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Today Paradize released a small tool for precalculating picture fading effects on STE. You can fade pictures to black, white, fade them back in and fade them to custom colors. The resulting fading can be saved as a block of ready-to-use step-by-step palettes saving you from the hazzle of reinventing the wheel by coding a yet-another fading routine.

Currently uncompressed DEGAS pictures and NEOCHROME pictures are supported.

The Fade Calculator always calculates STE fadings but the results are fully STFM compatible, only a bit rougher.

The tool works on Atari STFM/STE and Falcon 030 in ST-LOW and example sources in 68000 assembly and GFABASIC are included.

Check the Paradize website: http://paradize.atari.org/

Hi everybody,

The first reviews have been submitted by Shredder. He has taken quick peeks at the following games :

-Shufflepuck Cafe
-Sheer Agony
-The Secret of Monkey Island

There is also an indepth review of the classic Driventure online ;-)

Enjoy the read ... and keep those reviews coming!

Hello,

From now on, our account users all have their own personal profile page. Al you gotta do is log on to this site and a new button on the lower left side will appear called "Profile". Over there you can change your password but more importantly, you can now add your email address. If you add your email address other fans will be able to contact you as your name will be highlighted on comments, reviews, links, ... But don't worry, this will only happen when the user is actually logged in as well, so no harm from spam bots!

So please, if you log on to this site, don't forget to update your account!

Also, if you feel the need to write a review of your favorite classic game, feel free to use our new review template which can be found in the game detail pages of this site.

Cheers

Hello everybody,

We are getting some concerned emails from fans questioning the disappearance of our beloved Atari-Forum. Don't worry, it will be back!

It seems that we have been again a victim of a hacker. This is the 4th time this year something bad happens to the forum. After the move to the LGD server of Richard Davy, we thought we were save. Now it seems this whole server got hacked, and a complete reinstall of the operating system is necesarry. Also, the necesarry precautions will be taken for future attacks. So, we can't really put a date on when the forum will return, but I think it should be back within a week.

For now, there is a temporary forum online, which you can access by just clicking the button in the left menu!

Again, we apologize for all of this, but this is just life, I guess. Please stay put and don't let these kinds of things ruin the fun (for long)!

Cheers

We have received a message from MrNours of MJJ-Prod. It was related to a new demo by the crew The Beasts Crew. Here is what he wrote:

SoLo2 of TBC proudly presents:
The BEASTS Crew
MiniDemo #12
With some Moire fills, sprites, scrolls, cool effects and minimal electro chip music.

The result looks very strange, but it worth a look. So you know what to do tonight.
Feel free to download the [url=http://so_o2.tripod.com/tbc.html]MiniDemo #12[/url].

Hello everybody,

It is now possible to add your own reviews to the Atari Legend database. It's quick and easy, just make sure to read the instructions before you start writing.

Just browse to a certain game, using our game section, and in the main game page you can click on the "write review" link to get to the new menu.

So, if you plan on playing any classics, make sure to send us your personal oppinion, it doesn't matter if the game has already been reviewed!

Cheers