The Twelve Days of Christmas (Atari style)

On the first day of Christmas my Atari gave to me, a Falcon in a Pear Tree

On the second day of Christmas my Atari gave to me, Two Jaguars and a Falcon in a Pear Tree

On the third day of Christmas my Atari gave to me, Three Asteroids, Two Jaguars and a Falcon in a Pear Tree

On the fourth day of Christmas my Atari gave to me, Four Megabytes, Three Asteroids, Two Jaguars and a Falcon in a Pear Tree

On the fifth day of Christmas my Atari gave to me, Five Credits left, Four Megabytes, Three Asteroids, Two Jaguars and a Falcon in a Pear Tree

On the sixth day of Christmas my Atari gave to me, Six minutes a loading, Five Credits left, Four Megabytes, Three Asteroids, Two Jaguars and a Falcon in a Pear Tree

On the seventh day of Christmas my Atari gave to me, Seven Drives a spinning, Six minutes a loading, Five Credits left, Four Megabytes, Three Asteroids, Two Jaguars and a Falcon in a Pear Tree

On the eighth day of Christmas my Atari gave to me, Eight Disks a writing, Seven Drives a spinning, Six minutes a loading, Five Credits left, Four Megabytes, Three Asteroids, Two Jaguars and a Falcon in a Pear Tree

On the ninth day of Christmas my Atari gave to me, Nine Joysticks jostling, Eight Disks a writing, Seven Drives a spinning, Six minutes a loading, Five Credits left, Four Megabytes, Three Asteroids, Two Jaguars and a Falcon in a Pear Tree

On the tenth day of Christmas my Atari gave to me, Ten Lynxes leaping, Nine Joysticks jostling, Eight Disks a writing, Seven Drives a spinning, Six minutes a loading, Five Credits left, Four Megabytes, Three Asteroids, Two Jaguars and a Falcon in a Pear Tree

On the eleventh day of Christmas my Atari gave to me, Eleven Pac-Men gobbling, Ten Lynxes leaping, Nine Joysticks jostling, Eight Disks a writing, Seven Drives a spinning, Six minutes a loading, Five Credits left, Four Megabytes, Three Asteroids, Two Jaguars and a Falcon in a Pear Tree

On the twelfth day of Christmas my Atari gave to me, Twelve Froggers splatting, Eleven Pac-Men gobbling, Ten Lynxes leaping, Nine Joysticks jostling, Eight Disks a writing, Seven Drives a spinning, Six minutes a loading, Five Credits left, Four Megabytes, Three Asteroids, Two Jaguars and a Falcon in a Pear Tree

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Matthew Bacon, Editor
matthew@myatari.co.uk

P.S. Thanks to Richard and Katie for their help!

Crowning glory
As we approach the end of another colourful year, what nicer way to go out than to win an award. See MyAtari's web site of the month victory in issue 105 of .net magazine below. I didn't even know we'd been entered until Matthew contacted me with the news that we'd won! The prize money will be ploughed back into the magazine's running, well done everyone.

Atari for breakfast
I just received a nice CD from Germany. Uncle Harry's nephew Stefan discovered a copy of "Atari Arcade Hits" in his box of Kellogg's Frosties. The compilation was formerly a commercial product from the Hasbro stable, developed by Digital Eclipse, which is a good sign. I'm off to play Centipede now...

Have a safe and happy holiday.

Shiuming Lai, Features and Technical Editor

MyAtari magazine - Feature #1, December 2002