DegasElite

Hi, all, Sorry again for the long hiatus, but I am here with some special and exciting news. I have heard on AtariAge that the Vampire2 accelerator for the Commodore Amiga line of computers has been fitted for the first time in an Atari 1040STF computer. It looks to have a 68080 processor that can perform like a Falcon with a 68060 clocked at 150 MHz (the fastest 68060 was 75 MHz), and has 128 MB of fast RAM onboard the accelerator. Here is the link for that forum topic: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/257989-apollo-68080-new-68k-core-running-on-atari-stf/ Please feel free to read on about this developing situation. I do not know when this accelerator will be fully ready for the ST/TT/Falcon line. But, thanks for letting me share this information anyway.

Hi, fellow Atarians, I have been playing "Electrocop" on my Lynx II quite a bit. I love the way it scrolls and plays. Also, the graphics were quite innovative at the time. Surely, the music is repetitive and some of the levels look the same. I think that it may be more difficult than some think, but that's just me. Anyway, we're looking at a game that was one of the first Lynx games ever made. When you have a new system comes out, even the developers still need to tinker with it and the games to get the full potential of the system. This can take a while. I agree that "Electrocop" could have been more. But, being the game that it is, it still really shines. Sometimes, being it is a side-scroller, it kind of reminds of "Metroid," only it has robots instead of aliens in a building on a future Earth. Kind of a combo of "Metroid" and "Xybots," don't you think? Cool idea, though. Thanks for letting me share.

Where I lived, in Minnesota, there was a KayBee at Maplewood Mall. It was in a large suburb (also called Maplewood) in Saint Paul. I went there a few times and looked around. They used to have a great selection of games. I think I got my first Atari 7800 system from that KayBee, but I don't remember. That was Christmas Day 1987, about twenty-nine years ago, and it still is in perfect working order. You never can beat the quality of the legacy Atari game systems. They can outlast the Energizer Bunny.

Dinky Do Atari 8-Bit Computers Difficulty: Default High Score: 2,010 January 3rd, 2016

Taz Atari 2600 Difficulty: Default High Score: 388,500 December 17, 2015

I have always liked the Atari Jaguar since its inception and release. Even though it wasn't a commercial success, I know that it could have been so much more. I own two Jaguars and two CD units. They are my dream machines, even though they are retro. But, that's OK. I think that, in time, the home-brew community will create some dynamite games. In many instances, they already have.

To be sure. I used to play those when I was a kid, too. They were fun. Ah, the good old days…

I agree that the Atari Jaguar needed more and better games than when it started out in 1992-93. It's sad that such an iconic system had such a short shelf life in the stores. I wish I could develop for the Jag, but I hear that it took teams of developers to develop games for it. One person couldn't do it at that time. Maybe, with Raptor, just one person could pull it off now. I am not so sure since the Jaguar is so much more radically advanced than previous Atari systems. Some day, I would love to take a stab at it, though.

It is a good controller. But, for me, it can be somewhat unbecoming at times. It depends on the game. I use it anyway. I think it is the combination of joystick and joypad that can be confusing, at least for me. But, it has its pros and cons as anything would. No doubt. Personally, I like it overall. It just needs a few minor tweaks, but it does a good job.

That's not a problem. Batari BASIC seems quite intuitive anyway, it seems. I can go from there. Thanks again.

Thanks for the response. I will check that out. I do have Batari BASIC already, but I just have not used it yet. I am hoping that, just like AtariAge, we have programming tutorials on this forum to see. Just a thought. Anyway, there are other platforms other than the 2600 that I want to learn, like the Lynx and the 7800 platform. Batari BASIC seems intuitive enough, however, and it even has a user interface that can be downloaded (called Visual Batari BASIC) which I also have. It's pretty cool. I guess that could be a start.

Hello, everyone: I have a question. I just joined the forum tonight. Are there any programming tutorials for BASIC and assembly language code for beginners on the Atari platforms that can be accessed on here? If not, will they be available? If so, I am duly interested in learning more about programming, primarily on the 8-bit platform as a base. I also want to learn how to program on other Atari platforms as well. Could there eventually be tutorials on those systems as well? Thanks for reading this post and for having me on here as a new member. I appreciate the opportunity.