COMING SOON!!!

This game is in active development. All infos and screenshots are subject of change.

Are you ready for ATARI ST multiplayer action?

Get your friends, your 4-player adapter (or your Jagpads on the STe) and jump into the arena! The C64 hit gets an ATARI ST release:

• 4 players on one screen*
• up to 16 player tournaments* (ST exclusive)
• multi arena marathons* (ST exclusive)
• computer controlled opponents (ST exclusive)
• rapid action at 50 Hz
• original C64 graphics*
• multiple gamemodes (ST exclusive)
• XMAS easter egg*
• FUN FUN FUN

press [F9] to exit the arena.

* reduced functionality in teaser mode!

How to play

Select the number of players and a mode to control them. You can substiute real players with computer controlled opponents. Select "Start Game" and get into the action!

How to control you players - on original hardware

You can control up to 4 players by any combination of the following:

• two joysticks on the main joystick ports. You may have to unplug the mouse to get a joystick into port 0.
• two joysticks at the parallel port using the st4player adapter. Hint: if you have an st4player adapter and you are up to 3 players, you can switch player 2 to the the joystick 3 - and leave the mouse attached.
• two players on the keyboard using cursor keys+shift  right and WASD+shift left.
• two Jagpads on the extgended joystick ports on an STe/Falcon 

How to control you players - on emulator

• configure your emulator to map to any game controller connected. STeem and HATARI let you configure parallel port joysticks as well as Jagpads.
• switch the controlmode to keyboard inside the game and use the keyboard.

Tournament/Marathon

Beside the fast 4 player action you can let the game organize a tournament (6-16 player) or a marathon (2-4 players). in the main menu under "GAMEMODE" choose "MARATHON" (F4) or "TOURNEMENT" (F5)  and select "START GAME" (F10).
Enter your names into the list. F10 starts the action.

• To few friends? Name any player "AI xxxxxx" and the player will be controlled by the computer.
• Just hit [ENTER] to fill in a default name.
• Hold down [CONTROL] and move players through the list with the cursor keys.
• Tournament/marathon standings are backuped and will be restored if a system shutdown occurs. It is recommended to disable the feature for physical floppy disks.
• Name the first player "DEMO 1" to activate a demo mode.

Important notes to controllers and grouping:

Tournament and Marathon needs 2-4 players mapped to physical controllers. Computer opponents are not possible as a controller option and are being disabled. However it is possible to assign players in the tournament to be controlled by the computer by giving it a "AI xxxxxx" name. They fight through the tournament just like human players.
The number of available physical controllers determines the group-structure of the tournament. For example: with two physical controllers only a 8 player tournament in groups of two is possible. More controllers enable more grouping options.

How to activate the XMAS easter egg?

If you have a real time clock (or you use an emulator) it will be automatically activated in the holiday season. But the is also a very secret XMAS code. Type the XMAS code in the main menu and it will unlock the extra features! But what is the XMAS code? You will never find the XMAS code! And there is absolutely no point in opening the DATA/LEVEL0.DAT file in search for hints for XMAS!

Helpfull keys

Main menu

• F1 - battle mode
• F2 - death match mode
• F3 - treasure hunt mode
• F4 - tournament mode
• F5 - marathon mode
• F10 - start game
• 1 - toggle number of players
• 2 - toggle game mode
• 3 - toggle target score
• 4 - toggle playfield arena
• 5 - toggle sound mode
• 6 to 0 select presets

In game

• F9 - back to menu

Tournament/Marathon

• F1 - clear names
• F2 - toggle game modes
• F9 - back to menu
• F10 - start game
• CONTROL+cursor up/down - move name in list

Check out the C64 original by Dr. Wuro Industies: https://shotgun.drwuro.com/