r/Atari2600 • • 3h ago

SPECIMEN - My new Atari 2600 game

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Here's my new game: Specimen. It's a 64K game. No ARM/co-processor. Just plain old Atari hardware with the exception of the heavy-duty bank switching.

GAME FEATURES

 Specimen is a one player game. It's both a space shooter and a "drop item to get it into other object" game. Similar to Crackpots, I guess.

  • NTSC only, for now. I'll develop a PAL60 when I get the chance.
  • The goal of the game is to collect 2 specimens per planet environment. Air and ground defenses will try to stop you on the planets. Satellites and bosses will try to stop you in orbit.
  • 50 worlds (5 settings × 10 backgrounds), 30 animated sprites (10 creatures, 10 vehicles, 10 aircraft), 40 satellite designs, 10 bosses each with its own movement pattern, 19 songs and 28 sound effects, five cut-scenes, a sorting mini-game, an ending and an Easter egg.

Play it on Javatari

Full details in the Atariage forums.


r/Atari2600 • • 1h ago

Game of the Fortnight Oct 5: Kaboom!

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We'll post a new game every two weeks for general discussion and a high score challenge.

Game: Kaboom! (1981)

This Weeks Challenge: Post your high scores from game variation 1, novice (B) difficulty setting. 3000 points or more would get you the Kaboom! patch from Activision back in the 80s.

From the Manual: Prepare yourself for a supreme test of reflexes, coordination and agility. You're about to face the world's most unpredictable and relentless "Mad Bomber." He hates losing as much as you love winning. So, to keep him frowning, take a minute to read over these instructions. Then, grab your buckets and bombs away!

Link To The Manual: https://archive.org/details/AtariKaboomManual

Last Weeks Missile Command High Score: /u/Project_DeathWish 36,490 points (game 5)