AtariAge.com is your best source for classic Atari news, rarity guides, scans, discussion, homebrews, and more! http://www.atariage.com en-us Copyright 2009 AtariAge editor@atariage.com editor@atariage.com Video Games Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:23:46 -0600 Search AtariAge News search http://www.atariage.com/news/ http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55433 The Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) is holding their annual arcade expo on November 6th and 7th at the Crowne Plaza Houston Reliant Park hotel. Admission is $25 for a weekend pass or $15 for a single day, which gets you access to over 150 arcade games and pinball machines all set to free play! You can also participate in arcade and pinball tournaments, win door prizes, try your luck at a game raffle, and partake in the full bar. There aren't many opportunities to enjoy large collections of classic arcade games, so if you are in the Houston area (or can get there!), you should be at this expo! AtariAge will be at the show, and we'll have a slew of classic gaming systems setup for play! For more information, please visit ArcadeCenter.com. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0600 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=152989 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55432 AtariAge will be attending the Portland Retro Gaming Expo taking place on Sunday, September 20th in Portland, Oregon. We will be introducing several new homebrew games for the Atari 2600 (including Juno First and Dungeon), and we'll have some surprises in store for attendees as well! If you're in the area and into classic gaming, you won't want to miss this event! Please be sure to stop by our booth and say hello if you're there! If you're not able to attend the show, information on how to pre-order these new games and have them shipped to you after the show is available here. We look forward to seeing many AtariAge visitors at the show! Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:30:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=150337 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55431 A new issue of Retrogaming Times Monthly is now online. Highlights from the September 2009 issue (#64) include:Movies with a Byte: "Joystick"The Legend Of Trash TruckAll Eyes On Power Rangers: The MovieRTM Idiocy: The Pot Of Lead At The End Of The Rainbow Apple II Incider - Spy HunterModern Retro - WormsVideological Dig - The Ratings WarLaughing PixelsGaming AdvertisementsYou can read these articles and more inside the Retrogaming Times Monthly, now running 144 months in a row! You can also browse their archives to catch up on past issues. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=150336 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55430 Steven Tucker of AtariMax has released a new USB cartridge programmer and Maxflash Studio Software for easy creation of menu-based Atari 8-bit multi-carts. The new USB Cartridge Programmer allows you program your multi-cart creations to a real cartridge in just seconds. No more messing with in-system programming via SIO2PC, just plug, program and go! The Maxflash Studio Software includes a built-in recognition database of over 1200 of the most popular games, letting you drag and drop nearly any game program file into your cartridge workbook and have it work the first time, every time, without fussing with advanced configuration settings. You can learn more about these new AtariMax products at AtariMax.com and follow the discussion over in our Atari 8-bit Computers Forum. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=149720 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55429 The Vintage Computer Festival East returns on September 12-13 at the InfoAge Science Center in Wall, New Jersey. This year's special events include an 8-bit music concert, a by-the-pound book sale, a build-your-own PockeTerm workshop, and the BASIC Programming Challenge. The keynote speaker is Ted Hurewitz who worked on RCA computers in the 1950s. Creative Computing magazine's founder David Ahl will also be speaking on Sunday. Curt Vendel of the Atari History Museum will be giving a 30 year tribute to the Atari 800. You can view videos of last year's Vintage Computer Festival on YouTube. For complete details including speaker schedule, exhibit roster and special event information, please visit the Vintage Computer Festival East web site. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=149970 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55428 Stride Gum has created a website, Save the Arcades, where visitors will help choose which of four arcades will be awarded a $25,000 reward to help them stay in business. To vote for your favorite arcade, you must play the Flash-based game Zapataur and then donate your points to the arcade of your choice. The arcade with the most points at the end of the promotion will win $25,000. One of the arcades in this competition, Game Galaxy Arcade, is run by longtime AtariAge member DreamTR, who'd very much like you to donate points for his arcade! The arcades in the running to win $25,000 are:Arcade UFO (Austin, TX)Game Galaxy Arcade (Nashville, TN)Starbase Arcade (San Rafael, CA)Star Worlds Arcade (DeKalb, IL)Please visit Save the Arcades to play Zapataur and donate your points to one of the above arcades! Please be aware that you must first register and sign in before playing if you want to donate points. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=148793 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55427 New versions of Atari800MacX and Sio2OSX have been released. Atari800MacX is a native Mac OS X port of the popular Atari800 emulator, which forms the basis for many 8-bit emulators on various platforms. Sio2OSX is a peripheral emulator for the Atari 8-bit computers that allows the Atari computer to use an OSX based Macintosh as a disk drive, a cassette drive, and a printer. Atari800MacX 4.0.1 now supports VAPI and PRO images, Copy and Paste from the emulator, Configuration files, a new Hard Disk emulation scheme, as well as other enhancements and bug fixes. Sio2OSX version 2.1.1 adds preliminary VAPI and PRO image support. Please visit the AtariMac home page for complete details about what's new and to download the latest versions (source code is also available). You can discuss Atari800MacX with the developer and other AtariAge users in our Emulation Forum, and Sio2OSX in our Atari 8-bit Computers Forum. