#oneaday Day 880: 30 to go

Counting up the number of games on Atari Flashback Classics left to go in Atari A to Z Flashback, it seems I have "just" 30 left! I mean, at the rate of one a week that's still a significant chunk of a year left to go, but it feels like I'm getting close to the end.

I don't think there's too many more two player-only titles I'll have to torment my wife with from hereon, either; I think there's a couple of M Network sports games that are two-player only, but most of the other Atari sports titles actually have single-player options, I believe.

Got a few ones I've been looking forward to covering coming up soon. Sprintmaster (or Sprint Master, depending who you talk to) is this weekend, then after that there's the 2600 and 5200 versions of Star Raiders. Star Raiders (on the Atari 8-bit) is one of my favourite games of all time, so getting the opportunity to play variations on it two weeks in a row will be thoroughly pleasant. I anticipate the 5200 version may be a little awkward with the simulated keypad in Atari Flashback Classics, but with the ability to map certain keypad controls directly to the controller, I'm sure we'll figure something out.

When I started these video projects, I had no idea I'd stick with them as long as I have, but they've become part of the "routine" now; they're a project I enjoy working on, and I can think of far worse ways I could be spending my time! Of course, the 8-bit and ST series are arguably projects with no end, but the nice thing about Atari A to Z Flashback is that it does have an end, it does have a point where I can say "yep, I'm absolutely 100% done, and I have a finished product I'm proud of".

I'm already making plans for some sort of finale sequence — the fact that Yars' Revenge is the last game in the collection means that the delightfully awful Kid Stuff record will almost certainly make some sort of appearance. Then I'll have to find something else to fill my third weekly slot with! Or I could take a little break…

Nah.