The A-Z of Atari St Games: Volume 1

192 Pages·2017·10.403 MB·English

by  Kieren Hawken

Contents
Title Page i
Publisher Information ii
Introduction iii
A 1
Asteroids Deluxe 2
Arkanoid 4
Addams Family (The) 6
B 8
Bionic Commando 9
Bubble Bobble 11
Beach Volley 13
C 15
Chase H Q 16
Crystal Castles 18
Continental Circus 20
D 22
Dynasty Wars 23
Double Dragon 25
Dyna Blaster 27
E 29
Empire Strikes Back (The) 30
E S W A T 32
Elvira: The Arcade Game 34
F 36
Forgotten Worlds 37
Flying Shark 39
Falcon 41
G 43
Gauntlet 44
Galaxy Force II 46
Ghostbusters II 48
H 50
Hydra 51
Humans (The) 53
Human Killing Machine 55
I 57
Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom 58
International Karate + 60
Indy Heat 62
J 64
Jinks 65
Jungle Boy 67
James Pond: Underwater Agent 69
K 71
Klax 72
Kid Kong 74
Kwik Snax 76
L 78
Lemmings 79
Last Duel 81
Llamatron 2112 83
M 85
Mega Twins 86
Mission Elevator 88
Manchester United Europe 90
N 92
Nebulus 93
New Zealand Story (The) 95
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less 97
O 99
Operation Wolf 100
Obession 102
OutRun 104
P 106
Pang 107
Pengy 109
Pipe Mania 111
Q 113
Quest for Galaxia 114
Q*bert 116
Quadrix 118
R 120
Rick Dangerous 121
Rolling Thunder 123
Return to Genesis 125
S 127
Skull & Crossbones 128
Striker 130
Stunt Car Racer 132
T 134
Tempest 135
Thrust 137
Time Bandit 139
U 141
U N Squadron 142
Ultima II 144
Ultimate Arena 146
V 148
Vindicators 149
Veteran 151
Volfied 153
W 155
Wolf Child 156
WWF Wrestlemania 158
Warlock’s Quest 160
X 162
Xevious 163
Xenon 165
X-Chess 167
Y 169
Yogi Bear & Friends in the Greed Monster 170
Yolanda 172
Yopaz Ice Star 174
Z 176
Zynaps 177
Zany Golf 179
Zool 181
Also Available 183
The A-Z of
Atari ST Games
Volume 1
Kieren Hawken
Published in 2017 by
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Introduction
The story of the Atari ST is without doubt one of the most complex
and indeed most interesting of any computer Coming out after
the split of Atari’s arcade division and consumer division in
1984, the ST was born out of Jack Tramiel’s life saving takeover
of the latter Having previously been the head honcho of rival
organisation Commodore he needed a machine that would not
just take them on head to head but take their leading market share
from them completely In less than a year Jack and his small team
of designers and engineers managed to design and manufacture
a 16-bit computer for the masses In doing so they managed to
beat Commodore and their own Amiga computer to the market
and kick-start the 16-bit revolution The ST would go on to sell
in huge numbers and became the best selling home computer in
the UK for 2 years running One of the keys to the ST’s success
was its diversity – lending itself to all sorts of business applications,
desktop publishing, video games and the music industry (thanks
to its built in midi ports), where it almost single-handedly created
the booming European dance music scene
In this book I take you through the life of the Atari ST looking
at a varied cross section of the 2000+ games available with a small
review and screenshot of each one This is not a list of the best
games, a list of the worst or indeed a complete guide to what’s
available The A-Z of Atari ST Games: Volume 1 is just that, the
first volume of my look at a selection of ST games in alphabetical
order There are three games featured for each letter and these
range from the earliest released in the mid-eighties, to public
domain games and even modern homebrews Hopefully this book
gives you some inspiration to try games you’ve never played before
or bulk up your personal collection Hopefully this book gives you
some inspiration to try games you’ve never played before or bulk
up your personal collection You might even find it that brings back
happy memories of unwrapping Christmas and birthday presents
or inviting your friends round after school Most of all though I
hope you enjoy reading it and remember what makes the Atari ST
computer so great
Kieren Hawken
May 2017
A
Asteroids Deluxe
Atari – 1987
Programmed by Paradox and released for the ST by Atari
themselves, this is an update of the classic vector based arcade
game from 1979 The basic gameplay is exactly the same, to rid
each level of the asteroids by shooting them into smaller pieces
until they disappear Your craft can still thrust, the screen still
wraps around and you can still enter hyperspace if it all gets a bit
too intense Your ship is now equipped with a shield though, that
is represented by an energy bar at the top of the screen Once this
has depleted you lose a life and you have three of these to start
with Another new feature is the addition of a simultaneous two-
player mode, meaning you can team up with a friend to eliminate
the dangerous space rocks This is a great feature and really adds
to an already solid gameplay experience There is also more than
one type of UFO in this version too, with some being much harder