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Fan Gets Dragon’s Lair Running on Atari 8-bit Computer

Carl Williams writes, "Back in the day Atari had quite the plethora of platforms under their belt. They hold the honor of being one of the few hardware manufacturers that supported both a computer and dedicated consoles at the same time. The line of Atari 8-bit computers are well thought of in the retro gaming community and there are many fans that will not let go of their beloved Atari computers. One such fan has gotten Dragon’s Lair to run on this line of computers, with a bit of help."

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Cobra9512724d ago

"Hashi is an experimental high throughput cartridge for Atari 8 bit. It uses EPM3064 & ATxmega192D3 + SD card."

That goes a long way in explaining what would be impossible with a stock Atari 8-bit micro with stock peripherals.

RonsonPL2724d ago (Edited 2724d ago )

Exactly. Immediately after starting the video I was like "this couldn't be done on traditional disc drive" not to mention most 8bit computers used casettes.
It's been a while since I had my Atari 65XE. I don't remember now, but what was the floppy disk capacity for 8bit computer drives? 160KB per side? This video, even at such super low quality, would not be possible on such media.

Still, weird to see such quality of sound and animation from 8bit machine. Back then one or two words in digitalized audio = "wow" :D

Cobra9512723d ago

The floppy drive for my 800 was 88KB, single-side. 5.25" floppies have a notch on one edge of the enclosure to make them writable, so the trick was to cut a corresponding notch on the opposite edge (I used a binder hole punch) so that disks could be flipped and written on both sides, doubling the capacity.

He's talking about 300 streams totaling half a gig. LOL! Then he has pulse-code-modulation audio fed to the POKEY chip. The work is impressive, but he needs to make it clear that what he's doing requires modern tech married to the old.

Einhander19712723d ago

Impressive stuff, love Atari 8 bit computers I have an Atari 65XE:)

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Space Ace And Dragons Lair Get Replicade Cabinets

This is a Retro Cabinet that brings back memories of lots of quarters wasted in frustration. New Wave is thrilled to announce that Cinematronics’ 1983 arcade hit Space Ace is joining the company’s line of fully playable 1/6-scale RepliCade mini arcade cabinet replicas.

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4 Upcoming Indie Video Game Movies

Indie video game movies might be a tough sell, but with the most recent releases of Detective Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog, perhaps they can work.

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Nacho_Z2193d ago

Firewatch could be cool, they could get the voice actor to play the role easily enough, Rich Sommer is it? Doesn't sound like it's happening though. Shame the devs next game disappeared when they got bought and dissolved, it looked good.

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RepliCade Miniature Arcade Machines Interview With New Wave Toys Founder Shilo Prychak

Recreate classic video arcade ambiance in your own home for a fraction of the cost of full sized, vintage arcade cabinets, each fully playable and officially licensed by the original manufactures.

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