Atari Scene News<p>Final version of pixel perfect conversion of Defender for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> computers based on the original source code. Thanks for mentioning me. <a href="https://forums.atariage.com/topic/378314-atari-stettfalcon-homebrew-games-releasedcompletedwip-in-2025/page/2/#findComment-5645267" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forums.atariage.com/topic/3783</span><span class="invisible">14-atari-stettfalcon-homebrew-games-releasedcompletedwip-in-2025/page/2/#findComment-5645267</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
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Peter Fletcher<p>At VCF East I bought an <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> game based on a German cartoon that I have no knowledge of. I’ll let you know how it goes.</p>
Thorstengot 606811 points in Star Wars playing on Hatari on Manjaro Linux. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/atari?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atari</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/atarist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atarist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gaming?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/esports?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#esports</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/videogames?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stot?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stot</a>
BadgerScot 🦡🏴<p><span>Huh....<br><br>Ok, Story Time. This one has a good ending, I promise. </span>:blobthumbsup:<span><br><br>I joked yesterday about ancient ZX Spectrum game, </span>Chaos: The Battle of Wizards<span>, one of the very best video games ever created, which prompted me to have a look at the general state of Chaos in the year 2025.<br><br>Chaos is a strategy masterpiece. Up to 8 wizards, each armed with a random selection of magical spells do battle until there's only one survivor, all on a single screen. Chaos does what it says on the tin: no game is ever the same. Wizards can build strong positions, summoning a menagerie of powerful creatures, only to die suddenly from a Giant Rat bite. Every situation is precarious, right to the bitter end.<br><br>Martin Brownlow unofficially adapted Chaos for the Atari ST. His genius innovation was to dress the game with custom sound samples harvested from TV and film pop culture of the time: Red Dwarf, Monty Python, Highlander, Blackadder, Evil Dead and more. These samples lifted Chaos to another level. Perfect geek fodder.<br><br>In the Noughties Richard Phipps took Martin's template and coded a version for the PC. </span>Chaos Funk took advantage of OpenGL graphics and artfully streamlined the gameplay for modern sensibilities and mouse controls. Later, he revised this excellent tribute into a much more customizable version, Chaos Groove<span>. He also added to the game through both versions, more spells and updated sound samples taken from more recent pop culture works like The Simpsons, South Park and, I suspect, additions from the original sources as well.<br><br>Richard </span><a href="https://chaosgroove.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">still has a website</a> but unfortunately his download links have expired in the intervening years. If you search for Chaos Groove online you'll find <a href="https://github.com/adamjimenez/ChaosGroove" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the github page</a><span> of Adam Jiminez, who forked Chaos Groove after Richard's work on it had seemingly stopped. Adam's forked code is still there but sadly there are no pre-compiled, ready-to-run binaries.<br><br>You can </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/zx_Chaos_The_Battle_of_the_Wizards_1985_Games_Workshop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">play the original bleepy Spectrum version online</a><span>.<br>There's a modernised version </span><a href="https://chaos-battle-of-wizards.en.aptoide.com/app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">available on Android</a><span><br>Of course, you can always emulate the Spectrum and Atari as well, those versions all available for download. A version even made it onto the </span><a href="https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Chaos_The_Battle_Of_Wizards_GBA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gameboy Advance</a><span>.<br><br>And Julian Gollop, creator of the original and much more complicated follow-up </span>Lords of Chaos on the Atari ST, revisited the format in 2014 with Chaos Reborn, <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/319050/Chaos_Reborn/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">available on Steam</a><span>, a third interpretation of the classic that hews closer to the original format but still over-cooks it away from that seminal one-screen simplicity, though you can play it online with up to three opponents.<br><br>1/2<br><br></span><a href="https://kitty.social/tags/RetroGaming" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroGaming</a> <a href="https://kitty.social/tags/ChaosTheBattleOfWizards" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChaosTheBattleOfWizards</a> <a href="https://kitty.social/tags/ZXSpectrum" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZXSpectrum</a> <a href="https://kitty.social/tags/AtariST" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtariST</a> <a href="https://kitty.social/tags/PC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PC</a></p>
Games That Weren't<p>The Few was a wargame aiming to faithfully recreate the Battle of Britain in its entirety for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a> in 1990. After promising previews showcasing the game and its features, it disappeared without trace. Could anything still exist today?</p><p><a href="https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/04/the-few/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamesthatwerent.com/2025/04/th</span><span class="invisible">e-few/</span></a></p>
Rusty Invader<p>Frust kam auf, da wurde dann doch ein ganzes Posting draus: Warum die Spiele der 80er und 90er Jahre wirklich besser waren 🤓🕹️ <a href="https://www.nakieken.de/warum-die-spiele-der-80er-und-90er-wirklich-besser-waren/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nakieken.de/warum-die-spiele-d</span><span class="invisible">er-80er-und-90er-wirklich-besser-waren/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amiga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a><br>Edit: Alt Text korrigiert in Galaga!!!! Omg 🙈</p>
