My computer past was: Atari 2600, Atari 800XL, Atari 520ST and then the jump to a 286 and thus into the PC world. But I'm still excited when I think about these great devices.
Great stuff! Dread, Old Towers and Metal Slug are technically impressive and beautiful, it's incredible that we can play them in our loved Atari ST. Looking back through this 2 last years, the pandemic situation it's being very prolific for the ST game scene, and it's alive.
Good list, quite a few things I'd missed coming out. Guess you could also include the ports of Monkey Island 2 & Indiana Jones & The Fate Of Atlantis, which were "new" on the ST in the last couple of years.
Brilliant video and some of these I'm working on myself tbh... I need to quit my job to be quicker... Anyhow, doesn't it just please you to know the ST/STe world has such talent and commitment. Curse Of Rabenstein is a belter, I'm normally so rubbish with these type of adventures yet I did good with this so it must be really well design for a simpleton like me! lol. I skipped by Toggle as I've bought it and didn't wanna spoil my surprise! :) Toop looks great. Have you tried Yopaz IceStar? Arghh I need to play Zamboozal!!! This video I really enjoyed but it sure makes me realise how little spare time I have for my ST.... New years resolution: sleep less/work less and play more! :D
thank you! I really Like the quality of Athanor 2 and some others. Rabenstein also looks very interesting. No I have missed Yopaz Icestar, is it worth to check out?
Interesting list! Apart from the first few ones (Dread, Old Towers, Droid, Metal Slug, RandoMaZer), most of the games were new to me! 😂 I think the "Metal Slug" demo is by MST/masteries. 🤔
Some amazing games, but it would be nice to see additional information - are those all STE only games? Do any of them require any additional hardware? I'm having a hard time believing a standard ST can put out Wolfenstein-like graphics like in the first game shown.
Yes, absolute madness. I wouldn't have expected the ST to do that. Does the game use the Atari Blitter or does it require it? It's all so incredibly smooth.
Not sure how big the ST market is now, but I think to use anything less than an STe with its DMA chip is not pushing what can be done. Of course, that was the problem when the STe came out, but since it is what it is, programmers should be using the capabilities of the STe as a baseline, it's not as if they are rare or anything. Just my 2 cents
That would make it not run on those with a original ST. Though I'm lucky enough to have both. Also it's their personal time to make this. I won't be telling them how to make it
@@blackterminal True, it is their time and money to make their games, but the problem for the ST was that all the developers were shooting at the lowest base ST and almost never for the STe, which was a problem for Atari and caused them to lose massive share to Amiga when the STe could be a good bit more impressive in it's capabilities. Just reading all the old mags and you see complaining about not having the blitter, but when it finally shows up, no developers used that either. I some games written tight to GEM, the blitter makes a BIG difference for moving graphics!
Some of this games are optimised for STE, but most of them should also run on ST Machines. Not sure about metalslug and Dread. Dread will work on normal ST Machines I guess but requires 2MB and maybe Harddrive.
It's very cool to see a live scene, but let's be honest...Except few titles, most of them haven't used even half of ST potential. Memo, dices, Montezuma clone, etc. Don't get me wrong, it's still please the eye but it's also little bit disappointing. Cheers guys /I\ forever! ;)
My goal was to show all the games made for the ST between 2020-2021, not only the good ones (except some textadventures which I skipped). I agree, that not all this games using the whole ST potential. But one reason for this is, that much of this games have been created in GFA Basic and maybe STOS. Also, a game can ofcourse still be fun to play, even if it has no great gfx or sfx. Btw. Memory Challenge and Bombwatch are my own creations. This are my first 2 Games I made for the ST and I wrote them in GFA. But you can be sure that the next games will look and sound better XD
Metal Slug STE is bad recorded. Its 70 colour on screen are only possible via combination of odd and even frames; in this recording there are only 25 fps, while the game needs a 50 fps recording system; easier way is to record from STEEM emulator with Vsync activated. Or use a camera to record the gameplay: th-cam.com/video/gyRBcTnn-5M/w-d-xo.html
This is a poll what was a better gaming computer the atari st or the commodore amiga? vote by replying atari st or vote by replying commodore vote now!
