Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this video, Faster, released in 2024 for the Atari STE by Retro Racing.
Released at Sillyventure 2024 WE, 5-8 December 2024, Faster is a silky-smooth 2.5D racing game built using modern tools, techniques and knowledge.
It features:
- 50 frames per second racing action on a stock 8MHz Atari STE
- 15+ large, full-colour sprites on screen drawn by Blitter chip
- 30+ colours on screen from enhanced STE palette
- Full 24 hour day/night cycle
- Simultaneous digital engine noise, sound effects and YM soundtrack
- Screen shaking effect courtesy of STE hardware scrolling
This game is freeware, the only thing the programmers ask is that you tell the world about it through tweets, blog posts, YouTube reviews, word of mouth etc, so that everybody knows that the Atari STE is actually quite good after all!
Please follow @RetroRacing on Twitter/X for further updates.
System Requirements:
- Atari STE (not compatible with STFM, even if a Blitter is installed)
- 1 Megabyte RAM or more
- Atari TOS or EmuTOS (note that Atari TOS 2.* requires 2 megabytes RAM)
- Double-sided floppy drive (or equivalent - e.g. Gotek)
- Joystick in port 1
How to play:
- Plug digital joystick into port 1 (note: Jagpad currently not supported)
- Insert FASTER disk (or disk image), switch on/reset STE and wait for title screen (with 'Press Fire' prompt)
- Press fire to start game
- Controls are up/fire to accelerate, down to brake, left and right to steer
- Drive for as long as possible before running out of time.
Credits:
- Code: Chicane (aka @RetroRacing, aka Jonathan Thomas)
- Music: Dma-sc
- SFX/Mixer enhancement: Junosix
- Additional art: Karl Morris, Scott Elkington
- YM playback: Zerkman
- Original PCM mixer: Masteries
Random technical buzzwords :)
- Mix of C and hand-optimised 68k code
- Compiled blitter sprites
- Dirty rectangles
- Bitplane tricks
- Software audio mixing
- Ruthless elimination of MULs and DIVs
Faster is amazing, a pleasure to play with its fast, coloured graphics, terrific soundtrack with digitized sound fx. The difficulty is challenging and even if there's no championship or different tracks it's worth playing. Just grab your funstick and race vs the time.
Here you'll find real loading times and gameplay.
All footage taken from original hardware machines and upscaled to 1080P.
Let me know what do you think about the video in the comments below but, most important, Enjoy!!!
If you liked the video, please consider giving a thumbs up and maybe also subscribe.
Thanks for watching.
In this video, Faster, released in 2024 for the Atari STE by Retro Racing.
Released at Sillyventure 2024 WE, 5-8 December 2024, Faster is a silky-smooth 2.5D racing game built using modern tools, techniques and knowledge.
It features:
- 50 frames per second racing action on a stock 8MHz Atari STE
- 15+ large, full-colour sprites on screen drawn by Blitter chip
- 30+ colours on screen from enhanced STE palette
- Full 24 hour day/night cycle
- Simultaneous digital engine noise, sound effects and YM soundtrack
- Screen shaking effect courtesy of STE hardware scrolling
This game is freeware, the only thing the programmers ask is that you tell the world about it through tweets, blog posts, YouTube reviews, word of mouth etc, so that everybody knows that the Atari STE is actually quite good after all!
Please follow @RetroRacing on Twitter/X for further updates.
System Requirements:
- Atari STE (not compatible with STFM, even if a Blitter is installed)
- 1 Megabyte RAM or more
- Atari TOS or EmuTOS (note that Atari TOS 2.* requires 2 megabytes RAM)
- Double-sided floppy drive (or equivalent - e.g. Gotek)
- Joystick in port 1
How to play:
- Plug digital joystick into port 1 (note: Jagpad currently not supported)
- Insert FASTER disk (or disk image), switch on/reset STE and wait for title screen (with 'Press Fire' prompt)
- Press fire to start game
- Controls are up/fire to accelerate, down to brake, left and right to steer
- Drive for as long as possible before running out of time.
Credits:
- Code: Chicane (aka @RetroRacing, aka Jonathan Thomas)
- Music: Dma-sc
- SFX/Mixer enhancement: Junosix
- Additional art: Karl Morris, Scott Elkington
- YM playback: Zerkman
- Original PCM mixer: Masteries
Random technical buzzwords :)
- Mix of C and hand-optimised 68k code
- Compiled blitter sprites
- Dirty rectangles
- Bitplane tricks
- Software audio mixing
- Ruthless elimination of MULs and DIVs
Faster is amazing, a pleasure to play with its fast, coloured graphics, terrific soundtrack with digitized sound fx. The difficulty is challenging and even if there's no championship or different tracks it's worth playing. Just grab your funstick and race vs the time.
Here you'll find real loading times and gameplay.
All footage taken from original hardware machines and upscaled to 1080P.
Let me know what do you think about the video in the comments below but, most important, Enjoy!!!
If you liked the video, please consider giving a thumbs up and maybe also subscribe.
Thanks for watching.
