The Atari 8-bit thread

TL · May 07, 2013, 22:04:57 PM

Check out some of the amazing Atari 8-bit art in this thread on AA!

Simply stunning!

zapiy · July 18, 2013, 14:35:10 PM

That really is pretty amazing.

TL · July 20, 2013, 19:46:49 PM

One of the few 128k only games for the XL/XE:

T34 The Battle [Atari XL/XE]

TrekMD · July 20, 2013, 20:16:41 PM

Cool, this reminds me of Incoming! for the 2600.Â That game is itself inspired by Artillery Duel.

Rogue Trooper · July 20, 2013, 20:23:16 PM

Quote from: "The Laird"One of the few 128k only games for the XL/XE:

T34 The Battle [Atari XL/XE]

Nice.Looks like an Artillery Duel clone, never heard of it before and always wondered what games made use of the 128K A8 hardware.

TL · August 01, 2013, 18:06:14 PM

This is very impressive but needs at least 320k of RAM to runÂ :13:

NUMEN by TQA - Atari XL/XE Demo - 320k -

TrekMD · August 01, 2013, 21:50:15 PM

That was awesome!

zapiy · August 02, 2013, 19:39:48 PM

Gobsmacked...

Gorf · August 02, 2013, 23:48:12 PM

Quote from: "The Laird"This is very impressive but needs at least 320k of RAM to runÂ :10:

TL · August 09, 2013, 12:55:18 PM

It's a long one, but also a very awesome one:

Atari 8bit computers 800XL 130XE - Large demos compendium

Gorf · August 10, 2013, 17:18:19 PM

I for one am far from being impressed by most of the demos...there are some that are rather interesting but I think
the texture mapped cube has long worn out it's welcome and is hardly a programming feat, even for the old 8 Bit's
anymore. Yeah when you first saw it, that was kinda neat but why every demo team/guy thought much of it was
way beyond the scope of my understanding.

TL · August 23, 2013, 19:15:05 PM

My new XEGS has given me a lot of fun so far, this game is already a real favourite of mine:

Atari 800 - Necromancer gameplay Bill Williams 8-bit games

TrekMD · August 23, 2013, 20:50:24 PM

This looks like one cool game.Â I'll have to see if it is available on another format...one that I have!Â

TL · August 23, 2013, 20:53:44 PM

Quote from: "TrekMD"This looks like one cool game.Â I'll have to see if it is available on another format...one that I have!

It only came out for the Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64, of which the Atari version is reputedly better.

TrekMD · August 23, 2013, 21:25:05 PM

Quote from: "The Laird"
Quote from: "TrekMD"This looks like one cool game.Â I'll have to see if it is available on another format...one that I have!

It only came out for the Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64, of which the Atari version is reputedly better.

Does the game need a keyboard during gameplay?Â Or would this be amenable to conversion for the 5200?