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SainT v1.71 is out!
October 18, 2004 by Brume
Leonard - the current developer of SainT - has published a new version of the famous ST emulator for Windows. Here are the changes:
- Fullscreen + Spectrum512 extreme left border color fixed ("Overscan Demos" F6 screen) Thanks to Paulo Simoes for precious debugging help
- Double odd adress fixed ( ELECTRA demo is now working again )
- Add "Clear all breakpoint" button in debugging pannel
He also promises more stuffs in the next version. Go to Leonard's website to get SainT v1.71.
Aktiv8 re-releases his FTP menus
October 18, 2004 by Brume
Aktiv8 FTP compilations were done back in the year 1998. Dunno how far they were spread (I had never seen them). Aktiv8 is just coming to post them, and has corrected some bugs. The disks don't contain rare stuffs, but they are themselve rare & nicely made so we mention them here.
Aktiv8 disk #1 contains:
- Maniac Mansion
- Jet Set Willy
- Robocop
Aktiv9 disk #2 contains:
- Super Starioland
- Stario's Christmas
- Michigan Mike & the lost city of Zorog
Download Aktiv8 menu #1 and menu #2.
More unlimited screens
October 15, 2004 by Brume
ljbk (aka Paulo Simoes) has posted yesterday three new (un)limited screens. This time the demos display 1000, 1500 and 2000 sprites on 512 KB machines or more. Also ljbk writes that he is able to display 2900 sprites on 512 KB and almost 7000 sprites on 1 MB machines! Unfortunately he doesn't want to release this demos because the screen looks more and more as an unlimited sprites screen because you don't see the clearing effect. Anyway the new 2000 sprites is a very good demo! It's probably a new record although it can't contest with Leonard'one.
Get the new limited screens now.
Bold reviewed
October 14, 2004 by ST Graveyard
Hello all,
I'm happy to announce the first new game review in over a year. I have taken a closer look at the game BOLD for you. This game has been released this year, and definitely deserves a place in our review database. Check out the review section
Enjoy it.
Poong preview
October 4, 2004 by ST Graveyard
Hello all,
GT Turbo (from the Cerebral Vortex team) has send us a little preview from the upcoming falcon game Poong.
This is what the guys have to say about the release :
This program is the intro of Poong, our next game.
This is a Falcon product, for trying you must have
- 1 Falcon (That's better !)
- 2 Meg of ram (I think ?!?)
- a RVB screen (No Vga init for the moment !)
- a enough big screen coz 640*250 resol !!
This is only the intro for letting you waiting until the game will be finished. The music used in this one, is only here for trying the soundtracker routine (Dnt-Crew), it was taken from the Fading Twilight (Tscc) compilation.
Enjoy or lame !!!
The Cerebral Vortex team.....
There you have it. Oh, you can download it here.
Enjoy
Logitron games are now abandonware
September 30, 2004 by lotekstyle
Logitron, one of the last french software companies have decided to release their Atari ST/E/Falcon games for free. You can download them from their website. Note: The Falcon version of Sheer Agony that is available for download is the CD version which is very RARE.
Visit their website here:
http://logitron.atari.online.fr/
And oh boy, you WILL need skill and luck! You control the speedboat using the joystick, use the fire button for the machine gun and the ALT key for missiles. Right from the start you will notice there is A LOT going on in this game. The waterway is just filled with obstacles like rocks, mines and logs. Apart from this, we have enemy boats, rocket-firing turrets on the side and bullet-spewing planes in the sky. If you hit a rock or mine, you explode. If you collide with an enemy boat, you explode. If you get hit by incoming fire, you explode...
January 13, 2019 by ST Graveyard
Read the review of Live And Let DieDid you know?
In the mid 80's Atari was approached by a company called Nintendo. They asked if Atari was interested in distributing their new 8 bit system. At that time, Jack Tramiel was head of the Atari company. He declined the offer, saying Atari wanted to stop releasing consoles and focus on personal computers instead! So in the end, Nintendo had to distribute the consoles themselves ... In just a few months, they wiped Atari from the throne!