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 If you've been holding off on submitting a label for the Backfire Label Contest, you only have a few days left! The contest ends this Sunday, and the winning artwork will appear on all Backfire cartridgs sold through the AtariAge Store. Backfire is a new Atari 2600 homebrew game written by Chad Lare, which you can download and try in your favorite emulator. You can view the many excellent entries that have already been submitted here, and view details about how to enter the contest here. Good luck!
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 Fans of the Commodore 64 will be glad to hear that Atari 2600 programmer Manuel Polik (author of Star Fire and Gunfight) has been busy working on a SID to Atari 2600 music convertor. Lee's Peek 'n' Poke has collected several Commodore 64 tunes that Manuel has converted to the Atari 2600 so you can download them and enjoy them yourself. The music include Rob Hubbard's Sanxion, Final Synth, Commando, and Monty on the Run pieces, as well as Martin Galway's Ocean loader. You can grab the tunes here, and you'll need an Atari 2600 emulator such as z26 to play them.
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 Version 1.3.1 of the Atari 8-bit/5200 emulator Atari800 has been released. Atari800 supports many computing platforms, including DOS, Windows, Windows CE, Amiga, Falcon and forms the basis for several other emulators. Highlights in the last release include: - Rewritten and much improved configure script
- New cartridge types supported (38 types now!)
- Disk Sets - loading and saving of D1-D8 set is possible in the UI
- R: as the Atari850 serial port emulation added
- Updated and improved m68k assembler emulation of the CPU
- XF551 HighSpeed transfer emulation added
You can download the binaries for DOS, Linux and Atari ST/TT computers as well as the source code at the Atari800 Emulation Page.
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 The September 2003 issue of MyAtari Magazine is now online for your reading pleasure. You can find the following articles in this month's issue:
- Tip of the Day
- Going To The Dutch, Part 2: Henk Robbers (XaAES)
- Unconventional 2003
For all this and more please visit MyAtari.net.
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 The dates and location for PhillyClassic 5 have been announced! The show will take place March 20-21, 2004, at the Valley Forge Convention Center, the same location as this year's event. The show's organizers have big plans for next year's PhillyClassic, and have already signed on Videotopia to bring a large assortment of arcade games to the event, pushing the number of machines on hand to over 75! We had a blast at this year's PhillyClassic, and will be attending PC5 in full force, with plans to introduce several new games at the show! Please visit the newly revamped PhillyClassic website for more information and updates.
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 Kevin Savetz sends us word that The Colossal Computer Cartoon Book is now on the Web at AtariArchives.org. Published in 1977 by Creative Computing, this rare book includes more than 250 cartoons and comics about computers and technology. The cartoons in the book stand the test of time -- despite being first published 26 years ago, they remain as funny and relevant as the day they were drawn. This book represents the 20th classic computing book to be made available at AtariArchives.org, and can be viewed in its entirety here.
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AtariAge and Chad Lare are sponsoring a contest to create an original label for Chad's new Atari 2600 game Backfire. This label artwork will appear on all copies of Backfire, which will be available in the AtariAge Store shortly after the contest. The winning artwork will also be featured on the cover of the manual created for the game. Chad continues to work on Backfire, and has several improvements in store for its eventual cartridge release. Check out the Backfire Label Contest page for more information on how to enter the contest, and you can download a copy of Backfire to try here.
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 A new Jaguar emulator called Virtual Jaguar GCC/SDL, based on the Virtual Jaguar source code released at Potato Emulation, has made its debut. Many improvements and bug fixes have been made since the last release of the Virtual Jaguar emulator and several games have seen an improvement in the quality of their emulation. You can download the complete source as well as binaries for Windows and Mac OS X at the new Virtual Jaguar GCC/SDL homepage.
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 Have you been holding off on buying 2600 Homebrew games or other titles in the AtariAge Store? Through Labor Day, September 1st, all Atari 2600 titles have been discounted 15%! Now's the time to choose from the great selection of Atari 2600 titles, including recently released games such as Star Fire, Thrust+ Platinum, and Labyrinth. Visit the AtariAge Store through the Labor Day holiday to find great deals on these games and more!
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 Zach Matley has released the binary for the Tank AI demo shown at the recent Austin Gaming Expo. Tank AI is a version of Atari's Combat that pits you against a computer-controlled tank (the original version of the game requires two players). Tank AI will only feature the Tank game of Combat, but several unique mazes will be included. You can download the Tank AI demo here, and discuss Tank AI with Zach and other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 2600 Forum.
