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The Atari CD of Atari Times
Explored by Marss
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The Atari Times is especially known for critiques of Atari games, on all
systems created by our adored business. Guillaume had the good idea to order
it the last year for the moderate sum of 30 dollars. In addition to be a
fantastic cook, it is a ready boy to all to make you pleasure. And it was a
pleasure when he lent me, for some hours, the atari CD compiled by Gregory
D. George.
Well, what we find there ? A lot of things because it doesn't weigh less
than 640 mega. Let's explore the CD together. I click two times on the left
button of the mouse to activate the CD. And there, eight directories come
with the main Html file. All the site of Atari Times is present (33 mega).
A directory "documents" follows (9 mega). Let's see this directory if it
contains top-secret files. Yes and no. No because of the FAQS on the Ataris
systems, one read them ten times (2600, 5200, Lynx, Jaguar and VLM) and of
documents for developers. Yes coz the magazine "Ultimate Gamer" dedicates
several pages to a file that is called "The Atari Quest". But of what quest
the author can speak (Chris Bienisk) ? The quest of the Grail, products ever
left by Atari and that makes you dream. Therefore, our adventurers leave to
Sunnyvale at John Skruch's, director of department software.
Before their child's eyes, they discover the Atari Tab Mouse, the Mind Link
System and of games. The scoop, but that is not anymore one of it, is a VCS
emulator for the Jaguar CD. What a waste...
There is a thick directory (68 Mega) for graphics. All machines are
represented. A thought comes me for the Jaguar 2, the Panther, the virtual
helmet and the Atari Video Music and its visual effects evolving according
to the resonant source. Two photos, no three. The big Jeff Minter, Nolan
Bushnell in his swimming pool smoking the pipe and this young naked woman,
the body covered of Jaguar cartridges.
As I am music-loving, I speed along toward the MP3 and the WAVS files (162
Mega). Battlemorphs, Battlesphere, Tempest 2000 and Defender 2000 will
enliven your disco evenings. I am going to play one of it for the pleasure.
There is not to retell, Tempest 2000, you are the best.
Now, I am perplexed because a directory of 96 Mega is filled of Roms (Jaguar,
Lynx, 2600, 5200, 7800 and of the TOS). A pity, because there are sellers who
sell games again (Jaguar especially), let's help them therefore and buy them
if you wish it. To the fact, benefit some to procure you "Black Ice-White
Noise". It is the free advertisement for Ambient Distortion.
You are going to laugh but in addition to like music, I am fond of videos
and with what I see, I am filled. All videos of nearly all systems. Nearly
all to be exact but one has some for its money (273 Mega). It is nostalgic
and vanguard (Tea Fly, Mindlink tea, Joust, MTV Centipede, the 5 Jaguar ads
"Nothing Seems To Be Fun Anymore"... to only mention some of it).
Let's enter in the quick of the topic, to know the site by itself. The title
of the site is simple and colorful. Just is a slogan underneath "The Atari
all newsletter written Atarians by, Atarians for! ". And under the slogan,
of categories (Jaguar, Lynx, Classics, to Compute, Arcade, Reviews, Features,
Guides, Interviews, Cat and Submit». The same categories are in the column
of left. There is also the head of M. George, in person, shot by a Webcam.
The last information dated of September 2002, therefore not that fresh but
the interest is elsewhere, all as the truth besides. It is to be able to read
everything that has to read without hurrying. The pleasure to take its time.
Every system is called the same way, I hear by that the stake in page and
under-categories. There is a description of the machine, then of game
critiques, follow-up by documents, of guides, of the unpublished pictures
and an under-category "various".
My God, of pictures of Area 51 Site 4, it will be mine, yes, one day, it will
be mine (yes, I know, I looked too much at Wayne's World. But this site is
not content with to speak of games. Its creator breaks himself the head to
publish some interesting things. Who didn't dream to have a guide of Lynx or
Jaguar games, as well as their manuals. Or of the special numbers as the
Time Atari 2002 Year End Issue...
I think to have made the tour of the content of this good CD. Good, the
question that one can put is himself a possible purchase. As I told it in
introduction, the price is reasonable and its purchase can encourage the
author to finance other projects. Therefore, if you want to look at
video ads or to benefit Roms Jaguar the CD atari is made for you. Otherwise,
wait a little...
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