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New game - Memory Challenge

August 14, 2021 by muguk

News illustration image Rainbow Bytes have released a new game for all types of Atari ST/Falcon and emulators (needs Low Res) called Memory Challenge. 
You can pick from 10 different card sets whilst you try to remember where the other card was!
You can download it for free from their itch.io website.

Interview with Zero-5 creator Andrew Gisby

August 6, 2021 by ST Graveyard

News illustration image Zero-5 was one of the most ambitious games during the final years of the Atari STe's lifespan. An incredible spaceshooter which really showed what the STe was capable of. Find out more in our in-depth interview with its creator Andrew Gisby here.

We talk to Anders Granlund, the man behind SCUMMVM-Lite

June 27, 2021 by ST Graveyard

News illustration image The last chapter in our little SCUMMVM adventure. We talk to Anders Granlund, the man who made it possible to run the Lucasarts classics Monkey Island 2, Fate of Atlantis and Day of the Tentacle on a standard ST. Check out the interview for all the juicy details.

Interview with the Lord brothers

June 9, 2021 by ST Graveyard

News illustration image Miles and Patrick Lord are two self taught game creators. Born in the 70's, they grew up with Sinclair machines and of course the Atari ST. They started to hack games on the mighty ZX Spectrum before dabbling into 16bit assembler. On the Atari, they created the amazing Droid. But it didn't end there. If you want to know more about the history of one of the best free games ever to grace an ST Format coverdisc, look no further.

Up close and personal with Jamie Hamshere aka Junosix

June 4, 2021 by ST Graveyard

News illustration image In 2017 he enhanced Klax for the Atari STe, a little later he created the sound engine Turbochip and most recently, he completely redid the amazing platform shooter Droid for the Atari STe, turning from a flipscreen game into an 8 directional hardware scroller. Oh, and let's not forget his incredible work on Lotus Esprit STe. Join me as we go into full detail on all these projects and more, in this indepth interview with Jamie Hamshere aka Junosix!

RIP: The Rochdale Balrog

June 2, 2021 by muguk

It was announced on Twitter earlier today that John Wilson, also known by his pen name of 'The Rochdale Balrog', had passed away in his sleep on the 31st May 2021.

John was a much recognised figure within the Interactive Fiction community. Starting out in the 1980s, he and other adventure creators, released lots and lots of text adventures on the old 8-bit systems through John's label, Zenobi Software.

We were also lucky to have a number of their ported from the 8-bit to our 16-bit system mostly via STAC.

He will be greatly missed amongst those fans of the "LOOK NORTH", "GET TORCH" era as well as those who are using modern tools like PunyInform to create modern variants of the classic text adventure.

Indeed, John also ventured down this path in his later years and I will find and acquire the latest versions that he did for the Atari ST and get them uploaded onto Atari Legend as soon as I can.

Screenshot of Anarcho Ride
Random review

We see a road, we see traffic, yet Anarcho Ride IS NOT a racing game! Instead, the creator tried to build an insane arcade game, and implemented some kind of 'achievement' system (like we see in games of today), to make you come back for more. And he achieved this goal.

August 7, 2018 by ST Graveyard

Read the review of Anarcho Ride

Did you know?

Jack Tramiel bought Atari's home computer and home videogame business in 1984.

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