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.

ROBO TYPE

ROBO TYPE

Format Atari 8-bit Developer Rafal Ciepiela, Tomasz Cieslewicz, Piotr Kosmala and Bartlomiej Publisher Fortification 2013 Released 2013 Price N/A Review Jason Download Available Main review Robo Type is a scrolling shoot…

GHASTLY NIGHT game

GHASTLY NIGHT

Format Atari 8-bit Publisher Brothers Production Released 2009 Price Free Review Jason Download Available Main review Ghastly Night was originally developed in 1994 but was left gathering dust on a floppy…

CALLISTO game

CALLISTO

Format Atari 8-bit Developer Cosine Systems Publisher ABBUC contest Released 2012 Price £TBA (cartridge) or free download Review Andy Download Available Main review Callisto. No, not the X-Men character or…

PATROL IN THE SPACE game

PATROL IN THE SPACE

Format Atari 8-bit Developer Michal Brzezicki, Robert Szerniewicz and Tomasz Cieslewicz Publisher ABBUC contest Released 2011 Price N/A Review Jason Download Available Main review The universe has pretty much looked…

HOBGOBLIN game

HOBGOBLIN

Format Atari 8-bit Publisher GR8 Software Released 2008 Price Free Review Jason Download Available Main review In a rather alarming turn of events, the Golden Orb of Altoris has been…

DYNABLASTER game

DYNABLASTER

Format Atari 8-bit Developer Mad Team Publisher ABBUC contest Released 2004 Price N/A Review Dan and Christian Download Available Main review Remember the days? Remember the wars? C64 versus Spectrum, Amiga versus…

BOMB JACK

BOMB JACK

Format Atari 8-bit Developer GR8 Software Released 2008 Price Free Review Frank and Jason Download Available Main review I’ve never really been a fan of Bomb Jack which might have something to do with…

FLOWERS MANIA game

FLOWERS MANIA

Format Atari 8-bit Developer XXL Released 2006 Price N/A Review Mark and Andy Download Available Main review Where have all the flowers gone? Well it seems they have gone into this one…

KLONY game

KLONY

Format Atari 8-bit Developer ArSoft Corporation Released 2006 Price N/A Review Doug and Mark Download Available Main review Klony is a cover of a game that started life as a computer-controlled board game…