1982 •SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY EDITION • 2017

Message from Captain Irata: “Over hill, over dale, we have hit the gam- HELLO WORLD! ing trail, as the pixels go moving on…” What a meeting in June. After the May SPACE meeting when it seemed it might Welcome to the latest Secretary’s Report. Happy 4th of July only be Glen and myself in June, I got a late and Happy 35th Anniversary, SPACE! We had almost half of our members at the text from Steve Peck saying that he, Lance Club, paid up or not. I was impressed that HIP-HIP-HOO-RAH (x3)! and Brian had found a ride and would be five people showed up for the meeting, just able to make the June meeting after all. So as Greg was, and I am looking forward to instead of two we ended up with five mem- an excellent Birthday Party for SPACE. bers present and since we only have nine total SPACE members we had over 50% of Now, that was the talk of the night, and who our membership present. How many social can blame us since the Party is in July any- clubs can claim that? way. Also, there was talk of a new release: Tempest Elite, which is another re-hash of Just when you think 8-bits were just the classic Atari arcade hit, Tempest, origi- about dead along comes enough news to nally programmed by Atari legend and make any Atarian 8-bit user to go bonkers. Minnesota native David Theurer. Table top games making a comeback, new 35 Years!! THIRTY-FIVE YEARS!!! SPACE, platform being presented in a demo, a new It has ninety-six different web combina- the Saint Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts, video card upgrade being made in Europe tions, and 120 levels. I can guarantee you has been in existence for 35 years since its and so much more. Enough to make my will like the game. founding in April 1982. Can you believe head spin. With the knowledge that Steve, it?? Lance, Brian and Glen brings to our meet- For more info, go to the ings it makes for one of a hell of a SPACE Video 61 and Atari Sales URL: We wouldn’t be here without you! meeting. www.atarisales.com I am pleased to report that we have a web- Please don’t forget the SPACE annual July site once again: http://space.atari.org. Birthday Party next month. Chicken ta- The game will retail for $49.95. Hats off Check it out! It’s certainly plain and simple, cos on the menu with beans, little Franks, to Lance and the V61 team for a job well but hopefully it gets the job done. I didn’t chips and dip, and root beer floats. If you done. really think I wanted to take it on again, but are attending don’t forget to bring a dish to once I discovered that our old version had share. Hope to see as many members and Also, Brian brought up the idea about the actually been hidden in place, on the very guests as we can get. new AtariBox, Atari’s latest attempt to server where we had it hosted before about break into the market. 10 years ago, I quickly realized it would not I almost forgot what this column is all about. be hard at all to bring that version back, in- Our SPACE bank balance was $402.54 at the Although it is years in the making, not tegrate it with the complete website backup start of June and with no expenses and only much is known about this machine, except I had made just a couple years ago, and then three 8-bit DOMs sold our bank balance that it is going to be a modern gaming con- finally gather up the Newsletters from the changed by only $9.00 for June ending the sole. Well, I wish then luck. Let’s hope it last couple years. Mission accomplished, month at $411.54. At least we keep going in works for them. we are whole once again. the right direction. Well, folks, this concludes the Secretary’s Anyway, time to celebrate year 35 at the With only nine current members we bring Report. I conclude in the words of the great SPACE Annual July Birthday Party! Chick- in only $135.00 in membership receipts so comic book maestro, Stan Lee: en Taco pot-luck is on the menu, don’t miss in order to cover our $300.00 a year room it! Hope to see you there! rental the DOM sales are very important for EXCELSIOR! our Club. So far our members have done a Thanks, keep using that Atari, and come to great job in supporting the DOMs. Glen your next SPACE meeting and PARTY, Fri- puts in a lot of time to produce the 8-bit TABLE OF CONTENTS: day July 14, 2017. DOMs and we are very appreciating to our President’s Corner: 1 TRIVIA TIME out of town member who produces our ST Treasurer’s Report: 1 DOM when he can find the time. Thanks to both. Trivia Time: 1 was originally going to Secretary’s Report: 1 be named “Syzygy,” until a candle making company in Mendocino, CA, of the same That is all about I have for now. So, until the Recent Atari News: 2 name, threatened a lawsuit. The rest is vid- party next month see you all there. 