Rainbow Walker – Atari 8bit classic gets an Atari 5200 conversion
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Created in just 1.5 days by Wrathchild and noted as a conversion based on a top Atari 8-bit game, comes a new Atari 5200 port of ‘ Rainbow Walker ‘, which also appeared on the C64. First released way back in 1983, designed by Steve Coleman and published by Synapse Software. You play as a strange
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
Atari 5200, Atari 8bit, Conversion, Labels: ATARI, PORT, Rainbow Walker, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
Hobgoblin 2 – WIP Atari XL/XE conversion of BBC Micro game by David Parsons
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Earlier this month, +Adam+ via the Atariage forums, announced a new work in progress conversion of the BBC Micro game ‘ Hobgoblin ‘ for the Atari XL/XE. Originally released for the Amstrad, BBC Micro, C64 and then a previous conversion (2008) to the Atari 8bit. ‘ Hobgoblin ‘ will now be known as ‘ Hobgoblin
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
Atari 8bit, Atari XE, Atari XL, Conversion, Hobgoblin, Hobgoblin 2, HOMEBREW, Labels: ATARI, PORT, REMAKE, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, work in progress
Donkey Kong – Atari 8-bit Arcade HACK is in development & Atari 5200 conversion released
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
In 1981 Nintendo released one of the most famous games of all time, and that game was ‘ Donkey Kong ‘. A game in which you played as Mario that must avoid obstacles across a number of platforms, with sometimes a hammer in hand to save a damsel in distress from a giant ape called
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
atari, Atari 5200, Atari 8bit, Conversion, Darryl1970, DONKEY KONG, Labels: Arcade, Nintendo, OVERHAUL, PORT, REMAKE, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram – Final port release for the Atari 8bit!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
This is just madness, in just one week we’ve had the classic Manic Miner released for the Atari XL/XE, Ocean Software’s 1987 isometric hit game ‘Head Over Heels‘, which was remade for the MSX2, and now Ultimate Play The Game’s 1986 of ‘ Pentagram ‘, has finally been released as a port for the Atari 8bit
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
Atari 8bit, Knight Lore, Labels: ATARI, MariusZW, Pentagram, PORT, REMAKE, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Sabre Wulf, Ultimate Play The Game
Gunfright – Another Ultimate Play the Game Atari 8bit port (WIP)
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
If you were an Ultimate Play the Game fan in the 80’s, then this year has gone over the retro scale in awesomeness. First we had the Ultimate Play The Game : Pentagram port for the Atari 8bit, then we had Pentagram ported to the C64, a Knightlore early version on the Amiga and then there
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
Adventure, atari, Atari 8bit, Gunfright, ISOMETRIC, Labels: Action, MariusZW, PORT, Ultimate Play The Game, Zx Spectrum
Pang – Enjoyable Arcade classic ported over to the Atari XL/XE
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
In 1989 the Mitchell Corporation released the brilliant Arcade game ‘ Pang ‘, which was later ported over to a multitude of systems by Ocean including the C64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum Amiga, MS-DOS and Atari ST. However it wasn’t until this years Silly Venture 2016 event, that an Arcade port was announced and shown
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
atari, Atari 8bit, Atari XL/XE, GAMING, Labels: Arcade, Pang, PORT, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Silly Venture 2016
Bosconian – 1980’s multi-directional scrolling shooter gets an Atari 8bit port
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
It’s the Atari’s time to shine as another game has been given the port treatment and it’s the Arcade game ‘ Bosconian ‘ developed by Namco all the way back in 1981. Currently available as a work in progress for the Atari 8bit by shanti77. Bosconian is a multi-directional scrolling shooter arcade game with similarities to
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
atari, Atari 8bit, Bosconian, Labels: Arcade, Namco, PORT, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, shanti77, shooter
Fairlight – A brilliant 8-bit Isometric Adventure gets an Atari XL/XE port!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
We have just had a really good bit of info in our email box thanks to Bartekh84, as the 8-bit Adventure classic ‘ Fairlight ‘ which appeared on the Amstrad CPC, C64 and ZX Spectrum has been converted over to the Atari XL/XE by Mariusz „mariuszw” Wojcieszek, José Pereira, and Bartłomiej „Wieczór” Wieczorkowski. First released in 1985 on
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
AMSTRAD, atari, Atari 8bit, Atari XL/XE, c64, Fairlight, ISOMETRIC, Labels: Adventure, PORT, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Zx Spectrum
HeliCommander – Action game inspired by Choplifter coming to the Atari 8-bit
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
The above screenshot might not like much (it is only from a 240p video the developer uploaded), but this is the first tease for a new game peteym5 is developing called ‘ HeliCommander ‘ inspired by the arcade version of Choplifter and the Activision game Chopper Command. According to peteym5 this side scrolling shooting game
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
arcade, atari, ATARI 400, Atari 800, Atari 8bit, Atari XE, Atari XL, HeliCommander, HOMEBREW, Labels: Action, Peteym5, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Shoot em up
Donkey Kong – The Atari 8-bit Arcade hack is finally here!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
In 1981 Nintendo released one of the most famous games of all time, and that game was ‘ Donkey Kong ‘. A game in which you played as Mario that must avoid obstacles across a number of platforms, with sometimes a hammer in hand to save a damsel in distress from a giant ape called
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
atari, Atari 5200, Atari 8bit, Conversion, Darryl1970, DONKEY KONG, Labels: Arcade, Nintendo, OVERHAUL, PORT, REMAKE, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming