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Going back to 1993

December 24, 2025 AtariCrypt

Christmas 1993I thought it would be nice to wish you all a very Merry Christmas – 1993 style. To celebrate, I’ve chosen a brilliant disk from a group I adore: Adrenalin. I’ve chosen their 10th PD disk, filled with loads of crackers (pun intended), including: Super Dark Pearl, Operation Garfield, …

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Lotus Esprit music disk

December 16, 2025 AtariCrypt

Pedal to the… Musix!It’s been half a decade since the enhanced version of Lotus was released. Where does the time go? You may recall that Jon Thomas took the original game and completely revamped it with his coding expertise, creating a dedicated Atari STe version. While the chip music stayed …

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ANTIC Episode 123 – Steampunk Atari

December 11, 2025 ANTIC

ANTIC Episode 123 – Steampunk Atari In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Lots of Holiday Buyer’s Guide action, news of recovered software, FujiNet news galore, and Brad does steampunk Atari… READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kay’s Book “Terrible Nerd” …

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PHF Rally 2 – Zero Bitplane

December 9, 2025 AtariCrypt

Sommarhack Awaits!Say hello to a game without any pixels. What, a blank screen? No, everything is created with palette swaps, which is something I admit to not fully understanding. But the result is something quite unexpected and, if I’m honest, very cool. The screen is made using colourful blocks representing …

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Knightmare

November 30, 2025 AtariCrypt

Best laid plans…For those living on another planet for the last few decades, Knightmare is an RPG similar to one we all know and love. Developed by Commodore legend Antony Crowther, it utilises his excellent Captive engine, but with a user interface that looks much better. I admit, I’ve been …

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Enhanced games – part 3

November 22, 2025 AtariCrypt

Land of EnhancementThe previous Atari STe compilations went well, so I thought we needed a third stab at this. If you’re curious, the first two can be viewed here(1) and here(2). Let’s crack on and see which games I’ve picked…Aerial Kombat was released in 1995 by Colin Polonowski and is a two-player …