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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Out Run - Atari ST [044] PlayThru



Out Run, the Sega arcade classic, features the little red Ferrari and the quite well done tunes to go along with the journey. How does the ST version stack up?

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Atari ST Compacted Disk (CD) Scrollers [401] Federation Of Free Traders [FOFT] CD #010




I'm not sure if the picture is of a sandworm from Dune, or the monster in the asteroids from Empire Strikes back, or another property, but here is FOFT CD #10.

Monday, February 3, 2020

Atari ST Compacted Disk (CD) Scrollers [400] Retro PlayThrus CD #001


400th CD capture post, so I figured my first CD, Retro PlayThrus CD #001, gets the honor.  Automation CD #100 almost fell perfectly on the schedule to be released today, but was 1 release earlier.  Anyway, here is Foxie!

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Retro PlayThrus C.I.D. Compacted Disk #014 Release!


Here is Retro PlayThrus C.I.D. Compacted Disk #014, continuing on the theme of CD #013, this disk mainly a collection of 'Firsts!'  Almost all included items are the first creations by their authors.

Atari ST Demo / Intro [031] Death Of The Clock Cycles by Aggression


Here is the demo "Death Of The Clock Cycles" for the ST, first released February 17, 1991 at the Light Team Convention held in Sweden for the demo competition.

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Tetris (MirrorSoft) - Atari ST [043] Short PlayThru



Tetris, one of the earliest puzzle games to become popular, was made in the USSR in 1984 by Alexey Pajitnov.  It is well known that the NES version of Tetris had a legal fight licensing the game that excluded Tengen from distributing a port they programmed, but the ST also had its own issue.

Monday, January 27, 2020

Atari ST Compacted Disk (CD) Scrollers [395] Revolution CD #002 Version 1


An alternate version of Revolution's CD #02 with 1 different game in the lineup.  The complete disk is currently missing, but the menu program exists.

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Joust - Atari ST [042] Short PlayThru



Joust, the Williams arcade classic, was originally released on July 16, 1982. This game was ported to the Atari ST and released by Atari Inc. themselves!

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Moon Patrol - Atari ST [041] Short PlayThru



Here is another Williams title that was ported to the ST; this time is it Moon Patrol.  This title was originally created by Irem of R-Type fame, and was licensed for US distribution by Williams as opposed to some of the other Williams titles to appear on the ST.