or many years I've wanted to make a game set in the 80's that literally had Atari fighting against it's competitors for world domination. Ever since I tried to program my first game in STOS on the Atari ST, the idea of a shooter of this type was firmly embedded in my mind. However, it was not until last year that I had the opportunity to try to make one. I'm not sure why I waited so long. There certainly have been other times when I could have started a game of this type. However it simply never happened. However, last year Mochimedia asked me to write a series of tutorials on how to make a simple Flash game, and I decided it would be a perfect chance to try out the "Atari " idea. I devised a game named Home Computer Wars: Alpha Mission. In the game you would play a trusty Atari 800 computer. You would battle the likes of TI99, Apple II, Commodore 64 and the IBM PC through 4 years split into 2 levels each (plus a bonus level) and 4 bosses. I hoped this would be both a great tutorial plus a funny and fun game based on Atari's history. I was wrong. As you will soon find out, the idea was a failure on many levels.
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ome Computer Wars: Alpha Mission is part 1 of a game that started as a series of lessons for Mochiland.com to help teach new Flash game programmers the structure of creating a game. The game is inspired by Coke exclusive game Pepsi Invaders for the Atari 2600. That game was a re-design of Space Invaders with the invaders changed into the letters P.E.P.S.I. For Home Computer Wars: Alpha Mission I decided to change the theme from “Cola Wars” to the personal computer was of the early 80’s.