Description
An arcade conversion for Atari 8-bit computers, published by Tesselsoft in 1984.
Provenance
Donated with the machine it was used on. The tape was sticky with binder breakdown and was baked at low temperature before a single careful read. All of the work survives. The repairs are listed in the record’s damage map.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
4426931d0dfa71202e5752b31cbcad62c095d66f8c0b8b19f47ab8ec4fc9c57e- Last verified
- Sep 26, 2026, by Vigil
- Emulation profile
- LZE-ATARI8-5 · lz-6502 core
- Copies
- Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
- Original carriers
- Kept in cold storage in Vancouver
Access
Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away under the work’s license.
In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-ATARI8-5, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on Atari 8-bit computers.
Cite as: Tesselsoft, Orbit of Kestrel Island (1984). Lazarus Archive, LZ-04557.