AtariAge - Have you played Atari today?AtariAge.com is your best source for classic Atari news, rarity guides, scans, discussion, homebrews, and more!Stella 2.6.1 Released- May 30, 2008 The excellent Atari 2600 emulator Stella has seen some significant updates this month, first to version 2.6, which was then quickly followed by version 2.6.1. The jump to version 2.6 brought several new features, which you can read about here. Version 2.6.1 includes several bug fixes as well as additional features and improvements, and you can learn about those here. Visit the Stella home page to download the latest version for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55372 Rob Fulop's Actionauts Now Available- May 13, 2008 Rob Fulop has announced that a small number of his self-published Atari 2600 game Actionauts are now available for purchase to those who did not previously reserve a copy. After leaving Imagic in early 1984, Rob Fulop set out to independently create a new 2600 game featuring robots, which were a big craze in popular culture at the time. The game, Actionauts, allowed you to program an on-screen robot with a linear series of commands. Your goal as the player was to get the robot to achieve...http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55371 AtariProtos.com 8-bit Update- May 6, 2008 Matt Reichert has added several new Atari 8-bit prototype reviews to his extensive website AtariProtos.com. The newly reviewed games include: Frogger II, Tutankham, Up 'n Down, Star Trux, Saucer, Pac-Mac, Football, and Letter Tutor. Please visit AtariProtos.com to read these new reviews as well as the wealth of prototype reviews for the 2600, 5200 and 7800. You can discuss these updates with Matt Reichert (Tempest) and other AtariAge members in our Atari 8-bit Computers Forum.http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55370 Retrogaming Times Monthly 48- May 6, 2008 Issue 48 of Retrogaming Times Monthly is now online. Articles in the May 2008 issue include:Apple Incider - Everybody was Kung Fu FightingMany Faces of Sir LancelotNES'cade - Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesGame ArcheologistTomy Tutor - JunglerYou can find all these and more inside this month's Retrogaming Times Monthly, which has now been running for 128 months in a row. If you've missed any back issues, you can also look through their complete archives to get up to date.http://www.atariage.com/index.html#55369 |