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Atari ST SHOW #1: Did Atari Knowingly Give Away Pirate Software? + ST News
In 1989 Atari Distributed a 4 disc game collection with new STs called “2- Great PD Games” that notoriously include some non-pd content. The Atari ST Show #1 we deep dive into the contents of these 4 disks and answer the question “Did Atari Knowingly do this?” We also look…
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The “Worst Box”
My dream has come true.Sort of.I can now place my very own Atari 2600 game on my shelf of Atari 2600 games, and the spine will tell the tale of my own creation: “The Worst Game” Let me explain. I spent most of 2024 creating a series of “Worse Than…
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PC-Man and The Spark Of Childhood Wonder
Teenager Greg Kuperberg wrote three fast-action arcade games for the IBM-PC in 1982 and 1983 (an almost impossible of feat at the time) and then took another path. In this rare examination of his work, we look at the legacy and inspiration of this “would-be” game programming auteur, who…
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Old Man Code: Use Atari 8bit Altirra Basic in Linux + Play Preppie!
Emulator & DOS I am going to download it right into my altirra folder, again, for simplicity. The next things we need are our Linux Workflow Tools (Flatpak) This is the Application discover application for the PikaOS. Pika is based on Ubuntu / Debian based distro that comes backed with…
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Atari Now! November 2025
Audio Version Notes:NEWS HOMEBREWS Filippo ‘Philsan’ Santellocco Reports Atari 2600 Atari 8bit Atari ST / Falcon Jaguar 7800 Atari XL/XE https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-endless-bugs-from-mount-oread_44667.html – It;s not new as far as I can tell, but it’s a cool Omega Race style game Homesoft Antic Podcast https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2025/10/nuevas-aventuras-de-texto-italianas.html “The Wrath of Anubis , ” “Caribbean…
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Atari ST Archeology Games Published By Storm / Sales Curve
We are starting to do things a little different here at Into the Vertical Blank Towers. To comb6at AI slop, and are going to be trying to record and publish live videos as much as possible. We will still create and edit canned videos, but we want to bring a…
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#148 Atari Now! October 2025 News and Home brew for all Atari systems
September 2–5, 2025 September 4: Sep 4, 2025 — AtariAge Store adds 15 new physical releases AtariAge’s store blog lists Akalabeth (Intellivision), A/W/A Anthology (8-bit & 5200), plus new 2600 & 7800 carts (full list below). Orders ship in November (PRGE prep cited). AtariAge Store Highights: Atariage should have all…
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People, Not Things: The Enigma Of Chris Crawford
By Steve Fulton I’ve always been a fan of Chris Crawford.To me he is probably one of the first “indie” developers, even though he spent some time inside the corporate walls of Atari Inc. Crawford has often worked in the margins on experiences that are, in a word, “different” –: …
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Atari ST Archaeology Action / Arcade American Football Games
There are only a handful of #AtariST American Football games that include full arcade action and we are going to explore them all here with one reqally pleasant surprise.
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Atari 8bit Archeology: The Top Action Arcade Soccer / Footie / Futbol Games
Live play and ranking of th6 half dozen action arcade style soccer footie football futbol games on the Atari bit computers
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STA 1 Really!? Out Run ST Action’s Glowing Review
#atari #atarist #outrun #staction Welcome to the second episode of the series I’m calling “STA 1 Really?” This is where we take a look at classic Atari ST reviews from the magazine ST Action. You see, an STA 1 award was supposedly given to the best games of the month…
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Atari Now! September 2025
New monthly show about everything Atari is doing in the modern era, plus new homebrew for all Atari platforms. Monthly update about the world of Atari.Atari Now! News and Homebrews, September 2025 https://www.reddit.com/r/atarinow/
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Atari 8bit Archeology: 1982 Top 40+ Awesome Arcade Shooters and SHMUPS
Back again with more Atari Computer game archeology. This time we tackle a countdown of the shmups and arcade shooters on the Atari 8bit computers in 1982 These do not all satisfy the neo description of SHMUP, so to not split hairs, I am just calling these all arcade style…
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We Play New 7800 Games Like It’s 1985!
Has Atari 2025 finally remade themselves into (mythical) Atari Inc. 1985? We play a bag-full of new Atari 7800 games to find out.
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Atari ST Archeology. Top 30 Arcade Shooters 1987
Today we bring you another Atari Computer Archaeology Video top 30 list. This is a countdown of the shmups and arcade shooters on the Atari ST computers in 1986=7. These do not all satisfy the neo description of SHMUP, so to not split hairs, I am just calling these all…
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Atari 8bit Archeology: Top 20 Shooters and Shmups 1979 – 1981.
