starwindz Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 WHAT IS IT? 'Atari 800 - Best Game Pack' is an All-In-One game pack includes the best Atari 8-bit games, screenshots, adverts, covers, manuals, the spreadsheet of high scores club and easy-to-use front-end. The objectives of the game pack are 'Preservation of best Atari 8-bit games and their database' and 'Providing user friendly front-end for running games and accessing database'. DOWNLOAD - Click here to download the latest version SCREENSHOTS - Click here to see screenshots in the official blog LICENSE - Freeware (Commercial use prohibited) SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM - starwindz (Front-end programming, Games and database integration) - Paul 'Mclane' Irvine (Software test, Feature recommendation, General advice) - Greyfox (Logo creation, General advice) IMPORTANT LINKS - Official development blog - Official manual FEATURES - All-In-One! No other installations needed. - Atari 800 emulators(Altirra, Atari800Win Plus) included - No setup needed. Just extract a .7z file and run main executable - Includes top 600+ Atari 8-bit games mentioned on atarimania.com and atariage.com forum - Includes screenshots and extra data from gamebase(by Mark Hardnman) and atarimania (Adverts, Covers, Manuals) - Searches and displays High Scores - Spreadsheet (Original version made by champions_2002 and now it will be updated by me.) - Displays atarimania user scores and comments - Game browsers to select a game while seeing multiple screenshots - User created game list - Random game selection - And more... 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Totally awesome. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Nice.. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 This official topic of the game pack is now pinned(sticky). Please post any comments, bug reports, suggestions or features you might like adding! The feedback will be very much appreciated. Currently V1.03b update is being prepared. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 (edited) Thanks Goochman for the pin... Starwindz is a really nice guy, so get your suggestions in to here, don't forget he does the frontend, any emulation queries to the respected emulation authors. Edited June 23, 2014 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 I also appreciate the moderator's action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 Game Pack on Linux(Ubuntu) - Experimental test screenshots Technically game pack can be run on Linux and MacOX via Wine technology. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 The "1.03a lite update" is access denied on Google Drive for some reason.. sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 The "1.03a lite update" is access denied on Google Drive for some reason.. sTeVE Sorry. The problem has been fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 I have found some kind of compatibility issue of game pack under Wine environment. Especially skin interface does not work under Wine. But most functions work fine. I will upload more screenshots soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyfox Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Great work and hopefully will finally get a glance at this wonder this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I'm looking at an idea that will give the Gamebase a unique feature IF a certain item can work the way I hope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 I'm looking at an idea that will give the Gamebase a unique feature IF a certain item can work the way I hope... Would you be more specific, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I'm hoping that Altirra will be able to load cheat files from a command line, there's loads of cht files out there and I'll be happy to make more, so you easily add an option to run the game with cheats active IF it can be done. Down to Phaeron if its built in already or he feels like adding it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Game pack V1.03b now runs perfectly on Ubuntu via Wine! Click here to see the guide. (I think it will also work fine on Mac OSX via Wine...) Edited June 27, 2014 by starwindz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Four days ago I uploaded a bug free ATR version of Adventure Creator: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/226808-adventure-creator-working-disk-version/?p=3016240 Do you keep an eye on updated/fixed version of games? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Four days ago I uploaded a bug free ATR version of Adventure Creator: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/226808-adventure-creator-working-disk-version/?p=3016240 Do you keep an eye on updated/fixed version of games? Yes, it will be updated in the latest version of game pack(v1.03b). Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 I have written the installation guide for running game pack on Mac OSX. Please check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 I have written the installation guide for running game pack on Mac OSX. Please check it out. V1.03 and V1.03a have some problems to run the game pack on Wine. V1.03b will be released soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) I am working on making playlists using Top 5 Atari 8-bit games list. You can select and play games in the other players' top games list. Edited June 29, 2014 by starwindz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKRetrogamer Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 1.03a seems to work fine on Mac OS/Mavericks using the commercial wine-derivative called Crossover. Options to install Jet and MDAC are built-in to the Crossover application. Make a new "bottle", install Jet and MDAC, copy the unarchived folder somewhere and run it. Sound can sometimes get a bit stuttery on my early Mac mini but it runs just fine on my 12 month old iMac. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starwindz Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 V1.03b update has been released. Now 629 games! Click here to download it. [update Information: V1.03a to V1.03b] * New features Ubuntu(Linux) and Mac OSX supported (via Wine) * New Games (17) Alien Swarm (Version 6) Asylum Buffalo Stampede Deadline Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Mig Alley Ace Misja Nerm Of Bemer Ninja Commando Operation Blood Rolltris Special Forces Ultima III - Exodus Ultima IV - Quest of the Avatar X-8 Zork II - The Wizard of Frobozz Zork III - The Dungeon Master * New comments (3) Head over Heels Pharaoh's Pyramid Warhawk * Game files update (2) Adventure Creator (Bug fix) High Rise (Manual) * Misc New playlists (from http://atariage.com/forums/topic/226956-top-5-atari-8-bit-games/) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKRetrogamer Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) Here are some screenshots of v1.03a running under OSX Mavericks using Crossover. Edited June 29, 2014 by UKRetrogamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKRetrogamer Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 A quick question regarding the updates (1.03, 1.03a, 1.03b, etc.). Are the updates incremental? i.e. Do I just download the 1.1GB 1.03 file, then apply 1.03b or do I need to apply 1.03a first? Does 1.03b contain everything from the 1.03a update? Is the 1.1GB file updated to the latest version as newer updates appear, or is the main file left at 1.03? It would be really cool to have a "check for updates" button in the application at a future revision, which could then go off and download the incremental updates automatically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicemaggie Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I hope the games can still run on an ordinary 800XL setup, with the 1mb Ultimate upgrade and SIO2SD device - this is the setup I have which Lotharek kindly upgraded at Sillyventure 2k13 in Poland Is it just a case of copying the game images onto the SD card ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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