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Getting my Atari on

August 28, 2014 by Ryan Mercer in Atari

While not the best way to play right now (the couch sits considerably lower than the table but hey it works for now) I got up and running last night... profanities and screaming "no no no no no no get away get away get away from me you stupid asteroid GET AWAY NO NO NO DON'T KILL ME" etc occurred. This weekend I'll be getting into some text-based games like Zork, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Zork 2, Zork 3, Enchanter, Sorcerer and Spellbreaker.

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Who know a Doctor Who game existed for the 8-bit Atari line?!?! I didn't! Awesome...

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Doctor Who Adventure Atari 8 bit

The following picture is my SIO2PC unit, which allows me to emulate hardware via the SIO port and an attached modern computer.

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August 28, 2014 /Ryan Mercer
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