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=148541 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55426 Pre-orders are open for Classic Video Gamer Magazine (ClassicVGM) Issue #2. ClassicVGM is a full-color, professionally printed magazine about classic video games. ClassicVGM and Stone Age Gamer are working together to offer gamers a discount on Hyperkin's new portable, the GenMobile, when they pre-order the system from Stone Age Gamer. Features in the September issue of ClassicVGM include:Cover Feature: Beggar Prince for Sega GenesisRemembering the Sega Dreamcast -- 10 Years of DreamsFirst Look: Hyperkin's Gen Mobile, The Genesis PortableHardware Reviews: Mattel Hyperscan & Retro DuoDeveloper InterviewsReviews: Ninja Spirits (TG-16), Blackthorne (32X), Mad Bodies (Jaguar), etc.Returning Columns: What’s on Tap, etc.You can learn more about ClassicVGM by visiting their website at www.classicvgm.com. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=147467 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55425 A new issue of Retrogaming Times Monthly is now online. The August 2009 issue (#63) is another jam-packed retrogaming newsletter with the following features:Show Report: California Extreme 2009High Score Monthly ProfileAll Eyes On Blaster Master 2RTM Idiocy: Blissful Ignorance And Dangerous Knowledge (Act 3)Apple II Incider - Marble MadnessThe Thrill Of Defeat: The Ugly DucklingModern Retro - Bionic Commando: RearmedOld Wine In New Bottles: Capcom Classic Collection Volume 2Videological Dig - The Vid KidLaughing PixelsGaming AdvertisementsYou can read these articles and more inside the Retrogaming Times Monthly, now running 143 months in a row! You can also browse their archives to catch up on past issues. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=148436 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55424 The July episode of the RetroGaming RoundUp Podcast is now online for your listening pleasure. The RetroGaming RoundUp is a relatively new gaming podcast that focuses on classic gaming news, views, and opinions from around the world. This month's podcast runs over five hours, and some of the highlights include:Your own Jukebox Part 1HWFB (Pinball Mods)Review of MoonwalkerInterview From FunspotThe British HourTop Ten Sports GamesIt Came From MAMEWe Gamin'Tech QuestionsAsteroids Read AlongYou can download the current podcast here and listen to past episodes here. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=147983 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55423 At last weekend's San Diego Comic-Con, more information was revealed about the upcoming sequel to the 1982 film Tron. The new film, titled Tron: Legacy, is set to be released in 2010. Tron: Legacy will feature Jeff Bridges reprising his role as Kevin Flynn and will be presented in Disney Digital 3-D and IMAX 3D. A high-resolution teaser trailer (previously shown at last year's Comic-Con but never released) is now available--make sure to click the "HD" icon to view a higher-resolution version of the trailer. For the best quality, you can download the trailer directly here. As if the teaser trailer wasn't enough, a recreation of Flynn's Arcade was created for the event, complete with a playable Space Paranoids arcade game seen in the original movie. Even better, a hidden room in Flynn's Arcade contained a full-size model of the new light cycle to be seen in the film. You can view a gallery of pictures from Flynn's Arcade here. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=147979 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55422 Bill Kendrick of New Breed Software has put together a page comparing the Atari 1200XL (released in 1982) to a modern day Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop. While obviously such a comparison is tongue-in-cheek, it's still interesting to see the physical and internal comparisons, complete with a variety of pictures. A specifications chart is also included, and you'll note that the 1200XL has some features the Dell is missing (such as NTSC output, a cartridge port, and two joystick ports). Some basic peripherals (such as mice and drawing tablets) are also compared for completeness' sake. You can view the full comparison here and discuss it with other Atari 8-bit computer fans in our Atari 8-bit forum. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=146862 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55421 Two years ago, a Mega Man 2600 demo was commissioned by the organizers of the "I Am 8-bit" art gallery, held in Los Angeles on May 12th, 2007. Several Atari 2600 homebrew developers (Jon M. Gibson, David Galloway, Tommy Montgomery, Fred Quimby, Chris Walton, and Bob Montgomery) developed the demo on a tight deadline using assembly code and batari Basic. The result was an impressive Mega Man demo featuring four stages and a boss battle at the end. This demo has Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=146735 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55419 Thanks go out to Curt Vendel of the Atari Museum, who has posted the source code to several Atari 7800 games. These games were rescued by Curt from Atari ST format diskettes that were thrown out behind 1196 Borregas Avenue (Atari's corporate headquarters at the time) when Atari closed up in 1996. You can browse the source code that's been posted over on the 7800 Games and Development page on AtariMuseum.com. There have been many great 7800 homebrew releases in the past few years, and having source code of this nature will only further help homebrew efforts along. For more information about the 7800, there is a wealth of great information about the system (technical and otherwise) at the Atari Museum's in-depth Atari 7800 Pro System section. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=146999 http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55420 A new issue of Retrogaming Times Monthly is now online. This is another huge issue, possibly the largest edition of Retrogaming Times Monthly yet. The July 2009 issue (#62) features:Moonwalking Into HeavenMovie's With A Byte: The WizardLunch With Tim McVeyRTM IShow Report: Funspot XIOn Parallel Universe Theory And The Art Of CorneringRTM Idiocy: Blissful Ignorance And Dangerous Knowledge (Act 2)NES'cade - Gun.SmokeApple II Incider - California GamesSquaring Off: Demon AttackAtari Playfield - MichtronThe Thrill Of Defeat: Hurting The Ones We Love & Making Up For ItA Next-Gen Blast From The PastOld Wine In New Bottles: Capcom Classic Collection Volume 1Videological Dig - MoonwalkerVideo Game Confessions - Jungle Hunt (Comic)You can read these articles and more inside the Retrogaming Times Monthly, now running 142 months in a row! You can also browse their archives to catch up on past issues. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0500 AtariAgehttp://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=147001