Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective

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A retrospective of the Atari 8-bit home computer systems, the magazines that covered them, and a somewhat chronological review of games as they arrived on the platform.... more

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October 13, 2014Ep. 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
...more
1h 46min
October 13, 2014Ep. 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
...more
1h 46min
October 13, 2014Ep. 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
I'm now a part of the Throwback Network!
Ten Pence Arcade
McCoyCast episode on Real Genius
Feedback
Intellivisionaries Ep. #13
Atari Bit Byter User Club
cc65 cross compiler
Brian Sturk's MAME cabinet
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
ANALOG 400/800 Magazine #1, Jan/Feb 1981
Cover drawn by Mike DesChenes' father
... For 58 more links, see the show notes
...more
1h 46min
September 18, 2014Ep. 3: 1980, Part 2: Space Invaders
Finishing off 1980, Episode 3 includes coverage of the remaining 6 months of Creative Computing and Compute magazines, and a review of the game Space Invaders published by Atari.
Introduction
Martin Gardiner
Corrections
Digital Press Interview with Larry Kaplan
2600 Game by Game Podcast #3: Ferg's review of Air-Sea Battle
Source code for all operating system revisions
2600 Game by Game Podcast #41: Ferg's review of Kaboom
Feedback
Manual for 400/800 version of the Super Breakout
Intellivisionaries Podcast
XKCD
What if?
FiveThirtyEight interview with Randall Munroe about "What if?"
New 8-bit podcast! Inverse ATASCII, the Atari 8-bit Productivity Podcast
Magazines
Creative Computing v6, #6 Jun 1980
Compute #5, July/Aug 1980
Creative Computing v6, #7 Jul 1980
Creative Computing v6, #8 Aug 1980
Compute #6, Sep/Oct 1980
2600 Game-By-Game review of Video Life
Conway's Game of Life
Creative Computing v6, #9 Sep 1980
Creative Computing v6, #10 Oct 1980
Compute #7, Nov/Dec 1980
Creative Computing v6, #11 Nov 1980
Creative Computing v6, #12 Dec 1980
Game Review: Space Invaders
Atari Mania's Space Invaders page
Atari 8-bit Forever's Space Invaders page
Ferg's review of Space Invaders for the 2600
Arcade version
Space Invaders Targets Coins
The Myth of the 100 Yen Coin Shortage
AtariAge Forum Post by the author
Author: Rob Fulop
Ferg talks about Rob Fulop on 2600 Game by Game Podcast, Episode #7
Digital Press Interview
Gamasutra: Playing Catch Up with Rob Fulop
1994 Wired interview
Gamasutra: The Replay Interviews: Rob Fulop
Replay: The History of Video Games by Tristan Donovan
Manual
Space Invaders manual PDF and desktop wallpaper
Coin Connection Atari Newsletter, Vol 2, #6 June 1978
Howald Delman interview with photo of Bob Flemate
Production Notes
Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
Episode page: Episode 3
Twitter: @atari8bitgames
...more
1h 5min
September 18, 2014Ep. 3: 1980, Part 2: Space Invaders
Finishing off 1980, Episode 3 includes coverage of the remaining 6 months of Creative Computing and Compute magazines, and a review of the game Space Invaders published by Atari.
Introduction
Martin Gardiner
Corrections
Digital Press Interview with Larry Kaplan
2600 Game by Game Podcast #3: Ferg's review of Air-Sea Battle
Source code for all operating system revisions
2600 Game by Game Podcast #41: Ferg's review of Kaboom
Feedback
Manual for 400/800 version of the Super Breakout
Intellivisionaries Podcast
XKCD
What if?
FiveThirtyEight interview with Randall Munroe about "What if?"
New 8-bit podcast! Inverse ATASCII, the Atari 8-bit Productivity Podcast
Magazines
Creative Computing v6, #6 Jun 1980
Compute #5, July/Aug 1980
Creative Computing v6, #7 Jul 1980
Creative Computing v6, #8 Aug 1980
Compute #6, Sep/Oct 1980
2600 Game-By-Game review of Video Life
Conway's Game of Life
Creative Computing v6, #9 Sep 1980
Creative Computing v6, #10 Oct 1980
Compute #7, Nov/Dec 1980
Creative Computing v6, #11 Nov 1980
Creative Computing v6, #12 Dec 1980
Game Review: Space Invaders
Atari Mania's Space Invaders page
Atari 8-bit Forever's Space Invaders page
Ferg's review of Space Invaders for the 2600
Arcade version
Space Invaders Targets Coins
The Myth of the 100 Yen Coin Shortage
AtariAge Forum Post by the author
Author: Rob Fulop
Ferg talks about Rob Fulop on 2600 Game by Game Podcast, Episode #7
Digital Press Interview
Gamasutra: Playing Catch Up with Rob Fulop
1994 Wired interview
Gamasutra: The Replay Interviews: Rob Fulop
Replay: The History of Video Games by Tristan Donovan
Manual
Space Invaders manual PDF and desktop wallpaper
Coin Connection Atari Newsletter, Vol 2, #6 June 1978
Howald Delman interview with photo of Bob Flemate
Production Notes
Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
Episode page: Episode 3
Twitter: @atari8bitgames
...more
1h 5min
September 18, 2014Ep. 3: 1980, Part 2: Space Invaders
