Reviews
AL Mobile
Did you know Atari Legend is fully responsive and mobile ready? You want this site to behave like an app on your phone or tablet? Simply open the site in your favorite browser and look for the 'Add to homescreen' button. In Safari on IOS, first press the 'share' icon, then the "Add to home screen" pop-up appears. In Chrome on Android, you press the button at the top right, and select 'add to homescreen'. Once you have done this, the famous Atari bee fits nicely on your homescreen and you can enjoy AL with the tap of a finger.
What do other people think of a certain game? You wanna learn more about a particular game? You came to the right place. Over here you'll find reviews of your favorite ST classics. If you feel inspired and you want to write something yourself, make sure to send your review to the Atari Legend team. And if it fits, we'll be happy to place it online. Enjoy the read! There are currently 126 reviews available in the Atari Legend database.
Murder
August 5, 2001 by Lorenzo
All seems quiet in an old edwardian mansion. A party is going on, and people seem to get on ok, more or less. But then, all of a sudden, a shot... a scream... someone has been murdered. And you, of course, are the master sleuth who' s been called to solve this little annoying problem, but be warned, you' ve only got 2 hours to find the killer before the police comes in.
Read the review of Murder
Fire and Ice
August 1, 2001 by ST Graveyard
I think there are more platform games released on the Atari ST then on any other machine from that era. This isn't necessary a negative point, but most of them were actually really dull. Nintendo had "Mario", Sega had "Sonic", why couldn't we have such quality platformers for the ST? Well, we had...The Bitmap Brothers made some great games ("Gods", "Magic Pockets"
but that was about it. Until in 1992, Graftgold released "Fire and Ice". This game was hyped in all the magazines as being one of the best platformers ever. And the main character (Cool Coyote) even looked a bit like Sega's "Sonic". But is this game really that good? Read the review of Fire and Ice
Sensible Soccer - European Champions
July 31, 2001 by Lorenzo
There was a time when soccer games were all the same. Yes, they could have good or bad graphics, horizontal or vertical scrolling, but all you had to do was push the ball forward and try to score. And the ball was pratically glued to the player's feet, no matter how fast you wiggled the joystick. Read the review of Sensible Soccer - European Champions
Badlands
July 31, 2001 by Lorenzo
Remember "Super Sprint" ? It was a great success in 1986, an arcade game by Atari featuring 4 little cars racing on a small circuit. Nothing special, but the game was fun and I've spent a lot of coins on this one when I was a kid. Later, two clones of this game were released; "Ivan "Iron man" Stewart's off road challenge" (couldn't they just call it "Ironman", to make things simple ?) and "Badlands", very similar to Super Sprint but set in a post - nuclear background...
Read the review of Badlands
Hard Drivin'
July 17, 2001 by Lorenzo
There' s only one track, even though you can take two different routes, the "speed" and the "stunt" ones. The first, just as the name suggests, is a simple fast track - just keep jour foot down on the gas pedal and run as fast as you can. The second is much shorter, but features a few tricky obstacles; a broken bridge, a looping, a tricky curve... and that' s all. -But that' s enough, ain' t it ?Read the review of Hard Drivin'
As a comic book fan, Jean-Michel Masson wanted to pursue a carreer in computer graphics. But in the early 80's there weren't many art programs, so he had to code them himself. He got fascinated by Assembly language and decided he wanted to become a programmer. The rest is history. He had a nice career at the French development company Titus, where he had programmed the games Titan and the infamous racer Crazy Cars 2 for the ST.
January 29, 2023 by ST Graveyard
Read interview of Jean-Michel MassonDid you know?
The name "Atari" comes from a move in the ancient game of Go, a favorite of founder Nolan Bushnell.