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March 16, 2003 by DBG
Time Bandit is one of the best ST arcade / action games of its time. Designed by Bill Dunlevy and Harry Lafnear, it was originally released for the TRS-80 Model 1 computer in 1983. That version was very primitive because of that system's limitations, so the authors decided to rewrite the game for the TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo) which had 4 colors and better graphics. In 1984, a version for the Sanyo 550 computer was made, featuring 8 colors, higher resolution graphics, four direction scrolling, and a two player option. The following year, they started working on the ST version with enhanced, 16 color graphics, bigger maps, and more game depth, including a built-in language for text adventures. March 15, 2003 by ST Graveyard
Every games fan in his 20's must have probably played this classic "ostrich battling" game. Originally developed in 1982 by Williams for the arcade market, it has now found its place on almost every home system available. And the Atari ST version, which dates back from 1986, might even be considered the best version yet! "Joust" is known to be one of the greatest 2 player games ever created, and I used to play this title a lot with friends back in them days. Let's give this classic a closer look ...
February 25, 2003 by ST Graveyard
"Weird Dreams" is something special, you might not enjoy it, it might be too frustrating, it might be too hard, but it is something you just have to see for yourself. And once you get the hang of the slow controls, it isn't that bad either. I might even go as far as saying that this should be in every retrogamer's collection. I know, it sounds weird after everything I just wrote... But hey, that's what this game is all about... December 28, 2002 by ST Graveyard
Since the release of "Tetris" on the Nintendo Gameboy in 1989, the industry has been infested with look-a-likes and clones for about every system imaginable. Every company wanted a piece of the pie, and can you blame them? Sega had their version called "Columns", Atari tried it with "Klax", and then I'm not even talking about all the clones. But none of these variations came close to the success Nintendo had with the original "Tetris". Recently the Reservoir Gods released their puzzle game called "Godpey", which could also be called a Tetris like game.December 15, 2002 by ST Graveyard
It seems to me that the best game creators and all-round coders are the people from the Demo scene. They really know what the ST is about, they know what it can do, and they always seem to push the hardware to the limit. Too bad there are so few demo coders moving over to the game scene. But the ones who did, have proven themselves they can do more then "just" the ordinary scrolling routine. Take the guys from Synergy for example. They created a Pacman clone called "Crapman", and even though the title sounds weird, for the game itself the complete opposite is true. It's the best Pacman game ever. Or what about the people from X-troll? Some of them went on to create the fantastic "Lethal Xcess". Sadly enough, we don't hear a lot of them these days when it comes to games...
Euroswap was actually the merger of 4 French groups (Password, Exo7, Notorius, The Killers), which specialized in making compilations. All their menus were numbered in descending order, starting from the number 1000. Euroswap has always held a special place in my heart, because its members knew how to make quality menus, while maintaining a good state of mind, friendly and without arguments. In 2002, we had the chance to interview three members of Password / Euroswap, including the founding member of the team.
November 11, 2002 by Brume
Read interview of LaurenzoIn 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!
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