Monthly Archives: July 2011

New Maxflash Cartridge Fix

By sheddy on July 23, 2011

Some of the latest batch of 8Mbit Maxflash Cartridges had a problem with Space Harrier (but not with most other things). Maxflash creator Steve Tucker has created a patch to fix the problem, so that the game works on all cartridges now – thanks Steve! I’ve replaced the downloads with updated ones.

Posted in Leave a Comment

Source Code

By sheddy on July 14, 2011

This is the source code and utility tools used to create Atari XL/XE Space Harrier

SH Source.7z (7-Zip File)

Cross-assembler used is ATasm and “sh.asm” is assembled as a raw binary image to produce “sh.bin” (8Mbit Atarimax Maxflash cartridge)

Tools require Microsoft Access and Excel and are mostly specific to Space Harrier

AtariAge Discussion Thread

Posted in , 5 Comments

Don’t Want to Program a Cart?

By sheddy on July 9, 2011

For those who want to play the game on a real Atari XL/XE, but don’t want the hassle of programming the game onto an 8mbit Atarimax Maxflash cartridge themselves, KJMann’s Atari Sales and Service has stepped up to the plate and is offering the game pre-loaded with a nice gloss label, at their Store on page 4 of the Carts Section.

They also have a nice preview video of the final, finished version of the game (rather than work in progress ones I’ve posted previously)

YouTube Preview Image

KJMann has been, shall we say, instrumental, in getting the game produced, being none other than Sal Esquivel, who arranged the music for it.

AtariAge Discussion Thread

Posted in , 2 Comments

Get Ready!

By sheddy on July 6, 2011

I’m very pleased to be able to finally announce the release of Space Harrier for the Atari XL/XE series of computers with 64K of memory or more.

Space Harrier XL/XE Title ScreenSpace Harrier XL/XE Stage 1 - TomosSpace Harrier XL/XE Stage 1 - Mukadense

Due to the size of the game it is only available as a cartridge image which can be run on emulators such as Altirra, or run on a real machine with an 8mbit Atarimax Maxflash cartridge and programming image

Space Harrier 8mbit Maxflash Cartridge Image (Zipped BIN)

Notes

  1. Reduce screen flicker on real TV or monitor by adjusting brightness and contrast
  2. Reduce screen flicker with emulator by choosing “Blending” or adjust monitor refresh rate to same screen rate as emulated Atari (NTSC= 60Hz, PAL=50Hz)
  3. Now includes fix for “Bank 0″ Maxflash cartridges
  4. Small optimize bug fix (30th August 2011)

AtariAge Discussion Thread

Posted in , , 8 Comments