Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective

Ep. 1: 1979: Star Raiders

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Welcome to 1979! Episode 1 includes a brief summary of the technical specifications of the Atari 400 & 800 that were first released at the end of the year, discussion of Creative Computing issues starting from April and the very first Compute! magazine, and a review of a game original to the Atari 8- bits and destined to become an all-time classic game: Star Raiders.
Introduction
  • Douglas Adams Collected Works
    • Feedback
    • Drop /// Inches with Mike Maginnis and Paul Hagstrom, a fairly technical podcast about the Apple ///
    • Rick Keene's cover for STLog Issue 18
      • Technical details
      • http://atariage.com/forums/topic/183619-total-number-of-a8-units-sold-worldwide/
        • Creative Computing Overview
        • David H. Ahl and the History of Creative Computing
        • Creative Computing Vol 5, #4, April 1979
          • Vector 1
          • Sexism in Computer Science
          • No Quarter #94: Mike and Carrington talk about gender stereotypes and games
          • Creative Computing Vol 5, #5, May 1979
            • More Basic Computer Games
            • White & Nerdy
            • Creative Computing Vol 5, #7, July 1979
              • The Code Book
              • Creative Computing Vol 5, #8, August 1979
                • The Intellivisionaries Podcast
                • GET LAMP by Jason Scott (of archive.org)
                • Creative Computing Vol 5, #9, September 1979
                  • human-computer chess matches
                  • Creative Computing Vol 5, #10, October 1979
                  • Creative Computing Vol 5, #11, November 1979
                  • Creative Computing Vol 5, #12, December 1979
                    • COMPUTE! Overview
                    • Compute! #1, Fall 1979
                      • http://atariage.com/forums/topic/123010-first-atari-8-bit-vaporware/
                        • Game Review: STAR RAIDERS
                        • NY Times article on 10 most important video games of all time
                          • Modern Updates
                          • New version with less slowdown
                          • More modern Star Raiders-like game XTAL
                          • XTAL at AtariMania
                            • Production Notes
                            • Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
                            • Episode page: Episode 1
                            • Twitter: @atari8bitgames
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