Atari 8-bit Reviews

Released in their original form in the late 1970’s, Atari’s 8-bit series started with some very impressive specifications including hardware sprites or scrolling and saw several upgrades during their lifespan whilst still managing to maintain the qualities that make them interesting machines to developers.

YOOMP!

YOOMP!

Format Atari 8-bit Developer Marcin Zukowski Publisher ABBUC Contest Released 2007 Price N/A Review Andy and Gordon Download Available Main review The general public seems accustomed to “good”. Frequently, a television series,…

CASTLE CRISIS

CASTLE CRISIS

Format Atari 8-bit Developer Bryede Publisher Atari Age Released 2004 Price Free Review Jason and Gordon Download Available Main review As always before I play a game for review, on this occasion Castle…

JET SET WILLY 2007

JET SET WILLY 2007

Format Atari 8-bit Developer XXL Released 2007 Price Free Review Gordon and Jason Download Available Main review For our American friends that are not familiar with the game,Jet Set Willy was released on…

JETBOY game

JETBOY

Format Atari 8-bit Developer XXL Released 2007 Price Free Review Jason and Andy Download Available Main review Space is a huge place to get lost, you only have to look at the…

Laser Blaster

LASER BLASTER

Format Atari 8-bit Developer MatoSimi Publisher ABBUC Contest Released 2005 Price N/A Review Jason and Gordon Download Available Main review The world, especially the world that the Oldschool Gaming team inhabit, is…

HEXXAGON XE

HEXXAGON XE

Format Atari 8-bit Developer Fandal Publisher Flop Magazine Released 2003 Price N/A Review Jeff and Frank Download Available Main review Flash games are a bit of a mixed blessing aren’t they? On…

MS. BULIMIA game

MS. BULIMIA

Format Atari 8-bit Developer Squo Quo Publisher BP’06 Party Released 2006 Price N/A Review Gordon and Mark Download Available Main review You just can’t keep a good dot-muncher down. Pac-Man is officially the most…

GETRIS game

GETRIS

Format Atari 8-bit Developer Mad Team Released 2006 Price N/A Review Jason and Gordon Download Available Main review Ahh… Tetris, eh? Ever since the first versions began, in Alexey Pazhitnov’s own words, to…

COSMIC HERO

COSMIC HERO

Format Atari 8-bit Developer Pazur and Saint Publisher N/A Released 2004 Price Free Review Andy and Jason Download Available Main review In the early 1980’s (1982 for the precise of those amongst…

KOFFI: YELLOW KOPTER

KOFFI: YELLOW KOPTER

Format Atari 8-bit Developer Cafeman Publisher Atari Age Released 2002 (5200 version) Price Free Review Jason and Paul Download Available Main review There’s a huge list of things I’ve learnt over the years from…