Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈⬛How could I have missed it?
The Atari ST is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year! 🎂 🥳 🎉 (released in June 1985)
One of my favorite machines and so many good memories on my Atari 520 ST 🥰
If my memory serves me correctly, I think the first Atari ST game my father bought was Space Station 🚀
I also remember owning Crafton & Xunk, Starglider, Captain Blood, Elite and others (see screenshots)
Do you remember your first games on Atari ST? 😀
Then I discovered FastCopy... and lots of other games! 💾 😇
My father and I still bought games from time to time (Journey to the Center of the Earth, King's Quest III, Zak McKracken, Future Wars for example)
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Mark Jones@Gamrok my favourite program 😀
Troed Sångberg@Gamrok Ehrm. Yeah. Without having any idea what made an "Atari ST" different from the computers (C64s) my friends had I apparently bought a really early grey imported one from a local store, and the only game available was Lands of Havoc.
First game on the ST, developed by Steve Bak without having access to one at that. Let's just say I was ... less than happy.
Otoh it meant I spent all my time on the computer learning to code instead, which ... the rest of my life then has consisted of :D
@troed Thanks for the link. I didn't know about the game Lands of Havoc! (unlike Goldrunner, Return to Genesis, etc.)
Maybe you were programming with GFA Basic? 😀
eobet@Gamrok since I still have them in my closet, I do remember. Questron II and, more importantly, the system seller itself, Dungeon Master. That was a good christmas.
@eobet I didn't know it at the time, but my cracked copy of Dungeon Master was probably buggy 😅 (what an incredible game!)
Graham Markall@Gamrok Those from the 520STE Discovery Xtra pack - Dragon's Breath, Anarchy, Super Cycle, and Indiana Jones and the <something I forgot> ("fate of atlantis"?) - I had Space Station too - I ran into Janko Mrsic-Flogel a couple of times while I was at Imperial College, but never got round to chatting with him about it.
@gmarkall I really liked Dragon's Breath! 🥚 😀
I guess it was The Last Crusade for Indiana Jones, because Fate of Atlantis was never released on Atari ST.