A Happy Birthday Only the other day did I realize that AtariCrypt has been going for a decade. I never expected that So I want to thank everyone who has helped and supported me over the years. I call them Friends of AtariCrypt and they are see top right . Of course, my greetings to everyone...

   Groovy beatsIt’s been a while since I found a great music disk so I was pleasantly shocked to discover The Musical Wonder by Offbeat. This is their second ’Musical Wonder’ and is apparently described as a demo delight. Well, it is actually The floppy disk boots with a mesmerising intro before...

   BambiI was a kid the first time I heard Motorhead, thanks to watching The Young Ones. That sound blew me away as I’d never heard anything like it and I’ve been a fan since. It’s superb to see Lemmy RIP making his way onto the Atari ST thanks to Virgin Games in . Yet this isn’t an Atari ST...

   NoooooExtra Taking a break from gaming, let’s watch a fantastic Atari STe demo by NoExtra released late for STNICCC . This is a striking production with stunning pixels and DMA music by Tomchi, aka Nicolas Flandin. A particularly favourite musician of mine who later left NoExtra...

   Not really a carCarrus was developed in by Thilo Jantz and is something I stumbled on while browsing through Atarimania. I love platformers but this one looked rather peculiar with its black amp; white screenshots. They show a car attempting to drive unrealistic roads so I was...

   Blue SoftWareWhenever I think of a typical menu disk, it had loads of games and was released by one of many different cracker groups. Several others did the same thing but kept it legit by packing demos, intros, freeware games, etc. Germany’s Blue Software is one such group and they called them DCD...

   Glad Imagine a fantastic sci fi future where we are a member of an exciting explorational team called X Plorer. Deep space is scary and, you guessed it, something went wrong But something always goes wrong, right Yep, we end up stranded on an alien planet light...

   What’s your favourite Pompey Pirates disk Lately, I’ve been plodding through a wedge of my Pompey Pirates disks. Such excellent cracks made me fondly remember the chat information banter within the scrollers. They gave me access to games I would never have been able to afford. Right or wrong, a...

   Indiana Jones While trolling through the immense archives on Atari Legend, I stumbled upon a platformer called Nowe Przygody Gilberta. I thought that name was gobbledegook until I translated the Polish text into English. Gilbert’s New Adventure was developed in GFA Basic by ...

   Tests Exams Ugh, NO It’s always great discovering something new that people are working on and I’ve been talking with Ole who runs the Exquizitely website. This is dedicated to playing online quizzes with one area devoted to the Atari ST. There are different quiz modes, and all scores are...

   Creepy, Kooky, Ooky, SpookyI am a massive fan of the original TV series plus the movies from the s are favourites in our house. I’ve no idea what’s taken me so long but eventually, I got around to Ocean’s platformer developed by James Higgins. The same programmer behind two superb...

   OldskoolI’m in a nostalgic mood, which is something of an odd thing to say considering the website you’re looking at right now Anyhow, this is one of the earlier cracktros. It might look lame but, it is legendary. Blade Runners used this intro several times and it takes me right back to my...

   Pleasing pixels Upgrading to the Atari ST was a monumental moment. I remember seeing games like Dungeon Master, Xenon, The Pawn, and International Karate. I couldn’t believe the detail and range of colours without colour clash Of course, that feeling happened again when I...

   Locked Doors, Keys amp; Demons You may remember I mapped a platformer by Daniel Walton called Deluxe Nostram That is the sequel to... wait for it... Nostram which he released a year earlier and many got it on an ST Action cover disk. Anyhow, this earlier version features...

   Floyd is back Did you think you had seen the last of Cosmos Chronicles on AtariCrypt Ha, no way If you remember, on day eight I was close to the end. However, I hit a brick wall because the distances were too great for my fuel supply options. That was a cluster...

   DOOOOOM As a huge Doom fan, I was shocked and saddened I had never previously seen this slideshow. Perhaps because it was released in ST’s dark age Who knows but I do know that this is a belting slideshow.It begins with the Doom title screen, tracker music, and a scroller that...

   The End Welcome to the eighth, and final, instalment of my adventure through the virtual cosmos. Yep, this will be the last time you hear me blabbering about this game. I am ending this run with my final thoughts.Okay, Cosmos Chronicles may look like Ultima but it is a different game. It ...

   The Adventure Journal Welcome everyone to day seven of my adventure through the bit cosmos. I thought it would be a good idea to document my current progress so here is a straightforward summary of my journey so far . Of course, it’s specifically the main parts of the...

   Spondulicks Welcome to the sixth instalment of my adventure through the virtual cosmos. I’m sure you already know that you can access the previous articles by clicking here. Okay, as I type, I am exploring a new sector of the universe in search of a ch... No, wait I shall say no more...

   A bit of business Welcome to the fifth instalment of my adventures through the cosmos all other articles are here . Today I’ll go over the raw basics of trade and supplies. You won’t need to hyperspace to any distant planets because the basics can be learnt from the start on Acriel....

   I’ve made a thing Gamopat’s Cosmos Chronicles is a fantastic roguelike so I recorded a quick video of the opening scenes to give you an idea of what it’s like. It’s not a long play and there is no serious gaming here I simply intended to demonstrate the basics; in the hope you buy amp; play...

   It’s Time To Kick Ass And Chew Bubblegum... After the humiliation I suffered earlier, I decided to cover the constant dreaded battles in this crazy universe. Actually, dreaded is perhaps the wrong description because these fights are fantastic fun. Plus they are challenging with a good...

   Slow down, Steve... Learn Welcome, one and all, to the third instalment of my Cosmos adventure check out parts one and two . Okay, let’s be honest, I feel my progress should have been better . I was a fool and paid for my cavalier attitude by suffering defeat at the hands of ...

   Animals Protein Hello and welcome to the second part of my Cosmos Chronicles adventure. If you missed it, you can read part one by clicking here. To recap, we have witnessed the remainder of our family murdered Thankfully, our uncle managed to pass on vital information before biting...

   The trouble with me is... Wow, where do I begin with that one I better not Anyhow, with regard to the ST and AtariCrypt, I’m a bit daft and usually annoy myself. I always have far too many games on the go I hardly ever finish writing before moving on to the next. Sigh, I’ll never...