![]() ![]() ![]() Donations are welcome too □Ītari micro instructie snelstart cassetteĪttack of the mutant camels (small cass. ALLEGING Nottingham winner Snel start bad opened account 1 Newmarket maldenjjoojl wfrners (7(, 4484, pood to Kempton. If you have an item which is not on the list, please contact me and maybe we can trade. This is the collection of original software, no copies! The Public Domain collection is at the bottom of the page. It was just a game, yes, but it revolutionized the idea of what a personal computer could be made to do. Antic in 1986 stated that “it was the first program that showed all of the Atari computer’s audio and visual capabilities. Star Raiders was Atari’s killer app, akin to VisiCalc for the Apple II in its ability to persuade customers to buy the computer. It noted the existence of a distinct “graphics look” to native Atari software: “Multiple graphics modes, four directional fine scrolling, colorful modified character-set backgrounds, and, of course, player missile graphics.” ![]() A 1984 compendium of reviews used 198 pages for games compared to 167 for all others. Games dominated its software library and there were fewer business applications than for the Apple II. Jerry Pournelle wrote in 1982, when trying to decide what computer to buy his sons, that”if you’re only interested in games, that’s the machine to get. Because of graphics superior to that of the Apple II and Atari’s home-oriented marketing, the computers gained a good reputation for games. ![]()
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