uMiNT -- FreeMiNT micro distribution for CT60+EtherNAT users
since many people have bought EtherNATs even year ago and still were not able to test / use them because they are afraid of FreeMiNT installation and/or think it\'s complicated I prepared some nice goodie in this way.
uMiNT is just compilation of FreeMiNT kernel, XaAES (graphical interface), TeraDesk desktop and some tools -- with everything preconfigured. So you just unpack the archive, set your IP address, copy all files to your boot partition and reboot. Voila, you should be able to show www.atari.org in your Highwire :)
Link: http://mikro.atari.org/
From: http://www.atari.org/
Atari Coldfire Project Reloaded
Since the beginning of December 2008 we\'ve been evaluating the possibilities of continuing the Atari Coldfire Project or starting over with it. Our evaluation is now complete and we\'d like to let you know that we consider this project basically possible and that from now on we will be working under the name \"Atari Coldfire Project\". Our primary goal is to build a new Atari TOS clone which is based on a Coldfire processor and to make it available to the public for the lowest possible price. This is a free project that is free of commercial interests of any kind.
Link: http://acp.atari.org/
From: http://www.atari.org/
2 classic gaming-inspired iPhone games!
We've got news of 2 new iPhone applications that may be of interest to Classic Gamers everywhere!
The first, from Fabrizio Ferenga is a game based on identifying vintage home-computers entitled "RetroPC" - a fantastic stroll down memory lane that'll remind you of your roots! You can find more information on Fabrizio's website. The game is available on the Apple Appstore, priced $1.79.
News of the second game comes from Graham Seater at Nerdgames. They've just released version 1.1 of the classic Mac game "StuntCopter". The game features updated controls for the iPhone OS, but stays true to the feel of the original. Further details about StuntCopter for the iPhone can be found on the nerdgames site.
Link: http://www.farenga.it/iphone.asp#RetroPC
Link: http://www.nerdgames.ca/products.html
From: http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/
Satandisk revolution?
CiH of Alive Team share his thoughts and ideas about the useage of Satandisk and it's follower UltraSatan. How the demoscene could take advantage of the technique.
Link: http://dhs.nu/special-satandisk.php
From: http://www.dhs.nu/
Midwest Gaming Classic video
Sean Corse - project lead on an upcoming AAA iPhone game - just posted this video from the Midwest Gaming Classic last month. You can check it out by clicking here - watch for my cameo!
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p97yLmpOGh4
From: http://benheck.com/
Atari Vector Logo
Not sure if this is legal or not, but I found a site with an Atari logo in Adobe illustrator (eps) format.
Link: http://www.freevectorlogo.blogspot.com/2009/05/atari-logo.html
Because seeing the inside of stuff is cool
Have you ever wondered what airport security sees when you're traveling some place with every console you own? I do that all the time and have wondered it often. Sadly, peaking around is strictly verboten and so fulfilling that dream has been impossible -- until now.
Someone (here's hoping its some resident who is misusing his hospitals x-ray machine) has x-rayed a whole ton of gaming consoles so we can all see what the insides look like without taking our precious gaming consoles apart. The Wii classic controller looks like a robotic owl, no? And look how much space is wasted in the Atari and the N64.
Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravanderende/sets/72157594368940565/de...
From: http://www.destructoid.com/because-seeing-the-inside-of-stuff-is-co...
Vintage Gaming Exhibit: 8-bit Is Back at CyberArts
I consider myself a casual gamer,” Andrew Y. Ames tells me as he guides me around his Vintage Gaming exhibit at 1305 Boylston, an old gas station turned gallery-for-rent. The exhibit, which is a part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival, involves several retro televisions, Ataris, a Wii, and a projection screen. The video-games displayed seem casual compared to plot-intense, graphics-heavy modern games, but these decades-old titles hold considerable interest for gamers who crave a vintage experience. Also, anyone who’s tried to beat a high score on a stand-up in an arcade knows that the classics are not as innocuous as they appear.
Some of the games available for play are relics from the 80s, and others are completely new Atari titles created by independent developers. Turns out you can recycle the cartridges and re-write your own code on them. The developers doing so are committed to mimicking the attitude of 80s originals, right down to the soundtrack stylings. Ames also showed me Bit.Trip Beat, an indie-developed Pong-inspired rhythm game for the Nintendo Wii.
I suggested that someone revamp Duck Hunt, and Ames threw back that he was working on a mod of Space Invaders that removes all of the titular invaders. He’s not sure what that’ll do to the game, but you can go play some games and talk shop with Ames about it yourself -- the exhibit continues until Monday May 4th, or longer depending on whether they can hold on to the space.
Link: http://bostoncyberarts.org/
From: http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/phlog/archive/2009/05/01/vintage-gaming...
Programmers Improve Atari Emulation
If you're of a historical mindset, and you're going back in time to check out some of the games that started the entire console gaming revolution, you may be getting mis-information from emulated Atari 2600 titles. While the programming and graphics from Atari games may be spot-on, one thing emulators don't take into account is the way old-school 70s and 80s televisions interacted with games...until now.
Atari games weren't played on the crisp, digital screens we know today. Instead, the games were played on CRT televisions, with all the interference, fuzziness and non-digital dirt that they brought with them. In testament to the ingenuity of old-school programmers, Atari's best artists turned the TV's shortcomings into advantages.
Atari programmers used the after-image burned into gamers' eyes to "flicker" objects between frames. They also took advantage of the "texture" created by analog TVs, and they took into account the fuzziness created by TV's analog style to create art that looked a little "softer" than it does perfectly rendered in digital form. Another difference between old and new school gaming is noise. While an area of your screen will show static color in digital form, on an old television, noise is added, and the image contains variations.
In the end, what you see when you use an emulator like Stella is not what you would have seen back in 1978. But programmers at Georgia Tech have tackled the problem and created a way to make your computer monitor behave like a TV to really bring up the realism.
The Georgia programmer are working with the maintainer of the free, open-source Stella emulator to add the effects as an option. If it works out, project head Ian Bogost hopes to add the effects to other emulators, so everyone can enjoy pitch-perfect old timey emulation.
Link: http://www.digitallounge.gatech.edu/gaming/index.html?id=2824
From: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/695228/Programmers-Improve-Atari-...
Geeky Atari Flashback Earrings
There was something really cool about the eighties: The post disco movement, the old school games, arcade, and a silent style revolution were the hallmarks of the 80s. As an ode to those wonderful yesteryears, resembling has created some really cute and sexy Atari Old School Earrings. These earrings would remind you of those days when you played all those simple games, and especially Atari, which were not as advanced graphically or otherwise, but still had a charm that modern games lack.
They look like studs and upon request, you could get the earrings to dangle or as clips. The front and the back are made of hypoallergenic surgical steel and you would also not need to worry about nasty rashes after wearing them. Packed in an attractive black gift box, the two tiny studs come at the price of $5. These earrings are geekish for sure, but have a certain panache that female gamers that also have part-time jobs of being bombshells can wear.
Link: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20265244
From: http://www.digitallounge.gatech.edu/gaming/index.html?id=2824
