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 Bryan Edewaard's new Atari 5200 homebrew game Castle Crisis is now available for purchase from the AtariAge Store. Castle Crisis is a near-perfect port of the classic Atari arcade game Warlords, and one of the best arcade ports to grace the system. Using your shield, you must capture and launch fireballs against an enemy's castle, while protecting your own castle from enemy fireball hits. Up to four human players can wage war on a four-port Atari 5200 system, and 5200 paddle controllers are supported. Castle Crisis features a professionally printed box, label, and manual, and may be purchased here. An Atari 8-bit computer version of Castle Crisis is also available.
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 We're pleased to announce that the Atari 2600 Hacks section has received a huge update in terms of both functionality as well as the addition of roughly 70 new hacks to the pages. Hacks are now categorized according to type (Graphic, Audio, and/or Functional), you can now search the hacks section, the hacks are now paginated (there are over 150 of them, with more on the way), and more. When viewing an individual hack you can also see what other hacks were created by the same person, as well as a list of other hacks of the same game. Thanks to StanJr for compiling information on the many new hacks added since these pages last received an update. Please visit our Hacks Forum to learn more.
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 In case you haven't heard about it yet, Jakks Pacific recently announced that they will be selling a new Atari TV Games unit this summer, based on the venerable Atari 2600 Paddle Controller. Like their previous TV Games units, this self-contained paddle controller plugs directly into your television and is powered by batteries. Games featured in this new TV Games unit include Breakout, Canyon Bomber, Casino, Circus Atari, Demons to Diamonds, Night Driver, Steeplechase, Street Racer, Super Breakout, Warlords, and Video Olympics. The price is expected to be $20, and a version featuring two paddle controllers for two player action will also be available. You can learn more by visiting Jakks TV Games, and can discuss this latest Jakks product in our Atari 2600 Forum.
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 Jason Smith has announced that the Jaguar Extremist Pack #3 is now available for purchase. Each of the 100 copies to be sold will be hand numbered, and once they are gone no additional copies will be produced. This third Extremist pack features:- Highlander Beat 11a VII
- Battlemorph ISO Source Files
- Oswald Character File/Animator
- Varunas Forces Level Editor
- Varunas Forces Sprite Engine
You can learn more about the Jaguar Extremist Pack #3 at Jason Smith's Jaguar Site.
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 The editor of The Atari Times has announced the immediately availability of the 2001 Year End Issue and 2004 Copmendium at CafePress.com. Both books include 100 or more pages full of news, features, reviews, and previews for all Atari home systems that have appeared on the website. These include articles for the Jaguar, Lynx, 7800, 5200, 2600, home computers, and even the arcade systems. Each book is in black and white with a wire-o binding and an excellent color cover. Each book is priced at $14.00 and can be purchased here. More information about The Atari Times books can be found at AtariTimes.com.
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 Issue #80 of Retrogaming Times has been posted. This is the final issue of the long running online retrogaming magazine, and it's going out with a bang. This is the largest issue yet, featuring:- 31 articles, more than 4 times an average issue
- 10 former and present writers return for one last issue
- Two interviews
- Tons of reviews of console games, arcade games and pinball games
- Tons of photos
Please visit Retrogaming Times to read the many features in the last issue of the fun and free newsletter.
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 Version 1.61 of the Windows Atari ST emulator SainT is now available for downloading. This version includes several improvments over the previous version, which you can learn more about here. To download the latest version of this excellent Atari ST emulator, please visit the SainT Homepage.
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 Zach Matley has posted the binary to Combat Redux, a unique hack of Atari's Combat that includes 28 user-created playfields chosen in the Combat Redux Playfield Design Contest held earlier this year on AtariAge. Combat Redux made its debut at PhillyClassic 5 last month, and now you can enjoy it in your favorite Atari 2600 emulator. You can download the binary and discuss the game in our Hacks Forum. Enjoy!
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 Version 1.0 of the Atari 5200 emulator Jum52 has been released. Changes in this latest version include:- "Voice" emulation for Berzerk and Baseball
- "Config file" for start-up defaults and mapping unknown 16K ROMs
- Blaster prototype now supported
- Improvements to Windows codebase
If you're not able to get to the Jum52 Website, we've mirrored the emulator here.
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 The excellent Atari Lynx emulator Handy is now Open Source. This means that the source code is now available to anyone who wants to view it, customize it, improve it, or port the emulator to other platforms. The source code is available from CVS on Sourceforge, or as a zip file from the downloads page. The Handy page has also moved, so you'll want to update your bookmarks as the old page will soon expire.