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 Retrogaming Times Issue #72 is now available for your reading enjoyment. Highlights in this issue include:
- Missed Endorsement Opportunities
- Worst 2600 Games
- Writing Your Own Games
- Retrogaming Commercial Vault
- The Many Faces of Archon & Boulder Dash
You can find these articles and more at Tomorrow's Heroes.
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 The Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Columbus (ACEC) is holding their 2003 swap meet and sale on Saturday, September 13, 2003 in Columbus, Ohio (same location as last year). All Atari systems are supported and other classic computer and game systems are welcome as well. For more information and a map to the event, please visit the ACEC Homepage.
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 Version 1.5.0 of Mark Grebe's Atari800MacX emulator has been released. Atari800MacX is a native OS X Cocoa port of the Atari 800 8-bit emulator. This latest version adds a shortcut key to display the preferences panel, a change to allow the Header Write Protect Bit to be ignored in ATR images, and fixes a sound emulator bug that will allow Atari800MacX to be used with iTunes. You can learn more and download a copy by visiting the Atari800MacX home page.
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 The full text of the 1985 book Atari Basic - XL Edition is now available online at atariarchives.org. Written by Bob Albrecht, LeRoy Finkel, and Jerald R. Brown, the book presents a guided tour to programming the Atari XL computers in Atari Basic. The book is the follow-up to the 1979 book Atari Basic - A Self-Teaching Guide, which is also archived on the web at atariarchives.org, along with many other classic computing books.
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A new version of the EMUAPC (Version 0.92) Atari 8-bit emulator has been released. EMUAPC emulates the entire series of 8-bit computers on the PC, written in assembler and optimized for the Pentium. Improvements in this latest version include: - Improved sound and keyboard initialization
- The DOS version of EMUAPC works with real DOS, Win 95/98/Me/NT/2K/XP and Sound Blaster emulators
- New option 'sound buffer' added
- PC joystick support added
- New option 'calibrate joystick' added
- Fast cache added to the file decompressor
- Function key Ctrl+PrintScrn changed to Ctrl+F2
You can learn more about EMUAPC and download the latest version at www.komires.com.
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 CVDRUM author Frank Emanuele has selected Manu Parssinen's second entry, pictured to the right, as the winner in the CVDRUM Splash Screen Contest! Manu will receive an autographed copy of CVDRUM for his efforts, and his splash screen will appear in all copies of CVDRUM sold. CVDRUM is a ColecoVision cartridge based on popular software and hardware drum machines that enables the user to create up to nine different one measure musical rhythm patterns. You can learn more about the winning entry and finalists, as well as view all the CVDRUM entries here. CVDRUM is now available for purchase directly from the AtariAge Store.
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 Matt Reichert of AtariProtos.com has written up reviews of the three previously unreleased Atari 2600 prototypes that made their debut at this year's Classic Gaming Expo, Looping, Rush Hour, and The Entity. If you'd like to learn more about these long lost prototypes, please drop by AtariProtos.com to read Matt's informative reviews, which are accompanied by a variety of screenshots from each game.
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 Fabrizio Zavagli (author of Space Treat Deluxe) has released the demo for his upcoming Atari 2600 game Bounce! that was shown the Austin Gaming Expo last month. In Bounce! you control a ball bouncing on a checkered playfield, where your goal is to destroy all the tiles by bouncing on them without falling down. Different tiles also have different properties: some force your movement in a given direction, some give you a higher jump, and others cannot be destroyed. To view screenshots and download the demo, please visit the Bounce! In Development Page. You can discuss Bounce! with Fabrizio and other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 2600 Forum.
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 Thanks to the efforts of AtariAge member CPUWIZ, an NTSC version of Polaris for the 2600 has finally been dumped. Until now, only the PAL version of the game has been available in binary form. The NTSC version has colors that look significantly better, and we've taken some new screenshots as well. You can download the binary to run in your favorite 2600 emulator or Cuttle Cart here.
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 Aspyr Media has officially announced the Activision Anthology for the Gameboy Advance. We had an opportunity to play the Activision Anthology for the GBA at the recent Austin Gaming Expo, where the game made its first public appearance, and fans of the Atari 2600 will not be disappointed! The Activision Anthology for the GBA features over 50 impeccably emulated Atari 2600 games, including several Activision prototypes as well as original homebrew games such as Skeleton+, Space Treat Deluxe, and Vault Assault. Cartridge artwork, boxes and manuals are also viewable for each game, as well as all the original Activision patches. You can view screenshots and read the complete Aspyr Media press release here.
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