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 Matt Reichert of AtariProtos.com had the opportunity recently to interview game industry veteran Tom Sloper. Tom Sloper has been designing and producing video games since the late 70s, creating games for a large number of consoles over the years, from the Vectrex and Atari 2600 to modern systems such as the PlayStation and GameCube. Companies Tom Sloper has worked for include Smith Engineering, Activision, Atari, and Sega. To read more about Tom Sloper's involvement in the game industry's earlier years, check out Matt's interview with him over at Sloperama.com.
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 Like clockwork, Thomas Jentzsch has come through with another TV Format Conversion for the Atari 2600. The victim this time is Salu's Acid Drop, which was only released in PAL format but can now be enjoyed in NTSC. Acid Drop is similar to the Sega Genesis game Columns, which itself is a twist on the classic Tetris. You can download this conversion and more from our TV Format Conversions page. Enjoy!
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 The full text of the classic book Inside Atari DOS is now online at AtariArchives.org. The book was written by Bill Wilkinson, founder of Optimized Systems Software, a company that created many great programming tools for the Atari 8-bit computers. Due to copyright restrictions, the site includes the full text of the book, but does not include the actual source DOS 2.0S code as in the physical book. You can find this book and many more at AtariArchives.org.
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 The Jaguar emulation scene is certainly heating these days, as another Jaguar emulator titled Virtual Jaguar seems to be making good progress. We don't know much about this emulator yet, but several new screenshots have been posted in recent days. Between this emulator and Project Tempest, we'll hopefully have top notch Jaguar emulation soon!
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 The Macintosh version of MESS (Multi Emulator Super System) has been updated to version 0.61, and the Windows version to version 0.61.2. The MESS emulator supports a wide variety of game systems and computers, including the Atari 5200, 7800 and 8-bit computers. To download the latest Windows and Mac versions of MESS, please visit the MESS Homepage.
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 Atari 2600 programmer Thomas Jentzsch has performed a TV Format Conversion of the game Fatal Run, which was only released in Europe as a PAL title. Owners of the Cuttle Cart will especially appreciate this PAL to NTSC conversion, as it will allow you to play Fatal Run on televisions in North America. In addition to Fatal Run, we've also added three NTSC to PAL conversions by Fabrizio Zavagli ("Rasty"): Cakewalk, Crash Dive, and Kool Aid Man. You can find these conversions and more on our TV Format Conversions Page. To discuss these conversions with other AtariAge visitors, please visit our Atari 2600 Forum.
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 Activision has released Activision Anthology, a collection of Atari 2600 games for the Playstation 2. What makes this different from previous collections, you ask? How about over 40 titles including unreleased games, an 80's soundtrack, classic commercials, scans of boxes and manuals, and even virtual award patches just like the old days! You can read positive reviews at IGN and GameSpot, in addition to reading what AtariAge members have to say in our Forum. Activision Anthology can be purchased at your local game store or at many online retailers including Amazon.
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 Eric Ruck has announced that he is developing a new Breakout clone for the Atari Lynx titled Break. Eric's version goes far beyond Breakout and features several different gameplay modes, as well as many options to keep Breakout fans coming back time and time again. You can read more detailed information as well as view screenshots of an early version of Break here. To discuss Break with Eric Ruck and other AtariAge visitors, please drop by our Atari Lynx Forum.
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 The Combat II Advanced Contest is now over and we have randomly chosen two winners from all the postcards that were submitted! The lucky recipients of limited edition Combat II Advanced cartridges are Chris Johnson of South Perth, Australia, and Fred Hiss of Arvada, Colorado. Thanks to everyone who submitted a postcard and made this a successful and enjoyable contest! You can view all the submitted postcards here.
AtariAge is now selling copies of Combat II Advanced, and the first 100 cartridges feature a reflective gold label. You can find Combat II Advanced in our store here.
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 Tony Bufort has launched a new website devoted entirely to the Atari puzzle game Klax. The site, Klax World, is a treasure trove of knowledge for fans of the popular arcade game that has found its way to many home platforms (including the Atari 2600, 7800, and Lynx). Some of the information you'll find at Klax World includes general info about the game, a summary of Klax tiles, waves, hints, and stack configurations, sounds from the game, links to all the different versions released, links to Klax-related websites, Klax-clones, and more. You can find all this and more at Klax World.
