GRay Defender

Awesome video!  The petscii graphics reminded me of the c64 boards bitd - it really wasn't too different than the internet but not centralized; we had to hang up and dial the next address to follow a link. Forums, Email, chat (usually just with the sysop), playing online text games, simple online graphics games and of course downloading all the warez
 
GPAC Defender (with the cracktro of course, probably a view different cractros - the different boards really liked to personalize) would have been on many of those 80's boards if you could send it back in time!
 
I liked the red C64c too - I only remember ever seeing those in white, is it a custom job?

Oh wow.  I just assumed you painted your case red.  It looks great. 

Hello everyone!
 
I am new here, this is my first post.  Phil, the Nosweargamer encouraged me to sign up over here.  I just completed my first video game, GPAC DD, which is a Pac-Clone style game for the Commodore 64.  It is a free game, and I released the source code.   I also did a short 10 physical copy run and gave them all out. You can learn all about it on my youtube channel (youtube.com/graydefender).
 
The download links:
 
http://tiny.cc/gpacdd
http://tiny.cc/gpacsource
 
Anyhow, I had fun doing it, and it was a great learning experience.  When I am not messing around on a C64, I also enjoy the classic Atari consoles & Intellivision.
 
 

This is my review of the WiModem.  Let's dial up a few BBS's and go back to the 80's.
 

First off, welcome to Atari IO!  I for one would love to see this game ported to the handheld atari unit. 

First off, welcome to Atari IO!  I for one would love to see this game ported to the handheld atari unit. 

Hello Atari IO community!
 
I'm working on converting this SuperCharger game to run on the Atari Flashback Portable!
 
KC was an incredible classic game that took Pacman to the next level with moving game character dots and an ever changing maze; KCMM builds on these new Pacman mechanics by constantly morphing a large portion of the giant 4-way scrolling maze, like the Jr Pacman mechanics but in 4 directions.
 
KC Monochrome dreams was approved by KC's Dad, Ed Averett and I think it would be awesome to see it running on the new portable Atari! Even cooler if Atari does a 180 and endorses KC for the next release - would you like to see this game included as one of the built-in games in future Flashback editions??
 
It should be pretty easy to convert the game to the AFP because while the game is written in Assembly, it uses a compatible BASIC runtime to Flashback BASIC. I might add a second monster maze too since the AFP runtime can support multiple virtual worlds while the SuperCharger only has one!
 
The game PIXELS (like the movie) also incorporates Pacman and KC elements and has already been patched for the AFP, the game ROM is attached along with a pic of the tiny cart with tiny label artwork.
 
Pixels.bin
 

 
There is an awesome play through review of PIXELS on the AFP by Doctor Clu here and an equally awesome review of KC by Metal Jesus and John Hancock here.
 

Starship 1 designer Ron Milner let slip the secret, and Ron, Ed Fries, and Michael Albaugh (another former Atari alumni) helped to figure out the sequence to trigger it:
 
https://edfries.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/chasing-the-first-arcade-easter-egg/
 

This guy is my kind of nerd, so I always love his vids.

Check out his install and review of the 7800 composite mod.

http://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/rob-fulop/I found this to be a worthwhile read.  Rob Fulop created a lot of the very best Atari games.  Missile Command, Night Driver, Demon Attack, etc. 
 
One interesting quote from this article in regards to the 8-bit version of Space Invaders:
 
There was nobody looking over my shoulder to tell me that I should copy the original Taito arcade version as closely as I could so I just made up my own, inferior, version. Nobody cared, nobody even looked at my version compared to the original, they just released it. Looking back, it seems incredible that the company was run so recklessly but it’s a testament to how seriously mismanaged Atari was at the time. Literally not one person in the company asked “hey, why not just make our Space Invaders look exactly like the coin operated version that we are licensing?” That’s how little they cared

I think people on this thread will be interested in this.  Atari Adventure was ported to C++ and I've modified it (blasphemy, I know) to be an internet-based, multiplayer game.  You can see the concept in this promo video.  

If anyone is interested, I desperately need some beta testers.

