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geoholub
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Mysterious Atari 8-bit Software

Post by geoholub » Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:12 am

Recent I found an old inventory of Atari 8-bit software that I had. Most of the titles were recognizable; however, anyone heard of the following 8-bit stuff - some may have been commercial titles, some from magazines, some public domain stuff etc.

Aide 2.0 (loaded via DOS 'L', needs MEM.SAV, runs @2888)
Atari PM Editor (may be called something else?)
Ambush (not Computer Ambush)
Brady Bunch Adventure #1 (a Basic program)
Broadway (a Basic program)
CroMagnon P.I.
Display Maker
Dr. Who
Endless Bugs (a cassette program)
Full Field Soccer
Galactic Gateway
Graphics Work
Jedi (Return of the Jedi?)
Keyfax
Kinks, The
Music Master 4 (yes "4" - a demo)
Oh Damn! (a Basic program - OHDAMN.BAS)
Quester
Rabbit Revolt
Ratville
Scavenger Hunt
Weekend

Thanks!
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Re: Mysterious Atari 8-bit Software

Post by Atari Frog » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:47 am

Hello George,
geoholub wrote:Aide 2.0 (loaded via DOS 'L', needs MEM.SAV, runs @2888)
Could be Aide by Roklan.
Atari PM Editor (may be called something else?)
Maybe P/M Graphics Editor by Don't Ask Software?
Ambush (not Computer Ambush)
No idea. Not Alien Ambush?
Brady Bunch Adventure #1 (a Basic program)
Unheard of.
Broadway (a Basic program)
Could be a type-in by SoftSide.
CroMagnon P.I.
Probably PI Software... Had never heard of it before.
Display Maker
By Atari?
Dr. Who
Originally a type-in from the UK I believe.
Endless Bugs (a cassette program)
Full Field Soccer
Galactic Gateway
First time I see these titles mentioned!
Graphics Work
Rings a bell...
Jedi (Return of the Jedi?)
Keyfax
?
Kinks, The
Could be Van Halen's version of "You really Got Me".
Music Master 4 (yes "4" - a demo)
This one I know!
Oh Damn! (a Basic program - OHDAMN.BAS)
Quester
Rabbit Revolt
Ratville
Scavenger Hunt
Weekend
Never heard of these!

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geoholub
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Three of Mysterious Atari Items Found!

Post by geoholub » Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:26 am

Well, I "found" three of the mysterious Atari items in my old inventory.

Atari P/M Editor was "Player-Missile Drawing Editor" by Compute's Second Book of Atari

Broadway was Softside magazine program <- available on Atarimania

Display Maker was DLI Maker from Analog magazine, January 1986
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My "Missing" Atari 8-bit Software and Atari DemoPacs

Post by geoholub » Sun May 16, 2010 3:40 pm

It has been a while, but I found a few more of my "missing" Atari 8-bit software . . .

CroMagnon P.I., Galactic Getaway, and Rabbit Revolt (along with Shooting Gallery) are sample programs on Side B of The Arcade Machine.
Broadway was a type-in program in a 1983 Softside
Dr Who was an adventure in Computer & Video Games.

I am still "missing" the following. If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

Aide 2.0 (utility, loaded via DOS "L", needs MEM.SAVE, runs @ $2888)
Brady Bunch (a US TV Show) Adventure #1 (basic program)
Endess Bugs (a cassette program, probably a Centipede clone)
Full Field Soccer
Graphic Works
Keyfax by Keycom Electronic Publishing, see http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/CARLSON/history/Keycom.htm
On Damn! (basic program)
Pirate's Library (basic program?, needs 130XE?)
Ratville
Scavenger Hunt
Weekend

I've just found eight (8) old Atari 8-bit Demopacs (from Atari) on programming. They cover the following topics:

1. Strings and Formatting - I've posted this one on Scribd at http://www.scribd.com/doc/31438242/Atar ... Formatting
2. Data File Processing
3. Programming Examples
4. Atari Color Graphics
5. Advanced Graphics
6. Advanced Systems Features
7. Some Special Features
8. Software and Hardware TImers

If anyone is interested in these let me know and I'll scan the rest and put them up on Scribd.

According to

http://books.google.com/books?id=jC4EAA ... ac&f=false

there appears to be other DemoPac, i.e. three on LOGO: #9 a resource guide, #10 a printer pac, and #11 useful programs illustrating list processing.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THESE IF ANYONE HAS THEM !

Thanks!
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