8-bit DOM Report: 2 eo game history. Bylaws Proposal: 4 display, or on a TV via optional cable. company. As an iconic brand that tran- Recent Atari News scends generations and audiences, the “These upcoming products are our best company is globally recognized for its mul- AtGames® and Atari® Announce Fall 2017 hardware lineup ever,” says Dr. Ping-Kang ti-platform, interactive entertainment and Classic Gaming Hardware Lineup Hsiung, CEO of AtGames. “Building on our licensed products. Atari owns and/or man- long history of delivering value-packed, ages a portfolio of more than 200 games Press Release - updated: Jun 9, 2017 nostalgic products for our customers, this and franchises, including world-renowned new line-up takes classic gaming to a stun- brands like Asteroids®, Centipede®, Mis- Company to Deliver Value, Portable, and ning new .” sile Command®, ®, and RollerCoaster Premium HD Releases of its Classic Gam- Tycoon®. ing Hardware With an expanded product line, new titles, and smart new features, AtGames is creat- Atari has offices in New York and Paris. El Segundo, CA, June 9, 2017 (Newswire. ing a modern home for all things retro gam- com) - AtGames® Digital Media Ltd., a lead- ing. The AtGames Flashback Zone (AFZ) Media Contact er in interactive entertainment products, has an all-star roster of classic publish- alongside Atari®, one of the world’s most ing partners, including Atari, , Taito, Tony Chien recognized publishers and producers of in- Warner Bros, Konami, BANDAI Senior Marketing Director, Atari teractive entertainment, today announced Entertainment, and , making it 1-212-726-4280 their latest classic gaming releases: Atari the definitive destination for classic- gam [email protected] Flashback® 8 Gold, Atari Flashback® 8 ing at major retailers everywhere. Celebrat- Classic Game Console, and the Atari Flash- ing classic gaming heritage has never been About AtGames back® Portable Game Player. Each console easier, whether for nostalgic old-timers or and portable system includes an amazing newer generations looking for a taste of the AtGames Digital Media Inc. (http://www. selection of built-in games, as best of the past. Expect these products and .net) is a leader in innovative con- well as an impressive range of innovative many more from AtGames in stores this sumer-oriented interactive entertainment features. The systems, which are headlined holiday season and beyond. products. The company leverages the lat- by a brand new premium high definition est technology to develop and publish its (HD) output model, will be available for AtGames Atari Game List (titles vary by best-selling classic video game products for pre-order via select retailers July 2017, and system): worldwide distribution. AtGames is based in stores everywhere September 2017. in Los Angeles, with international offices in 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe, Air Raiders, Adventure, Taipei and Shenzhen. “We are excited to partner with AtGames Adventure II, Air·Sea Battle, Aquaventure, again to release three new gaming sys- Armor Ambush, Asteroids®, Astroblast, Media Contact tems,” said Fred Chesnais, Chief Executive Atari Climber, Backgammon, Barnstorm- Officer, Atari. “The new hardware includes ing, Basketball, Beamrider, Black Jack, Box- [email protected] a robust collection of classic games and fea- ing, Bowling, Breakout®, Bridge, Canyon tures which will give our audiences many Bomber®, Centipede®, Championship Source: AtGames, Atari options to relive the golden age of gaming Soccer, Checkers, Chopper Command, at home or on the go.” Circus Atari®, ®, Combat® Two, AtGames® Announces the Atari Flash- Cosmic Commuter, Crackpots, Crystal back® 8 Gold Activision Edition Console The brand-new Atari Flashback® 8 Gold Castles®, Dan Kitchen’s Tomcat, Dark Cav- features 120 built-in all-time favorites. These ern, Decathlon, Demons to Diamonds™, Press Release - updated: Jun 9, 2017 games include iconic Atari 2600 classics Desert Falcon, Dodge’Em, Dolphin, Dou- like ®, Asteroids®, Cen- ble Dunk™, Dragster, Enduro, Fatal