the show by visiting the PhillyClassic 4 website, and can purchase tickets online in advance of the show. AtariAge will have a large display at this year's PhillyClassic, and we look forward to seeing many of you there!
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 If you're an Atari ST fan and happen to have a PocketPC, you'll be glad to hear about the announcement of CastCE. CastCE is a fully functional Atari ST emulator that supports hundreds of great games, and runs many of them at full speed on a 206Mhz IPAQ. Please visit the CastCE Homepage for more information and screenshots. A download of this new emulator is promised soon.
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 Version 2.6 of the Atari SAP Music Archive is now available. The Atari SAP music archive contains hundreds of the best tunes from Atari 8-bit computers in a format that can be reproduced perfectly by various SAP players. This latest update adds 93 new songs to this already large collection of great atari 8-bit music. You can get the latest collection as well as players for various platforms at the Atari SAP Music Archive.
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 Looks like the developers of the Virtual Jaguar emulator have been busy the past few weeks, as there are tons of updates over at Potato Emulation. In addition to many screenshots of the emulator in action, there's even some video showing NBA Jam Tournament Edition running (although you'll have to scroll down the page a bit to find it). Development seems to be proceeding nicely, and we look forward to a public release of this Jaguar emulator!
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 Mark DiLuciano has completed work on his latest Atari 8-bit project, the Hollex Cartridge. This cartridge contains 16K of SRAM, powered by a lithium battery, that once loaded with software can be used as any normal cartridge. It will also expand the memory capacity of a 32K machine to 48K. Combined with an SIO2PC cable, this is a great way to play games on an 8-bit system. Additional information, including software to use with the Hollex Cart as well as instructions on how to use it, is located here. The Hollex Cart can be purchased immediately from the AtariAge Store as well as directly from Sunmark.
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 The sister site of the Atari Historical Society has finally launched after a long absence. Some may remember the old site, called the Atari Time Machine, well this is its long-time coming replacement. The new site, Atari Explorer, is one you'll definitely want to add to your Atari bookmarks. Atari Explorer features a comprehensive guide of Atari history, well-illustrated features on Atari game consoles and computers, many interesting articles, and more. Check it out today!
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 After extensive development and testing, Matthew Bacon has announced the launch of a new Atari website, ATARItoday. ATARItoday is a community portal which provides all the latest news headlines (from Atari.Org, Atari-Home, AUN, Atari-Source, Atari Age, ST-Computer and the Polish Atari News page) as well as links and reviews of Atari web sites. ATARItoday also features an English version of the Atari Up-to-date list, a comprehensive database of Atari software. You can find all this at ATARItoday.com.
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 Curmudgeon Gamer has posted an interview with Activision's Ken Love regarding the recently released Activision Anthology for the PS2. Ken was closely involved with the PS2 Anthology project, and without him this game never would have seen the light of day. If you'd like some behind-the-scenes information on what it took to get the Anthology to market, you'll enjoy this interview. Here's a taste:
jvm: How accurate is the emulator? For example, can it draw the star field in Cosmic Ark correctly? Will it handle the illegal opcodes that some modern homebrews have been using to save ROM space?
KL: While I don't claim it to be 100% accurate, I'd be willing to say that IT WILL support any 2600 ROM out there. Albeit, with a fine bit of tuning. But, yeah, it's a very good emulator. We had some of the tough ROMS running on it during it's early days of develeopment: Cosmic Ark, Haunted House and a few others. You can find the complete interview here.
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 The first MyAtari Magazine of the new year is now online for your reading enjoyment. This month's issue features the following articles:
Foreword
Tip of the Day
Welcome to MagiC Mac 10
Do Atari Systems Need USB?
AEX: Tangerine Dream Machine Version 2!
You can find all this and more at MyAtari.net.
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 The next meeting for the New England Classic Gamers Group has been scheduled for February 8th. Escape the winter cold by playing games, making trades, and talking about classic gaming with fellow enthusiasts! Games of all genres are welcome, from the Channel F up to the PS2. The meet is held in Boston and takes place from 4pm until around 9pm. For more information, please visit the New England Classic Gaming Headquarters.
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 Another year of Atari excitement is now behind us and we at AtariAge want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! We hope everyone had as much fun in 2002 as we did and we'd like to thank everyone who helped contribute in some form to AtariAge! We have lots of great plans in store for AtariAge in 2003 and we expect this year will be another great one for Atari fans young and old! We wish everyone a prosperous and joyous New Year!
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 Curt Vendel of the Atari Museum has released a version of Crystal Castles for the Atari 8-bit computers that was programmed long before the XE version that was eventually released in 1988. This version was actually programmed by Atari, Inc. in 1984, and amazingly the game is crammed into only 16K. The version of Crystal Castles that was actually released was programmed by a third-party company and was much larger in size. You can download the original Crystal Castles binary here, and discuss this version with other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 8-bit Forum.
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 Starcat Developments has announced the immediate availability of an Atari Jaguar Dev Tools CD-ROM that contains the complete source code to the Starcat Developments Library, a copy of the www.atari-jaguar64.de website, and even some files that were never available on the site (a complete file list can be found here). The price for this CD is 5 EURO, including shipping. More information can be found at the Starcat Developments website.
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 Version 0.25 of the Atari ST emulator Hatari has been released. Hatari is an Atari ST emulator that runs under Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS, and OS X. This latest version has better support for PowerPC machines, emulation for the blitter chip, and support for big VDI screen resolutions. You can download the latest source as well as a binary for OS X at the Hatari Development Page.
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 Curt Vendel of the Atari Museum has come through again with prototypes for an Atari-related McDonalds game, but this time it's an Atari 8-bit computer version of the game instead of the 2600 version previously discovered. Unlike the 2600 version of McDonalds, the 8-bit version is far more complete and actually playable. To download the binaries to use in your favorite Atari 8-bit emulator, view the screenshots we've posted below, as well as a picture of the actual prototype cartridges, look here. To discuss this prototype with other AtariAge visitors, please stop by our our Atari 8-bit Forum.
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 Chris Hutt (aka Sheddy) has posted an update regarding his Atari 130XE Space Harrier Conversion Project. This ambitious project aims to port the popular Sega arcade game Space Harrier to the Atari 130XE. Be sure to check out the Work in Progress page for the latest updates and screenshots. You can discuss Space Harrier with Chris Hutt and other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 8-bit Forum.
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 If you've got some time off during the holidays and you're looking for something to do, the Atari Jaguar emulator Project Tempest continues to roar along with a new release. Version 0.4 of Project Tempest includes the following improvements from the last version:
Sound Emulation in some games
New HLE blitter for a nice speed boost
Fixed invalid colors in some games
Lots of other fixes
Please visit the Project Tempest page to download the latest version and to keep up with the lastestdevelopments.
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 Addressing a section of the site we haven't given much attention to as of late, we are proud to announce that we have just uploaded manual scans for every domestically released Activision game for the Atari 2600. These are complete scans of each colorful Activision manual from Barnstorming to Tennis, totaling over 40 additions to our growing collection of 2600 manual scans. You can browse all the Atari 2600 manuals we have online here, and if you'd like to browse through our database for just Activision titles, follow this link.
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