Atari Now! January 2026 – News, Christmas, Predictions, Homebrews For All Atari Systems and More

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Atari Now! January 2026 – News, Views & Homebrews For All Atari Systems and More plus Christmas & Predictions

Notes:

Zero Page Homebrew: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew


Arcade1up : https://arcade1up.com/
Basic Fun: https://www.basicfun.com/arcade-classics/
PXE Engine: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381582-pxe-pronounced-pixie-new-elf-based-bb-kernel/
Phantom Logic: https://phantomlogicstudios.com/
Rebecca Heinemen Memorial: https://www.rosehills.com/obituaries/whittier-ca/rebecca-heineman-12626858?utm_source=chatgpt.com
GRS: controller: https://wagnerstechtalk.com/grs/#TRON_2022
Silicon Underground: https://dfarq.homeip.net/tandy-1000-models/
Commode Dore 64: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251730-why-i-still-love-atari-8-bit-computers/
Atari ST/STE -=Rogül=- demo/WIP – Silly Venture 2025 WE version : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2csKIZYCMSk
Atari XL/XE VBXE -=Castlevania=- demo 11/11/2025 : https://forums.atariage.com/topic/336661-new-demo-castlevania/page/4/#comment-5744434
Der Schraenker 4 – In Another World (130 XE) : (homesoft 429) http://www.mushca.com/f/atari/index.php?idx=10
Street Fighter2 for the Atari 8bit, plus a collection of other incredible games: https://vega.atari.pl/
Mattress Monkeys – No playable demo, but I wanted to prop the Atari Network and his review of both: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1-J3C2SVbo
Philsan has a post about the UnoCart Plus, which can be used in the 2600+ and 7800+: https://www.16-32bit.eu/unocartplus

https://www.reddit.com/r/atarinow/

Thanks for support from:

Atari Legend,
AtariBasement
Atari Crypt
BCB Coffee Boy,
Daniel Beasley++,
Barry Burkey
Chris++
Dave the Velociraptor
ED Possible,
David L. Farquhar
Jolt7800
Tony Longworth
David Schmidt
Daniel Stephens
T1LT
wesbrown18
VintNerd

All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by @8bitrocket and or @fultonbot unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios
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One response to “Atari Now! January 2026 – News, Christmas, Predictions, Homebrews For All Atari Systems and More”

  1. abqchris Avatar
    abqchris

    Completely agreed that many people are getting sick of the impermanence of downloaded / streamed material, and that a gradual return to physical media is underway. We’re already seeing it in music, per your comments about CDs, and there’s been a lot of grumbling about Nintendo’s download-only Switch 2 games, as developers desperately try to get us all onto the DLC bandwagon so they can save themselves the cost of physical formats.

    The funny part is, by holding onto our physical media, we find ourselves accidentally en vogue again! Funny how time works.

    I think I’ve already gone on about my hatred of AI and confusion about why so many people contribute to it by using it, so I’ll spare you. 🙂

    Eight-bit computers might have died at some point in the late ’80s, in terms of popularity among the not-obsessed-enough, but the real enthusiasts, and those who saw the real possibilities, kept exploring them and enjoying the hell out of them, and certainly carried them through to the surprising “retro boom.” Those of us who took a deep and profound interest in early systems can be likened to bands, in the sense that you can tell who was REALLY into the music all along by noting who has stuck around for decades, versus retiring when the money was no longer massive.

    I agree that the great Tron arcade game can’t really be emulated properly on a normal PC running MAME, because of the controls. It hasn’t stopped me from trying, of course, but yeah, that spinner’s pretty damn important. Shoulder buttons just aren’t quite cutting it.

    I recommend your shows, i.e. this website, to anyone who will listen. Brian (Ballistik Coffee Boy) is already a fan, of course, and we’ve gotten our buddy Adam (Bally Alley) on board as well. Thank you for a great new Atari Now! installment, and for mentioning me, to my surprise. Do you guys have a Patreon page or equivalent?? I should know this by now, but I don’t see a link or anything.

    Chris++

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