7800 Homebrew games in developmentI've been a 7800 developer since April 2009 when Wasp! was announced using my "C" games development library.
This is my current list of 7800 games in development :-
Harry's Hen House (Stock machine)
Apple Snaffle (XM mandatory)
Halloween themed game (no release name yet) (XM mandatory)
Outpost 26 (XM mandatory)
Dungeon! (XM mandatory)
Fruitarian (XM mandatory)
7800 Completed homebrew gamesThis is the list of games that have been completed and released on cartridge :-
Wasp! (Stock machine)
Worm! (Stock machine)
7800 eXpansion Module (XM)The XM team was formed around Curt Vendel in the summer of 2010 to develop an expansion system for the Atari 7800. The XM adds the following to a stock 7800 :-
- System BIOS
- 128K of bank switched RAM
- HSC BIOS and 2K of non-volatile memory for high score game saves
- POKEY and a YM2151 for arcade quality audio
- SIO and XEGS keyboard connectors for A8 peripheral compatibility (software required)
- NES like mappers
- PIA (optional) for internal custom expansion
The XM can be purchased from the
Legacy Engineering Group store. For more information on its development click
here and for a list of games, click
here.
7800 BBC Micro game portsFirst developer to port a BBC Micro home computer game to the 7800.
Development thread for
Tempest (WIP) (XM mandatory)
7800 Graphics modesG2F - 4 colour changes per scan line in 2BPP.
160C - 169 colours on screen at once.
7800 Game programming toolsa78psd - A utility that converts ProSystem emulator *.sav files into human readable form. It will also analyse the Display List List (DLL) entries and Display List (DL) "headers".
Colour picker - A utility for displaying all 256 colours on a 7800 simultaneously.
NTSC bitmap - A *.gif containing the colours taken from ProSystem.
7800 Game cartridge availabilityYou can purchase Wasp! from the AA store
here.
You can purchase Worm! from the AA store
here.
7800 Game reviewsWasp! was reviewed in edition 66 of Retro Gamer
here and scored 72%.
Worm! was reviewed in edition 76 of Retro Gamer
here and scored 79%.
Miscellaneous PC utilitiesSaveKey - Handles data upload and download to SaveKeys.
a52mm - Atari 5200 Ultimate SD Cartridge Menu Mangler.
Hardware developmentGB-XC1 - PlayStation controller interface.
Mattel Intellivision games in developmentThese are my current Intellivision games in development :-
Apple Snaffle
Mystery Castle
Funbags!