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 The full text of the book The Master Memory Map for the Atari is now available at AtariArchives.org. Published in 1984 by Educational Software, the book is a thorough introduction to the Atari 8-bit's memory architecture. Beginning programmers can use it to learn the basics of PEEKs and POKEs. Advanced programmers can learn the purpose of hundreds of memory locations, and how to access the Atari's built-in ROM routines. You can browse the complete text of the book here This is the 28th classic computing book to be made available at AtariArchives.org.
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 AtariAge and Opcode Games are proud to announce a Sky Jaguar High Score Contest! Sky Jaguar is an original ColecoVision port of an obscure arcade game of the same name. Sky Jaguar also appeared on MSX computers, which this version is based on. The winner of the high score contest will receive a rare copy of the game "Magical Tree", which is a port that was completed for the ColecoVision by Opcode Games, but will not be sold! Magical Tree is a climbing game where the player's objective is to reach the tree's top, some 2,000 meters above the ground. For more information, please visit the Sky Jaguar High Score Contest page.
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 Tim "Tooth Protector" Warner has begun writing a series of Emulator Tutorials to help you get going with the most popular Atari-related emulators. If you've wanted to try your hand at emulation but have had problems, Tim's tutorials will show you step-by-step what you need to do in order to be successful in playing classic games on your modern computer. Tim has put together four tutorials thus far:Tim is hard at work writing additional emulator tutorials, and you can discuss these tutorials and give him suggestions for future emulator tutorials in our Emulation Forum.
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 AtariAge is proud to announce the second annual Stan's Atari Excellence Awards! These awards were created by AtariAge member Stan Jr., to recognize the people who continue to make positive contributions to the classic gaming hobby. Awards were given in five categories this year:- Homebrew of the Year
- Hack of the Year
- Player's Choice Award
- Event of the Year
- Atari Achievement Award
To read about the awards and their recipients, please visit the 2003 Stan's Atari Excellence Awards page.
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 The folks at AtariArchives.org are proud to announce that the full text and source code from the book SpeedScript: The Word Processor for Atari Computers is now available online. Published in 1985, the book includes the complete, commented assembly language source code for the popular Atari word processor, as well as instructions for using the program. You can also download the source (ready to assemble in Mac/65) and ready-to-run binary for use on your Atari or an emulator. To read this book and many more Atari-related books, please visit AtariArchives.org.
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 A test release of the newest version of the Atari 2600 emulator Stella has been announced and is now available for downloading. Versions for Linux and Windows are available, and the source is included as well. The biggest change from Stella 1.3 is the codebase is now based on the Simple Directmedia Layer (SDL). The Windows version is currently command-line based, but a GUI version will eventually be made available. New features include an OpenGL backend and event remapping that allows keyboard/joystick remapping of nearly every Stella function. You can download Stella 1.4 here and dicuss it in our Emulation Forum.
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 Linux users will be glad to learn that an initial version of the 2600 emulator z26 has been released for Linux. This version is not quite perfect, but it does play games with sound, and supports keyboard, mouse, and joystick controls. The z26 Linux authors are looking for people to test this release, specifically to test the code on various Linux distribution and to test out various ROMs to make sure they behave the same as the 2.12 release of z26 for Windows. You can download the Linux source here, and discuss z26 for Linux in our Emulation Forum. Please send test results, bug reports, and patches to z26@whimsey.com.
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 The April 2004 issue of MyAtari Magazine is now online, and with this issue it's time to vote for the 2004 MyAtari Reader Awards! A large number of categories await voters this year, and AtariAge has been nominated in two of them, Best Atari Supporting Company and Best Atari Web Site of the year. In addition, Bryan Edewaard's Castle Crisis has been nominated for Best Game Release of the year. There are five nominees in each of the nine categories, and you have until April 30, 2004 to cast your vote. Results will be announced in a future issue.
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Dan Boris has announced that a new version of his Atari 5200 Virtual Super System (VSS) emulator is now available. This version has several new features, including support for Bounty Bob Strikes Back, support for two emulated controllers, and the games River Raid and Blaster now run properly. Several new features for developers have also been added to this release. You can download and learn more about Virtual Super System at Dan Boris' Atari 5200 Tech Page and discuss the emulator with Dan and other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 5200 Forum.
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 Andrew Davie has begun work on his next Atari 2600 project, and has put together a simple Java version of the concept in order to solicit feedback. Tentatively titled Great Balls of Slime, the concept is simple enough: Shoot at the green slime oozing down from the top of the screen to prevent it from reaching the bottom. When it does, it starts to pile up, slowly raising you up the screen. If you reach the top, the game is over! You can try the game out here, and discuss the game with Andrew and other AtariAge visitors in our 2600 Programming for Newbies forum.
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