Peter Fletcher

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If you see this, quote this post with a title screen that is iconic to you.

The Black Cauldron for the Atari ST

Game package

Floppy disk

I recently acquired the Sierra and Walt Disney Personal Computer Software point and click adventure “The Black Cauldron” based on the animated movie of the same name. I remember playing this on somebody’s Tandy 1000 way back when, but I never had it for my #AtariST. Maybe I’ll play it again.

The speed of institutional capitulation is astounding. It’s only been 1/2 of a year. It all makes me quite ill.

Everything is stupid. Everything.

"Our prices are insane!!!!"

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Well this looks awfully nifty. #Atari

Human Cannonball is such a ridiculously fun game

Circus Atari

Circus Atari

Super Circus Atari

I sometimes wonder why many in my generation are really weird and then I am reminded that we grew up playing a game that launched clowns into the air to pop balloons until said clowns inevitably fell to their deaths on the ground. #Atari

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You know what will fix everything? Let's shoot the messenger!

It nearly ready to go, but was killed off when Tramiel bought Atari in the summer of '84.

San Leandro Computer Club exhibit

San Leandro may be the finest city in America, based entirely on the fact that its Atari user group is still active.

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That's good stuff right there.

Wow. I saw Curt Vendel's 1450XLD many years ago, but never thought I'd see two of them together at once.

Nah, Bill is a great guy. There are few genuine humans these days. Bill is one of them.

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I've got a fair number of Infocom games. Always fun.

Amiga Bill telling me that the Atari ST sucks

@amigabill.bsky.social once sent me this heart felt message. I still love him anyway. #Amiga #AtariST

Atari ST emulating a Macintosh emulating an Apple ][.

Atari ST emulating a Macintosh emulating an Apple ][.

Atari ST emulating a Macintosh emulating an Apple ][.

That one time that I emulated a #Macintosh that was emulating an #Apple2 on an #AtariST.

Just shut off our electricity. Being the great white north, Canada has the right environmental conditions to build data centers and you'll have plenty of electricity to power those.

I think the AI boom is ridiculous, but why not strike whilst the iron is hot and you have the resources to do it?

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Atari 400/800/XL/XE

Atari 8 bit floppies

Life at 288 revolutions per minute. #Atari

I grew up on these streets

Can you use the official Atari Track and Field controller?

Recently saw a post about how the 1988 American TV show "The Wonder Years" was set 20 years prior in 1968 and how the same show today would be set in 2005.
I was 18 in 1988 so it was set 2 years before my birth which made it feel old, but 2005 does not seem so long ago.
Time is a weird construct.

Peter Fletcher @rectapete.bsky.social and I have a four page article in the July issue of Old School Gamer magazine on the #Atari ST’s Graphics and Sound capabilities. www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com

Atari ST GFA Basic program with a rainbow of people

My sprite design and program output in GFA BASIC

Be kind to each other. #Atari #AtariST

Chuck Mangione has died. That dude was everywhere in the 70’s.

Yesterday at #GDC, would you believe I just found this abandoned pile of #ZakMcKracken and #Loom boxes from @limitedrungames.bsky.social ??

I wouldn’t either. Thanks @limitedrunjosh.bsky.social !! Great meeting you! #gamedev #retrogames #lucasfilmgsmes #lucasarts