Category: Atari 7800
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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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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 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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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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#111: Overscan: Atari 8bit Sierra Action Game Tier List, News, Book Club and more!
In this episode we cover Atari SA’s 7800 product shipping dates; The possibility of new Atarisoft games; Fixing Activision Labels by Silicon Underground; Atari 2600 Coleco Tarzan ROM Found. Book Club featuring Katie Hafner’s Cyberpunk; How bad is Phantasmagoria?; Evercade Alpha; Open a New Package Feedback and the Sierra Atari…
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Atari Proving Grounds: Burgertime. 2600 vs 7800 vs Atari8bit/5200 vs ST up next
Atari Proving Grounds: Burgertime Atari Proving Grounds: Burgertime. 2600 vs 7800 vs Atari8bit/5200 vs ST up next The Burgertime Arcade game, released in 1982 by Data East is one that I have always felt did not really get its due props as a pioneer in food related platform gaming, on…
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Balance
Balance is a game I made when trying to seek soulful solace after my friend Brandon died of cancer on Nov 1, 2023. My brother, Brandon and I worked on several unfinished computer games in the late 1980’s. I always imagined we would have time to finish them when all…
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7800 – Orion Assault -beta
Beta version of the Atari 7800 experiment can be played online or downloaded to play on an emulator from the links below:Play online:JS7800: Atari 7800 Emulator (raz0red.github.io)Download ROM:https://forums.atariage.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=1068178&key=14333a41e42244a3bf4f521ae984dff6 Watch video of gameplay:
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7800 – Last Stand Halloween -beta
This experimental project for the Atari 7800 can now be played online, or on your Atari 7800 emulator. See the video below that, or play it ant the link below that, or download the ROM at the link even lower. Play it online here: JS7800: Atari 7800 Emulator (raz0red.github.io) Get…
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Atari Proving Grounds: Galaxian. Atari Proving Grounds: Galaxian. Atari ST vs 2600 vs 7800 vs Atari8bit/5200
Welcome to the premier episode of Atari proving grounds where we take a look at the official and semi-official games that were released across multiple classic Atari systems and pit them against one another to see which port we like the most. In this episode we are covering the Namco…
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Atari 7800 Basic Lesson 3: Title Screens
Part 1: Title Screen Do title screens matter? I think they do. They are like the bow on the wrapping of a present: Not necessary, but kinda cool none-the-less, and almost expected once you realize it is not there. If you didn’t grow-up in the golden age of Atari video…
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S6:E5 The Vindication of Desert Falcon. Interview with GCC’s Michael Feinstein. Full Video and Audio Podcast
This new Audio and NOW full video podcast format explores the legacy of the first original title for the Atari 7800 and the last title by GCC for the system they created, Desert Falcon. Join us in conversation with GCC’s Michael Feinstein in this audio and our new Full Video…
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The Complete Asteroids on Atari Home Systems Five Part Series The Latest – Top Our Top 15 countdown.
The series is complete. Take a look at all five, with the countdown #5 at he bottom! It’s A LOT of Rock Blasting! https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js Except where noted below, all music, video, assets, and recordings are by Jeff D. Fulton. Box and cart images for 7800 games are from Atarimania.com and…
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Asteroids on Atari Home Machines part 4: #A7800, #Lynx, #Jaguar and Beyond: History Series
In this part 4, we look at the Atari 7800, Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar, and more a modern take for the new Atari VCS / STEAM and newer consoles. In the previous three episodes we have looked at some good, excellent, bad and and a few ugly asteroids variants on…
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Atari 7800 Basic Lesson 2: Sprites
Note: This tutorial series is designed as video series. The text below is provided as a way to make it easier to follow, but I recommend you watch the video and use the text as supplemental. Introduction In Our first lesson on Atari 7800 Basic we made a simple “Hello…
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Atari 7800 Basic Lesson 1.5: The Three C’s
Note: This tutorial series is designed as video series. The text below is provided as a way to make it easier to follow, but I recommend you watch the video and use the text as supplemental. In the last lesson I may have failed to make a few things abundantly…
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Atari 7800 Basic Lesson #1 : Hello World
Note: This tutorial series is designed as video series. The text below is provided as a way to make it easier to follow, but I recommend you watch the video and use the text as supplemental. This is the first in a series of videos showing my own techniques using…
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S5:E2: Atari 50th Anniversary: Our Top-50 Atari Games (from 2020)
From 2020 for Atari’s 50th Anniversary: Our Top-50 Games From Atari.
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Space Raiders 7800 Homebrew Video
I’m not quite ready to share the binary yet, but Space Raiders is a game I started two weeks ago. I was thinking I could use it as the basis for a set of beginner tutorials on 7800 Basic. It started ballooning, and now and it is about 70% complete.…
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Pokey Player Sound Tool (Atari 7800)
Here is a tool I built a tool to help me figure out what pokey sounds on the 7800. It lets me test out sound mixing on all four channels at the same time. You can view it here; JS7800: Atari 7800 Emulator (raz0red.github.io) Controls:-Joystick/arrow keys select the value to change (orange)-Left…
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