Atari St Rom Games

Atari St Rom Games

Atari St Rom Games

The iPhone and its ever expanding list of applications has become an excellent medium for playing retro games that you enjoyed in your childhood while playing on a convenient portable device. A number of excellent ports have already been made with more in development, classic games from the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, PS1, Nintendo and Genesis all making appearances on the App Store.

Commodore 64 Emulator

The Commodore 64 is a classic computer from the 1980's that many will have fond memories of. Manomio LLC has created an excellent emulator of the c64 for the iPhone, even including the BASIC interpretor that came with the computer. A number of games come for free with the application with an even greater selection for purchase such as memorable titles The Last Ninja, Boulderdash 2 and International Karate. The application is available for US$4.99 in the iTunes App Store and is well worth a look.

Secret of Monkey Island

The first Secret of Monkey Island was released way back in 1990 on the Atari ST, PC & Mac. Made by Lucasarts when it was known as Lucasfilm Games, the game features the humorous tale of Guybrush Threepwood and has quest to become a pirate. The game is one of the original classic adventure games that Lucasarts was famed for back in the day and still great fun in its original form.