Pip Pop v0.9.8: High Score Cartridge support: your name and scores are saved on a High Score Cartridge, a 7800 GameDrive or a 7800+, one table per difficulty, and the attract loop shows the table. Clean screen changes (no stray frames between screens), no more specks on the PAL comic panels, BONUS on the HUD in bonus rounds, and at most three special bubbles afloat at once.
AstroMenace v1.2.1: Fixed the results screen after a mission turning into garbage until fire was pressed; the brackets in the credits read as brackets.
DREAD v1.2.1: Monsters and items no longer appear ahead of you when they are behind you, or vanish for a moment as you walk up to them; items standing in front of a wall are no longer hidden.
Anarch v1.4.2: Items and barrels no longer vanish, flicker or appear in the wrong place, and nothing shows through walls any more.
TuxKart v1.3: Reworked road stripes: the lane lines no longer break up, the curbs and lane dashes run all the way to the horizon, and the road colours are softer.
Road v1.3: Reworked road stripes: the lane lines no longer break up, the curbs and lane dashes run all the way to the horizon, and the road colours are softer.
2026-10-18
Anarch v1.4.1: Each level now uses one wall colour family, so walls no longer flip colour as you move. The exit block has its own colour, so it stands out.
Anarch v1.4: A new, darker soundtrack: six new songs written for the game (Ashfall on the title; Red Static, Low Signal, Dead Calm, Black Choir and Iron Vigil for the levels), on the POKEY with a TIA fallback. The new music player needs less than half the time of the old one, so the game runs a little faster.
Voidward v1.2.1: Fixed: the tower menu could enhance, upgrade, sell or retarget a different tower when a turret turned while it was open.
Voidward v1.2: New TIA soundtrack: Beacon on the title and story screens, Holdfast in play. PAUSE now pauses the music too.
C-Dogs v1.2: New title music, Barking Orders: a punchy drum-and-bass tune for the TIA (with a bark or three), on a new, lighter music player.
AstroMenace v1.2: New TIA soundtrack: Neon Lattice on the title, Redline in the missions, Prism Cascade for the motherships and bosses, Glass Horizon on the command deck and in the workshop (the mission jingles stay). Fixed shots passing through the left half of an enemy without hitting it, and the credits fit the screen.
2026-10-16
Pip Pop v0.9.7: Beta: the first public build. Feedback welcome.
2026-10-15
DREAD v1.2: Out of beta: a new soundtrack (four songs), an ending after the last level, and the Abysmal Games audio logo. The magma golem boss is tougher (42 HP), golems and the boss no longer stall on corners or lose a band of their bodies, no more slow motion in the boss arena, a faster chaingun, and more supplies in level 8.
Frozen Bubble v1.2.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Anarch v1.3.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Anarch v1.3: The machine gun fires at its intended rate (it waited one game loop too long after each shot; about 9% faster now).
Voidward v1.1.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
TuxKart v1.2.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Gloamspire v1.1.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
C-Dogs v1.1.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
AstroMenace v1.1.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Swarm Busters v1.2: New POKEY soundtrack (Afterimage) on a new music player, and a clean start at power-on (RAM and sound chips cleared).
The Gold-Bug v1.1.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
The Masque of the Red Death v1.2: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Hollowmere v1.1.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Bad Apple v1.1.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Fractals v1.1.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Gallery v1.1.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
TechLab Showreel v1.2.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
TechLab Megademo v1.2.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Cryptfall v1.2.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Voice and Samples v1.1.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Adventure v1.1.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Blocks v1.1.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
Road v1.2.1: More reliable power-on on real hardware (clears memory the startup left uncleared).
DREAD v1.1: Signed for stock NTSC consoles and carts.
Frozen Bubble v1.2: Three new POKEY songs (TIA fallback).
Frozen Bubble v1.1: Signed for stock NTSC consoles and carts.
Anarch v1.2: New POKEY soundtrack (TIA fallback), the Abysmal Games audio logo, and whole sprites beside the weapon (no more half-cut monsters and items).
Anarch v1.1: Signed for stock NTSC consoles and carts.
Voidward v1.1: Signed for stock NTSC consoles and carts.
TuxKart v1.2: New POKEY soundtrack (TIA fallback) and the Abysmal Games audio logo.
TuxKart v1.1: Signed for stock NTSC consoles and carts.
Gloamspire v1.1: Signed for stock NTSC consoles and carts.
C-Dogs v1.1: Signed for stock NTSC consoles and carts.
AstroMenace v1.1: Signed for stock NTSC consoles and carts.
Swarm Busters v1.1: Signed for stock NTSC consoles and carts.
The Gold-Bug v1.1: Signed for stock NTSC consoles and carts.
Runs on real Atari 7800 hardware (tested on 7800 GameDrive) and in A7800/MAME emulators. Games by Abysmal Games (c) Abysmal Games LLC: free to download and play; not for sale or redistribution on physical media without permission. Ports remain under their own licences (see each entry).