Welcome Bill!  I don't know maybe I am the only one, but I am waiting for another Macgyver update, lol.  I enjoy your show!

Welcome Bill!  I don't know maybe I am the only one, but I am waiting for another Macgyver update, lol.  I enjoy your show!

I made a quick video related to my visit.
 

Welcome Bill!  I don't know maybe I am the only one, but I am waiting for another Macgyver update, lol.  I enjoy your show!

Hi, everybody!
 
I've had a podcast for a while now, but am FINALLY posting something here. Atari Bytes is a weekly show reviewing 2600 games (and occasionally 7800 games). Really, though, the show is only partly a straight-up review show. The other big part of the show is answering burning questions like: What was Yar seeking revenge against? Why did they send Mario the plumber to take down an ape? What made that dude go Bezerk? If I don't know the answers, I make 'em up with my own story.
 
Please do check it out and let me know what you think!
 
http://ataribytes.libsyn.com/Show notes and episodes are here. You can also get the show just about everywhere podcasts are: Stitcher, iTunes (please leave a review!), Google Play, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, etc.
 
Like the show page on Facebook
 
Follow the show on Twitter @ataribytes
 
Thanks, everybody!
 
Bill

I thought I'd share some pictures of my Atari 7800 Kiosk that I assembled during the earliest days of this website, in 2001. This is not an original kiosk from Atari as to my knowledge there was never an official Atari 7800 retail kiosk, aside from Atari's display at the 1984 Consumer Electronics Show - so I decided to make my own. Unfortunately this kiosk no longer exists and these are likely the only pictures I have. I may attempt to build another one of these kiosks sometime in the future.
 
I made this kiosk mostly using the structure of a generic Toys R Us game kiosk from that time, along with some other components and custom parts. The Atari 7800 Kiosk is about 80% complete in these pictures. Custom "Atari 7800 ProSystem" signage, controller mounts, custom wiring and a larger Sony Trinitron TV were added a bit later on. Custom Atari artwork was made for the sides of the kiosk which you would not have been able to see in these pictures. Additional games would hang from the back pegboard panel on either side of the first 7800 box, and a more substantial set of games were displayed on the two shelves below. Atari 7800 systems and accessories were displayed on the bottom shelf, and Atari Lynx systems and games were displayed on the upper shelf. All items displayed were brand new.
 
I had considered mounting a flat screen monitor against the back panel where you see the first Atari 7800 box hanging, but I opted not to do this. While I wanted the kiosk to be really cool, I also wanted it to look and feel as if it could have plausibly been used in a retail space during the 7800's lifespan. Flatscreens were pretty new in 2001, and that wasn't really the feel I was going for.
 
These pictures popped up when I found some old images from the earliest days of this website (2000-2002) on an old laptop this week. There's some really cool stuff in there that I can’t wait to share with you over coming weeks. I'll be posting more soon in a new thread giving you a glimpse into life at Atari I/O / Atari7800.com back in the day. Be sure to follow our Facebook and Instagram as I'll be posting on there too! Enjoy 

The dauber effect is real.  I bought one and will post my feed back as soon as I play it.

http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/atari_tube/atari_tube.html

Welcome to the Forums!

This is my review of the WiModem.  Let's dial up a few BBS's and go back to the 80's.
 

Hi,
 
GRay Defender here.  I was born and raised here in San Bernardino, CA.  I played the early games in the arcade growing up and my first real gaming console was the Atari 2600.  From there I moved on to the Commodore 64, but before I let my mom sell off my 2600, I held onto the three games carts that I treasured the most at the time.  They were Adventure, Missile Command and Mountain King.  I fairly recently got back into video games and collecting.  Other than video games & consoles, I also love classic radios with cassette tape players,etc.  I also collect some vintage calculators, something about that phosphorus.
 
I guess last year I started my small youtube channel which goes by my moniker.
 
Looking forward to meeting you all over time,
 
Glenn

This is my review of the WiModem.  Let's dial up a few BBS's and go back to the 80's.
 

This is my review of the WiModem.  Let's dial up a few BBS's and go back to the 80's.
 

Nice... I was there Sunday.  Never seen so many machines in one place...