Lotus Esprit music disk

Pedal to the... Musix!

It's been almost half a decade since the enhanced version of Lotus was released. Where does the time go? You may recall that Jon Thomas took the original game and blew it apart with his coding magic, weaving a dedicated Atari STe version. While the chip music stayed the same (not that I’m complaining), the improvements to the game were incredible. It showcased what our machine is capable of when in the right hands.

Well, the Atari ST community stays ever active, since I just spotted an X/Twitter update from "Chris Hospes," who created a music disk featuring his remixes of Shaun Southern's soundtracks. It's superb and offers a fresh new way to enjoy these banging tunes (in the background, as I write this text!).

I asked Chris what prompted him to make such a release, and here's what he said...

The main reason was sadness that, after doing so much work on the Lotus STe version, the music still sounds like “crap.” (Hey, I love chip! -Steve). We are in the 21st century and have unlimited disk space, so it hurts that the author of the conversion didn't decide to sacrifice 20 MB of HDD space for the audio track. After all, we have great versions of Giana Sisters, Xenon 2, and Cannon Fodder. But even in the new version of Lotus for Atari STe, the old Yamaha bleeps.

I’m also currently working on my own remixes of music for other ST games that deserve a new life. I'm looking for (coding) assistance in replacing the old chipmusic from these games.

I've recorded a teaser video that plays a minute or so from each track. Why only a teaser? Well, nothing beats downloading it for yourself, especially on real hardware! So, what are you waiting for? Go and grab this floppy disk and enjoy listening to these outstanding tunes on your Atari STe. Here are the links you need...

• Download this music disk from Atarimania.
• Follow Chris on X/Twitter, and get in touch if you can help him out.
• Enjoyed that? Good. The Atari ST/e has loads more music right here.
• What, you missed the enhanced version of Lotus Esprit? Tut, Tut, Tut!! Better click here then.
• We have listed many more enhanced games for the Atari STe :)