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Classic Remakes

“Towards a
Better
Pac-Man”
Last issue we mentioned a great new
hack of Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 and
wanted to give you more info on this won-
derful game.
If you were disappointed with the Atari
2600 version of Pac-Man from the early
80’s, you’ll definitely want to get your
hands on “Pac26.” Created by Rob Kudla,
Pac26 is actually a hack of Ms. Pac-Man
for the Atari 2600. The result is a better
looking, sounding, and playing translation
of the coin-op classic.
Best of all, it’s free to download for your
Atari 2600 emulator!

Go to http://www.kudla.org/raindog/games

Be sure to also check out Rob’s other Rob Kudla Does
projects, including an Atari 2600 Space In-
vaders hack, as well as labels he created “Pac-Man” Right!
for Pac26.

And the winner of the
And the winner of the
And the winner of the
“Too Much Free Time
“Too Much Free Time
“Too Much Free Time
Award” is…
Award” is…
Award” is…
The AtaRio Project

In an attempt to put off studying
for midterms, Eric Jones decided to
put his time to good use in creating
the “The AtaRio Project.”
The concept is quite simple (sort
of). Eric used his computer to con-
vert Atari Roms to .wav files, then he
converted the .wav files to MP3 files.
After a quick trip to Radio Shack and
a few tweaks here and there to his
Starpath Supercharger, Eric can now
upload up to 60 games into his Atari
2600 utilizing his Diamond Rio MP3
player. Pretty clever! Check out his
instructions at:
http://scv.bu.edu/~ejones/toys/atario/

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