Run, AtGames, in Partnership with Atari and tipede™, and Millipede™, as well as many Fishing Derby, Flag Capture, Football, Activision, to Deliver the Atari Flashback® other legends like Konami’s ™, and Freeway, Frog Pond, Frogs and Flies, Frost- 8 Gold Activision Edition Premium Plug Activision’s Pitfall! and ™. Two bite, Fun with Numbers, Golf, ®, and Play Console all new high performance 2.4ghz wireless Grand Prix, Hangman, Haunted House®, controllers, styled after the Atari 2600 origi- H.E.R.O., Home Run, Human Cannon- El Segundo, CA, June 9, 2017 (Newswire. nals, are included, as well as two legacy ball™, Ice Hockey, International Soccer™, com) - AtGames® Digital Media Ltd., a controller ports for optional wired joysticks Indy 500, Kaboom!, Keystone Kapers, Laser leader in interactive entertainment prod- or paddles. Other new features for the Atari Blast, Maze Craze, , Millipede®, ucts; Atari®, one of the world’s most rec- Flashback 8 Gold include 720p HDMI out- Miniature Golf, MotoRodeo, Night Driv- ognized publishers and producers of in- put, scan line filtering, and a save/pause/ er™, Off The Wall, Oink!, Outlaw™, Pong® teractive entertainment; and Activision, rewind feature for every game. (), Plaque Attack, Pressure a leading global producer and publisher Cooker, Private Eye, Radar Lock™, Real- of interactive entertainment; today an- The Atari Flashback® 8 Classic Game Con- sports® Baseball, Realsports® Basketball, nounced the Atari Flashback 8 Gold Activi- sole returns in a new value-priced edition, Realsports® Soccer, Realsports® Volley- sion Edition console that features the great- complete with 105 all-time favorites. Amaz- ball, Return to Haunted House, River Raid, est Activision published Atari 2600 games ing new additions to the game line-up in- River Raid II, Robot Tank, Saboteur®, Save along with Atari first party favorites. The clude Activision legends like Pitfall!™, Mary, Seaquest, Sea Battle™, Secret Quest, console will be available at major retailers Kaboom!™, and River Raid™. Two wired Skiing, , , Slot Machine, in Fall 2017. controllers, styled after the Atari 2600 origi- Slot Racers, Solaris, Space Shuttle, Space nals, are included, as well as two legacy War, Spider Fighter, Sprintmaster, , The all-new Atari Flashback® 8 Gold Activ- controller ports to add your own optional Steeplechase, Stellar Track™, Street Racer, ision Edition features 130 built-in games, in- wired joysticks or paddles. Submarine Commander®, Super Baseball, cluding 39 Activision classics. These games ®, Super Challenge Base- include legends like Activision’s Pitfall!, After a blockbuster 2016 debut, the Atari ball, Super Challenge Football, Super Foot- which is celebrating its 35th anniversary, Flashback® Portable Game Player returns ball, Surround, Space Attack™, Stampede, as well as many other all-time Atari 2600 in 2017 with an amazing selection of 70 Starmaster, Star Strike™, : classics like Centipede™, Chopper Com- built-in games, including the legendary Earthworld™, Swordquest: Fireworld™, mand™, Enduro™, and River Raid™. Two BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment arcade Swordquest: Waterworld™, Sword Fight™, high performance 2.4 GHz wireless control- hit, PAC-MAN™. Other blockbuster games Tempest®, Tennis, , Video lers, styled after the Atari 2600 originals, are include ™, Pitfall!™, and Frog- Chess, Video Pinball, Warlords®, Wizard, included, as well as two legacy controller ger™, and you can even add your own Yars’ Return, Yars’ Revenge® ports for optional wired joysticks and pad- games with an optional SD card. A built-in, dle controllers. rechargeable battery means the on-the-go About Atari fun never ends. Games can be played on the portable’s built-in, high-resolution 2.8” , Inc. (www.atari.com) is (Recent Atari News: Continued on Page 3) an interactive entertainment production (Recent Atari News: River Raid II™, Robot Tank™, Saboteur®, Continued from Page 2) Save Mary, Sea Battle™, Seaquest™ , Secret Atari 8-bit Quest, Skiing™, Sky Diver, Sky Jinks™, Other features for the Activision Edition Slot Machine, Slot Racers, Solaris, Space At- DOM Report include 720p HDMI output, scan line filter- tack™, Space Shuttle™, Space War, Spider By Steven Peck ing, and a save/pause/rewind feature for Fighter™, Sprintmaster, Stampede™, Star every game. Ship, Star Strike™, Starmaster™ , Steeple- chase, Stellar Track™, Street Racer, Sub- Well, folks, here