Are you participating in the Atari 8-bit High Score Challenge over on the AtariAge forums? It just started. It runs all year. It only takes a few minutes once or twice a month. Here's the link:
#atari
An update has been released for SpaceZOT, the game that was converted from Atari ST to #AtariJaguar last year. Gameplay: https://youtu.be/iD5biHXj0Ks Download and info: https://ricco59.itch.io/spacezot-atari-jaguar #atari
New video of MV Sports, work in progress game for #Atari7800 console #atari
Dog, one of the protagonists of the animated movie Robot Dreams, likes #Atari2600 console, #Pong and Activision's games Grand Prix and Seaquest #atari
Took some time to list some stuff on Vinted and it paid off right away! Mostly #sega #megadrive and #saturn games and #atari #lynx stuff.
Thinking about the introduction of the Atari 400/800 in 1979
https://www.goto10retro.com/p/introduction-of-the-atari-400800
Doom runs on pretty much everything, and soon it'll be on retro Evercade consoles
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/doom-coming-to-evercade-consoles
I learned too late about the #atari #atarivcs . I was watching the atari fuji awards last week and I don't know why but I always thought that the vcs was just the 2600. I had no idea that this beauty existed (and failed apparently). Seems like it would have been fun to develop for:
https://support.atari.com/hc/en-us/articles/17386512074523-Developers
If anyone wants to offload theirs, I'm all ears lol.
Since I like to display a game with my systems, sometimes they beckon to me or other that see them, which is how I came to be playing some Tempest 2000 on my Atari Jaguar recently ๐
Bonus: I made that custom numpad cover for games that don't need the pad.
Atari 2600/7800: a visual compendium
With dozens of articles and interviews, and featuring more than 200 games, itโs a must-have for Atari fans and collectors alike.
Out now: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/atari-2600-7800-a-visual-compendium
#bitmapbooks #booktok #retrogaming #gaming #atari #bookstodon
POKEY VQ Tracker, a new cross-platform music tool that allows you to compose tunes for #Atari8bit computers using WAV samples https://github.com/ilmenit/vq-tracker #atari #chiptunes
A previously unseen video from 1980 showing the production of Battlezone at Atari's Coin-Op Manufacturing Facility in Sunnyvale. Article: https://arcadeblogger.com/2026/02/02/unseen-footage-of-atari-battlezone-cabinet-production/ Video: https://youtu.be/85lRMZeLJl4 #atari #arcade
15th Edition of BASIC 10 Liner Contest for 8-bit computers has started. The Ddadline for submissions is Sunday, March 22, 2026, 18:00 CET https://www.homeputerium.de/ #retrogames #BASIC #Apple #Atari #Commodore #Sinclair #MSX #BBC #TexasInstruments
Atari 2600/7800: a visual compendium
At 528 pages, Atari 2600/7800: a visual compendium provides an exhaustive overview of Atariโs iconic games machines.
Out now: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/atari-2600-7800-a-visual-compendium
#bitmapbooks #bookstagram #retrogaming #gaming #atari #bookstodon
Tonight I succeeded in bringing a 33-year-old vaporware BBS game back to life!
After Steve Turnbull sent me the C source code to his unfinished IGS blackjack game "Wildcardz!", I ported it to Javascript. Now I can run it on my Synchronet BBS!
It's a really impressive IGS game. I doubt any ANSI BBS card game could compare visually.
Want background? Check out my history of IGS:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/?order=asc
#atari #atarist #digipres #igs #textmode #textart #retrocomputing #bbs #retrogaming
this was a really cool project for the Atari 2600 that i remember from the 2010s
it allows you to make games for the 2600 much, much faster than learning how to code in assembly language
The 100+ A8 games that made my 600XL [056/100]
BOULDER DASH
by Peter Liepa & Chris Gray, First Star Software, 1984
#atari #atariart #ataripixelart #atari8bitgames #atari8bit #atari400 #atari800 #600XL #800XL #65XE #130XE #A8b #PeterLiepa #ChrisGray #BoulderDash #FirstStarSoftware
On #Atari8bit computers it is possible to play 80x192 pixels, 128 colors, 50/60 frames per second videos with multicarts like AVGCart/SUBCart. The conversion is a bit complicated but now there is avi2atari, a tool that allows you to do all the work with a single command. https://github.com/HanJammer/avi2atari/ #atari #retrocomputing
๐ ๏ธ Title: Gearlynx
๐ฆ๏ธ What's: A libre Atari Lynx emulator
๐ก๏ธ -
๐ฃ๏ธ https://github.com/drhelius/Gearlynx
๐ #LinuxEmulation #Atari #atarilynx
๐ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin
๐๏ธ https://lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO.html
๐ฅ๏ธ Update: 1.1.0/1
โ๏ธ Major release(Stable)๐๏ธ
๐๏ธ Changes: https://github.com/drhelius/Gearlynx/releases
๐ฆฃ๏ธ From: ๐๏ธ https://github.com/drhelius/Gearlynx/releases.atom
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