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by Filippo 'Philsan' Santellocco, retrocomputers user, coder, preservationist and collector. Atari and Jay Miner's machines (Atari VCS, 800, Amiga) fan. x.com/Philsan69 mastodon.world/@Philsan demozoo.org/sceners/62866

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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 8h
Didn't go so far. Here are the beautiful species.
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 8h
Wings of Fury, new conversion for #AtariSTe computers of the 1987 Brøderbund title www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.ph... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 9h
Me too. Yes, stages 1-5 are inspired by Cosmic Ark. Species are harder to catch but Cosmic Ark has more species.
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 12h
Hired Guns, work in progress #AtariSTe port of the original 1993 Amiga game retroblitterteam.com/project.php?... #atari #AtariST
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 13h
The classic Commodore Amiga game Superfrog is being converted for #AtariSTe computers youtu.be/V0UIHcjWMg8 #atari #atariST #AI
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Super Frog WIP (STe)
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 14h
Green Beret, work in progress conversion for #AtariSTe computers youtu.be/P-54x5osoqk #atari #atariST #AI
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Green Beret WIP (STe)
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 23h
Specimen, new game for #Atari2600 console forums.atariage.com/topic/393348... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Now there's a SidecarTridge version of Doom for #AtariST computers with high resolution monochrome monitors #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fire Balloon, new game for #Atari8bit computers forums.atariage.com/topic/393359... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Celeste, new game for #Atari8bit computers with VBXE video board, ported from Pico-8 forums.atariage.com/topic/392748... #atari #pico8
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
River Raid for #AtariSTe computers youtu.be/NBA8EAk3Imo #atari #atarist
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River Raid (STe)
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Castles, #Atari8bit computer game programmed in 48 hours during the ABBUC summer camp included in issue 166 of the quarterly magazine published by the German club #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Worms, work in progress conversion for #AtariSTe computers youtu.be/2WccbSHjAMc #atari #atariST
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Worms WIP (STe)
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kestrel - Der Turmfalke, new game for #AtariFalcon (and #Amiga, #MacOS, #MSDOS, #Windows, #Linux) computers www.wolfgangkierdorf.de/retro/kestrel/ #atari #ai
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Kestrel – Der Turmfalke | Downloads
Downloads für Kestrel – Der Turmfalke: macOS, Windows, Amiga ADF, WHDLoad, Atari Falcon 030, MS-DOS, Linux und Handbuch.
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Stages 4 & 5 of Great Axe (Golden Axe), work in progress for #Atari8bit computers #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Frob2354, a modern, replacement for the FROB (Frobco, 1982), the Apple II card for Atari 2600 development github.com/tschak909/fr... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Second level of Bagman Comes Back work in progress for #Atari8bit computers youtu.be/Ri8iJ4kyDag #atari
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Bagman Comes Back Level 2 Work in Progress Recorded from PAL Atari 800 XL
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Buxton Bytes 2027, new #AtariST computers invitro by The Buxton Bytes Collective youtu.be/H9T3RH0hzeE #atari #demoscene
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Buxton Bytes 2027 - Invitro by The Buxton Bytes Collective - Atari ST Intro
Buxton Bytes 2027 - Invitro, released 1 October 2026 Invitation for Buxton Bytes 2027 Credits : Code by Evil Music by gwEm Graphics by jade Text by Tronic for more info : — Demoscene Logo…
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Desert Strike will be available for #AtariSTe computers www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.ph... #atari #atariST #AI
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Great Giana Sisters game for #Atari8bit computers will be entered into the ABBUC Software Contest 2026 under the name Marian youtu.be/xsgSzLegs7E #atari
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Atari XL/XE -=Marian=- ABBUC Software Competition 2026
🎬Saberman&⌨IndieRetroNews.com present: Marian 00:00 Intro 00:12 Game intro 02:28 Gameplay ⌨️Game launched on: 800XL 💻Author/credits: shanti77 There are currently 20 levels in the game. The game…
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not only HamsterOS and Doom, #Atari8bit computers with A8PicoCart will have an #Atari7800 emulator too meanhamster.com/games/mpe-po... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Very fast Doom (and HamsterOS) for #Atari8bit computers, thanks to the Raspberry Pi inside A8PicoCart forums.atariage.com/topic/393244... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yie Ar Kung-Fu, work in progress game for #Atari7800 console youtu.be/tIEWemge6uw#AI #atari
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Yie Ar Kung Fu for the Atari 7800 - WIP
A work-in-progress preview of a port of Yie Ar Kung Fu for the Atari 7800 ProSystem. Made with AI assistance.
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What's Up Blob?, new #Atari2600 console work in progress game programmed with PXE batariBasic kernel forums.atariage.com/topic/393110... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Entries for the sixth edition of ATASCII Compo by @logiker.bsky.social can be submitted by November 9 logiker.com/ATASCII #atari #ascii #pixelart
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ATASCII Compo - Logiker
ATASCII Compo. Vintage Computing - Textart - Compos
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Toadies, a new #AtariSTe computers game ported from Amiga youtu.be/ewpz7vNtl3w #atari #AtariST
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Toadies (STe)
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Shape Shooter 2000, upcoming game for #AtariJaguar console youtu.be/rxF1jRaw_c4 #atari
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Shape Shooter 2000 for the Atari Jaguar - release trailer
Shape Shooter 2000 is coming for the Atari Jaguar on October 20, 2026. Early release copies available at PRGE on October 9-11 in Portland. Pre-orders open now at Songbird. SS2K is an intense…
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sonic The Edgehog work in progress for #AtariFalcon computers youtu.be/ri0ppFoCB_Y #atari
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Sonic 1 port, for the Atari Falcon 030
Here is an unofficial port of Sonic 1 (Mega Drive), for our beloved Atari Falcon. The game runs on a stock 4 MB Falcon. An Atari STe port is also available: https://youtu.be/MbaR_7wfPik
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is some info under each game.