I am, back going for broke “Atari is delighted to welcome Activision marine Commander®, Super Baseball, Su- with another DOM Review for the A8! I to the Flashback family,” says Fred Che- per Breakout®, Super Challenge Baseball, hope that the readers enjoyed the last 8-bit snais, Chief Executive Officer, Atari. “Ac- Super Challenge Football, Super Football, DOM Review. If you did, or even if you tivision created amazing Atari 2600 content Surround, Sword Fight™, Swordquest: didn’t, well, let’s get started anyway. that deserves to be enjoyed alongside other Earthworld™, Swordquest: Fireworld™, contemporary classics by a new generation Swordquest: Waterworld™, Tempest®, June DOM, Side A: of .” Tennis™, Video Checkers, Video Chess, Video Pinball, Warlords®, Wizard, Yars’ Blue Sky Action is the first file on the DOM With an expanded product line, including Return, Yars’ Revenge® and it is a music track. I like the mellow, the Atari Flashback® 8 Gold Activision smooth music and it has a nice beat on top Edition, and smart new features, AtGames About Atari of it. It may not be perfect, but it ranks right is creating a modern home for all things up there anyway. Good tune. retro gaming with the AtGames Flashback Atari Interactive, Inc. (www.atari.com) is Zone (AFZ). AFZ features an all-star ros- an interactive entertainment production TOTAL: 8/10 ter of classic publishing partners, includ- company. As an iconic brand that tran- ing Activision, Atari, BANDAI NAMCO scends generations and audiences, the Star is a childish-looking picture of a pig Entertainment, Konami, Sega, Taito and company is globally recognized for its mul- holding a atsr at night. For a kiddish-like Warner Bros., making it, in cooperation ti-platform, interactive entertainment and drawing, it looks OK. So, I will score ac- with major retailers everywhere, the defini- licensed products. Atari owns and/or man- ccordingly: tive destination for classic gaming. Thanks ages a portfolio of more than 200 games to AFZ, celebrating classic gaming heritage and franchises, including world-renowned TOTAL: 7/10 has never been easier, whether for nostalgic brands like Asteroids®, Centipede®, Mis- old-timers or newer generations looking for sile Command®, Pong®, and RollerCoaster Bad Joke shows a warning about a group a taste of the best of the past. Expect these Tycoon®. named P.H.A.T. saying that will hack your products and many more from AtGames in Atari. It has animated steam and a radia- stores this fall and beyond. Atari has offices in New York and Paris. tion warning sign flashing in the intro. “The Activision Edition is a unique, value- Media contact: This is a pretty good demo, and the most packed premium console that celebrates graphically put together file so far on Side two of classic gaming’s giants together Tony Chien A of this DOM. This is mint! on one of the most iconic consoles of all Senior Marketing Director, Atari time,” says Dr. Ping-Kang Hsiung, CEO of 1-212-726-4280 Oh, and another thing, it really is a bad AtGames. “We invite gamers of all genera- [email protected] joke. Har-har. tions to have a blast rediscovering the joy of these proven Activision and Atari 2600 About Activision Publishing, Inc. Graphics: 10 classics.” Animation: 10 Headquartered in Santa Monica, , Sound: 10 Atari Flashback® 8 Gold Activision Edition Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading glo- Game List: bal producer and publisher of interactive TOTAL: 30/30 (perfect) entertainment. 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe, Adventure, Adventure II, Gunfight is the first game on this side of the Air Raiders, Air·Sea Battle, Aquaventure, Ar- Activision maintains operations through- DOM. The player plays a bounty hunter mor Ambush, Asteroids®, Astroblast, Atari out the world and is a division of Activi- and needs to hunt down a certain outlaw. I Climber, Backgammon, Barnstorming™, sion Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), an S&P don’t know how to play this game. I think Basketball, Beamrider™ , Black Jack, Bowl- 500 company. it needs instructions. ing, Boxing™, Breakout®, Bridge™, Can- yon Bomber®, Centipede®, Championship More information about Activision and its So, I will score this game as I see it: Soccer, Checkers, Chopper Command™, products can be found on the company’s Circus Atari®, Combat®, Combat® Two, website, www.activision.com, or by follow- Graphics: 7 Cosmic Commuter™, Crackpots™, Crystal ing @Activision. Gameplay: 7 Castles®, Dan Kitchen’s Tomcat, Dark Cav- Animation: 6 ern, Decathlon™, Demons to Diamonds™, Media Contact: Sound: 6 Desert Falcon, Dodge’Em, Dolphin™, Double Dunk™, Dragster™, Enduro™, Kerstine Johnson TOTAL: 26/40 Fatal Run, Fishing Derby™, Flag Capture, Activision Football, Freeway™, Frog Pond, Frogs [email protected] Happy New Year is an intro showing and Flies, Frostbite™, Fun with Numbers, a bunch of balls in single-file, swirling Golf, Grand Prix™ , Gravitar®, H.E.R.O.