SCREENSTAR

Well, we all know the story by now, I guess. Pacman was conceived by Toru Iwatani while he was eating a pizza. When he looked at his plate, after he had eaten a slice of his pizza, he came up with the idea of creating the main circular and yellow character we all know and love today.

by ST Graveyard, 05/03/2005

ATARI LEGEND TV

Check out the ATARI LEGEND YouTube show featuring all the goodies you have come to love from team AL, but now on tele!

SOCIAL CORNER

OPEN SOURCE & OPEN DATA

API

We want to make all our efforts available for other projects. That is why we have decided to fully open up our database. All content is available under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA v4.0 license.

Currently, exporting to different formats is already possible using the game section, daily database and screenshot dumps can be downloaded HERE and an API is planned.

In addition the source code for the AtariLegend website is available on GitHub.

You want to be part in the creation and/or test phase? Please get in touch with us. If you have ideas, let us know. Otherwise, keep your eye on this tile, more updates coming soon!

Unless a serpent devours a serpent, he will never be a dragon

Your number 1 Atari ST resource on the net!

Atari Legend is a living and breathing webproject, designed by sceners. We like to involve as many people as possible to make it fresh and up to date. We offer a nostalgic trip down the Atari ST memory lane, focussing on exciting content. Details on all the classics, in-depth reviews, interviews with the creators of yesterday’s gems and much more.

PRESS RELEASE

AtariLegend is now open-source

August 9, 2020 by LynXX

The code for the AtariLegend website is now open-source! It always was our desire for AtariLegend to be an open project, that's why we started sharing full database dumps in 2018. We wanted to open the code as well for a long time, but it took some time to reach that point.

Interview with Frank Schoonjans, creator of 3D-Calc spreadsheet

June 24, 2020 by ST Graveyard

The Atari ST scene doesn't pay much attention to the more serious side of things, and that is a shame, because some really amazing business applications have their roots on the ST. A few weeks ago, I met Frank Schoonjans on the Atari ST Facebook group. Frank created the spreadsheet 3D-Calc on the Atari ST. This program was added to the 'Atari business pack', a software bundle by Atari BENELUX, together with That's Write and 'Astodat IV'. Globally, the program was distributed by Michtron.

A chat with 'Hellgate' programmer David Walters

June 10, 2020 by ST Graveyard

Hellgate was one of the most notorious of the FPS releases on the ST, hated and loved at the same time. An accomplishment, considering it was programmed in STOS 3D. What were they thinking? We let programmer David Walters explain...

Interview with Retrobones member Dawid

May 29, 2020 by ST Graveyard

There is a new game in the works called Vergeworld : Icarus rising. The game will be available on a whole lot of 68K machines, including the Atari ST. We talked with story writer and community manager Dawid and went indepth on the game. Check it out.

More boxscans again

March 15, 2020 by Marcer

Many boxscans and Kryoflux dumps. all the Dumps will hopefully be able for download here, when our Web coders find free-time to haxxor it.

Meanwhile, you can atleast enjoy the boxscans and game infos.

// Marcer

A chat with visual story teller Darren Doyle

December 9, 2019 by ST Graveyard

I have been a long time fan of Darren Doyle. This scener is responsible for the amazing Atari ST Gamer magazine and the Atari Crypt magazine. I love his visual style, which reminds me of the good ol' days of computer magazines. A few weeks ago the result of his succesfull Kickstarter, the book Atari : A Visual History, was brought to my door by the postman. What an amazing treat. Enjoy this indepth interview in which Darren talks about his experiences in starting a publishing company for books and retro games.

INDEPTH REVIEWS

Blood Money

April 4, 2020 by Morcar

Graphically, it's also nice on the eyes with well-defined graphics and animation. You really get the feeling that the developers put some thought and love into the game. Remember what I said about the large levels? Well these are wonderful and are very different to each other, they also scroll fairly smooth in all four directions.

Cybernoid - The Fighting Machine

March 28, 2020 by Morcar

When you boot up the game you’re presented with a fantastic loading picture of your ship. It's detailed with bold colours and it tells you This is 16-bit, bitch. Then you get the wonderful rendition of the Cybernoid theme that's on all the 8-bit versions. It's not exact but the changes still make it noticeable to anyone who knows it.

Live And Let Die

January 13, 2019 by ST Graveyard

Now all of this might sound a bit much, but that really is not the biggest problem with Live and Let Die. In Buggy Boy you had checkpoints to reach in time. In this game, they have taken it all a step further...or maybe better, a whole leap further. You see, you run out of fuel when moving forward. And you run out of it fast, way fast. To solve this problem, fuel pods are scattered all over the waterway. Grab them, and you win yourself some time. Miss them and run out of fuel and guess what ... YOU EXPLODE!

AL MOBILE

Did you know Atari Legend is fully responsive and mobile ready? You want this site to behave like an app on your phone or tablet? Simply open the site in your favorite browser and look for the 'Add to homescreen' button. In Safari on IOS, first press the 'share' icon, than this pop up appears. In Chrome on Android, you press the button at the top right, and select 'add to homescreen'. Once you have done this, the famous Atari bee fits nicely on your homescreen and you can enjoy AL with the tap of a finger.

THE CLASS OF AL

Let's take a history class and delve deep into the past of Atari Legend. Or maybe you are curious and want to take a peak at what is still to come? Who are the people behind this project? Or maybe you feel like helping out? Check out this section.

STATISTICS

6017 games in archive

6677 releases in archive

24944 game screenshots in archive

5633 games have screenshots

1309 companies in the archive

5078 games have a publisher assigned

3485 games have a developer assigned

8 games have boxscans assigned

4321 games have a genre set

122 games have been reviewed

509 registered users

2 articles in archive

186 links in archive

493 games have music attached

532 gamemusic files are uploaded

WHO IS IT?

Jonathan Wheatman was the coder of cult ST classics as Battle Probe, Alphamax and Bootiful Babe. Join us as Jonathan tells us what it was like to start your own company in the glorious days of ST computing, and how they had grown from game developers to true leaders in the computer music buzz.

by ST Graveyard, 01/02/2003

HOT LINKS

Official website of the Hemoroids (HMD). The page is maintained by Skyrace - the founder of the team. It features demos and intros made between 1989 and 1991: Hemosound 1 and 2, a screen for the Replicants, etc.

by Brume, Aug 28, 2007

DID YOU KNOW?

In the mid 80's Atari was approached by a company called Nintendo. They asked if Atari was interested in distributing their new 8 bit system. At that time, Jack Tramiel was head of the Atari company. He declined the offer, saying Atari wanted to stop releasing consoles and focus on personal computers instead! So in the end, Nintendo had to distribute the consoles themselves ... In just a few months, they wiped Atari from the throne!

SPOTLIGHT

Atari freak and retro gamer Darren Doyle has been working for roughly 8 years now on his new book "Coin Op : The Arcade Guide". It is gonna be a visual-heavy book dedicated to Coin-Op arcade games. Check out the kickstarter for more info.

WHO IS IT?

Jonathan Wheatman was the coder of cult ST classics as Battle Probe, Alphamax and Bootiful Babe. Join us as Jonathan tells us what it was like to start your own company in the glorious days of ST computing, and how they had grown from game developers to true leaders in the computer music buzz.

by ST Graveyard, 01/02/2003