Back again with more Atari Computer game archeology. This time we tackle a countdown of the shmups and arcade shooters on the Atari 8bit computers in its earliest years. These do not all satisfy the neo description of SHMUP, so to not split hairs, I am just calling these all…
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Atari ST Archeology. Top 30 Arcade / Action Games 1985-86
op 30 Atari ST / STE Action Arcade Games from the earliest years. 1985 and 1986 represent the first primordial signs of 16 bit Atari computer gaming. There are some arcade ports and magazine games, shovelware, clones and more. A few gems, all fun to look at today as the…
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STA1! really? Atari ST Buggy Boy. One on the best ST Arcade Ports
Buggy Boy, known as Speed Buggy in North America, is an off-road racing game developed by Tatsumi and released for arcades in 1985. driving the buggy on two wheels. The ports in the UK were licensed to Elite for 1987 Releases on the C64 and Amstrad, as well as 1988…
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What The Heck Is “The Vertical Blank” Anyway?
In this video we play the long versions of our two songs, mixed with a segment from our movie “The Best *#@! Christmas Ever: An Atari 8-bit Journey Into The Vertical Blank” To lay out just what The Vertical blank means to us and why we use it as the…
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Atari 7800: Lesson 4 – Collect The Orbs
Welcome to Atari 7800 Basic Make-a-Thing lesson Yes, I’m back.Look at me.That intro was done 2 years ago, and I look 10 years older now.So, I guess I will have to do something about that.Here is my new Youtube hat! This is my new look, for better or worse.Now I feel…
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Kid Grid Atari ST Port Part 2: Algorithms: Make a Thing!
Join me as I start to code a new #atarist game – a port of the #c64 and #atari 8bit game called #KidGrid by Tronix from 1982. In this part 2, we continue to work through some difficult algorithms for the game and discuss some features, options and limitations of…
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Finding the First Issue of Electronic Games Magazine in 1981
Throughout the 70’s and early 80’s, our house existed on the kind of gender divide that had been common-place for centuries: My dad worked full-time as a draftsman for an aerospace company, and my mom worked full-time as housewife ( with a part-time job as a teacher’s aide). Nowhere…
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Atari 7800 Basic Lessons 1-3
In anticipation of episode #4, here isa is supercut of lessons 1-3 of the Atari 7800 Basic Tutorial. 1 – Hello world This is the first in a series of videos showing my own techniques using Atari 7800 Basic. I do not claim these are the best or only way…
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Make a thing: Atari ST Kid Grid Dev Diary #1
t has been at least 15 years since I completed a game of my own and more than 10 since I did any real finished game coding at all. I have only even finished one ST game (in 1990) and even though I have done a lot of tests and…
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The Worst Game Visits The So Cal Retro Expo 2025.
As L.A. “burned” we visited the So. Cal Retro Gaming Expo a couple weeks back. The Worst Game Visits The So. Cal Retro Expo On the Sunday day of the So. Cal Retro Gaming Expo on June 8th, 2025 there was a tactical alert that arose from protests over ICE…
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History & Tier List Firebird UK Atari ST and Atari 8bit Games
Firebird UK was a pivotal publisher for many 8 and 16 bit machines in the 80s and early 90s. They were one of the few publishers that targeted both the Atari 8bit and Atari ST with both full priced and budget software. We are going to take a brief look…
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Claw Hammer : A Fether’s Day Story
When I am seven years old my dad gives me a claw hammer. It is summertime, just after a wet spring. So wet in fact, that the roof of our garage is leaking in several places. My dad decides to fix it himself. It is a Saturday morning. I…
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How STOS Helped People Forge Careers in Software
Audio Version: STOS The Game Creator (and like software) might have been seen as silly or non-serious shortcuts for hobbyists, but for many many people it became entry point into the world of professional software development. This is just one such tale, the story of “Zamboozal Poker Dice” Original Zamboozal…
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#140 The Game Creator: Atari ST STOS History, Games & Community
If you were a teen, pre-teen, or even a curious adult with an 8-bit computer in the 80’s, you most likely started your journey as a computer enthusiast by playing with the basic language included with your machine. Some typed in a few programs, then moved to games and never…
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Core Designs Early Success on the Atari ST (1988-1993)
Full Text and Foot Notes Core Design emerged as a prominent British video game developer in 1988, founded by a team of experienced individuals who had previously worked at Gremlin Graphics.1 While the company later achieved global recognition for the groundbreaking Tomb Raider series 1, their earlier work laid the…
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How Well Did We Predict Atari’s Future In 2008?
In October 2008 almost 16 years ago, we embarked on quest to “save Atari”. The Atari IP was languishing under Infogrames at the time, and they seemed to have no idea what to do with it. Since we had a semi-successful indie-game blog at the time named “8bitrocket.com”. we decided…
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The Worst Game Ever For The Atari 2600
To get the game, source code, assets visit our itch.io page: Worst Game by Into The Vertical Blank
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Atari ST ASMR: 15 Well Crafted Action / Arcade Games in GFA Basic
Today we are going to cover 15 more Well crafted Action arcade titles for the Atari ST and STE. This time written in gfa basic. This will be ASMR style, so no more narration after this intro. Enjoy these games made mostly in the late 80s and early 90s by…
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