In episode 9, we conjure up a magical review while battling evil, in Necromancer, and we strap on jetpacks and blast off to rescues human souls trapped by an alien force in the budget game Excelsor.

News

• A new Atari podcast, the Atari Lynx HandyCast,hosted by Mark (@lynxhandycast on Twitter).
• VintageComputer Festival Northwest
• Atari 1020 plotter (Wikipedia article)
• Lantronix
• SIO2Arduino
• Kong Off 6
• The A-Z of Atari 8-bit Games: Volume 2Amazon US,Amazon UK
• Stunt Car RacerAtari 8-bit port
• Retro Gamer magazine:
  • #175with "The Making Of: Dark Chambers"
  • #177with "The Making Of Venture"
• NOMAM "BASIC 10-Liner Contest"

Necromancer

• Published by
  • Atari Corp (1988)
  • Synapse (1982)
• Developed by
  • Bill Williams
    • ABC TV, Australia, "Good Game" biography of Bill
    • Compuserve Sysop Dick Brudzynski's review of Necromancer
    • "Bill Williams remembered" post, byJames Hague (author of Halcyon Days
    • Bill's autobiography, Naked Before God: The Return of a Broken Disciple
    • "Stanley Kubrick is Gone",retrospective by ElectronDance
    • "Bill Williams: The Story of a Life",The Digital Antiquarian

Info:

• Wikipedia article on Necromancer

Downloads:

• Necromancer (XEGS cart) entry at AtariMania
• Necromancer (Synapse disk & tape verson) entry at AtariMania

Where to Buy:

• B & C ComputerVisions
• BEST Electronics

Other Reviews and Info:

• AtariManiaAtariHQVideogame Critic

Excelsor

• Published by
  • Players (1986)
• Developed by
  • Keith "Howlin' Mad" Harvey

Info and Downloads:

• Excelsor at AtariMania

Other Reviews and Info:

• Highretrogamelord video review