February 21, 2016

ANTIC Episode 30 - Robots Have Taken Over!

1 hour 10 minutes

On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast: I cause a robot invasion in Portland, Bill Kendrick goes ultra-mega-retro gaming with Game ‘N Watch inspired games for the Atari, Randy wraps up the retrochallenge, and we still manage to keep the podcast under 3h 21m.

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin’s Book “Terrible Nerd”

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

ANTIC Facebook Page

What we’ve been up to

“The Atari Book Volume 2” - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BKS5SHU/?tag=ataripodcast-20

BASIC Tenliners Contest 2016 - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/247971-basic-tenliners-contest-2016/

Axlon Andy Robot, ANTIC VOL. 3, NO. 12 / APRIL 1985 - http://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n12/profiles.html

Interview Discussion

Luis Baeza transcribed Glenn the 5200 man - http://computingpioneers.com/index.php/Glenn_The_5200_Man

News

Atari SuperBowl Ads (article)

Atari SuperBowl Ads (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iuh58zxuMk

Usborne releases 80’s computer books

Star Raiders II source code (multiple versions) - https://archive.org/details/StarRaidersII_Wilmunder

Star Raiders II Design Docs

Star Raiders II Program Notes

Atari 1050 2.5" Hard Drive Case by xlrone - Thingiverse - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1310706

Atari 1050 SD Card reader - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:625606

Omnivore

Omnivore Blog - http://playermissile.com/omnivore/

Wade created a new map for Getaway using it - http://playermissile.com/blog/

Atari Vault brings over 100 classic arcade games to Steam in Spring 2016

Rainbow Walker Ported to 5200

PC Mag - The Golden Age of Atari Home Computers by Benj Edwards

Season 13 of the 8-bit Atari High Score Club on AtariAge - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/

Atari Board - http://atari.boards.net/

The Strong Museum Acquires Collection of Atari Design Materials

Bomber Deluxe edition - http://www.proc-atari.de

RetroChallenge - http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/retrochallenge-2012sc/

Upcoming Shows:

VCF Southeast 4.0 - April 2 & 3 2016, Roswell, GA - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-southeast-4-0/

VCF East - April 15-17, 2016, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://www.vintagecomputerfederation.org/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/

KansasFest - July 19-24, 2016, Kansas City, MO - https://www.kansasfest.org

VCF West - August 6-7, Mountain View, CA - http://www.vintagecomputerfederation.org/uncategorized/vcf-west-is-back/

Chicago CoCoFest - April 23-24 - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/

New at Archive.org

APX Correspondence - https://archive.org/details/APX_Programmer_Correspondence

An Introduction to Selling the Atari 400 Computer System - https://archive.org/details/AnIntroductionToSellingTheAtari400ComputerSystem

Bill’s Modern Segment

ArSoft Corporation - http://www.arsoft.netstrefa.pl/

Interview with Arkadiusz "Larek" Lubaszka - http://www.retronagazie.eu/wywiad-arkadiusz-larek-lubaszka/

Game & Watch

Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch

Nintendo Wikia entry - http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Game_%26_Watch

Super Mario Wiki entry - http://www.mariowiki.com/Game_%26_Watch

Gunpei Yokoi @ Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpei_Yokoi

Octopus

Official page: http://www.arsoft.netstrefa.pl/programy.htm#octopus

YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9nC6vzJSZk

Nintendo Wikia entry for original: http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Octopus

Super Mario Wiki entry for original - http://www.mariowiki.com/Octopus_(Game_%26_Watch)

Parachute 2011

Official page: http://www.arsoft.netstrefa.pl/programy.htm#parachute2011

Atarimania: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-parachute-2011_27759.html

Nintendo Wikia entry for original: http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Parachute

Super Mario Wiki entry for original: http://www.mariowiki.com/Parachute

Feedback

Reverse-engineered, extensively documented assembly language source code of STAR RAIDERS directly from the binary file of the ROM cartridge by Lorenz Wiest - http://github.com/lwiest/StarRaiders

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