Chances are maybe good. Just a few days ago I saw a screenshot of a rogue like game from someone in the Facebook GFA Basic Group. But I don´t know when It will be released.
Dozens of times more games have been released on the ZX Spectrum. Many look better and more interesting. But I'm pleased to see that the Atari scene is alive at all.
@@svendaennart I think what he meant was that considering the capabilities and limitations of the Spectrum, a lot of the newer releases on it (the Castlevania game for example) look much better than some of the games shown in your video. No disrespect to the authors, but most of these games are pretty basic and could have come out in 1984 based on the looks / implementation technology. On the other hand you have a masterpiece like the Metal Slug port.
Considering the ST is a 16bit system, I am rather surprised by the quality of these games... Almost all of the new C64 games games I have seen released over the last couple of years are considerably better in every way... game play, gfx and music, and that is an 8bit computer.
Well, uhhh... I´m not 100% your opinion but I understand what you mean. True is, that there are much more new C64 Games than Atari ST Games, AND much of this games have indeed a Very good Quality (in relation to the 8bit possibilities). That is not really a miracle, because the C64 has been sold much more often + there is a Mini C64 and Maxi C64 now. Also, consider this: In order to create a C64 Game, you have to use Assembler or SEUK. There is almost no way to create a game in C64 Basic, except maybe for some very lame textadventures or dice/card games. Therefore, the people who create C64 games have to be very skilled and experienced. For the Atari St, you dont need Assembler Knowledge, because you can use GFA Basic, Omicron Basic, ST Basic, STOS and a lot other languages. In other words, everyone with a little bit programming knowledge can create games for the ST if he wants. However, when using Basic, you are very limited, so it is just not possible to create some AAA+ TopNotch Game with smoothscrolling and dozens of sprites and digisound in Basic XD. I have myself created 2 of the games in this video in GFA Basic btw... Ohh, and before I forget this... I have tested a lot of new C64 games and there has been also a lot of crap. But Because of the much higher number of games, I skipped this crappy games and was able to show only the nice ones :)
@@svendaennart I owned all these computers back in the day... I also coded in 6502 Assembler and I have seen a large proportion of the c64 games released over the last few years, including the crappy ones.
My computer past was: Atari 2600, Atari 800XL, Atari 520ST and then the jump to a 286 and thus into the PC world. But I'm still excited when I think about these great devices.
I went from family Spectrum 48k to Atari ST to a Pentium 100. Still have all of those early machines.
These memories .. Montezuma, River Raid, Draconus ..
Really cool someone made a new monochrome game for the ST!
Great stuff! Dread, Old Towers and Metal Slug are technically impressive and beautiful, it's incredible that we can play them in our loved Atari ST. Looking back through this 2 last years, the pandemic situation it's being very prolific for the ST game scene, and it's alive.
Good list, quite a few things I'd missed coming out. Guess you could also include the ports of Monkey Island 2 & Indiana Jones & The Fate Of Atlantis, which were "new" on the ST in the last couple of years.
Dark Fortress may have been released widely in 2020-2021, but it was originally written in the mid-late 80's.
The colour palette used in The curse of Rabenstein is spectacular!! I'll be grabbing that one soon.
Man, Sprock is super smooth.
Gorgeous games and ofcourse the music
Excellent. I've discovered again several games ^^ Thanks for the video 🙂
Great to hear, than my mission was succesful :)
Brilliant video and some of these I'm working on myself tbh... I need to quit my job to be quicker... Anyhow, doesn't it just please you to know the ST/STe world has such talent and commitment. Curse Of Rabenstein is a belter, I'm normally so rubbish with these type of adventures yet I did good with this so it must be really well design for a simpleton like me! lol. I skipped by Toggle as I've bought it and didn't wanna spoil my surprise! :) Toop looks great. Have you tried Yopaz IceStar? Arghh I need to play Zamboozal!!!
