SIG surrounding software for [non-Atari] 8-Bit home computers, both new and vintage. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:56:51 +0000 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:56:51 +0000 Atari Owners' Club https://atari-owner.com/club/forums/sig-8-bit-software.10/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:18:00 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/spectrum-goes-to-war.804/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/spectrum-goes-to-war.804/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
Sorry I haven't posted for ages but like Paul and Rich and a few others, life and health issues get in the way of hobbies and so things have to go on the back burner whilst more important priorities get addressed.

Anyway, just to show I haven't given up the bug/itch just yet, I've been raking through me Speccy software and hadn't realised just how many war sim titles I have for this little machine.

A couple of pics then of games I want to have a dive into and possibly review my...

Spectrum goes to war]]> 17 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:13:41 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/wtf-cpc-hell.807/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/wtf-cpc-hell.807/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
All I can say is that this was more of an escape than a release but what do YOU think and more...

WTF?! CPC HELL!]]> 5 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:57:30 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/best-tech-magazines-of-the-80s-90s.800/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/best-tech-magazines-of-the-80s-90s.800/ invalid@example.com (AlexDrito) AlexDrito
Best tech magazines of the 80s/90s]]> 29 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 22:10:41 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/latest-tandy-coco-titles.748/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/latest-tandy-coco-titles.748/ invalid@example.com (Vyper68) Vyper68


]]> 6 Wed, 01 May 2024 10:06:40 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/the-guy-who-wrote-star-raiders-but-actually-didnt.728/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/the-guy-who-wrote-star-raiders-but-actually-didnt.728/ invalid@example.com (Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine) Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine
I remember a thread on Atari Age a while back where we were talking about Star Raiders. One person whose name I simply cannot remember mentioned that there was a guy from a later well known dev team who kept claiming he wrote Star Raiders. Now, the fact his name wasn't Doug, and he wasn't even alive when Star Raiders was written didn't seem to deter him making this wild claim.

I remember asking the guy who also was a dev if the guy was having a prank or...

The guy who wrote Star Raiders, but actually didn't..]]> 4 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 12:22:14 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/atari-7800-emulator-and-games.229/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/atari-7800-emulator-and-games.229/ invalid@example.com (nysavant) nysavant
Share & Enjoy!]]> 52 Wed, 24 May 2023 08:36:29 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/international-tape-rescue.684/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/international-tape-rescue.684/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
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Think we've all been there with piggin awkward tapes not wanting to play ball and they always seem to be the ones with most interest, ie. an old back-up of some long forgotten game/util you were working on when you were 15 etc.

Seems Erik Persson's been doing some useful work with a rescue util so why not consider his little life saver before pulling out your remaining grey...

INTERNATIONAL (TAPE) RESCUE]]> 3 Sat, 04 Mar 2023 19:29:50 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/a-pigs-quest.678/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/a-pigs-quest.678/ invalid@example.com (Vyper68) Vyper68 2 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:57:34 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/awesome-arcade-ports-c64.639/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/awesome-arcade-ports-c64.639/ invalid@example.com (Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine) Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine
The work they do is amazing..

Here's a link to the Ghost and Goblins and Commando cart (also has Bruce Lee II but it's just a bug fix version)

Both of the Arcade Special editions are superb, I loved Ghost and Goblins back in the day, owned it from day one with the legend Chris Butler doing a sterling job on the conversion and Mark Cooksey doing the...

Awesome arcade ports.. C64]]> 15 Mon, 21 Feb 2022 12:37:11 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/only-the-best-for-you-guys.642/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/only-the-best-for-you-guys.642/ invalid@example.com (Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine) Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine
Firstly, a word game, but not just any old word game, this one is for the enlightened mind..

https://tinyurl.com/4uavtkcr

And now, a collect em up, a classic Spectrum port where stealthy timing is needed..

https://tinyurl.com/mr2xrycb

Don't say I give you any old CRAP..]]> 2 Sun, 02 Jan 2022 17:57:14 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/oric-library-revealed.620/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/oric-library-revealed.620/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
Actually, quite a few are duplicates in that they are the same title only released with different inlays or versions (ie. Oric-1 vs Atmos).

Here we go, first up, me French titles or me little frenchies as I call em:

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ABOVE & BELOW - Baz's Frenchies (plus UK IJK & Tansoft clamshell titles)...

ORIC LIBRARY REVEALED]]> 23 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:09:00 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/this-made-me-so-laugh.604/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/this-made-me-so-laugh.604/ invalid@example.com (Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine) Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine


Now this is an actual tape for the Gremlin Graphics game, He-Man: Masters of the Universe..

The other file was authored on to the tape, who did it we don't know, but it's clear that Gremlin didn't know either as it could have caused a HUGE stink at the time. I have yet to look at said prg file to see actually what it is, and I've only just found out about this from one...

