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Jinks (C) 1991 AMC-Verlag Challenging game with a bouncing ball Horizontal scrolling play field Bonus levels EXEcutable file Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): Jinks

It Means War (C) 199?) Pentagram Group Music track by ZBX, Virus Digitized instruments EXEcutable file Play music Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): It Means War

Bob Test (C) 1994 Bill Kendrick Snake-bob demo TurboBASIC and compiled TurboBASIC version CTB and TBS file Just a test of 3-frame snake-bob animation. By Bill Kendrick 12/29/94. After watching the DragonBob part of Slight’s “Bitter Reality” megademo, I decided to try my hand at the animation routine. (I should use the display list, but was lazy). The animation is done by having three screens which are constantly flipped through. An object (“bob”), in this case a small circle, is moved around the screen. It is placed on the current screen, so when the next frame appears, it is gone....

The Family Tree (C) 1983 Harry Koons Version 1.0P From Antic magazine Family tree manager in BASIC Single density program disk Single density documentation disk Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): The Familiy Tree Documentation (ODT): The Familiy Tree Documentation as below (PDF): The Familiy Tree

Spazeship Demo (C) 1992 Aura by John E. Font-picture with Black Magic Composer music and scroller EXEcutable file Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): Spazeship Demo (Aura)

Galaxian (C) 1984 Sawfish Software Shooter A little bit like the original arcade game Choppy game play EXEcutable file Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): Galaxian (Sawfish)

Computer Demos – What Makes Them Tick? (CC) 2010 Markku Reunanen AALTO UNIVERSITY ABSTRACT OF LICENTIATE THESIS School of Science and Technology Faculty of Information and Natural Sciences Department of Media Technology Author: Markku Reunanen Date: April 23, 2010 Pages: 134 Title of thesis: Computer Demos—What Makes Them Tick? Professorship: Contents Production Professorship code: T013Z Supervisor: Professor Tapio Takala Instructor: – This licentiate thesis deals with a worldwide community of hobbyists called the demoscene. The activities of the community in question revolve around real-time multimedia demonstrations known as demos. The historical frame of the study spans from the late 1970s,...

Disk Manifold (C) 1984 Stefan Scherer Simple single-drive sector copier Support for single and medium density disks EXEcutable file Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): Disk Manifold

The wonderful world of Eamon (C) Donald Brown The complete role-playing system for the Atari Text adventure in BASIC Atari version by Daniel Noguerol Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): Eamon

HEXACON 1.5 (C) 1984-1986 Geckovision / Tim Patrick Number conversion utility Hexadecimal, binary, octal, etc… BASIC file Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): HEXACON 1.5 Manual (ODT): HEXACON 1.5 Manual as below (PDF): HEXACON 1.5

Jingle Bells Xmas Card Animated Christmas card with Jingle Bells melody Done in ACTION! EXEcutable file Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): Jingle Bells Xmas Card

Binary Load Menu (C) Gemini Software Menu to load *.EXE files Use with DOS EXEcutable file Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): Gemini Binary Load Menu

Tiger (C) 198? Stan Ockers / Eugene Ace Get the doctor and bring him to the dock Avoid the man eating tiger BASIC file You are going down the Congo river when a crewmate gets very ill. There is a doctor in a village [left] quite far from the dock [right]. You must get the doctor and bring him back to the boat. The problem is a man eating tiger. You only know his general location from his roar. He will only cross the stream using the log in the center of the screen. You may use either of the...

Antic’s Trigger Throttle (C) 1987 Matthew Ratcliff Use with modem Sends Control-S / Control Q with joystick trigger to toggle scrolling text Includes MAC/65 source code EXEcutable file Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): Antic’s Trigger Throttle

Digital Bonanza (C) 1993 Adam Bienias Digital version of the “Bonanza” theme Use SHIFT to start the tune EXEcutable file Play music: Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): Digital Bonanza

TwoMaze (C) 198? Frank Ostrowski Pacman clone 1 player and 2 players simultaneously Multiple mazes Easy / Normal / Hard modes EXEcutable file Bootable disk (ATR / 7-zip): TwoMaze

Getaway! (C) 1982 Mark Reid Drive thru a maze of streets Collect the cash Don’t forget to fuel-up EXEcutable-file Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): Getaway

Falcon NVRAM Battery replacement (the hard way) – 2011 Fox-1 The MK48T87B-24 is a battery powered RAM I.C. It stores some BIOS values and also makes sure the real time clock keeps running when the computer is turned off. After some years the battery runs flat which may cause some troubles. Too bad it can’t be replaced because it’s inaccessible. Or isn’t it? If you prefer functionality above originality it’s possible to exchange it anyways. No need to replace the whole NVRAM. It takes some time to connect another 3V source to it but it may be worth the trouble...

Starquest: Rescue at Rigel (C) 1980-1981 Automated Simulations Free the prisoners from the moonbase BASIC Review: The Book of Atari Software – 1984 This game, modeled after the successful Dungeonquest series, is the first in their Starquest series. It is a science fiction game where you, the hero, attempt to rescue 10 humans held captive in a pyramid shaped Tollah moonbase. Armed with a blaster and a powerpack supplying your laser, shield and bionic gear, you attempt to find the humans and teleport them back to your base ship. The moonbase floors are connected by graveshafts and each floor and...

Millipedes (C) 1985 C. McConnell Only eat the mushrooms and eggs Avoid the rest BASIC Bootable disk (ATR / 7-Zip): Millipedes