This video I really enjoyed but it sure makes me realise how little spare time I have for my ST.... New years resolution: sleep less/work less and play more! :D
thank you! I really Like the quality of Athanor 2 and some others. Rabenstein also looks very interesting. No I have missed Yopaz Icestar, is it worth to check out?
The music for Toogle is just fantastic. It took me back to the 80s. It could easily have been a popular chip tune song on its own.
Woah. I never knew the ST had such good gfx compared to older ataris. Imma have to see if i have one if not imma buy one.
Hardware is out there, but you could try an emulator such as Hatari.
Cool list
Awesome STuff!
Nice video!
Interesting list! Apart from the first few ones (Dread, Old Towers, Droid, Metal Slug, RandoMaZer), most of the games were new to me! 😂
I think the "Metal Slug" demo is by MST/masteries. 🤔
Yes, I am Masteries, or as well MST. Chopper Commander is my grade in Atari Age forum
Some amazing games, but it would be nice to see additional information - are those all STE only games? Do any of them require any additional hardware? I'm having a hard time believing a standard ST can put out Wolfenstein-like graphics like in the first game shown.
All the games are ST games, but some also use STE features. Wolfenstein needs (if I remember correct) 4mb ram.
I've been trying to figure out how to play dungeon master Atari 520st version on my current PC... (with mouse)
That first one, the doom clone, is that running on a stock 68000? Pretty awesome in any case.
As far as I know It is running on 2MB Machines of ST or STE and Falcon.
Yes, absolute madness. I wouldn't have expected the ST to do that. Does the game use the Atari Blitter or does it require it? It's all so incredibly smooth.
@@XXXXXXXXXO st doesnt has a blitter
@@KingCrimson82 wrong. Some do.
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Not sure how big the ST market is now, but I think to use anything less than an STe with its DMA chip is not pushing what can be done. Of course, that was the problem when the STe came out, but since it is what it is, programmers should be using the capabilities of the STe as a baseline, it's not as if they are rare or anything. Just my 2 cents
That would make it not run on those with a original ST. Though I'm lucky enough to have both. Also it's their personal time to make this. I won't be telling them how to make it
@@blackterminal True, it is their time and money to make their games, but the problem for the ST was that all the developers were shooting at the lowest base ST and almost never for the STe, which was a problem for Atari and caused them to lose massive share to Amiga when the STe could be a good bit more impressive in it's capabilities. Just reading all the old mags and you see complaining about not having the blitter, but when it finally shows up, no developers used that either. I some games written tight to GEM, the blitter makes a BIG difference for moving graphics!
Nice collection. People are still using STOS The Game Creator!
Stos was cool. I didn't get the hang of it but enjoyed playing with it
Fantastic games!!!
Sad but true: special STe version 30 years too late...
are these games the original sst game or the later ste games? looks like ste some of them
Some of this games are optimised for STE, but most of them should also run on ST Machines. Not sure about metalslug and Dread. Dread will work on normal ST Machines I guess but requires 2MB and maybe Harddrive.
Any chance of adding time stamps?
17:24 - Wrecking ball & 18:20 - Dark Fortress - What is the resolution ? Maybe medium 620x200 ?
If I remember correct, both games are lowres 16 colors.
Dark Fortress is 320x200 16 colors. So ST lowres.
@@CurtisRhoads THX
Please list time links to the different games
It's very cool to see a live scene, but let's be honest...Except few titles, most of them haven't used even half of ST potential. Memo, dices, Montezuma clone, etc. Don't get me wrong, it's still please the eye but it's also little bit disappointing. Cheers guys /I\ forever! ;)
My goal was to show all the games made for the ST between 2020-2021, not only the good ones (except some textadventures which I skipped). I agree, that not all this games using the whole ST potential. But one reason for this is, that much of this games have been created in GFA Basic and maybe STOS. Also, a game can ofcourse still be fun to play, even if it has no great gfx or sfx. Btw. Memory Challenge and Bombwatch are my own creations. This are my first 2 Games I made for the ST and I wrote them in GFA. But you can be sure that the next games will look and sound better XD
Metal Slug STE is bad recorded. Its 70 colour on screen are only possible via combination of odd and even frames; in this recording there are only 25 fps, while the game needs a 50 fps recording system; easier way is to record from STEEM emulator with Vsync activated.