This made me so laugh..]]> 4 Sun, 28 Nov 2021 00:02:51 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/testing-1-2-3%E2%80%A6football-manager-on-the-oric.601/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/testing-1-2-3%E2%80%A6football-manager-on-the-oric.601/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr Many, many, many moons ago, in 1982, an extremely talented chap called Kevin Toms coded and released by mail order an amazingly addictive football strategy management game (I believe the first of its kind and it was aptly published by Kevin’s fledgling company back then - Addictive Games) for the early UK micros on the 1980s home computing scene such as the ZX80/81, TRS80/Colour Genie and (incredibly advanced for the time) a version featuring 3D graphics/stick men on the ZX...

Testing 1,2,3…Football Manager on the Oric]]> 8 Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:55:46 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/hires-pacman-on-a-16k-stock-zx81.600/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/hires-pacman-on-a-16k-stock-zx81.600/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
I know the ol ZX aint everyone's cuppa tea but like a comment said on the You Tube channel, "If you had released this back in the day, you would have earned a fortune!"

It's aint bad for an old monochrome and silent box of tricks:

]]> 6 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 14:46:05 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/attack-of-the-petscii-robots.599/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/attack-of-the-petscii-robots.599/ invalid@example.com (M.D.Baker) M.D.Baker
The game was written by The 8-bit Guy from Youtube. Done first on a Commodore PET computer, hence the name. All versions of the game are for sale at his website. Versions available include PET, VIC-20, C64, C128, Plus/4, Apple II and Atari 8-bit. Apparently even an NES version. 16-bit versions are available too, at least Amiga as...

Attack of the Petscii Robots]]> 7 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 09:42:43 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/briley-witch-chronicles-c64.596/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/briley-witch-chronicles-c64.596/ invalid@example.com (Vyper68) Vyper68
]]> 2 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:24:44 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/prine-of-persia-9-level-demo-version-soon-to-be-the-final.551/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/prine-of-persia-9-level-demo-version-soon-to-be-the-final.551/ invalid@example.com (Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine) Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine
Some versions load better than others, some just stall straight away, they are working on it..

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/298914-unicorns-season-prince-of-persia-for-the-a8/]]> Tue, 18 May 2021 22:16:42 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/look-whats-been-released-for-the-oric-after-38yrs.543/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/look-whats-been-released-for-the-oric-after-38yrs.543/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
Always my fave game on the Spectrum, JETPAC is just about ready now for the humble Oric...



GET IN THERE!

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Who am I?

Answer over at:

https://fb.watch/51EAd3N_jp/]]> 6 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 22:36:23 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/oric-bad-apple-demo.521/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/oric-bad-apple-demo.521/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2021 16:06:14 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/never-organise-lots-of-files-on-a-128g-flash-drive.509/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/never-organise-lots-of-files-on-a-128g-flash-drive.509/ invalid@example.com (Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine) Paul "Mclaneinc" Irvine
The Xfer is dog slow because its all tiny files so it never gets up to...

Never organise LOTS of files on a 128G Flash drive!!]]> 10 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 16:55:29 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/anyone-remember-the-rainbow-warrior-incident.489/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/anyone-remember-the-rainbow-warrior-incident.489/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
Well, you probably won't be that surprised to hear that the French didn't forget (they were behind the sinking after all) and the software house Cobra released this bizarre, difficult to pigeon hole, software title for the Oric and 1-2 other micros:

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DOSSIER G...

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What the hell?

Here are a few more tasters of this semi-adventure...

Anyone remember the Rainbow Warrior incident?]]> 3 Sun, 24 Jan 2021 20:55:46 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/2600-5200-rom-packs.483/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/2600-5200-rom-packs.483/ invalid@example.com (nysavant) nysavant
I'm having a play about with my Nintendo DSlite at the moment and just installed the 7800 emulator and Trebors rom pack of game images.

Just wondering if anyone knows if similar updated rom packs are available for the 2600 and 5200?

Thanks guys
Al]]> Thu, 31 Dec 2020 19:45:33 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/buy-neadeital-a-brand-new-zx-spectrum-game.440/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/buy-neadeital-a-brand-new-zx-spectrum-game.440/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
Over to Chris Wilkins of Fusion Retro Books

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Hi there,

Buy this brand new game for the ZX Spectrum now for £4.99, and that money will go to the MND (Motor Neuron Disease) Association to contribute to research into this terrible disease.

You can get the game here:...

Buy Neadeital - a brand new ZX Spectrum game]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:36:46 +0000 https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/stop-the-cavalry.431/ https://atari-owner.com/club/threads/stop-the-cavalry.431/ invalid@example.com (Andy Barr) Andy Barr
Man, that old retro man Baz took delivery of some more gubbins through the post this morning of a military strategy nature.

These little beauties are for the Beeb and were produced by the software house Lothlorien:

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ABOVE: Your starter for 10 - which WWII general is here seen gazing down on Baz's tat despairingly?

Anyone else here also enjoy the odd wargame or are you not as sad as old Baz and...

Stop The Cavalry...]]> 28