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Magia Krysztalu, a 1992 Polish game published by ASF has been translated into English forums.atariage.com/topic/393085... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New demo of Kinetescape for #Atari7800 console forums.atariage.com/topic/385559... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The popular Atari 8-bit computers 1983 game M.U.L.E. by Ozark Softscape published by Electronic Arts is being ported to #Atari2600 (and #Intellivision) consoles and it will be possible to crossplay online with #FujiNet device #atari
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Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com · 29/09/2026
Something a little different for GTW. John Hardie got in touch after uncovering original FlexiCAD vector drawings for Atari's unreleased Jaguar/CD combination console on an old Atari floppy disk. We've added a quick entry and the surviving design images: www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/09/atar...
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mount Royal University in Canada has been offering a programming course in C and Assembly on #AtariST computers for educational purposes for years. You can find some of the students' work at www.atarimania.com/machines/ata... #atari #assembly
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New version of Vaults of Nhyrmeth for #Atari8bit computers forums.atariage.com/topic/393172... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Steve DeFrisco, the programmer of #Atari2600 titles such as Secret Quest, MotoRodeo, and Klax, has created a simple game, Andy's Quest, in which an armadillo must reach the National Videogame Museum in Frisco, Texas forums.atariage.com/topic/393166... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
POKEY SYNTH and POKEY PLAYER, two new #Atari8bit computers programs. The first one is a playable keyboard synthesizer, second one is a jukebox disk with 53 songs but you can convert and add your MIDI tunes. github.com/carlosbravoa... #atari #chiptunes #chipmusic
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bikini Race, work in progress game for #Atari8bit computers with VBXE board youtu.be/fp3aI6E6X6I #ai #atari
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Atari XL/XE VBXE -=Bikini Race=- v1.1 WIP/🤖AI
🎬Saberman&⌨IndieRetroNews.com present: Bikini Race 00:00 Intro 00:12 Game menu 00:21 Gameplay ⌨️Game launched on: Altirra emulator 💻Author/credits: astrofor AI…
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sonic The Edgehog work in progress for #AtariSTe computers youtu.be/MbaR_7wfPik #atari
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Sonic 1 port, for Atari STe
Still an alpha :) It runs on a standard Atari STe but requires 4MB of RAM. A 2MB version is currently being tested. The game runs well on an 8 MHz STe and even better on a 16 MHz STe. As the ST…
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Inufuto-23, an #Atari8bit computers cartridge image with the 23 games released by Inufuto so far forums.atariage.com/topic/331824... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Realm of Despair, new #Atari2600 game sequel of Wood of Despair youtu.be/YvOJgbpXFNo#...
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Realm of Despair gameplay atari 2600 homebrew
Realm of Despair An Atari 2600 game Introduction You escaped the Wood of Despair… only to find that darkness had followed you. Once every thousand years, the Crystal Castle rises from beneath the…
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Incydent, the Polish 1993 #Atari8bit computers game has been translated into English forums.atariage.com/topic/393085... #atari #retrogames
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New version of IK+ for #AtariST computers with 3rd player enabled youtu.be/GW4tFJtpFZw #atari #retrogames
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IK+ with 3 players enabled on Atari ST!
An enhanced version of the good old IK+ on the Atari ST, modified so that the third character becomes playable by a human. Download executable here:…
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cyber Run: Neon Drive, new game for #Atari2600 console payhip.com/b/jpZDS #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Alien Trilogy, work in progress for #Atari8bit computers with VBXE board and 65816 CPU youtu.be/fI-wAUGh6gQ #AI #atari
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ATARI XE/XL - Alien Trilogy, VBXE, 65816, first test
ATARI XE/XL - Alien Trilogy, VBXE, 65816, first test made by AI, 20-26.9.2026
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mechtiles, an unreleased #AtariLynx game announced in the early 1990s is now available as alpha release with some minor fixes thanks to Songbird songbird-productions.com/product/mech... #atari #retrogame
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Now available Atari XEBook, a real Atari 130XE with upgrades transformed into a laptop youtube.com/shorts/_PI2I... #atari #Atari8bit
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The Atari 130XE laptop that never existed
A genuine Atari 8-bit computer, hand-built into a laptop. Not an emulator, not an FPGA — a real Atari 130XE logic board doing the work. Reserve yours: https://xebook.sideburn.com What's inside: •…
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What might the operating system for the Atari Painter project, a multimedia computer that would have combined the Falcon and Jaguar, have been like? Someone tried to imagine it and made it for the #AtariJaguar console www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZw... #atari #ataripainter
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I turned the Atari Jaguar into the unreleased Atari Painter Computer Prototype! JagOS 'Spot' Preview
Demonstration video of JagOS 'Spot' running on a stock Atari Jaguar with a RetroHQ GameDrive and SD card acting as storage drive. I still have a few things to fix but please let me know what you'd…
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New update for Monkey King, a 2018 batariBasic game for #Atari2600 console forums.atariage.com/topic/282190... #atari
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Atari Scene News @philsan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Elite conversion for #Atari8bit computers called Firebird version, which includes improvements that the author imagines Firebird would have made had it released an Atari version, has been released today forums.atariage.com/topic/393094... #atari
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