“Art Of Atari” Review
“Art Of Atari“1 by Tim Lapetino is wonderful, and should be considered the definitive visual-history of, not just the artwork used on game cartridge boxes, but of Atari and its video game products (home and...
Category: Atari
Articles and information about Atari’s line of video game systems, and home and personal computers. From the VCS/2600, 5200, and XE systems, to the 8-bit 400/800/XL/XE, through the ST, TT and Falcon computers.
Atari ST “Busy Bee” Icon Wallpaper
Continuing the run of the Atari ST’s clever icons in the TOS operating system, the ‘system busy’ state was represented by the Busy Bee. This downloadable ZIP file contains a 400×400 transparent PNG, and...
Atari ST “Bomb” Crash Icon Wallpaper
Released in June 1985, the Atari 520ST was designed to compete against the, at the time, still unreleased Commodore Amiga computer. Featuring a Motorola 68000 CPU running at 8MHz, the 520ST, and later its...
Atari 8-bit MyDOS 3.011 Main Menu Wallpaper
There were several third-party operating systems available for the Atari 8-bit computers, and one of the most popular with enthusiasts was called MyDOS. Written by Charles Marslett through his company Workmark, Charles has released the...
AtariDOS 2.5 Main-Menu Screen Wallpaper
1983 started out very poorly for Atari’s home computer division. The 1200XL, quickly thrown together to battle the Commodore 64 and launched in January of that year, was ludicrously overpriced and stumbled out the...
In Defense of the Atari 1200XL
It is an “Edsel“? An “Avanti“? Or, is it something in-between? The Atari 1200XL has always had a sullied reputation with the Atari community; thought of as a crippled machine that was too expensive...
My First Modem – The Atari 1030
Released in 1983, and designed to match the newly launched Atari 1200XL, the Atari 1030 modem was an interesting piece of hardware. The modem’s device-driver was burned into ROM, enabling it work with...
Gamechanger – Eastern Front (1941)
In 1981, Chris Crawford was riding high (little did he know that in just three years, he’d be looking for a job). Since joining Atari in 1979, he had become a full-fledged star programmer....
