Jack The Jester is back!
It's been years since I featured Black Lamp on AtariCrypt. As you all may remember, I said this was one of my favourite Atari ST games. Sure, it's not perfect, but it's great fun (albeit with a cheat for extra lives) and features aesthetics to die for. The sprites alone are absolutely superb, but the graphics/audio are fantastic throughout. Anyhow, you can easily check out my ancient review by clicking here. Go on, click that link!!
It's a joy owning a piece of history, and a while back, I got myself a copy of Black Lamp. It's in near-perfect condition, so I figured a couple of photos were needed to share my warez. Simple as that, really.
> Atarilegend has all the floppy disk downloads and I highly recommend Zuul #63.
I've shared over 40 of my Atari ST games in our Box Art section, which you can see listed on the right. Okay, I bet you're dying to see what's inside the box? It's not exactly bursting with goodies like a typical RPG, so don't expect too much! Enjoy my photos, and I hope you guys (re)play this fantastic platformer immediately.
Let me know in the comments below if you freed Allegoria from those nasty monsters...
Behold, the floppy disk in all its glory! lol
I'm getting a little arty farty with these photographs.
I love how the manual comes with a "map" of Allegorid.
The manual is excellent and right at the centre is a MONSTER GUIDE!
The loading screen is absolutely superb (and I love that it's not a black background!)
Another day, another onslaught of baddies to kill... and we love it!!
ARGHHH, he looks nasty? He is!! Run away from the slayer!!
Turning around might be slow but the firepower isn't. It's fast and furious!!
Oh no, just look at that big boy! The graphics and their movements are gorgeous.
Thanks for "sharing your warez" , for some reason the word warez automatically brings a smile on my face, love this game on both the 8-bit and the 16-bit. Astounishing graphics !
ReplyDeleteHey Erik - thanks for taking the time to comment. Really appreciate that :) And yes, warez is an olde term I guess... from the days I bothered with programs on my Mac ;) Now all I need is Tempus Text or Everest and my NetUSbee hehe
DeleteIf you drag the ST across the tabletop and let the rubber feet "stutter" the FDD at the right time while Black Lamp is loading, it drops you into an interactive memory dump routine... in the Black Lamp font, even. Wouldn't really suggest it these days, but as a kid it blew me away.
ReplyDeleteThat's gotta be you TOM!!
Delete1.) I have played the Black Lamp the only on the ATARI 65XE - the GFX is more readable, more nice, creates climate, etc... in compared to screenshots here and YT and other places.
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2.) @AtariCrypt: Is your website the only about ATARI 32bit ? ST/STBOOK(?)/Stacy(?)/STe/TT/Falcon030 ?
Nah, I like the 8bit Atari version, it’s pretty brilliant. But as for the gfx, nothing beats the look and style of the 16bit version, it’s leaps ahead mate. Yes, AtariCrypt is all about the ST/STe. However, if you scroll a little or search, you’ll see some Atari consoles and Falcon stuff. Those are all with emulators though, as I only own an ST/STe. Which is what I prefer tbh (I don’t have nearly enough cash for a Falcon lol)
DeleteMy Falcon030 + boosters lost in time... :-(
DeleteYeah, I feel your pain :(
DeleteI had a 32mhz Falcon and also a mint-condition stock 16mhz. Both 14mb RAM. Heck, I even had a TT (hdd didn't work).
WHY DID I SELL THESE COMPUTERS!!! :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
I had got Falcon030 - MoBo moved to PC-case with more powerful PSU:
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+) SCSI tape added to SCSI port
+) CDRW recorder - Ricoh MP6200S - never again Ricoh !!!, I have got experience also with Ricoh MultiFuctions printers/scaners/fax,
+) MultiScan color monitor for RGB+VGA modes up to 100Hz - VGA mode: 640x480x16 in 100Hz in 1994! Turbo button on case I changed RGB<=>VGA modes, reboot was not required.
+) HDD 3,5 inch 6,4GB(?) - there was tape to connect 3,5 to port 2,5
+) 14MB RAM - there was socket with 16MB module
+) Co-proc math 68882 - used in POV-Ray and other GFX PRG for 3D GFX. But I used mainly the only in POV-Ray. STFormat published version 1.0(?), but I downloaded from net newer version supported 68882.
+) There was electronic problem with first Falcons - any cuprum path was broken/interffering/etc - someone corrected connection. Without this one some demoes and Hard-Disc Recording crashed.
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I gave F030 as gift someone... Even My kitten is crying sob sob... :-(
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+) Color 24pin printer STAR - sold - this was good idea. Changed noise to quality & speed of printing (HP DJ960).
Wow that was some machine!!!
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