+LS650 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Youtube and other sites are full of recommendations for old 8-bit Atari games... but what about non-games? Are there any other executables people recommend checking out? Maybe graphics or sound demos, astronomy sky-map utility, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_chase Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 I would recommend some game creation systems, but those game-related I guess. 😐 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Here are 4 demos. 3 are by Xanth Computers and 1 is by Atari. They're all from the 80's. The 2 boink demos by Xanth let you control some aspects of the animations with <option> and <select> keys; and I think the <start> key changes the text display for both of them. FujiBoink.xex Atari 8-bit Boink.xex Swan.xex Atari (GTIA).xex 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Jane's Program is an interactive demo by Douglas Crockford (while he was working at Atari). You use the joystick to make blocks that fall, bounce, and make musical sounds. You can also delete blocks by clicking on them (which you'll need to do at some point, as there's a limit to how many can be on the screen at once). This is fun for young kids. I think the demo was made for Douglas' young daughter (Jane). Jane's Program.xex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Here's a cool sound demo (with graphics) by @R0ger [Edit] Original thread: New speech synthesis for Atari Zvonky (mono).xex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Here are some music demos. You can search for more on the forums by looking for these users: @VinsCool, @Fragmare, @makary, @pseudografx, @analmux, and @emkay. Metroid 2 - Surface of SR388 (v17).xex Napalm Man.xex Spark Absorber.xex Tetris Attack - Yoshi's Theme (SNES) Final.xex Zelda - Hyrule Castle.xex Batman - Stage 1.xex Ninja Gaiden - Unbreakable Determination.xex Streets of Rage II - Dreamer.xex Puyo Puyo - Sticker (NTSC).xex Pinky - Xmas Edition (Overworld 1).xex Breaking the Pattern.xex Secret of Monkey Island.xex Streets of Rage - Fighting In The Street.xex Zelda - Deku Palace (Final).xex Metroid - Brinstar.xex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 A couple of good, standard-notation music composition and playing programs. Both have sample songs on the disks. Bank Street MusicWriter Music Construction Set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Movie Maker is an animation and sound creation tool. It has example files on the second disk. If you boot from the second disk, it will play all the examples files in sequence. Movie Maker A.atr Movie Maker B.atr Movie Maker - Manual.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hloberg Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 looks like MS BASIC and TurboBASIC XL work. Turbo BASIC XL myDOS.atr myDOS-MSB27boot.atr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 New Aladdin - Disk Magazines Published in the mid-80's. Each magazine is six ATR files. They contain articles, games, graphics, and music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFELD2005 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 http://ftp.pigwa.net/stuff/collections/holmes cd/Holmes 1/ATR Programs/Applications A-Z/Paperweight 3.1.atr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudografx Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 14 hours ago, MrFish said: Here are some music demos. You can search for more on the forums by looking for these users: @VinsCool, @Fragmare, @makary, @pseudografx, @analmux, and @emkay. My cover is errorneously in single POKEY mode, this is the correct executable: Streets of Rage 2 - Dreamer.xex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 7 hours ago, pseudografx said: My cover is errorneously in single POKEY mode, this is the correct executable: If you're referring to the XEX I posted (I assume you are), I think that is a version by @VinsCool. I'm not sure whether he sequenced the music himself or not, though. He may have borrowed your original version or the version that was done by @Fragmare, and just edited the instruments (or maybe not) and output it using his version of RMT (with the updated tables, etc.); but maybe I'm wrong about that in some point? The reason I posted that particular mono version is because the 400 Mini currently doesn't support stereo. I had your proper stereo version, though; and I am aware that it will play in mono on a mono system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Here's @Fragmare's version of "Streets of Rage 2 - Dreamer". SOR2_DreamerPOKEY01c.xex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudografx Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 16 hours ago, MrFish said: If you're referring to the XEX I posted (I assume you are), I think that is a version by @VinsCool. I'm not sure whether he sequenced the music himself or not, though. He may have borrowed your original version or the version that was done by @Fragmare, and just edited the instruments (or maybe not) and output it using his version of RMT (with the updated tables, etc.); but maybe I'm wrong about that in some point? The reason I posted that particular mono version is because the 400 Mini currently doesn't support stereo. I had your proper stereo version, though; and I am aware that it will play in mono on a mono system. Oh, sorry, it sounded pretty close to my version so perhaps Vin used my cover for the edit or it's just a coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 13 minutes ago, pseudografx said: Oh, sorry, it sounded pretty close to my version so perhaps Vin used my cover for the edit or it's just a coincidence. No problem. I think @Fragmare posted his RMT source file too. So, I'm not sure. Anyway, it's a great chip tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 For my own contribution, I can suggest doing a Google for Atari Planetarium. It's a 2-disk program that runs with XL/XE compatibility. I planned with it a bit, and I think I'll look at the docs to understand it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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