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Welcome to the latest issue of AtariNews. The next couple of months will
be great for the Jaguar with BattleSphere, Hyper Force, and Skyhammer on
the way. Also CGExpo 2000 is coming up this summer and Galaga and Pac-Man
by Atari are well into development. You can also now reach the AtariNews
homepage at http://atarinews.atariansun.com

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GET YOUR JAGUARS READY, BATTLESPHERE IS COMING!

It's official, the much anticipated BattleSphere for the Atari Jaguar is on
its way. BattleSphere was developed by 4Play, and is being published by
Scatologic Inc, a company 4Play recently merged with. BattleSphere
includes several game play variations including pure classic arcade
action to a networked multi-player deathmatch with up to 32 simultaneous
players. Also, Scatologic has announced that all profits from the sale of
BattleSphere will be donated to diabetes research. A special autographed
copy of BattleSphere was also up for auction on eBay. The final bid price
for the game is $1575. The list price for BattleSphere is $74.99 plus
shipping. Find out more about the release of BattleSphere at this address:

http://www.best.com/~sebab/

You can also see the auction for BattleSphere here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271778032

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SONGBIRD NOW ACCEPTS ONLINE PAYMENTS THROUGH PAYPAL

Songbird Productions is now using PayPal to accept online orders. Using
your Visa or Master Card, you can send payments to Songbird productions
over the Internet. Signing up for PayPal is free, and your account will
be credited for $10 that you can use for anything through PayPal just for
signing up. Go to the address below for more information:


https://secure.paypal.com/refer/pal=forhan%40yahoo.com

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JOYSTICKS COME TO THE JAGUAR

Team 13, a software and hardware development company, has some joystick
products in development for the Jaguar. Team 13 has already released a
joystick add-on for Jaguar controllers, where you can either buy it
pre-built or get a do-it-yourself kit. This product places a joystick over
a standard Jaguar controller dpad, and is great for people who don't have
the time or money to build a joystick from scratch. Another Jaguar
joystick product in development at Team 13 is a joystick made out of JAMMA
arcade machine parts. Team 13 estimates development to be about 40%
complete. One project that was also in development at Team 13, code named
Project M, has been changed because the cost of this arcade quality
joystick would be out of the price range for most consumers. The new plan
is to build custom joysticks by request. Despite some website problems,
you can find more information about these and other projects by Team 13
at the address below:

http://www.darkknightgames.com/team13/news.htm

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CGE 2000 STARTS JULY 29TH IN LAS VEGAS

Classic Gaming Expo 2000 is scheduled to take place at the Plaza Hotel
and Casino in Las Vegas on July 29-30, 2000. The first guests to confirm
are the "Father of Video games", Ralph Baer, and the Video game Journalism
Pioneers, Arnie Katz, Bill Kunkel, & Joyce Worley. Visit the address below
for more information

http://www.cgexpo.com/

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THE MAKING OF ADVENTURE

On the Classic Gaming Expo website, Sign-ups are being accepted for the
proposed Warren Robinett book, "The making of Adventure". This sign-up is
to see if there would be enough interest in this book to publish it. This
is a manuscript that Mr. Robinett had written some years ago, and it also
discusses the creation of Rocky's Boots for the Apple computers. The book
would be priced around $15. Go to the CGExpo website for more information.

http://www.cgexpo.com/news.html

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MISSILE COMMAND FOR THE PC DEMO NOW AVAILABLE

Atari has recently released a demo of the PC version of their remake of
the classic game Missile Command. The demo includes a few levels from two
modes of game play--Classic, which plays like the original arcade hit, and
Ultimate, where you go from city to city defending the world from alien
invasion. You can get the demo from the address below:

ftp://internet.hasbrointeractive.com/anonftp/demos/MissileComDemo.exe

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SCREENSHOTS OF FUTURE ATARI REMAKES

Two websites have released screenshots of games in development at Atari.
Although neither game was originally an Atari game, both were licensed from
Namco. Atari Gaming Headquarters has screenshots of the upcoming Galaga
for the Sony Playstation. Classic Gamer Magazine has screenshots of the
new version of Pac-Man for the PC.

Atari Gaming Headquarters:

http://www.atarihq.com

Classic Gaming Magazine:

http://www.classicgamer.com/

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