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 The Bradley Trainer was a modification to Atari's Battlezone arcade game created for the US Army to help train personel in the use of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Supposedly only two of these machines were built, and of the two only one of them is known to exist today. The latest version of the arcade enumator MAME (0.62) has support for the Bradley Trainer, which hasn't been emulated until now. Pictures and more information of the Atari Bradley Trainer be found on this site, and screenshots of it running in MAME can be found here.
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Version 3.1 of the Atari 8-bit computer emulator Atari800Win Plus has been released. This version is based on the Atari800 kernel 1.2.4 (with the latest changes) and has many new features, including:
 Network Game Support with Kaillera
Sector Counter
Improved extended XL/XE memory support
Support for large XEGS cartridges
Emulation of MultiJoy4 interface
To learn more about the latest version of Atari800Win as well as download it, please visit the Atari800Win Plus home page.
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We've just made a large update to our Atari 2600 Hacks page, adding ten new hacks that have been submitted to us in recent months. Most of these are graphics hacks of existing games, but there are a few other interesting changes thrown in here as well. The new additions are:
 Aster-Hawk (Charles Morgan)
Attack Of The Mutant Space Urchins (Barry Laws Jr.)
Breaking News (Ric Pryor)
Moby Blues (ATARITALIA)
NOIZ Invaders (SPIKE the Percussionist)
Solaris Trainer (Chris Larkin)
Space Invaders (Ron Corcoran)
Yar vs. Yar (Justin)
Yar's Defeat (Justin)
Z-Tack 2 (Steve Engelhardt)
You can find all of Atari 2600 hacks we have online here. Enjoy!
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 The November issue of MyAtari Magazine is available, and several new articles have been added this week:
Unfinished Business
I had a dream: The Grid Sequencer!
Atari in the USA: Mr Atari's IDE
Do you have 19 inches of rack mounted Atari?
Multi Worms
To read these articles and more from the November issue, please visit www.myatari.net.
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 You've probably heard about the Atari 10-in-1 TV Games product that we mentioned a while back. This self-contained unit, in the form factor of an Atari 2600 joystick, contains ten classic Atari 2600 games, runs off batteries, and plugs directly into the composite inputs of a television. This unit is now beginning to show up at stores and online retailers, and Mike Stulir of Back In Time has posted a review of the unit so you can read about it before running off to buy one. Mike explores the 10-in-1 in great detail and how it might be received by hard core classic gamers, as well as those who haven't touched a 2600 in twenty years. You can find his review, illustrated with pictures, at Back In Time.
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 Issue #73 of 2600 Connection is now available. The July/August isssue (yes, they know it's November) features an autobiography by David Lamkins, "Secret Quest Code Is Cracked!" by Warren Lawrence, News & Notes, Letters, and Classifieds. Subscriptions are $9/year and single issues are $1.50.
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 The Classic Computer Magazine Archive has added Hi-Res Magazine to its archives. Hi-Res was a short-lived magazine, published from 1983 to 1984, dedicated to the Atari 8-Bit and Commodore 64 computers. The archive includes the full text of (all?) four issues. (The publisher recalls that six issues were published, but no one we consulted has seen issues beyond number four. If anyone can verify the existence of issues 5 and 6, please let them know.) Highlights include: An Unauthorized History of Atari, Inc., an interview with David Crane, a preview of the Commodore 264 computer, and 34 Atari and C64 software reviews.
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 The Atari SAP Music Archive has been updated with over 70 new tunes, bringing the total number of songs contained in the archive to 1554. If you're fond of Atari 8-bit computers and haven't yet checked this archive out, now's a great time to do so! In addition to the archive, you can also find a wide variety of SAP players that will run on several different platforms. Please visit the recently overhauled Atari SAP Music Archive for more information.
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 If you're a fan of Epyx games in any shape or form, you need to visit Manuel Polik's Epyx Shrine, dedicated to preserving the history of Epyx and the many games they released on various platforms. The most recent additions to the site are new scans of Epyx advertisements, bringing the total number of ad scans up to 27. You can find these and quite a bit more Epyx goodness at the The Epyx Shrine. Enjoy!
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If you haven't yet sent in a postcard for the Combat II Advanced Contest, you only have a few days left! AtariAge and Mean Hamster Software are giving away two copies of Combat II Advanced for the Atari 5200, which will be on sale shortly in the AtariAge Store. We will be accepting postcards that are postmarked through Saturday, November 9th, as long as we receive them within a week of that date. Thus far we have received 20 postcards--where's yours? More info about the contest and where to send your postcard can be found here. Good luck!
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