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 Addressing a section of the site we haven't given much attention to as of late, we are proud to announce that we have just uploaded manual scans for every domestically released Activision game for the Atari 2600. These are complete scans of each colorful Activision manual from Barnstorming to Tennis, totaling over 40 additions to our growing collection of 2600 manual scans. You can browse all the Atari 2600 manuals we have online here, and if you'd like to browse through our database for just Activision titles, follow this link.
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 Much to our amazement, David Winter has discovered and posted information about a 3D prototype of the Atari game Rubik's Cube! This is indeed a real 3D version of the game, as opposed to the 2D version that Atari shipped. This version of the game even includes a solve option, and will also allow you to change the colors of individual tiles. For screenshots and a more detailed description, please visit David's PONG-Story site. You can discuss this discovery with other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 2600 Forum.
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 Atari 2600 programmers Manuel Polik (Gunfight) and Fabrizio Zavagli (Space Treat) have teamed up to create new NTSC and PAL versions of Atari's unreleased A-Team prototype. The A-Team PAL conversion is new, as the game only existed in NTSC format previously. While creating this new PAL version, they also fixed some problems with the original game:
Repaired the glitches in the intro
Beautified the odd looking A-Team logo
Now provides a stable number of scanlines
Switched off the color cycling in stage 1
You can download the PAL version of A-Team from our TV Format Conversions Page, and the improved NTSC version from our Atari 2600 Hacks section.
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 Curt Vendel informs us that he has made some recent additions to his excellent AtariMuseum.com site. Curt has posted pictures and information regarding a newly discovered Atari 2200 prototype (the precursor to the Atari 2600 Jr.), a previously unknown Atari 2600 Keyboard module (no, it's not The Graduate!) and many additions to the Atari Corporate Research Labs section. You can further explore these new updates by checking out the What's New page, and if you've never been to AtariMuseum.com before you'll want to spend some time checking the entire site!
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 Atari 2600 programmer Billy Eno has given us word that his next 2600 game, Tree Hugger, is well underway. Tree Hugger will be a multi-screen game with different goals for each screen. The first screen will be titled "Pave the Greenbelt", where your objective is to bulldoze trees and ponds to get up to six lanes of traffic to appear. Other screens include "Spotted Owl Hunting", "Whale Sport", and "Oil Spill". You can find more information about Tree Hugger, as well as an early demo you can download, at the freshly updated Baroque Gaming Homepage, and discuss the game with Billy Eno in our Atari 2600 Forum
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 Chris Larkin has crafted a website to detail the development of his Atari-related projects. His first two projects are a 2600 game titled Quest and his 2600 In A Flash programmable cartridge. Quest is a four player board game played with knights, based on the old Ravensburger board game of the same name. Quest will use a 2600 multitap interface for four simultaneous players (which will be packaged with the game). The 2600 In A Flash cartridge will allow you to download games from your PC into the cartridge for play on a real 2600, similar to a Cuttle Cart. You can read more about these projects and others at Chris Larkin's Development Page.
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 Game industry veteran Steve Goss sends us word that his website, JetBookJack.com is now online. His Atari 8-bit Relics Page contains a softography of various Atari 8-bit projects he was involved with, including several games that were never released such as Contagion, Shadow of the Beast, Menace, and Pac-Land. Included are screenshots and binaries (even of the unfinished games!), and you can find them all here. Have fun!
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 The Windows version of MESS (Multi Emulator Super System) has been updated to version 0.62. The MESS emulator supports a wide variety of game systems and computers, including the Atari 5200, 7800 and 8-bit computers. There don't appear to be any Atari-related changes in this latest version, but this version does add support for the Odyssey 2 and has numerous improvements for other emulated systems. To download the latest Windows and Mac versions of MESS, please visit the MESS Homepage.
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 A new version of the Atari 2600 emulator for Dreamcast, DCStella has been released. Version 0.2e of DCStella has a new feature that allows you to enter cheat codes for various games, as well as a monitor to help you find them. In addition, a new theme created by Christopher A. Haslage is available for download. Please visit the DCStella Homepage to download the latest version, source code and documentation.
