{"title":"Mark Ball","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"wasp-atari-7800","title":"Wasp! - Atari 7800","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's The Enchanted Land's annual Mushroom Soup Festival. While out in the woods collecting mushrooms you stumble across a nest of Giant Killer Wasps. With no giants to kill they make a wasp line for... YOU!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWasp! is Mark Ball's first foray into Atari 7800 programming, and is (as far as we're aware) the first 7800 game written in the C programming language. Wasp! was originally written as a demo, but quickly evolved into a playable game.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eYour goal in Wasp! is fairly simple--collect as many mushrooms as you can while avoiding the angry wasps! How long can you survive their flying wrath?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ctable width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#333333\" border=\"0\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctbody\u003e\r\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003eMark Ball\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eNumber of Players\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eController\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003eJoystick\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap height=\"21\" bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eCartridge Size\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003e32K\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\r\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"AtariAge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41038847443062,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/2428\/1718\/files\/7800_Wasp_CartOnly_Primary.jpg?v=1731313089"},{"product_id":"worm-atari-7800","title":"Worm! - Atari 7800","description":"\u003cp\u003eHelp Brian the worm avoid the mushrooms and eat the flowers to escape from the garden. If you eat the mushrooms, bump into a wall or bite yourself you'll lose a life. Every time you eat a flower you get a little longer until you've eaten your fill. Both the flowers and mushrooms are placed in the gardens randomly. As you progress through the game you start each level longer than the last with more flowers to eat and mushrooms to avoid. After a certain number of levels you'll begin to get faster too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of the normal NOVICE, STANDARD and EXPERT level selection, Worm! offers the following selectable options:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSLOW, NORMAL, FAST and TURBO speed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSHORT, NORMAL and LONG worm lengths.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEat SOME (50%), MOST (75%) or ALL (100%) of the flowers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more adjustment you can also start with an extra two lives using the left difficulty switch or add an extra 10 mushrooms using the right switch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/atarivox-games\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/2428\/1718\/files\/atarivox_logo_c69f45b3-c1d2-4d65-8d41-d8b31aa13547.jpg?v=1716592394\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAtariVox Support\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you have an AtariVox, AtariVox+, or SaveKey, your high scores will be saved and then reloaded when you power your Atari 7800 back on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#333333\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eNumber of Players\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eController\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003eJoystick\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap height=\"21\" bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eCartridge Size\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003e16K\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr bordercolor=\"#CCCCCC\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap bgcolor=\"#F0F1F1\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"main\" nowrap\u003eMark Ball\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"AtariAge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41038866382966,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/2428\/1718\/files\/7800_Worm_CartOnly_Primary.jpg?v=1731313255"}],"url":"https:\/\/store.atariage.com\/collections\/mark-ball.oembed","provider":"AtariAge Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}