If you haven't sold your Atari 2600 at a garage sale yet, you might want to take the game system out of the attic and dust it off. A team of rec.games.video.classic inhabitants has brought 12 Starpath classics back to life. Released in 1982, these games pushed the 1970s technology to the limit and threw in a funky attitude. The quirky collection includes the shoot-'em-up Communist Mutants from Outer Space and Dragonstomper, a role-playing game hailed by many Atari fans as the best in its class. The problem is that these games were originally released on audiotape, which loaded into the Atari 2600 via the Starpath Supercharger adapter. Rather than let these nostalgic bits fade away, Usenet denizens have spent the past two years gathering them for transfer to the more durable audio CD format. (An Atari 2600 and adapter are still required.) In addition to the classics, the CD comes with original artwork, complete instructions, and a few previously unreleased games. Atari 2600 hackers will be pleased to find the first track loaded with PC and Mac tools for the game system.Now, if you seem to have misplaced your Supercharger, good luck finding a new one. Thanks to this long-awaited CD, there's been a run on the market.
Starpath videogames for the Atari 2600: US$15. Glenn Saunders, PO Box 3127, Glendale, CA 91221-0127.
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