- There are great floppy downloads available at Atari Legend (I used the Fuzion disks).
- Peter/8BitChip has a superb hard drive-installable version.
- More floppy cracks are over on the Atari FTP Archive.
Wednesday, October 01, 2025
Mega Twins
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
The Addams Family
Small hearts - replenish a heart's level.Dollars - for every $25 you replenish a heart and $100 grants a 1-UP.1-UP - will also grant a new life.Shield - invincibility for a short period (shown as a star trail)Shoes - mega run and jumps! (Argh, this should be the default!)Fez - Fezi-copter works on current level and allows flight (it's brilliant - think Joust!!)
Push-scrolling is used alongside a heavily reduced screen size. There are many other similar platformers with proper scrolling. Also, many use the push method without any screen/size reductions.
If you like the Addams Family theme then check out ZombieCrypt slideshow!
1Z9KX - Wednesday1G99? - FesterKGH9C - PugsleyKL#RJ - GrannyRLRRX - Heart Power Up
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Torvak the Warrior
Torvak The Warrior was released by Core Design and programmed by Andy Green who developed a couple of stinkers but redeemed himself with Masters of the Universe, a game I think is unexpectingly excellent. The rastan visuals are by non-other than Lee Pullen of Chuck Rock fame and Matt Furniss produced the gorgeous chiptune bleeps that are nothing less than exceptional.
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Droid Special Edition
- Don't kill everything you see and therefore run out of precious ammo.
- Collect power-ups for energy and ammo only when you need to!
- Closely stalking droids is fun plus it's safer and uses no ammo.
- Learn to use the mapping tool. It's a little odd at first and reminded me of Heartland.
- Some weapons are best left until you need them for a specific purpose.
- Learn the controls and enjoy a few practice games before taking on the challenge.
- Walk away and give up. You're not good enough!! (I'm kidding!!)
- The original web feature proves why 2021 might not suck after a year of paranoia.
- The current release of #LotusSTE is now available so get it downloaded right now!!
The CryptO'pinion?
Miles did a great job and produced a platformer that was challenging and stuffed full of action. Incredible considering it wasn't commercial so all credit to his talent, commitment, and love for the Atari ST. However, the lack of dedicated hardware had a negative effect on the end product. Plus I found the controls irritating and I would also get myself lost a lot. I guess Jamie felt the same way and wanted to rectify these niggles?
Jamie's project to enhance an already great game was risky but came together well because it's a perfect blend of improved aesthetics and gameplay. And I'm not falling off ledges by failing to make those tricky jumps. As remakes go, it's fascinating to think how much hard work he invested into improving this ST classic.
It's the same shooter but one that has been rolled in glitter so sparkles bright and I love it.
- DOWNLOADS -
AtariMania has a floppy disk download.
Jamie bravely recorded a complete playthrough!
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Jim Power in Mutant Planet
The platformer parts are easily the best with a cruel design that feature many pitfalls and near-countless enemies like mutated animals, birds, zombies, spiders and even spitting plants. Each level is absolutely huge with mini-bosses halfway through (dead easy to defeat) and then a mega-boss at the end.The shoot 'em up levels are far weaker by comparison and they basically involve nothing more than trying to stay alive as you dodge or shoot anything that appears in your line of sight. The scrolling is fast, and the enemies are faster but I feel they often took far too many shots to be killed, which meant it felt unbalanced. However, I did enjoy the flappy bird-style part towards the end of level 4 which was a surprise!
Sadly, I'm a bit miffed that the might Loriciel didn't bother to use the Atari STe enhancements :/
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Kid Gloves II
Not many know this, but Kid Gloves 2 was the first platformer I booted up when returning to the Atari ST a number of years ago. I instantly fell in love with its cartoon visuals and how smoothly it scrolled - my happy days had returned again!! Oh, the floppy still works and remains one of my most cherished possessions.
The CryptO'pinion?