Atari Legacy 01 (Q2 2026)

Atari Legacy, issue 01 (premiere Q2 2026). The only magazine in the world typeset entirely on a real Atari Falcon030 in Calamus. Full-color, perfect-bound, in English covering every machine that wore the Fuji logo, from the Atari 2600 and 8-bit XL/XE to the ST, Falcon and Jaguar.

The first issue of the magazine made on the machine it's about.

After six years away from print, legendary Atari figure Piotr "Kroll" Mietniowski returns with Atari Legacy - a quarterly, full-color print 88-page magazine devoted to every machine that ever wore the Fuji logo: the Atari 2600, the 8-bit XL/XE/XEGS line, the ST / STe / TT, the Falcon030, and the Atari Jaguar - on to modern reincarnations like the Atari VCS and the "+" series.

This is, in all likelihood, the only magazine in the world typeset in its entirety on an Atari Falcon030 computer in the Calamus desktop-publishing program. Every page you hold was laid out on a real Atari Falcon030 - accelerated with a CT63 (68060) card and CTPCI bus, driving a Radeon graphics card at Full HD - and composed in the legendary Calamus SL C2015 "Complete Edition." No InDesign. No QuarkXPress. The magazine about Atari was made on an Atari. The sentimental value is the point: this is editorial archaeology practiced, not just described.

Edited by a working physicist and one of the world's most recognized authorities on Atari 16- and 32-bit computers. Editor-in-chief Piotr "Kroll" Mietniowski holds a doctorate in physics and is, by reputation across the international scene, the single most recognizable expert on Atari ST, STe, TT and Falcon hardware alive today. That blend of academic rigor and four decades of hands-on Atari knowledge runs through every review, teardown and interview in the book.

Inside Issue 01

A genuinely packed debut - original reporting, hands-on hardware tests, developer interviews you won't read anywhere else, and primary-source history.

Introduction

• A Note from the Editor - Piotr "Kroll" Mietniowski, PhD, on why Atari Legacy exists and how it's made.

Music / MIDI

• When Dreams Come True - Atari and MIDI (Part 1) - a deeply personal essay by film-music composer, conductor and academic lecturer Rafał Rudawski on the Atari Falcon030, the MIDI revolution, and growing up musical in early-'90s Poland. Dedicated to his late father, Henryk.

Game reviews

• Miracle Boy in Dragon Land - the best Atari ST/STe game in years? - the new SamSoft platformer (code by Samuel Blanchard, music by DMA-SC): 68000 assembler, smooth scrolling, 50 on-screen colors and parallax, numerous sprites and giant bosses, written for a stock ST. Reviewed by a member of its own beta-test team.
• Athanor 2 - The Legend of the Birdmen (La Légende des Hommes-Oiseaux) - Eric Safar's lavish point-and-click adventure for 16/32-bit Atari, sequel to the 8-bit original.
• Escape 2042 - The Truth Defender & Alice's Mom's Rescue - Cédric "Orion_" Bourse's acclaimed Atari Jaguar / Falcon titles, put through their paces.

People / Interviews

• Samuel Blanchard - the one-man studio behind Miracle Boy in Dragon Land, on building a modern ST classic.
• Cédric "Orion_" Bourse - the prolific French developer keeping the Jaguar and Falcon alive.
• The musician behind Athanor 2, on scoring an adventure in YM chiptune.

Hardware - hands-on tests

• Modern cartridges for Atari XE/XL/XEGS - AVGCART and SUBCART compared: multi-bank emulation, SIO disk emulation, stereo POKEY / Covox audio.
• Jaguar GameDrive / SD - flash-cart freedom for the Jaguar, including CD-drive emulation.
• NetUSBee - the best network/USB device for Atari 16/32-bit? - connecting modern USB mice, keyboards and tablets via HID Report Protocol. By Piotr "Kroll" Mietniowski & Claude "Perdrix24" Labelle.

Software / Programming

• Cross-developing for the 8-bit Atari from a PC - a practical walkthrough of Mad-Pascal and the MADS cross-assembler (by Tebe), with the Altirra emulator in the loop.

History & Features

• The History of DTP and Calamus on the Atari ST (Part 1) - "Power without the price": how the ST quietly conquered desktop publishing, and why Calamus became a cult.
• The History of the Polish Demoscene on 8-Bit Atari - the cover feature.
• A history of computer role-playing and the forced-perspective racers that defined the 8-bit and ST eras.

News & Story

• Homebrew releases, new soundtracks, licensed ports, tool updates and scene happenings.
• The Peek - A Sentimental Journey by Tomasz "tekatom" Krupnik - a short, lyrical meditation on PEEK(49152), the empty address $C000, and what a machine remembers after the power is cut.

Events Calendar

• A complete 2026 guide to Europe's Atari and demoscene parties: Lost Party 2026, Last Party 2027, Grawitacja 2k27 game jam, Silly Venture 2k26, Evoke, Field-FX, Xenium, Sommarhack, Deadline, Atari Days Nancy (ADN) and many more.

Why this issue belongs on your shelf

• A true collector's #1 - first issue, first print run of only 1,000 copies. Launch issues don't get reprinted in their original form.
• Made on the metal - typeset on a real Atari Falcon030 in Calamus. There is, as far as we know, no other magazine on Earth produced this way.
• Source material, not nostalgia-bait - developer interviews, beta-tester insight, and hardware tested by people who actually use it.
• Full color, perfect-bound - built to be kept, not recycled.
• Written in English for the worldwide Atari community.

Website: https://atarilegacy.com/