Download digitally archived Bally Arcade tape programs that will load with AstroBASIC (the BASIC with the built-in tape-interface).

Some of the descriptions for these titles on this page come from a two-page New Image advertisement/catalog from about 1983. In this small catalog, there are ten cassette tapes (some with two games) listed with brief descriptions of each AstroBASIC game. Each tape cost $15.95.

"Asteroid Zzzap!"	"Asteroid Zzzap!" (Two Versions). By New Image. Circa 1983. Tape #1600. AstroBASIC/Machine Language (or maybe just machine langauge?). *** This program has not been archived from tape. Do you own it? If so, then let us know on the Bally Arcade/Astrocade forum on Groups.io so that arrangements can be made to record the tape before the data deteriorates and it is too late to recover the program. *** "One to Four Players - Hand Controls. Features true machine language animation & graphics! Full of action and fun!!! You must shoot the asteroids which then 'hatch' one of ten different animated ships or creatures. Some harder to destroy than others, but none of them too easy! Features a 'hidden message' if you reach a high score. Watch the Arcadian newsletter for an upcoming contest for finding the message." [see ad in ARCADIAN 5, no. 8 (Jun. 17, 1983): 130.]
Catch the Bomb	"Catch the Bomb." By New Image. April 1982. Tape 9010. AstroBASIC. "One to Four Players - Hand Controls. Bombs are falling, and your only chance is to catch them in your water bucket before they hit. Unfortunately, the more you catch, the faster they fall!! Ten levels of play. Features machine language graphics."
	"Chuck-A-Luck." By New Image. 1982. AstroBASIC. A gambling game. "One Player - Keypad. Las Vegas, here we come! Start with $500.00, and try to break the bank!!!
Claustrophobia	"Claustrophobia." October 1982. Tape 9010. AstroBASIC. "One to Four Players - Hand Controls. Try to cut the fuse on the dynamite before it explodes! But you have to work your way out of an ever-changing maze to get there!"
Color TV Test	Color TV Test. By New Image. Tape 1. AstroBASIC. This program puts four colours on the screen.
Dice Experiment	Dice Experiment. Tape 1. AstroBASIC. Rolls a die x number of times and prints the results.
"Fisherman's Dream"	"Fisherman's Dream." By New Image. Circa 1983. Tape #1314. AstroBASIC. *** This program has not been archived from tape. Do you own it? If so, then let us know on the Bally Arcade/Astrocade forum on Groups.io so that arrangements can be made to record the tape before the data deteriorates and it is too late to recover the program. *** "One to Four Players - Hand Controls. Try to catch the big one that always eluded you before! Machine graphics."
	"Freebies Tape." By New Image. 198x. Tape (Opposite side of "Samples"). AstroBASIC. On February 4, 2025, Paul Thacker wrote, "I completed a tape of New Image freebie programs I partially processed before. A new program is an introduction message to Bob Fabris telling him to print any of the programs he wants. I also found another recording of RND Art II and Who Buys The Cokes, but haven't checked what if any differences there may be. The complete tape is:" Hi Bob RND Art I Riddle Hand Control Test RND Art II Red, Yellow, Green, Blue Who Buys The Cokes? The only program in this archive is the unique one called "Hi Bob." The rest can be downloaded elsewhere on the "New Image" AstroBASIC Software page.
	"Guess Five." By New Image. AstroBASIC. "One Player - Keypad. A 'Mastermind-type game with special effects...addictive!!!"
Hand Control Test	"Hand Control Test." By New Image. Tape 3005. October 1982. AstroBASIC.
Haunted House	"Haunted House." By New Image. Tape SB-G4 / Tape #SG1 AstroBASIC. Adventure game... uses nine separate programs to play! Different results every game. Try to get out of the locked house by examining different items in the rooms. One Player-Keypad
"Hi-Q (Solitaire)"	"Hi-Q (Solitaire)." By New Image. Circa 1983. Tape #1314. AstroBASIC. *** This program has not been archived from tape. Do you own it? If so, then let us know on the Bally Arcade/Astrocade forum on Groups.io so that arrangements can be made to record the tape before the data deteriorates and it is too late to recover the program. *** "One Player - Hand Control. The old 'jump-the-peg' game where you try to leave as few pegs as possible. Gives your rating when you're done."
Missile Defense	"Missile Defense." By New Image. Tape 3. AstroBASIC. A Missile Command copy, but with a few different twists. You don't fire missiles, you put "missile blockers" and you're NOT free to roam the whole screen. "One Player - Hand Control. Save your city from fallout! You have three chances to block the missile from hitting your city. Don't blow them!!! Intensity increases with score. Also saves initials of high scorer of the day."
Nam-Cap	"Nam-Cap." By New Image. Tape 1500. AstroBASIC. The name of this program is Pac-Man spelled backwards. These are six different versions of this maze game: 1: Up-Chuck, 2: Faster, 3: Faster, yet!, 4: Invisible, 5: Multiplying Ghosts, 6: Moving Ghosts. The archive includes a review. "One to Four Players - Hand Controls. The little guy finally ate too many dots & ghosts! Now he's spitting them out!!! Six different versions of this wild game on this tape. Try to fill the maze with dots while avoiding the ghosts!!!
