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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Sunday, December 23, 2018

Battle Chess - Atari ST [023] PlayThru

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Battle Chess, an exciting implementation of classic chess, yours to bring home on the ST...  Or maybe not.

With a name such as Battle Chess, one would think that some additional element might have been added to the game by Interplay.  Not really, the gimmick here is that there is a semi-comical fight when a capture move is made.  Beyond that, this is just another computer chess game.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Chessmaster 2000 - Atari ST [022] PlayThru

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More computer chess!  Nice graphics, and nice sampled speech.  I guess the AI is a decent challenge.  I certainly have never been much good at winning.


Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Xenon - Atari ST [021] PlayThru

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NOTE: A trainer was used for making this capture.

Ah, Xenon from the Bitmap Brothers.  I barely touched this game back in the day, as I was mainly playing, well losing, at Xenon II Megablast.  Although, I might have actually played the boot disk even more for the sampled intro that was included.


Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Atari ST Cracktro [030] Replicants from Guy Spy And The Crystals Of Armageddon

I will not have too many stories to write for 'CrackTros' (Demo screens that appeared as introductions to cracked video games) as I did not have very many of these back in the day.  I am mainly recording these now because they are art, and need to be preserved. 


Monday, December 3, 2018

Sunday, December 2, 2018

RISK - Atari ST [020] PlayThru


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RISK, I always loved playing the board game, although getting the people together to play was always a challenge.  Many preferred to play Monopoly or LIFE over RISK.  I was definitely glad to see this released back in the day.  Otherwise, I was usually playing Lords of Conquest on the Atari 800 before this title came along.





Thursday, November 29, 2018

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Atari ST Cracktro [029] Replicants from Starblaze

I will not have too many stories to write for 'CrackTros' (Demo screens that appeared as introductions to cracked video games) as I did not have very many of these back in the day.  I am mainly recording these now because they are art, and need to be preserved. 


Sunday, November 25, 2018

Shanghai - Atari ST [019] PlayThru

This title is definitely a pass.  The rules for the game are fine, but there is no music.  It was a waste of money when we got it new back in the 80s!




Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Atari ST Cracktro [027] Replicants from Double Dragon II: The Revenge

I will not have too many stories to write for 'CrackTros' (Demo screens that appeared as introductions to cracked video games) as I did not have very many of these back in the day.  I am mainly recording these now because they are art, and need to be preserved. 

Monday, November 19, 2018

Atari ST Compacted Disk (CD) Scrollers [100] LSD / Was (Not Was) [Automation] CD #025




LSD / Was (Not Was) CD #25 with a collection of 7 titles, and CD menu capture #100!  New intro and outro are used on this video, and the future CD menu captures.  

Sunday, November 18, 2018

The Chessmaster - Sega Master System [016] Game Gear Conversion [GG2SMS] PlayThru

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So here is a capture of a Sega Game Gear game converted to run on the Sega Master System by Revo; the process was nicknamed 'GG2SMS.'

The patch to make the original Game Gear game to run on the Master System can be downloaded @ http://www.smspower.org/Hacks/Chessmaster-GG-GG2SMS

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Atari ST Cracktro [027] Bastards International from Ishar

I will not have too many stories to write for 'CrackTros' (Demo screens that appeared as introductions to cracked video games) as I did not have very many of these back in the day.  I am mainly recording these now because they are art, and need to be preserved.