Or use a camera to record the gameplay: th-cam.com/video/gyRBcTnn-5M/w-d-xo.html
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This is a poll what was a better gaming computer the atari st or the commodore amiga? vote by replying atari st or vote by replying commodore vote now!
Los de 3d son mejor en Atari st........
Chance for new 2d roguelike ❓
Chances are maybe good. Just a few days ago I saw a screenshot of a rogue like game from someone in the Facebook GFA Basic Group. But I don´t know when It will be released.
Are those standard 0.5/1 MB RAM games ?
Most of them should work with normal ST´s with .5/1MB, but some of this games are also using STE features (Randomazer, Metal Slug...)
Metal Slug needs 4 MB and harddisc (if I remember correctly)
@@svendaennart Metal Slug requires 3.2 MB for graphics and audio assets; all audio is 100% sampled sound, there are no FM sound usage at all.
Dozens of times more games have been released on the ZX Spectrum. Many look better and more interesting. But I'm pleased to see that the Atari scene is alive at all.
You wrote that many Spectrum games look better... please show me just one :D
The ZX Spectrum is the stuff of legend. But The ST can out perform it every time.
@@svendaennart I think what he meant was that considering the capabilities and limitations of the Spectrum, a lot of the newer releases on it (the Castlevania game for example) look much better than some of the games shown in your video. No disrespect to the authors, but most of these games are pretty basic and could have come out in 1984 based on the looks / implementation technology. On the other hand you have a masterpiece like the Metal Slug port.
Considering the ST is a 16bit system, I am rather surprised by the quality of these games... Almost all of the new C64 games games I have seen released over the last couple of years are considerably better in every way... game play, gfx and music, and that is an 8bit computer.
Well, uhhh... I´m not 100% your opinion but I understand what you mean. True is, that there are much more new C64 Games than Atari ST Games, AND much of this games have indeed a Very good Quality (in relation to the 8bit possibilities). That is not really a miracle, because the C64 has been sold much more often + there is a Mini C64 and Maxi C64 now. Also, consider this: In order to create a C64 Game, you have to use Assembler or SEUK. There is almost no way to create a game in C64 Basic, except maybe for some very lame textadventures or dice/card games. Therefore, the people who create C64 games have to be very skilled and experienced. For the Atari St, you dont need Assembler Knowledge, because you can use GFA Basic, Omicron Basic, ST Basic, STOS and a lot other languages. In other words, everyone with a little bit programming knowledge can create games for the ST if he wants. However, when using Basic, you are very limited, so it is just not possible to create some AAA+ TopNotch Game with smoothscrolling and dozens of sprites and digisound in Basic XD. I have myself created 2 of the games in this video in GFA Basic btw... Ohh, and before I forget this... I have tested a lot of new C64 games and there has been also a lot of crap. But Because of the much higher number of games, I skipped this crappy games and was able to show only the nice ones :)
@@svendaennart I owned all these computers back in the day... I also coded in 6502 Assembler and I have seen a large proportion of the c64 games released over the last few years, including the crappy ones.
i'm the biggest ST fan, but damnit man, this music is horrendous, worse than a C64
Es verdad....... incluso creo que sería mejor si no tuviera......😂
Ataaaari ST oh weh oh weh 🤢🗣 Amiga 500👻
Hola
¿Donde puedo descargar estos juegos?
Gracias 😢
A pitty the Atari STE or Atari Mega STE didn't have their own versions of Scrapyard Dog.
But where are the games?
......B17 ATARI STE.....😅