Nuclear Math	"Nuclear Math." By New Image. 1981. Tape 2. AstroBASIC. Math flash cards. This program had an error when it ended, but Paul Thacker fixed it in May of 2011. The title screen was restored using Mike White's "Repacker."By New Image.
	"Quickdraw." By New Image. Tape 2 / Tape #1002 AstroBASIC. Try to draw your gun on the signal faster that your opponent. "One or Two Players - Hand Controls. Beat the Astrocade (or another player) to the draw!!! Ten levels of play, graphic cowboys."
Red, Yellow, Green, Blue	"Red, Yellow, Green, Blue." By New Image. "Freebies" Tape. AstroBASIC. This program was found in the Bob Fabris Collection on hand-labeled tape from New Image that says "Freebies". It was never published as far as can be determined.
Riddle	"Riddle" By New Image (Don Gladden) Tape 2 (#1002). AstroBASIC. Archived from tapes in Bob Fabris and Richard Houser Collections. New Image's tape #1002 contains "Quickdraw" and "Skunk." Included on this tape as a bonus is "Riddle." Riddle (1982)(New Image)(2000 baud)(PD).zip - Archived from commercial tape #1002 in Richard Houser's collection. The other version could be a prototype, or maybe just an alternate. I'm never fully confident of how to name the files when I don't have all the information, but really the best I can do is just pick one and then note everything I'm unsure about so it can be included in the archive notes. Riddle (198x)(New Image)(2000 baud)(PD)[a].zip -- Found in Bob Fabris collection on hand-labeled tape from New Image that says "Freebies". Riddle was included as a bonus on New Image's Quickdraw tape, and perhaps on others. This version is possibly a prototype.
RND Art I	"RND Art I." By New Image (Chris Williams). Tape 3. AstroBASIC.
	"RND Art II: The Stairs to the Temple." By New Image (Chris Williams). Tape 3. October 1982. AstroBASIC. This is a four-line BASIC program that creates continuously changing video art. There are three versions of this program archived, with unknown differences (perhaps none) between them. A video of this program running is available to watch here: "RND Art II" - A 7:39 minute video.
RND Art III	"RND Art III." By New Image (Chris Williams). Tape #9010. October 1982. AstroBASIC.
Samples Tape	"Samples Tape." By New Image. 198x. Tape (Opposite side of "Freebies"). AstroBASIC. On February 5, 2025, Paul Thacker wrote, "I'm not sure how much to pay attention to alternate dumps of programs, but these are nice versions with a title screen, so even though I don't know of anything different, here they are. This is the rest of a tape from New Image labeled Samples found in the Bob Fabris collection. [...] The complete program set is: Quickdraw Skunk Saucer Attack Guess Five Chuck-A-Luck Missile Defense Sicko-Therapy (Session I) There are no programs in this archive, as they can all be downloaded elsewhere on the "New Image" AstroBASIC Software page.
Saucer Attack	"Saucer Attack." By New Image. Tape 3. AstroBASIC. In this arcade space action game, saucers are trying to land all around you and if five of them do, you're sunk! You can zap 'em two different ways, but you've got to be fast! The difficulty incrases as you rack-up points. For one player using one hand control.
	"Sicko-Therapy (Session I)." By New Image. Tape 1. AstroBASIC. A computer psychoanalyst (ELIZA on TRS-80). ELIZA is probably a bit more serious than the New Image one. From the Sourcebook entry (Summer 1982 G-24), it looks like the title is just "Sicko-Therapy" (Not "Sicko-Therapy 1"). "??? Players - Keypad. Cure(???) your problems with your Astrocade. Let our sicko-therapist probe your mind, and see if there's much of it left when he's done!!! Great party game.
Sicko-Therapy (Session II)	Sicko-Therapy (Session II). By New Image. AstroBASIC. "??? Players - Keypad. Cure(???) your problems with your Astrocade. Let our sicko-therapist probe your mind, and see if there's much of it left when he's done!!! Great party game.
	"Skunk." By New Image. Tape 2 / Tape #1002 AstroBASIC. A dice game. "One to Four Players - Hand Controls. Don't roll a one, or you lose your turn. Roll double ones, and you lose your total score!!! Great family game."
Sloshed!	"Sloshed!" By New Image. Tape 1112. AstroBASIC. Check out the title screen on this one. This game isdifficult to play because your guy moves in random directions because he's sloshed."
State Abbreviations Test	"State Abbreviations Test." By New Image. Tape 9010. October 1982. AstroBASIC.
	"Who Buys the Cokes??" By New Image. 1982. AstroBASIC. The object of this unusual guessing game is to not be the one to guess the computer's number. The player who guesses it has to buy the Cokes! You may pick the high limit to the number the computer picks.