Atari games compilation pack released
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An Atari enthusiast has developed a program that brings together the best Atari 8-bit games, enriched with screenshots, notices, covers, manuals, links to videos, comments and score tables, among others.
Atari 800 - Best Gamepack" is the name of thefreewarewritten in Delphi containing aSelection of over 450 games, 350 of whom lead therankings ofAtarimaniaand AtariAge
"I always wanted to make some sort of game launcher for the Atari 8-bit computers. My main goal was to write a complete package that would bring together the best games from the huge and chaotic Atarimania database," he explains.Starwindzin itAtariAge Forum
According to theOfficial blog of the program, this kind of "all in one"no installations requiredWell, apart from the games, it includes theAtari 800WinPLus and Altirra emulators-two of the most popular.
We were able to verify that it is enough toExtract the compressed file and run the executablemajor.
The program has ainteresting search engineand the possibility of consulting the rankings of the8-bit High Score Club (HSC)of AtariAge. Likewise, each game haslinks to videos on YouTube, images on Google and descriptionsin Atarimania.
Pressing theOption button, canSelect the emulator of our preference; you can also switch between the two by pressing theF1 key. By the way, the controls inAltirraThey come configured by default to play with thekeyboard arrows; in the case ofAtari 800WinPLus, is usednumeric keypad
The program has ahistory of the games we run. Highlights the possibility ofcreate lists with our favorite games
At the moment, Starwindz has published aLite or light version-all Atarimania extra data has been removed and replaced with links to the respective websites.
Atari 800 - Best Gamepack v. Lite
Download | 28 MBThe "full" version will be available once Atarimania gives you express permission to reproduce its contents as part of the program. It will also have other features such as skins for the program.
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