Yars' Revenge - Atari ST Remaster

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

YARS’ REVENGE – Atari ST Remaster

Atari ST version BY TjLaZer 2026
Original game by Howard Scott Warshaw

This is a remaster of the Atari 2600 classic for the Atari ST. Yar, Qotile, the
Swirl, the shield and the score digits all come straight from the original 2600
ROM, redrawn at double size with shading. The Neutral Zone is built from the
2600 program’s own code bytes, the same way the original drew it. Rainbow
raster color bars run behind the playfield, and the sound effects play on the
ST’s YM sound chip.

Features

The full 2600 game:
Nibble or shoot through the shield, and summon the Zorlon Cannon to destroy
Qotile.
Dodge the Destroyer Missile and the Swirl.
Shelter in the Neutral Zone, where the Destroyer Missile can’t hurt you.
The arched shield on odd levels and the rolling shield on even levels.
1 or 2 players, taking turns.
Bonus life for hitting the Swirl in flight.
Runs at 50Hz or 60Hz at the same game speed, switchable at any time.
High score kept until you quit.

Requirements

Any Atari ST, STF, STE or Mega ST with 512K or more
Color monitor or TV
Joystick optional

Controls

Joystick in the joystick port, or cursor keys: fly (mouse is disabled)
Fire, Ctrl, Space or Alt: shoot / fire the Zorlon Cannon
F1 or Fire 1: 1-player game
F2 or Fire 2: 2-player game (Fire 2 is the fire button of a joystick in the
mouse port)
P: pause
Esc: back to the title screen
F5: switch between 50Hz and 60Hz
F10: quit to the desktop

Scoring

Shield cell eaten or shot: 69
Qotile: 1000
Swirl at rest: 2000
Swirl in flight: 6000 plus an extra life

Files

YARS.ST: bootable disk; the game starts automatically from the AUTO folder.
YARS.PRG: run it from the desktop or copy it to a hard drive.

Yar's Revenge Initial release V1.0
Yar's Revenge Fixed the humming sound,  V1.1

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