The 100+ A8 games that made my 600XL [020/100]

THE PHARAOH'S CURSE, by Steve Coleman, Synapse Software, 1983

#atari #atariart #ataripixelart #atari8bitgames #atari8bit #atari400 #atari800 #600XL #800XL #65XE #130XE #A8b #SteveColeman #SynapseSoftware #TheParaohsCurse

The 100+ A8 games that made my 600XL [001/100]

SHAMUS

by William Mataga, Synapse Software, 1982

#atari #atariart #ataripixelart #atari8bitgames #atari8bit #atari400 #atari800 #600XL #800XL #65XE #130XE #A8b #Shamus #SynapseSoftware #WilliamMataga #CathrynMataga

Using #Atari8Bit based #SynapseSoftware #SynCalc to compare #GeekBench values and decide on Apple #MacBookPro #M1Max 10/32 upgrade path. M4 Max seems to be the only viable path.

The A8 posed a bit of struggle with limited screen space.

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

LESETIPP: Kennt ihr die Vorfahren von Lara Croft? Viele Jahre vor der Geburt der weltweit bekannten Abenteuer-Amazone wurde mit dem Spiel Pharaoh’s Curse von Synapse Software ein wichtiger Grundstein der Action-Adventures gelegt.

https://www.videospielgeschichten.de/pharaohs-curse-in-der-pixelpyramide/

#C64 #PharaohsCurse #SynapseSoftware #Ihor Wolosenko #SteveHales #Atari #Retrogaming

Forty years ago, things looked like computer games would get out of the kids niche, into the mainstream. Established authors lent names and talents to game development. This hope crashed and burned when the broad consumer public decided simplistic skill games were the best. The artefacts of this brief moment in history remain. The one cited with some regularity in highbrow elitist circles is #Mindwheel.

https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%2C1596/Mindwheel.html

#RetroGaming
#SynapseSoftware