Michael Engel<p>Happy Birthday, Atari ST! <br>Already 40 years, where has the time gone?</p><p><a href="https://dfarq.homeip.net/atari-st-introduced-april-8-1985/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dfarq.homeip.net/atari-st-intr</span><span class="invisible">oduced-april-8-1985/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/motorola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motorola</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/MC68000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MC68000</span></a></p>
Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈⬛<p>Who remembers the action game ThunderCats? (1987) 🦁 ⚔️ ✨</p><p>I played it on the Atari ST and still have a soft spot for it 😀</p><p>And that chiptune! 😍 🎶</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThunderCats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThunderCats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EliteSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EliteSystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmstradCPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmstradCPC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZXSpectrum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chiptune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chiptune</span></a></p>
Atari Scene News<p>The making of Automation Roots logo for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> computers <a href="https://youtu.be/uQcu9Xh1G7M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/uQcu9Xh1G7M</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pixelart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixelart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a></p>
Peter Fletcher<p>Thanks to everyone that stopped by my <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> exhibit at <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VCFEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCFEast</span></a> this weekend! I hope I was able to talk to you a bit. I get so overwhelmed at times but it is always fun.</p>
Atari ST Music Bot<p>./No_More/Face.sndh<br>Author: No More<br>RIPP Grazey / PHF<br>CONV Grazey / PHF<br>Title: Face<br>## 1<br>TC 50<br>Track: 1<br> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/chiptune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chiptune</span></a></p>
Gears of Games<p>Let's check out "Hellraider" on the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Atari</span></a> ... <a href="https://youtu.be/j7yjrX_huSA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/j7yjrX_huSA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
zwangseinweisung<p>Morgen trifft sicher <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ABBUC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABBUC</span></a> im <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@chaosdorf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chaosdorf</span></a></span> . Ich werd hinfahren und hab meine <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Suska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suska</span></a> B u. C und meine <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firebee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firebee</span></a> eingepackt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firebee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firebee</span></a></p>
WishMaster<p>Bionic Commando (Atari ST).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrogame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a></p>
Atari ST Music Bot<p>./Wheaton_Gary/Jingle.sndh<br>Title: Jingle<br>Author: Gary Wheaton<br>RIPP Grazey/PHF<br>CONV Grazey/PHF<br>YEAR 1991<br>## 1<br>!# 1<br>TC 50<br>TIME 1 0<br>Track: 1<br> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/chiptune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chiptune</span></a></p>
Josh Renaud<p>If you're the person who just won the eBay auction for seven "1985 Antic Software Atari ST Game Disks" for $107.50, please get in touch. I want to make sure the monochrome version of "Mom and Me" gets archived.<br> <br><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/kirschen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kirschen</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/antic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antic</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/ebay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebay</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archive</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>My ST busily awaiting the arrival of its monochrome SM124 CRT arriving today. I hope it was well packed...</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari520ST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari520ST</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/busybee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>busybee</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/fujilogo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fujilogo</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagetech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagetech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ByteCellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ByteCellar</span></a></p>
Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈⬛<p>Lunch time! 🍽️ 🍷 🥖</p><p>Bon appétit tout le monde 😀</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CruiseForACorpse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CruiseForACorpse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Croisi%C3%A8rePourUnCadavre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CroisièrePourUnCadavre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DelphineSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DelphineSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdventureGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdventureGame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PointAndClick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PointAndClick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOSGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOSGaming</span></a></p>
Atari ST Music Bot<p>./Mad_Max/Demos/Best_In_Galaxy/Aufweidersehen_Monty.sndh<br>Author: Mad Max<br>RIPP Grazey / PHF<br>CONV Grazey / PHF<br>Title: Aufweidersehen Monty<br>## 13<br>TC 50<br>Track: 2<br> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/chiptune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chiptune</span></a></p>
Josh Renaud<p>Since Deuce added Atari ST/VT52 support to SyncTerm, I've been revisiting several ST BBS door games. I was particularly taken by DDST (as in "D&D").</p><p>It's a pretty good adventure game and it uses VT52 colors effectively, particularly a screen-flashing effect. It can be frustrating, but you *can* make progress, and it has good features you don't often see in door games (like "Save"!).</p><p>Well, this morning I finally beat it!</p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
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