Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective

Ep. 4: Jan 1981: Caverns of Mars


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Welcome to January, 1981! Finally going month-by-month, Episode 4 includes the first ANALOG issue, Compute #8 and Creative Computing Vol 7 #1 and a review the game Caverns of Mars published first by APX then by Atari itself. And in my first interview, I talk with with Mike DesChenes, the co-founder of ANALOG Computing!
Introduction
  • Ten Pence Arcade
  • McCoyCast episode on Real Genius
  • Feedback
    • Intellivisionaries Ep. #13
    • Atari Bit Byter User Club
    • cc65 cross compiler
    • Interview with Mike DesChenes
      • Master Hobbies, Cherry Valley, MA
      • Newspaper scans of interviews with Lee Pappas and Mike DesChenes
      • OCR versions at The Digital ANALOG Project
      • ANALOG scans at archive.org
      • ANALOG scans at atarimania
      • ANALOG scans at atarimagazines.com
      • Magazines
        • Atari 8-bit magazines
        • ANALOG
          • ANALOG 400/800 #1, Jan/Feb 1981
          • Compute
            • Compute #8, Jan 1981
            • John von Neumann
            • Creative Computing
              • Creative Computing Vol 7 #1, Jan 1981
              • De Re Atari, Chapter 7: Sound
              • Game Review: Caverns of Mars
                • Caverns of Mars at AtariMania (APX version)
                • Caverns of Mars at AtariMania (Atari version)
                • Caverns of Mars at Atari 8-bit Forever
                • http://www.digitpress.com/eastereggs/a48cavernsofmars.htm
                • http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-8-bit/caverns-of-mars/mobyrank
                • How John Carter was Doomed by Its First Trailer
                • The Martian (2015)
                • The Martian by Andy Weir
                • Andy Weir's writings
                • Planetary Defense 2012 built in to Colleen emulator for Android
                • Instructions for Colleen
                • Author: Greg Christensen
                  • Chris Crawford's Journal: The Atari years
                  • Dec 82 issue of Video Games magazine
                  • Company
                    • http://www.atariarchives.org/APX/
                    • Dale Yocum interview in ANTIC podcast #14
                    • Fred Thorlin interview in ANTIC podcast #12
                    • Fernando Herrera interview in ANTIC podcast #13
                    • Modern Updates
                      • Caverns of Mars II
                      • Mars Mission II
                      • Phobos
                      • Production Notes
                        • Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
                        • Episode page: Episode 4
                        • Twitter: @atari8bitgames
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