Software that was ‘wasn’t’ now ‘is’

Those hard working fellows over at the shiny new Guardians of the PaST have unleashed a beast on to the ST scene,  a long lost work in progress featuring what was the fastest road car available at that time: Jaguar XJ220.

RGCD #5 packed with ST goodies!

The proprietor of the rather superb RGCD discmag has recently acquired a beautiful 4mb STE and this has inspired him to stuff loads of Atari ST content into the latest issue!

Amongst the usual menagerie of retro gaming goodness there are in-depth reviews of Bob Fossil’s Sudokuniverse, Manical Drop, The Pairs Are Gone and

x=RND(4839) #5: Fish!

With the good ship Atari Legend once again afloat upon the seven seas of the world wide web, it is once again time to cast my net into its briney wash to see which tasty gaming morsel shall sate my hunger. Well blow me if it isn’t Fish!, a very Piscine interactive fiction penned by a bunch of pilchards from London, namely Magnetic Scrolls.

Another ST Software Database?!?!

Those nuts over at the rather spiffy Atarimania have just extended their superb Atari console and 8-bit computer software database to cover ST stuff! Now we have three dedicated Atari ST software databases out there: Atarimania, Guardians Of The Past and Atari Legend (now back online – hooray!). We really are being spoiled.

Atarimania ST boasts that it is the “Biggest Atari ST / TT / Falcon030 software database in Atari history,” and has over three thousand entries to back up that claim. Information on some games is sparse, but being added to all the time. Game pages feature the expected: screenshots, comments section and release info, box scans and downloads (where available) and a nice ratings system that links into a top 100 which will be very interesting as the site gathers more traffic.

They also have scans of software catalogues and adverts which are very interesting, as well as a video section containing game intros, creator interviews, and TV adverts. The opening page of the ST/TT/Falcon section also has a potted history of the ST and a summary of the different 16/32-bit systems available.

Credit to Marakatti, Trooper and Franck for bringing us another invaluable ST resource.

Matty On [ST] Games! (sort of)

Matty has reviewed a couple of games recently: Metal Mutant, and Treasure Trap. Though strictly speaking he is playing the Amiga versions, they still make for interesting reading and the ST versions are very similar – we won’t go into minor specifics o-[];-)

Take a look at Matty’s lovely indy/retro games blog.

Lode Runner review

With Atari Legend still offline (though currently moving to a new server – hooray!) I am once again forced to pick my own game to review (poor me), so I have picked my favourite ST ninja ‘em up: Lode Runner.

Guardians of the PaST online!

A Superb new Atari ST resource has just been made available: After three years of hard work, we can now enjoy the meticulous work of the Guardians of the PaST!

In the light of Atari Legend’s disappearance, this is excellent news. Guardians of the PaST plans to build a similar database to AL’s but with more emphasis on detail, extras and most importantly preservation.

Go there, be happy.

Just thought I would take time out to point you in the direction of the D-Bug boys. A very active Atari ST cracking group dedicated to bringing ST games to both Hard Disks and Falcons around the world.

First Impressions #2: Epic

Continuing the series of posts looking at the intro sequences to Atari ST games; those perfect scene-setters, breath-takers, hardware-pushers, attention-grabbers that affirmed your confident purchase and whetted your appetite for the gaming delights that followed. Next up: Epic.

Bubble Bobble Review

The Christmas period is over, my spare time returns, and the prolonged absence of our beloved Atari Legend is proving the old adage “You never know what you’ve got until it’s gone.” Here’s hoping that it’s up and running again soon, its loss would be to great to bear for the clutch of ST gamers still out there. Still, the show must go on, and without AL’s guiding hand I must pick my own game to review. Why not pick an absolute cracker then? OK, I will!