Amorous insects, the Trench Run and a starbase with a knob | Page 6 Public Domain Library Disk 2
12Today we take a look at disk 2 of the Page 6 XL/XE Public Domain Library, featuring the games Courting Crickets and Motie from PD master Stan Ockers, an electric company simulation, a starbase with a willy and much more, including the obligatory seizure-inducing graphics demos.
The Page 6 Public Domain Library was an important part of Atari 8-bit culture in the United Kingdom, as it provided access to a wide variety of free software that, these days, one would typically just download from the Internet.
The software, most of which was written in BASIC, came from a variety of sources including user groups, magazines and private contributions, and helped showcase the versatility of the Atari 8-bit home computers -- as well as providing a means for prospective programmers to explore and learn new skills by picking apart and modifying these programs for themselves.
Explore the library for yourself at https://page6.org thanks to former Page 6 contributor Paul Rixon.
0:00 Welcome
7:46 Booting up the menu
8:43 Courting Crickets
15:50 Electric Company
27:28 Starbase 13: The Last Stand!
34:02 Motie
41:20 Matches
45:43 Star Wars: Attack on the Death Star ("Trench")
50:52 Simon
54:32 Escape (graphics demo)
55:49 Vortex (graphics demo)
57:58 Hypnosis (graphics demo)
59:20 Melon (graphics demo)
1:00:56 SAS (graphics demo)
1:02:53 Maze Search
1:05:48 Stripes (graphics demo)