ANOTHER DAY

v1.0Atari 7800Released November 14, 2026

A cinematic skate demo for the Atari 7800: it plays by itself. Three flip tricks in three places, each one at street speed and then again as a slow-motion close-up.

Every trick is keyed to move the way the real one does: the board, the feet and the catch. There are no controls: put it on and watch.

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Free. Needs a cartridge with 512K SuperGame banking, 16 KB of cart RAM and a POKEY chip at $450, such as the 7800 GameDrive, or an emulator (A7800/MAME). Signed for stock NTSC consoles.

The tricks
Cartridge and controls
The skate game (in development)
Versions

Plays by itself

A short film on a cartridge, about 23 seconds, looping.

3 tricks

Kickflip, hardflip and 360 flip, each wide and then in slow motion up close.

3 places

A city street, a schoolyard and the waterfront.

POKEY music

A skate punk song on the cart's POKEY chip with the 7800's own TIA. Music by Abysmal Games.

The tricks

Each trick is shown twice: once wide, as you would see it from across the street, then cut to a close-up that plays the trick again at a fraction of the speed, so you can follow the board turn under his feet.

The street: kickflip

A skater in a white shirt rolls along a city sidewalk past shops, trees and street lamps, the skyline and mountains behind — The street, wide.

Close-up: the skater in the air, the board flipping under his front foot — The kickflip replay: the board rolls over once along its length.

The schoolyard: hardflip

The skater pops off the blue court of a schoolyard, a brick school and trees behind — The schoolyard, wide.

Close-up: the skater with his legs apart while the board stands upright between them — The hardflip replay: the board flips and spins up between his legs.

The waterfront: 360 flip

The skater on a wooden boardwalk by the water, a long bridge across the bay — The waterfront, wide.

Close-up: the skater in the air above the spinning, flipping board — The 360 flip replay: a kickflip and a full spin of the board at once.

Cartridge and controls

Cartridge	512K SuperGame, 16 KB cart RAM, POKEY at $450 (+ TIA)
Runs on	Atari 7800 with a 7800 GameDrive (tested on real hardware), and A7800/MAME emulators. Signed for stock NTSC consoles.
Atari 7800+	Not tested there, and probably not: carts with SuperGame banking, cart RAM and a POKEY are not proven on the 7800+ yet.
Controls	None: it plays by itself. PAUSE pauses, RESET starts it again.

The skate game (in development)

In development

ANOTHER DAY started as a test of the skater's motion. I am now turning it into a small, casual skate game for the 7800.

The idea: short spots rather than a big open world, one-button controls that work on a standard 7800 joystick, and a replay that shows your best trick again in slow motion. No game over: just skate.

Judged run

Skate a short spot and string your tricks together. At the end, three judges hold up their 1 to 10 cards, then the replay plays back your run with your best trick in slow motion.

Game of S.K.A.T.E.

Set a trick; the other skater has to match it, or takes a letter. One player against the computer, or two players taking turns.

Free run

An endless street of rails, ledges, benches and gaps. No score, no end: just skate.

Trick ideas: ollies, kickflips and heelflips, shove-its, the 360 flip, 180s, grinds and boardslides on rails and ledges, and manuals.

This is a game in development: nothing above is final, plans may change, and there is no release date. The demo on this page is what you can play now.

Versions

v1.0 Nov 14, 2026. First release: the kickflip on the street, the hardflip in the schoolyard and the 360 flip on the waterfront.

A new demo by Abysmal Games LLC. Music by Abysmal Games.