Resolution 101

Let's go an kill bad guys!

Resolution 101 was developed by Astral who also made Horror Zombies From The Crypt and Archipelagos. They portray a future that is a crime-ridden hell hole displayed using gorgeous vectors for a grim scenario.

We are an ex-criminal turned good and it's our job to hunt down the bad guys in our anti-gravity squad car. So, just like any Van Damme or Stallone movie, expect action and explosions! Use your car radar to help map this urban jungle. Whenever you kill anything, they drop their stash for you to collect - which angers the drug lords that will pop up on your monitor display. It's now that you realise your job is to eliminate everyone!!

Control is best with the mouse: use it to view your crazy new world. The left button accelerates and the right fires a weapon. This is excellent and works perfectly; far better than the joystick. The graphics are superb using such a fast and smooth 3D engine. I must say it's great when the drug lord appears on your screen - so comical. The sound effects are great as is the music which I love - you can hit F7 to flip between these.

This is one of the best first-person shooters for the Atari ST. It's fantastic with no overly complex objectives to get in the way of the enjoyment. I enjoyed zooming through the city, which is always speedy for a satisfying chase. Resolution 101 is one of the most frantic and enjoyable retro shooters I have ever played.

Play this fantastic shooter - floppy & hard disk

This baddie looks like something from Dr Who so let's zip around him and zoom away!

That guy looks like my old Computer Studies tutor from college. Spooky!

Each level features great animations of the drug lords taking a hit... Nice developers, really!!

The map of our drug-dealer world!

Frogger

Turning back the clock to 1981

You know, it feels like I've been beta-testing Frogger forever but, it's finally complete!! Yes, we have the official release of Frogger, by Scott Clifford. Do not expect a cheap knock-off because this is about as accurate as it gets with authentic visuals, sounds and playability. I'm sure every fan of the arcade game will adore this brand-new conversion. Plus it's 2016 and the Atari ST is getting new games released - which is incredible!!

Frogger is such a simple game but let's take a wild stab at the gameplay basics...

Leapin' Frogger! Home may look like it's only a hop, skip, and a jump away, but looks can be deceiving. First, there's a dangerous highway to hop across, full of fast-moving cars & trucks. Then there's a swirling river to leap,  full of frog-eating creatures. How's Frogger going to get home safely? By letting you hop him on his way. Guide Frogger safely through this perilous journey, and you'll jump for joy!

The object of the game is to hop as many frogs to safety as you can - and to score the most points along the way. Each time you bring 5 frogs home, you'll hear a short tune.  Then the game will continue at a more difficult level with your remaining frogs. The traffic will be more difficult to cross. There will be fewer floating objects on the river. Frogger-eating snakes will also appear on the riverbank in progressively more difficult levels. The game ends when no frogs (lives) are left.

Your score is shown at the bottom of the screen throughout the game. Points accumulate as follows:

Jumping Frogger forward = 10 points
Jumping Frogger home = 50 points
Jumping 5 frogs home = 1000 points
Taking a lady frog home = 200 points
Eating a fly = 100 points
Extra points for time left = 10 points (per remaining second)

I love the information screens - plus how authentic is this? Amazing conversion.

2016 and the Atari ST is alive & kicking!

Frogger should work fine with every model of ST computer but it's only been tested on the Atari ST, Atari STe and Mega STe. So please let us know if there are issues using one of the super-speedy computers that neither Scott nor I can afford. Atarimania now has the download so enjoy gaming like it's 1981 again!!

This is an authentic and wonderful arcade conversion of Frogger. What's not to love?

Update: You may be interested to know that Scott is now a member of Effect and has been interviewed by AtariCrypt!! He has worked on many demos that you need to check out, like the amazing Turrican Music Disk. He currently has RAIDEN in development specifically for the Atari STe.

[A]tari [G]ame [T]ools

Feel the power of the Atari STe!!

Here are new videos made using "AGT" by Douglas Little. A.G.T. stands for Atari Game Tools and is intended for the much under-utilised Atari STe. Each video shows the potential of this jaw-dropping game engine. Doug has a thread on Atari-Forum detailing more information. He also has a bitbucket website with tutorials.

Doug has an impressive history and it's amazing what he is doing with AGT. I can only hope the Atari community picks up the gauntlet. Can you imagine what new games we could play! Staggering potential...

• Full support for the Atari STe hardware.
• 8-way (or 4-way) scrolling.
• Horizontal-only scrolling.
• Overscan- Increased resolutions.
• Vertical-only scrolling.
• Scroll rate from 0 to +/-16 pixels per frame on each axis.
• Map size up to 32768 x 32768 pixels.
• Highly configurable for different kinds of games!

 

I look forward to seeing how our community utilises AGT.
"Happy STE coding"