StarGiraf is released for the Atari 2600 (part of Jeff Minter Jam)

Hi Everyone!

Here is my latest game, for the Atari 2600, titled "StarGiraf".

You can play it online through an HTML5 Atari 2600 emulator, or download the rom to play on real hardware or your emulator of choice.

This game was made in a week for the "Jeff Minter x Atari Game Jam". The goal was to make a game in the style of the talented Jeff Minter on the theme "A Perfect Beast". As Jeff Minter is known for his excellent arcade / space shooter games with abstract and colorful visuals, I started to think about what could "a perfect beast" be in such a setting. And who has an higher reach than a giraffe? No one! Obviously we need to have a mutant giraffe, so it can shoot lasers to destroy enemies. And so was born "StarGiraf", the perfect beast for arcade space battles!

I really loved the unique theme of this Jam (make a game inspired by a famous game designer), and I wanted to try to make a "Jeff Minter inspired" game on a retro machine, possibly one that Jeff Minter didn't release a game for it (yet :)). As Atari is sponsoring the Jam, and as I really love to develop games for the Atari 2600, I tried to make my best to make a "Jeff Minter-esque" Atari 2600 game.

Fully commented source code is included, written in batariBasic - I hope it'll help or motivate you to create your own Atari 2600 games, it's a very fun machine to create games for!

I hope you'll enjoy the game!