What's your favourite Pompey Pirates disk?
Lately, I've been plodding through a wedge of my Pompey Pirates disks. Such excellent cracks made me fondly remember the chat/information/banter within the scrollers. They gave me access to games I would never have been able to afford. Right or wrong, a service was provided. Of course, the excitement of the postman delivering the latest Pompey disk was brilliant. Sigh, I miss those days... hence my noSTalgic website!
I enjoy asking stupidly impossible questions [1] and [2]. So, with that pointlessness in mind, what would you say is their best release? For me, disk #095 is my favourite because it features three belting games - Hunter, Lotus II, and Head Over Heels. In terms of the menu, that's another tough choice. It's probably disk #048 because of Syd B's fantastic War Of The Worlds picture. Not only that, but it features a superb Mad Max tune. You gotta read the scroller for a surreal tale that is suspiciously accurate for today's absurd world.
That's what I love about awesome crackers like these, their scrollers are an unsuspecting time machine. Righto, what is your favourite Pompey Pirate disk? While you ponder over that, here are some links...
- Exxos has access to the entire Pompey archive - https://exxosforum.co.uk/atari/...
- Atari Legend - Pompey Pirates disk #048 - https://www.atarilegend.com/PP48...
- Atari Legend - Pompey Pirates disk #095 - https://www.atarilegend.com/PP95...
- Demozoo - a page dedicated to Pompey Pirates - https://demozoo.org/groups/2228/
- Atarimania - Pompey Pirates Mega Muzak Demo - https://www.atarimania.com
- Matt's archived website - https://www.gingerbeardman.com/archive/pompeypirates/
