Atari on "That Metal Show"
Vernon Reid sported an Atari shirt on "That Metal Show" recently. Cool to see Atari still means something to people other than us!
View Article"Batty Builders" and "Bristles" Docs?
The lastest High Score Competition is going on and neither of the two games have the original manuals available. The original manuals will allow me to gain insight into the background of each game....
View ArticleValentine's Day Programming Project
I've never really written a "game" in Basic before, so this may be beyond the grasp of ten days, but I thought it might be kinda neat if I could write a little program for my wife for Valentine's Day....
View ArticleKeyboard woes
I have three machines with various keyboard problems. Is it worth it to try to fix them? The AWC (number 70166201) keyboard just has two "columns" that don't work, I just don't know how to repair...
View ArticleWanted: Atari Hades
Anyone have one for sale, let me know. Cash is waiting Thanks, Alan.
View ArticleDoes anyone have cheats/passwords/codes for Total Carnage?
GameFAQs, GameWinners, etc. have nothing on the Jaguar version of this game. I will admit that I suck at it, but it is still enjoyable despite not being as good as Smash T.V. The only "cheat" that I...
View ArticleRetro Gamer Magazine - Activision
I don't know if anyone here reads the magazine Retro Gamer, but the most recent issue (124) has a pretty lengthy article about Activision. It specifically covers their work on the 2600, and has an...
View ArticleEasy way to play PAL software on an NTSC 1040STFM machine (as NTSC)?
So tonight I made a few disks with Floimg (since I finally got a hold of a Dell machine with a floppy controller that actually works with this software) and I can make perfect disks from .st images. I...
View ArticleCD-ROM for Falcon
I'm in the process of building up my software collection, adding what I can to all of my floppies, which is a very slow process. Then I remembered about the Falcon's 50 pins SCSI-II and thought how...
View ArticlePowering an 800XL / 65XE via SIO
Hi all, I want to power my Atari computer via the SIO port. I see in the schematics that the 5V input of the atari splits into several 5V lines named 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D, they seem to differ only in...
View ArticleDoes FEUD have a bug?
I am trying to play Feud from mastertronic , but when i try and get the "Knap Weed" spell it will not let me collect. I got the cas version from here....
View ArticleAtari 2600 VADER NIB? or CIB? Expertise needed!
Hey guys I came across this a couple days back and I need some input on it and I know you guys are the right ones to ask. This one is outside of my field of expertise so any info to be contributed...
View ArticleDrelbs
Drelbs is one of my favourite 8-bit games but I couldn't find a 5200 version. This is a port of what I think must have been the cassette version as it ran in 16K. There was no title screen so I've...
View ArticleA few bits from my Atari Lynx Collection
More to follow... Would love to hear what you think and yes Lemmings, Desert Strike and Super Asteroids are sealed!
View ArticleSIO2sd and Atari 1200xl ... having problems
Just got my sio2sd in the mail from Poland. It came with a peformatted SD card. Problem is when I plug it into my ATARI 1200xl and boot, nothing happens. Is there a setup procedure I am missing? Sorry...
View ArticlePILOT Demonstration Programs Cassette B Side 1
I have the Atari PILOT Demonstration Programs Cassette B. Whenever I try to load Side 1, I always get the following error: 32 *** I/O ERROR 143 *** The program still mostly works, but the "Pretty...
View ArticleHow can I get application to ST with these constraints?
I have a 520ST, SF354, and. SX212. I have 0 (zero) program disks. Is there any wy to get a program to it so it can be written to disk? Im thinking i need a terminal program to start with at the very...
View ArticleFamily Dollar Flashback unit
They're trying to flush these out of Family Dollar stores, cutting the price from $40 to $25. I've been hearing the criticism of these machines here, though, and I'm getting the impression that they're...
View ArticleDid that big collection of programs ever happen..
The one the guy wanted people to pay him for, said it was going on to a private FTP? Depending on the cost I'd be happy to liberate it and put it out there for the masses with any removals requested,...
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