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There isn’t a huge amount of content at the moment (ACE Magazine issues one to thirty-five at the time of writing) but magazines will be added on a weekly basis, so subscribe to The Joy of Sticks’ RSS or follow us on Twitter or Facebook to keep abreast of updates. Click on the link below to be whisked off on a heady, nostalgia scented trip to the land of printed ST history.

The Atari ST Magazine Archive

If you think you might be able to help – perhaps you have some magazines and a scanner, or a menagerie of ‘pdf’s on your hard drive, or maybe just some advice on how to get the best quality of scan – don’t hesitate to get in touch either here or on the archive’s site itself.

ThorN, ChrisTOS and SimonSunnyboy, geniuses behind STOT (ST Offline Tournament) have released an online magazine dedicated to retro computing, with a decidedly Atari ST slant to this first issue. It’s a great read covering topics such as new releases, old magazine articles, upcoming events, and interviews.

My highlights were a fascinating insight into the Jaguar scene and its bizarre politics, an interview with TomChi about r0x, and the features on STOT. There is also a great Switchblade review which also looks at the 8-bit versions.

So, stop reading this and go there, be happy!

The proprietor of the rather superb RGCD discmag has recently acquired a beautiful 4mb STE and this has inspired him to stuff loads of Atari ST content into the latest issue!

Amongst the usual menagerie of retro gaming goodness there are in-depth reviews of Bob Fossil’s Sudokuniverse, Manical Drop, The Pairs Are Gone and Read the rest of this article »

Those cheerful chaps over at Retro Gamer have served up a festive Christmas treat for Atari ST fans. This month’s issue features a whole 8 pages dedicated to our favourite 16-bit wonder machine. Read the rest of this article »

November sees the release of Retro Gamer load 57 containing a fair amount of Atari ST related content.

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