Video Games 1

A game for Spock!

Andrei Ellman of Wacko Software created a game made from three classic genres: Pong, Space Invaders, and Pac-Man. This release is different because all three games are playable at the same time.

Yep, you heard correctly! Check this out...

• Pong is controlled by holding the fire button and moving up/down.
• Pac Man is initially quite confusing so read the docs within the download!
• Space Invaders is easy, left/right moves and pushing up/down fires the gun.

The controls are a bit odd, and things get strange when trying to play everything simultaneously. However, my tiny brain couldn’t handle it all, and I found I could only play two games at once, not three! Visually, it works well, but if you’re struggling to see clearly, adjust each game’s appearance using the numeric pad.  There’s also an option to invert colours, which makes everything a bit ugly, but it’s much better for your eyes.

I think Andrei was one crazy, mixed-up kid who had a good laugh when coding this. Don't take it too seriously and practice with the controls because Video Games 1 is ridiculously entertaining.

This is a maddening nightmare that will drive you insane. And you will love it!!

- Downloads are right here -

Universal Item Selector

Let's patch a bland part of GEM...

The excellent Universal Item Selector by Application & Design Software was released in the UK by ST Club. The Atari ST is blessed with a small but great selection of replacement file selectors, and this is the best. Only on the weekend, I trudge through a folder containing over 100 tracker mods, deciding which ones to keep or delete. So I installed UIS, which made the job 100x easier because of its integrated tools.

Click here to download this program with its PDF manual available via Atari Document Archive.