

(Above: Candy factory being played with the Atari 800 Win Emulator )Īs you can see, Candy Factory owes at least some of its heritage to Donkey Kong – the level screen above being almost an exact copy of that game’s 3rd screen. It’s interesting to note, that Nasir Gebelli ,who helped found Sirus Software and his own namesake company, would later take his considerable skills to Square and develop the legendary NES game, Final Fantasy. Knopp would later go on to program Space Dungeon, Mario Bros, and Moon Patrol for the 5200 as well as various Epyx 8-bit games such as The Games, Winter Edition. The first game is Gebelli Software’s Candy Factory, released in 1982, and programmed by Eric Knopp. It will be a fun ride, so hold on to your hats for the wildest ride in the 8-bit wilderness. I will start with one random 8-bit Atari 800 game, play it, review it, and then follow its legendary path to other games. Today I decided to play Atari 8-bit degrees of separation. I have tried nearly 1100 in my quest to try every game available. I have loads and loads of Atari 800 games to play via emulation.