™, About AtGames around a Happy New Year sign with de- Hangman, Haunted House®, Home Run, lightful music. This is an awesome demo Human Cannonball™, Ice Hockey™, Indy AtGames Digital Media Inc. (http://www. and and well crafted. KUDOS! 500™, International Soccer™, Kaboom!™, atgames.net) is a leader in innovative con- Keystone Kapers™ , Laser Blast™, Maze sumer-oriented interactive entertainment Graphics: 10 Craze, Megamania™ , Millipede®, Mini- products. The company leverages the lat- Sound: 9 ature Golf, Missile Command®, MotoRo- est technology to develop and publish its Animation: 10 deo, Night Driver™, Off The Wall, Oink!™, best-selling classic video game products for Outlaw™, Pitfall!™, Plaque Attack™, worldwide distribution. AtGames is based TOTAL: 29/30 Pong® (Video Olympics), Pressure Cook- in Los Angeles, with international offices in er™, Private Eye™, Radar Lock™, Real- Taipei and Shenzhen. sports® Baseball, Realsports® Basketball, (DOM Review: Continued on Page 4) Realsports® Soccer, Realsports® Volleyball, Media contact: Return to Haunted House, River Raid™, (DOM Review: Continued from Page 3) Section 4. The Executive Board shall ac- tively seek volunteers to fill the following HNY 2017 is an intro from ABBUC in Ger- positions: Membership Chairman, News- many. It shows simple graphics, like fire- letter Editor, DOM Librarian, BBS Operator, works that spell “ATARI” over a cityscape. and Webmaster. These volunteers shall be subject to the approval of the club member- In my opinion, I think that ABBUC should ship. have gone for broke and made it look mon- umentally better looking. It looks too sim- Rationale: We don’t have a BBS, and I’m not ple. But, maybe they were pressed for time. aware that we have any intention to start It gets the message out anyway. one up again. If we’re not going to run a BBS, we should remove our requirement Graphics: 7 that we do so from out bylaws. Sound: 7 Animation: 7 Our full Bylaws are available at: http://space.atari.org/bylaws.html TOTAL: 21/30 Last Christmas (Lastxm00) is a SID emula- NOTE: Providing we vote out the BBS in tion of the classic George Michael song. It the bylaws, I will gladly make changes in is pretty good, being that it comes from a the SPACE Newsletter concerning that. So, computer and that it is em- Until then, we will be patient. Thanks. ulated on the A8. Steve Peck, It is a little bit more peppy than the origi- SPACE Secretary nal, but that is OK. It is a great little tune. and Newsletter Editor Graphics: 5 Sound: 8 Animation: 4 TOTAL: 17/30 UPDATE: My 1050 disk drive died after the last file was reviewed in the article. I will get more information on this Review and will present it in the next DOM Review. My apologies for the inconvenience. TO BE CONTINUED Bylaws Proposal from President Michael Current, SPACE Member

I hereby submit the following SPACE By- laws change proposal to the membership. It is my hope that we can discuss and vote on the measure at our July meeting. The proposal is to strike Article VII in its entirety, and to strike “BBS Operator” from Article IX Section 4, which is the list of of- ficial volunteer positions. Article VII currently reads: BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM Section 1. A Bulletin Board System (BBS) supporting Atari computers shall be made available by the club. The BBS provides an “I WANT YOU TO HAVE online forum for Atari discussions, and an optional communications medium for club A HAPPY INDEPENDENCE MONTH 2017 matters. AND TO PARTY HEARTY, Section 2. The BBS System Operator shall be responsible for maintaining a friendly and welcoming environment on the BBS. Illegal SPACE CADETS!” software or offensive language shall not be tolerated. Article IX Section 4 currently reads: –Uncle Sam Has Spoken! The next SPACE meeting is on Friday, July 14, 2017 At 7:30 P.M. We hope to see you there! Please feel welcome!