Lazarus Archive · LZ-21613

Golden Comet

Meridian Computing, 1982. Game for Atari 8-bit computers.

Description

A strategy game for Atari 8-bit computers, released by Meridian Computing in 1982 and never reissued.

Provenance

Rescued from a skip outside a former office in Hazeldale. All files were recovered; 52 damaged sectors were rebuilt from redundant data.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
a5bc0e28463d407fe6e2352c6507495a1aecf6a8c10aeacf0a558e7d497de777
Last verified
Oct 28, 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.

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: Meridian Computing, Golden Comet (1982). Lazarus Archive, LZ-21613.

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