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
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
The Way of the Exploding Fist – A fighting classic comes over to the Atari XL/XE
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Here’s a game I remember fondly especially on my green screen Amstrad CPC 464, is ‘ The Way of the Exploding Fist’ ; a 1980s fighting game published by Melbourne House that appeared on many different systems such as the C16, C64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and even the Acorn! This rather famous game which
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
atari, Atari XE, Atari XL, FIGHTING, GAMING, Labels: 8BIT, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, The Way of the Exploding Fist
Pac-Mad – The final version of a great Pac-Man clone for the Atari XL/XE
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
One of the many different variants of the 1980’s Pacman has appeared on the Atari XL/XE, and this one is an updated homebrew called ‘ Pac-Mad ‘ programmed by BOCiANU with music by LiSU. In the original classic you took control of Pac-Man through a maze, eating all the pac-dots, avoiding ghosts or eating them
- Published in ATARI
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atari, Atari XE, Atari XL, GAMES, GAMING, HOMEBREW, Labels: Arcade, Pac-Mad, Pac-Man, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
TRAIN – Snakes on the Train? A new Atari 8-bit game!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Another Atari XL/XE game to get your retro senses tingling as we’ve recently found out The BAHA SOFTWARE group has released a game called ‘ TRAIN ‘, which is a port of the Vlak game for IBM PCs from 1993 created by Miroslav Němeček. Now if you remember the classic of ‘Snake’ then you might know
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
Atari 8bit, Atari XE, Atari XL, BAHA Software Group, GAMES, GAMING, Labels: ATARI, PORT, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Snake, TRAIN
Donkey Kong – Atari 8-bit Arcade HACK has finally been released for all to enjoy!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Way back in 2016 we mentioned Darryl1970’s Atari 8-bit Arcade hack of Nintendo’s 1981 original classic ‘ Donkey Kong ‘, 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 Donkey Kong. Well
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
Atari 8bit, Atari XE, Atari XL, DONKEY KONG, GAMES, GAMING, HACK, Labels: ATARI, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, ROM
Ski-It – Skiing down the slopes in this new Atari XL/XE game
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
With Christmas fast approaching, cold nights drawing in and many places getting a good dump of snow, it would be just perfect to have a snow filled game for this season. Well if you’re looking for a game with plenty of snow, then look no further than Jason Kendall’s ‘Ski-It’; a down hill skiing game
- Published in ATARI
New Adventures of Laura – New challenging levels for this charming Atari XL/XE game
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
If you’re looking for something nice to play over this Christmas period on your Atari XL/XE, then look no further than the ‘New Adventures of Laura’; A Christmas gift from ccwrc and Larek that not only adds new levels to the game, which originally went on sale in September as a Cassette by Retronics, but has
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
Atari XE, Atari XL, GAMES, GAMING, Labels: ATARI, New Adventures of Laura, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
8bit-Slicks – Remake of slicks’n’slide for the Apple II, Atari XL/XE, and C64/C128
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
It’s been some time since we featured any top down racing games, usually it’s arcade platformers or shoot em ups that grace our computer screens. But thankfully for today that’s about to change, as thanks to a heads up in our inbox, we’ve been told Timo Kauppinen’s ‘slicks’n’slide’ has been remade for the Apple II, Atari
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
8bit-slicks, atari, Atari XE, Atari XL, C128, c64, GAMING, Labels: 8bit-dude, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
Highway Encounter – 80’s retro shooter comes over to the Atari XL/XE!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
In 1985 Vortex Software released the puzzle shooting game ‘ Highway Encounter ‘ for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and Commodore 64. It was voted in the top 100 ZX Spectrum games of all time and featured not just personal lives that look like Dalek’s, but the use of these extra lives to push
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
Atari XE, Atari XL, GAMES, Hightway Encounter, Labels: ATARI, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Zx Spectrum