Jinroh

Hey Hey! Happy to see you here!

Added Flashback 2

4-port model w/ power supply and TV switch box.  Includes 2 joysticks and 8 carts (all working):
Centipede
CounterMeasure
Galaxian + manual
Pac-Man + manual + overlay
Pole Position
Space Invaders
RealSports Baseball + manual
RealSports Fooball (manual and playbook only)
RealSports Soccer + manual
$150 shipped to continental U.S.  PM me if interested, thanks.
 

hi everyone,
 
we have xenophobe and commando back in stock for the atari XE. xenophobe is $34,95 plus shipping, commando is $29.95 plus shipping. our web site is being updated to announce that, it will be done soon. but the games are in stock now. our e-mail address for ordering is, video61@atarisales.com, or video61atarisales@gmail.com
 
please state if you live in the U.S.A. or not for shipping purposes.
 
thanks,
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 

Very great work! I will want to check this out. 🙂
I would love to get one of your good controllers for this too when I can afford one.
 
Really cool to see you pushing the STe. I will never be able to get a Falcon now 😢, so glad the STe can still play with the big brothers. 😄

For your 4MB STE, instead use floppies, its much better to use a low cost high performance hard disk unit;
as well, the SD card is compatible with Atari ST/E and a PC at same time, the format is FAT16  🙂

There are a huge amount of sprites at once,
 
As well, its a very promising game for Atari 8 bits computer,
where sadly, most of the commercial games (from 80´s) are pretty simple.

Greetings,
 
The complete demo of stage 1 is availabe there:
https://masteries.itch.io/
for Atari STE and MegaDrive/Genesis (Genesis version is more "beta" than STE, its very difficult to deal with the very size limited video RAM of the console, when you put on screen a very high detailed scenario and many sprites).
 
As well, for modern STE times, you will need a low cost high performance hard disk device.

Yes I am not sure either. I mailed them a few weeks ago too, but no response either.
Back on topic, it would be neat if the X68000Z would have an open platform for development. Would be cool to see more coders on more 68000 based machines. 😄
 

Right. I keep emailing them about that, and I don't get a response. It might have folded.

YES!  I hope it happens. 

I remember actually seeing something like this in development, but I think there was some complication.
I imagine this could be done easy enough with an X86 compatible CPU and an FPGA to emulate the 3DFX chipset though. I imagine that is something that will be happening soon enough though. 😄 Would be fun if Microsoft themselves bankrolled that, and it came installed with a legit Win9x build.
We need a readily available TOS system too. The Firebee is great, but who can get one? 😢 Some company with lots of money needs to get on either developing it further or making a new one. Jeff Bezos loves the ST line. He needs to put his money where his mouth is. 😛

Wow, that's pretty neat.  I wonder if we'll eventually see a remake of an early "Windows 98 with 3dfx graphics card" PC.  It would be fun to have a system to play a lot of the early 3D PC classics. 

I am not a super fan of Japanese PCs (they are not Atari 😄) but thought this was the cool announcement, given it is some love to retro PCs.
A Mini Sharp X68000. Looks like it'll include a keyboard and mouse as well. No concrete details until October 8th, but pretty neat, had some good arcade ports.
Now someone needs to give the Falcon this kind of treatment, so I can actually get one. 😛
 

Much nicer to look at, than the game itself. 😄
 

Much nicer to look at, than the game itself. 😄
 

hi everyone,
 
forgot this!
lance
www.atarisales.com

Very fun! I remember the preview video for this one! Ice Cream Ike, what a great way to beat the heat in the summer with some ice cream fun! 😄
Great work guys! I hope this sells like ice cream!

Very fun! I remember the preview video for this one! Ice Cream Ike, what a great way to beat the heat in the summer with some ice cream fun! 😄
Great work guys! I hope this sells like ice cream!

This looks cool!

hi everyone,
Ice Cream Ike is now available for the Atari 8-bit computer line and 5200 game system! Guide Ike's employee through harrowing levels matching ice cream scoops to fill orders for Ike's customers. Just don't mess up! You only have five chances. Thanks for watching!
 
 we have a new game to announce for the atari 5200. Ice Cream Ike, its a very fun and addicting action game.
Ice Cream Ike is now available. currently we are taking orders via e-mail only at, video61@atarisales.com, or video61atarisales@gmail.com
when inquiring about Ice Cream Ike or any other item from video 61, please let us know if you live in the u.s.a., or another country due to shipping.
at this time we are only accepting payment via paypal, or checks or money orders. to mail in a check or money order, please go here for instructions,
http://www.atarisales.com/ordering.html
price will be $39.95, shipping free if you live in the u.s.a.
Ice Cream Ike is not listed on our web site yet. we are constantly busy and will get it listed A.S.A.P.
thanks again everyone, without you, we would never be able to bring new stuff to the atari community
 
 
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 
 

hi everyone,
Ice Cream Ike is now available for the Atari 8-bit computer line and 5200 game system! Guide Ike's employee through harrowing levels matching ice cream scoops to fill orders for Ike's customers. Just don't mess up! You only have five chances. Thanks for watching!
 
