Dark Chambers – A Gauntlet Conversion for the Atari 2600 gets an update!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, the 1980’s Arcade game of ‘ Gauntlet ‘ was very good indeed, it was so good in fact, that I could pick it up today and keep playing it for hours on end. Well you may have read our big article for Dark Chambers – A Gauntlet
- Published in ATARI
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arcade, atari, ATARI 2600, CDS Games, Dark Chambers, DOWNLOAD, GAMING, GAUNTLET, HOMEBREW, Labels: 32k, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
Lost In Space – Atari 8bit up to 4 player release!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and is looking forward to 2016. I’d also like to say a huge thank you to Dan Thoresen, Godfrey’john Sheridan, Matthias Loges, Ryan Simister and D King who helped us out into next year and possibly beyond! But enough about that it’s a new game time, and this one comes directly from
- Published in ATARI
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atari, ATARI 400, Atari 800, Atari 8bit, GAMING, HOMEBREW, Labels: Arcade, Lost In Space, Mr-Atari, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Sijmen Schouten
Blowsub – Destroy lots of subs in this Atari 5200 conversion
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Originally for the Atari 8bit as a homebrew for this year’s A8 New Year Disk, ‘ Blow Sub ‘ has been converted to the Atari 5200 by the same developers Playsoft and Harvey. Classed as an arcade game to reach an ever high score, you must manoeuvre your boat across the high seas, dropping depth
- Published in ATARI
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atari, Atari 5200, Atari 8bit, Blowsub, DOWNLOAD, Harvey, HOMEBREW, Labels: Arcade, Playsoft, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, shooter
StarBlitz – Defender inspired homebrew for the Atari 2600
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
In the early 1980’s an Arcade game released by Williams Electronics was to become one of the most important titles of the golden age of video arcade games selling over 55,000 units. That game was Defender; a side scrolling shooter featuring 2D graphics as you defend astronauts against wave after wave of alien enemies. In
- Published in ATARI
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atari, ATARI 2600, Defender, HOMEBREW, Labels: Arcade, Mr SQL, Retro Gaming, RETRO INSPIRED, Retrogaming, StarBlitz
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
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Atari 8bit, Atari XE, Atari XL, Conversion, Hobgoblin, Hobgoblin 2, HOMEBREW, Labels: ATARI, PORT, REMAKE, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, work in progress
8-way scrolling system teased for Atari STE game development
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
We don’t usually feature Atari STE games simply for the fact that I am mainly an Amiga gamer at heart, but sufficed to say I was rather impressed by the news that has just appeared in our feed thanks to our friends AtariCrypt. A coder/developer by the name of Douglas Little (aka dml) is developing a
- Published in ATARI
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atari, ATARI ST, Atari STe, AtariCrypt, Douglas Little, Game Engine, HOMEBREW, Labels: Action, Shoot em up, shooter
Spaceman Splorf : Planet of Doom – C64 game release is coming to the Atari VCS
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
During the early part of this year Pond Software Ltd with SDW Developments released a brand new game for the C64 called ‘ Spaceman Splorf : Planet of Doom ‘. Programmed by Andreas Gustafsson, with music and graphics by Vanja Utne and Disk Routines by Per Olofsson, ‘ Spaceman Splorf : Planet of Doom ‘
- Published in ATARI
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Atari VCS, c64, flappy bird, HOMEBREW, Labels: ATARI, Pond Software Ltd, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Spaceman Splorf : Planet of Doom
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
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arcade, atari, ATARI 400, Atari 800, Atari 8bit, Atari XE, Atari XL, HeliCommander, HOMEBREW, Labels: Action, Peteym5, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Shoot em up
Raiden – Atari STe owners get ready for a wicked shooter update!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
In 1990 and onwards the epic scrolling shooter game ‘Raiden’ by Seibu Kaihatsu, made its appearance on many different systems such as the Atari Falcon, Atari Jaguar, Atari Lynx, DOS(PC), PC Engine and even the PlayStation. In fact there was even a prototype of the game released as a demo on the Commodore Amiga, which
- Published in ATARI
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atari, Atari STe, HOMEBREW, Labels: Arcade, Raiden, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Seibu Kaihatsu, Shoot em up, shooter
Draconian – An awesome 1980’s multi-directional shooter appears on the Atari 2600 (RC6)
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Way back in 1981 many of us has the pleasure of playing the multi-directional arcade shooter of ‘Bosconian’, which was developed by Namco and put you in control of a space ship to score as many points as possible by destroying enemy missiles and bases while also avoiding asteroids, mines and other such ship destroying
- Published in ATARI
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atari, ATARI 2600, Bosconian, Draconian, HOMEBREW, Labels: Arcade, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, shooter, SpiceWare