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Many thanks for this wonderful site. My early (non-x86) PCs in chronological order: 1. ZX81 kit 2. VIC-20 3. Atari 400 4. Atari 800XL 5. Atari 1040ST

Thank you for this amazing site, a lot of useful information about all the Atari games. Enjoy it a lot! Thought I let you know :)

All the cool kids in high school (1979 - 1983) sat at my table during lunch. The nerds in the school got beat up 3 times a day, whereas I only got beat up only once a day - thus not a nerd. The Atari 800 was a stepping stone to my career in computers. It was the source of much entertainment and joy thru learning. In high school, I built a number of hardware devices that I interfaced to my machine as well as the software to run them. The programming experience gained on it, put me at the top of the class in college. I've been to this website often and it brings back many fine memories. But this site also impresses on me what the internet has done for knowledge. Until I came across this website, I had no idea how many books, magazines, tools, and games were are around in the early 80's. But then again, I didn't have the money, time and drive to learn and try everything. I often think about what I could do now, with 30 years of experience and with the wealth of freely available information (as found here) to create the ultimate Atari 8-bit game. However the Systems Analyst in me, and the deeply ingrained SDLC in my brain tell me, it would take at least a year full time, to create said ultimate game. However, there would be next to no market to sell it to, so it could only be a labor of love. Any such game would have to wait until the kids are all raised, and retirement swings around. I have to say, that this is the Gold Standard in websites about the Atari. Well done to it's creator and the many contributors! Thank you very much. Thank you Atarimania ----------------------------------------------------- Thank you for the kind words, Joel! Cheers, The Atarimania Team

Nice! Just purchased an Atari 800! Used to own one in the early 1980's. Looks like I'll be back to visit often!

very nice website and a good roms download too

Nice website wish i could donate

I ran across a software package that I released for the Atari back in 1981 here on your site. Brings back great memories. I still have original copies at home. Thanks!

You guys ROCK! Awesome job with all y'all have done!

Awesome work. Fantastic website.

Hi thank you very much for your site !

Thanks for putting it all together! the mag section really made me time travel...soooo cool!!!!

Yay - MY 'Space Robot' variation made the database! So happy to have added to it all! :)

I am so impressed by the wealth of information you have cataloged here. I especially love looking over the Antic magazines you have listed as .PDF's. I had so many of them back in the day. I was always a fan of the Atari game systems, starting with the 2600, the moving to the 8 bit systems and then on to the ST models. Awesome that someone is keeping a database of old systems like these as it's a big part of gaming/computer history. Thanks, it's been so much fun to journey down memory lane again.

Great site. Thanks a ton.

A lot infos on our favorite Atari 8-bit computer, good job!

Thanks a million for such an amazing website.

Gran recopilatorio! un saludo desde España

hi came across this great page ,just saying hello ,and great work

Hello It's my first time on here and I'm needed help my daughter found my old Atari 2600 in the loft and I can't seem to get it to work on my new Tv is there some way to connect it via scary hdmi or component etc ------------------------- Hi, Damian. Welcome to AtariMania. The easiest way to connect your Atari console is to simply connect the RF cable to the coaxial port on your HDTV. Otherwise you'll need a converter.

Great site and the community seems to be super friendly and helpful, unlike some other sites. Im going to get atari 2600 light sixer soon, it will be my first atari console ever. I have already nice amount of games on my list that I want to get. All the info and people on forums have cleared some of my questions already Thank You! And keep up the great work! Quack Quack! - Greetings from Finland

Thank you for the work you have put into your nice blog. We will bookmark to your blog because it is very informational. We love the site and will come back to see your new posts.

Just wanted to say thank you! I think its safe to say a lot of people appreciate the work you put in here.

Thank you for making this website! This takes me back to wonderful times as a kid growing up in the 80s. Keep up the good work and Game On!

Hey, thank you very much for that bundle of information. I make a short film about the Atari in the late 80's for University and your website is the best place for artefacts like original adds and stuff. so,thank you. Greets from Germany

Hi there Now 30 years of being boxed away I plugged my good old 800XL in and - whow - it still runs like always did! And .. the good old 5/25 disc´s are working!!! I got a pretty big collection of games - I will have to look through all of it (some 200 discs) and would like to share the games you don´t have listed. ... but I don´t know how to get them from the 1050 into a new computer ----- All the best Jeff

This is one of my favourite sites in the whole Internet! I still look here, almost everyday and read about all those great games for my lovely Atari computer. I love to read user comments about games I like. I also have my on website about old, classic games, mostly for Atari 8-bit: classic-games.pl. Everyone is welcome!

What an awesome site! Was reminiscing about all those long nights spent poking and peeking on the Atari 400 and decided to do a quick Internet search. What a great find... a true gem which is now bookmarked.

This is great!!! thanks from Chile.

Thanks for a great website, found all my old 800xl games in my parents loft, so had to go and buy the machine itself so I can go down memory lane. Some how seemed to have misplaced my old ST games. So i'll have to invest in that too.And will definitely use your database to restock all the old favourites. Thanks again to keeping the old ATARI alive!

One of my favorite web sites of all time. Keep doing what you're doing. It's both very fun and very important.

Loads of nice stuff here, a real treasure for Atari fans. Keep up the good work !!!

An invaluable source for Atari systems. Websites like this keep the internet great!

Thank you so much for your hard work.

The Atari 2600 rom collection is truly amazing. Good work on the hunt!

great to see this site! it's nice to know that the computer that started it all for me (800xl) is still remembered, and that there are still emulators and software available for it! the news clips/video section is a blast! 8 bit nostalgia is flooding my brain! thanks!

You don't know how much this means to stumble upon thi, seeing my youth before my eyes.... I just can't THANK YOU enough. Keep up the AMAZING JOB!!!

Awesome resource. Thanks!

Hey, thankyou!!

Everybody who loved the Atari ST might want to check out the totally revamped ST NEWS disk magazine site at http://www.st-news.com...

oh, atari is a real classic. my favourite games are space invaders, super break out.

I used to write games in 6502 language for the Atari 400/800 systems and have a few NEW projects that od Atari fans might find interesting, but I am having the WORST time just trying to register here.

I was only 6 when the atari vcs came out in 1977 the games are still my favourites to this day.Thanks for this awesome site.I like the magazines sections.When is the atari lynx going to be online?It would be great to see chips challenge.

Hi, great site but when will you get the Jaguar section up and running? Thanks, it should be ready by the end of summer :) Marakatti / Atarimania

Good to see a bunch of Atari afficiandos. We may have been overtaken in the technical departments, but the Atari, in it's day, was by far the best game player around. Starcade produced Up, Up and Away and Savage Pond. We enjoyed it.

Wow! What an awesome site. Can't believe I didn't come across this sooner!

Atari Mania is the best resource for the Atari ST. Keep it up mate and I'm shocked that I've never written anything here before!!! Cheers for a great website. Steve

Hello Just wanted to say I just joined. This place is awsome! Devin

Love to atari still around.

Thanx for archiving all this stuff. I don't know why... but I still get nostalgic feelings when starting my ST. Unfortunately my first 520 ST+ from 1987 died, but I still have a working MegaSTE... Never get such emotions with all this modern computer crap today. Perhaps there was something like magic in 1985 with the upcoming fight Atari vs. Amiga... ;-)

hi, am not an atari user. but like the old games and to program games as a hobby. am not an american but very keen in atari systems. thanx