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 Atari 2600 programmer Thomas Jentzsch has released the full version of his puzzle game Jammed for people to download and enjoy. Your objective in Jammed is to steal the car of your dreams from a crowded parking lot, but you must first move all the cars that stand in your way! The full version of Jammed contains 600 unique puzzles, versus the previously available demo that only allowed you to play 30 puzzles. You can download Jammed here, and you can get it in cartridge form here. Enjoy!
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 Sunmark has announced the immediate availability of their new Real Time Cartridge for Atari 8-bit computers. This is a clock cartridge similar to ICD's R-Time Cart, and allows programs on the 8-bit access to an accurate clock. The cartridge works with Atari DOS and SpartaDOS, and will even work in the right slot of an Atari 800 so you can use it alongside other carts. You can find the Real Time Cart at Sunmark.com, along with other interesting Atari 2600 and 8-bit products.
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 AtariAge is proud to announce that we have launched a new Online Store where you can buy a variety of classic gaming hardware and software. Homebrew games and hacks for the Atari 2600 and 5200 make up a large portion of the items for sale, but we also have many shrinkwrapped titles for various systems, collecting supplies, books, and more! The new store features an integrated shopping cart, product reviews, a bestsellers list, and the ability to pay for your order immediately using PayPal. Profits from the store go towards support of AtariAge as well as bringing new classic-gaming products to market. You can find the store here and feedback is always welcome!
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 The Macintosh version of the popular Stella Atari 2600 emulator has been updated to version 1.2. Stella for the Mac is a carbon app, so it can be run natively in both classic Mac OS and OS X. You can find the Macintosh version of Stella 1.2, as well as the source code, on Emulation.net.
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 Bounce! is a new Atari 2600 game being developed by Fabrizio Zavagli (author of Space Treat). In Bounce! you control a ball bouncing on a checkered playfield, where your goal is to destroy all the tiles by bouncing on them without falling down. Different tiles also have different properties: some force your movement in a given direction, some give you a higher jump, and others cannot be destroyed. To view a screenshot showing the game's current development look here and to discuss the game with Fabrizio and other AtariAge visitors, hop on over to our Atari 2600 Forum.
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 John Swiderski, author of Haunted House II 3-D and Combat II Advanced for the 5200, is now developing his third 5200 title, tentatively titled Z-Adventure. Gameplay will be similar to a combination of Zelda 1 for the NES and Zelda Gameboy, but with more strategy and puzzle solving than quick joystick action. The game will feature bad guys and battles, but toned down to a level the 5200 joystick can handle. Only the gameplay will be similar to Zelda, the story itself will completely new. We've posted screenshots here and you can discuss the game with John and other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 5200 Forum.
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 We've just added two Atari 5200 binaries to our database that have not seen public distribution before now: Black Belt and Final Legacy. Final Legacy is a port of the released Atari 8-bit game of the same name, and Black Belt is a demo of a Karateka-like game that was never released. To view screenshots and download the binaries for each game, please visit our Black Belt and Final Legacy pages. You can also discuss these games with other AtariAge visitors in our Atari 5200 Forum.
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 Version 1.2.5 of the Atari 8-bit/5200 emulator Atari800 has been released. Atari800 is supports many computing platforms, including DOS, Windows, Windows CE, Amiga, Falcon, and more. It also forms the basis for many other emulators including Atari800MacX that we posted news about yesterday. You can download the latest version of Atari800 as well as the source code at the Atari800 Emulation Page.
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 Version 1.1.0 of the Atari800MacX has been released. Atari800MacX is a native OS X Cocoa port of the Atari 800 emulator. The latest version contains many new features and bug fixes, with much improved gamepad capabilities highlighting the list of changes. Please visit the Atari800MacX page for more details and to download the latest version (source code is also available).
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The December 2002 issue of MyAtari Magazine is now online for your viewing pleasure. This month's issue features the following articles:
 ARAnyM: Atari Running on Any Machine
Tip of the day
The Future of Atari Computing
Back There...
MyIDE Interface Part 2
Christmas Labels
You can find all this and more at MyAtari.net.
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 Everyone likes a good contest and the chance to win interesting Atari-related prizes, right? How about twelve separate contests? Just in time for the holidays, Tim "Snider-Man" Snider is running a series of contests titled, The 12 Days Of Atari. Tim will post a new contest to our Contests Forum each day for twelve days. Each contest is unique in nature, and each has a cool and interesting prize. You can read the contest rules here, and follow the contests here. Good luck!
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