 we have a new game to announce for the atari A-8. Ice Cream Ike, its a very fun and addicting action game.
Ice Cream Ike is now available. currently we are taking orders via e-mail only at, video61@atarisales.com, or video61atarisales@gmail.com
when inquiring about Ice Cream Ike or any other item from video 61, please let us know if you live in the u.s.a., or another country due to shipping.
at this time we are only accepting payment via paypal, or checks or money orders. to mail in a check or money order, please go here for instructions,
http://www.atarisales.com/ordering.html
price will be $39.95, shipping free if you live in the u.s.a.
Ice Cream Ike is not listed on our web site yet. we are constantly busy and will get it listed A.S.A.P.
thanks again everyone, without you, we would never be able to bring new stuff to the atari community
 
lance
www.atarisales.com
 

Sorry Peter, I am not sure I understand 100% your requirement my brain does not work as well. 😄
Do you want the one that runs on the A8 or on modern PC?
If the modern editor, this one I saw is kind of the replacement to PlayerPal editor.
https://bocianu.gitlab.io/spred/
If on the A8 itself I have the old one on a disk somewhere, but no way to rip the disk. 😄

Some say the strength of the 7800s library is in its strong conversions of early arcade classics.  Games like Ms Pac Man, Food Fight, and Asteroids we're considered the best ports of their time, and some even prefer them to this day.  Others refer to the fantastical and crazy later releases like Ninja Golf, Basketbrawl, or Midnight Mutants being the true highlights of the library. But the truth may live somewhere in the middle, and there you'll find Venture for the 7800.
Venture is the latest release from Peter Meyer and Video61, and I believe it to be their best yet. I went back and played the 2600 version as I waited for my game to come in the mail, and I took notes of what I would like to see improvement on. Of course their was graphics and sound, but I also felt that the player was too slow and ill equiped to meet the games challenge. I also wanted to see more variety in gameplay by using additional rooms or modes. But I could understand if adhering exclusively to the arcades visions was the intent. So how did they do?
Graphically I feel that they did a fantastic job, with a slight caveat.  It may sound silly but the title card and the options menu looks really good!  There's something about it that conveys quality to my eyes. After you make your selections your shown what is essentially the interlude screen that plays before and after each map and lost life. Our hero Winky (yes that's his name) and usually a hallway monster run across the bottom of the screen with the treasure both collected and yet to be presented above. This all looks great. 
And the rooms themselves look great with an improved Winky sprite from the 2600 version, with bow equiped and all. The monsters are varied and easily identifiable. Everything looks great but I want to bring up the map screen. Here the rooms you have yet to enter have clearly marked doorways and are outlined. Rooms you've conquered turn solid, which is nice, and the hallway monsters look good. But Winky is represented with a dot. Simple but effective to me, but I could see some wondering why a smaller smiling face wasn't used here. Again, this is a small nit-pick but I thought I'd mention it. 
The sound rests solely on the back of the TIA chip and they did well with it. I like all the music and tunes that play. I also like the sound effects but a few have the tendency to play in fast repetition and I'm sure some people wont enjoy that as much. It becomes a little annoying after a while when hearing it play over ad over, but in my opinion it's really not that bad. But repeating sound effects aside, I really appreciate the music.  I have to say it feels great to nab a treasure and barely escape a room with that familiar tune playing you out, like you Indiana Jones or something. 
In my opinion, gameplay is where the biggest improvement over the 2600 version needed to be, and they mostly nailed it.  You have 3 difficulty options before you start, and 2 control options of how you shoot. You can either move freely and shoot wherever you happen to be facing, or you can lock the direction your facing by holding down the shoot button and then spin freely when you release the button. Both methods work fine and it should just come down to your preference. I prefer the free move and shoot where you happen to be looking mode myself. 
You can also choose between arcade mode that includes the 3 maps and 12 rooms I expected, the XL XE challenger mode with 4 maps and 16 rooms, or the exclusive 7800 challenger mode with 5 maps and 20 rooms!  I would recommend the 7800 option myself, as there is enough variety that even playing deep into the game and at high level loops it still feels fresh. But the XL XE map is by far my favorite, and the new 7800 map pales in comparison. That's not to say it's bad, but the bar was set very high with the XL XE map.  
Winky's movement is responsive and shooting works great. Sometimes shooting at angles resulted in situations where I felt I should've got a hit or a bullet was blocked that I didn't think should've been, but never to the point where I felt frustrated or wanted to call bullshit. The gameplay is solid and there is a good challenge in each room, with each having their own identity. In later loops of the game, the maps have more enemies and traps added, and the hazards move quicker. It results in a solid and fair challenge...most of the time. 
I do have to say that I did get frustrated and have to call bullshit when I enter a room just to have a monster spawn almost on top of me. That I didn't like. It seemed to happen the most in he Vampire room of the new 7800 map, And I didn't like it.  But that's really my only gameplay complaint. And it didn't happen all the time.  That aside, I feel that you get a lot of game in this package and it plays great!
So the 7800 version of Venture made all the improvements I wanted to see from the 2600 version. Graphics and sound?  Check. Faster and better gameplay?  Check. More maps and rooms to add to the replayability?  Check. I see this as an easy recommendation, and Peter and Video61 should be proud of Venture. It retails for 39.99 and I think it's well worth the asking price. Great job guys!
Graphics 7/10
Sound 6/10
Gameplay 8/10
Value 9/10
Overall 8/10 Great!
Pros
Lots of options, excellent gameplay, great music and tunes, lots of variety with 5 maps and 20 rooms!
Cons
Fast repetition of sound effects can be annoying, occasionally a monster will spawn nearly on top of you in a room
Final thought: A fantastic version of Venture for the 7800. If you liked other versions of Venture, arcade games, or action adventure games than this should be in your collection!