Finishing off 1980, Episode 3 includes coverage of the remaining 6 months of Creative Computing and Compute magazines, and a review of the game Space Invaders published by Atari.
Introduction
Martin Gardiner
Corrections
Digital Press Interview with Larry Kaplan
2600 Game by Game Podcast #3: Ferg's review of Air-Sea Battle
Source code for all operating system revisions
2600 Game by Game Podcast #41: Ferg's review of Kaboom
Feedback
Manual for 400/800 version of the Super Breakout
Intellivisionaries Podcast
XKCD
What if?
FiveThirtyEight interview with Randall Munroe about "What if?"
New 8-bit podcast! Inverse ATASCII, the Atari 8-bit Productivity Podcast
Creative Computing v6, #6 Jun 1980
Inside Space Invaders
Compute #5, July/Aug 1980
... For 41 more links, see the show notes
...more
1h 5min
August 28, 2014Ep. 2: 1980, Part 1: Super Breakout
Welcome to 1980! Episode 2 includes coverage of the Creative Computing and Compute! magazines through the first half of 1980 and a review of the game Super Breakout by Atari.
Introduction
Racing the Beam
Drawing kernels for the Atari 8-bits
Check out Ferg's 2600 Game-by-Game podcast for the contest I'm sponsoring!
Feedback
Rick Keene's artwork
Superplot by Michael Portuesi
blubalu's Star Raiders unboxing!
Magazines
Compute #2, Jan/Feb 1980
Creative Computing v6, #1 Jan 1980
Creative Computing v6, #2 Feb 1980
Compute #3, Mar/Apr 1980
Creative Computing v6, #3 Mar 1980
Creative Computing v6, #4 Apr 1980 (the famous April Fool's issue)
Compute #4, May/Jun 1980
C64 vs Apple 2 chess match
Creative Computing v6, #5 May 1980
Creative Computing v6, #6 Jun 1980
Game Review: Super Breakout
Atarimania Page
Atari 8-bit Forever Page
Author: Larry Kaplan
Ferg's review of Breakout for the 2600
Super Breakout at the Arcade Museum
Ferg's review of Super Breakout for the 2600
Steve Wozniak recalls designing Breakout
Breakout at Arcade History
Woz addresses Breakout payment from Woz.org
Manual
5200 Breakout Manual
Technical Details
Mapping the Atari: Display Lists
De Re Atari: ANTIC and the Display List
De Re Atari: Display List Interrupts
Non-Maskable Interrupt
My High Score
July 2013: HSC10, Round 12
SAP
ASMA: Atari SAP Music Archive
A Nice Morning Drive
Neil Peart & Richard S. Foster's Road Trip
Production Notes
Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
Episode page: Episode 2
Twitter: @atari8bitgames
...more
46min
August 28, 2014Ep. 2: 1980, Part 1: Super Breakout
Welcome to 1980! Episode 2 includes coverage of the Creative Computing and Compute! magazines through the first half of 1980 and a review of the game Super Breakout by Atari.
Introduction
Racing the Beam
Drawing kernels for the Atari 8-bits
Check out Ferg's 2600 Game-by-Game podcast for the contest I'm sponsoring!
Feedback
Rick Keene's artwork
Superplot by Michael Portuesi
blubalu's Star Raiders unboxing!
Magazines
Compute #2, Jan/Feb 1980
Creative Computing v6, #1 Jan 1980
Creative Computing v6, #2 Feb 1980
Compute #3, Mar/Apr 1980
Creative Computing v6, #3 Mar 1980
Creative Computing v6, #4 Apr 1980 (the famous April Fool's issue)
Compute #4, May/Jun 1980
C64 vs Apple 2 chess match
Creative Computing v6, #5 May 1980
Creative Computing v6, #6 Jun 1980
Game Review: Super Breakout
Atarimania Page
Atari 8-bit Forever Page
Author: Larry Kaplan
Ferg's review of Breakout for the 2600
Super Breakout at the Arcade Museum
Ferg's review of Super Breakout for the 2600
Steve Wozniak recalls designing Breakout
Breakout at Arcade History
Woz addresses Breakout payment from Woz.org
Manual
5200 Breakout Manual
Technical Details
Mapping the Atari: Display Lists
De Re Atari: ANTIC and the Display List
De Re Atari: Display List Interrupts
Non-Maskable Interrupt
My High Score
July 2013: HSC10, Round 12
SAP
ASMA: Atari SAP Music Archive
A Nice Morning Drive
Neil Peart & Richard S. Foster's Road Trip
Production Notes
Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
Episode page: Episode 2
Twitter: @atari8bitgames
...more
46min
August 28, 2014Ep. 2: 1980, Part 1: Super Breakout
Welcome to 1980! Episode 2 includes coverage of the Creative Computing and Compute! magazines through the first half of 1980 and a review of the game Super Breakout by Atari.
Introduction
Racing the Beam
Drawing kernels for the Atari 8-bits
Check out Ferg's 2600 Game-by-Game podcast for the contest I'm sponsoring!
Feedback
Rick Keene's artwork
Superplot by Michael Portuesi
blubalu's Star Raiders unboxing!
Compute #2, Jan/Feb 1980
Atari Arrives
Dr. Chip
The Ouch in Atari BASIC
Atari BASIC, part II
Creative Computing v6, #1 Jan 1980
Donald Knuth Speaks Out
Creative Computing v6, #2 Feb 1980
... For 32 more links, see the show notes
...more
46min
August 03, 2014Ep. 1: 1979: Star Raiders
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
...more
1h 6min

FAQs about Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective:

How many episodes does Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective have?

The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.