Ep. 4: Jan 1981: Caverns of Mars

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