Saturday, June 23, 2018

Anarchy






Too quick for an old man

Running this humble website means that I get to play tons of Atari ST games – it’s hard work, but somebody’s gotta do it!!! Quite often, I revisit games that I remember being good at, hoping they will make for a good review. So, I thought it would be a good idea to play the amazing Anarchy by Psygnosis.

Anarchy is a shameless Defender clone, albeit with tremendously fast visuals and great audio. It’s fun and challenging, running at a jaw-dropping 50/60fps (to think WJS didn’t use the Blitter!!). Yeah, I remember this as a wonderful example of what the ST was capable of in the hands of a developer who cares.

However, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve started to realise there are some games I shouldn’t boot up anymore. Games that push my reactions too far, and Anarchy has proven to be my new personal gaming nightmare!! Yep, I was all over the place, wondering what was going on as I died over and over again.

In the end, it was fun but disastrous - thank you, Wayne Smithson/WJS for making me realise my age!

... So, what's your "Anarchy" ??

Friday, June 22, 2018

Tetris



Another lost Atari ST game has been found and preserved inside the archives of AtariMania. Yes, it's (yet another) Tetris clone originally developed back in 1991 by Tassos Seizis and graphics by his brother John Seizis. Sadly, it was never released - until now!! I'm not a huge Tetris fan but today is a good day for all ST nutters!!

Click the link above and get this downloaded. Let me know what you think in the comments below!

Random ATARI ST articles from the archives