Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective

By Player/Missile

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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The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.

Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective episodes:

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
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
http://www.archive.org
Douglas Adams Collected Works
Feedback
ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit Podcast with Randy Kindig, Kevin Savetz and Brad Arnold, all about Atari 8-bit computers
No Quarter with Carrington Vanston and Mike Maginnes, the classic arcade podcast
Drop /// Inches with Mike Maginnis and Paul Hagstrom, a fairly technical podcast about the Apple ///
The Atari 2600 Game-by-Game Podcast with Ferg, the review of all 2600 carts in parts-number order
Atari timeline
Atari Party
Arcade inspired artwork
Rick Keene's cover for STLog Issue 18
Technical details
Atari 8-bit FAQ
Other computers
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/183619-total-number-of-a8-units-sold-worldwide/
Creative Computing Overview
... For 71 more links, see the show notes
...more
1h 6min
July 15, 2014Ep. 0: Introduction
In the inaugural episode of Player/Missile, I introduce myself, talk about my background with the Atari 8-bit systems, what the podcast will be about and what it won't be about, and describe the format of the subsequent episodes.
Podcasts
ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit Podcast with Randy Kindig, Kevin Savetz and Brad Arnold, all about Atari 8-bit computers
No Quarter with Carrington Vanston and Mike Maginnes, the classic arcade podcast
You Don't Know Flack with Rob O'Hara, a retro-technology themed podcast
Rob O'Hara's podcast about podcasting that inspired me to start this podcast
Sprite Castle, his C64 games review podcast
The Atari 2600 Game-by-Game Podcast with Ferg, the review of all 2600 carts in parts-number order
Retro Computing Roundtable with a rotating cast of several, talking about retro computing news and collecting
Floppy Days with Randy Kindig, a survey of vintage computer hardware
Drop /// Inches with Mike Maginnis and Paul Hagstrom, a fairly technical podcast about the Apple ///
References
Atari, Inc: Business is Fun
Full text of Atari 8-bit books
More Basic Computer Games
Kevin Savetz' Atari magazines
Archive.org's Computer Magazine Archives
Atari 8-bit Emulators
Atari800 emulator (multi-platform)
Altirra emulator (windows only)
MESS (multi-platform)
Links
FC 5025 5.25 floppy disk interface
The classic arcade emulator MAME
Toastmasters
Theme song: Odin's Atari
Production Notes
Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
Episode page: Episode 0
Twitter: @atari8bitgames
...more
30min
July 15, 2014Ep. 0: Introduction
In the inaugural episode of Player/Missile, I introduce myself, talk about my background with the Atari 8-bit systems, what the podcast will be about and what it won't be about, and describe the format of the subsequent episodes.
Podcasts
ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit Podcast with Randy Kindig, Kevin Savetz and Brad Arnold, all about Atari 8-bit computers
No Quarter with Carrington Vanston and Mike Maginnes, the classic arcade podcast
You Don't Know Flack with Rob O'Hara, a retro-technology themed podcast
Rob O'Hara's podcast about podcasting that inspired me to start this podcast
Sprite Castle, his C64 games review podcast
The Atari 2600 Game-by-Game Podcast with Ferg, the review of all 2600 carts in parts-number order
Retro Computing Roundtable with a rotating cast of several, talking about retro computing news and collecting
Floppy Days with Randy Kindig, a survey of vintage computer hardware
Drop /// Inches with Mike Maginnis and Paul Hagstrom, a fairly technical podcast about the Apple ///
References
Atari, Inc: Business is Fun
Full text of Atari 8-bit books
More Basic Computer Games
Kevin Savetz' Atari magazines
Archive.org's Computer Magazine Archives
Atari 8-bit Emulators
Atari800 emulator (multi-platform)
Altirra emulator (windows only)
MESS (multi-platform)
Links
FC 5025 5.25 floppy disk interface
The classic arcade emulator MAME
Toastmasters
Theme song: Odin's Atari
Production Notes
Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
Episode page: Episode 0
Twitter: @atari8bitgames
...more
30min
July 15, 2014Ep. 0: Introduction
In the inaugural episode of Player/Missile, I introduce myself, talk about my background with the Atari 8-bit systems, what the podcast will be about and what it won't be about, and describe the format of the subsequent episodes.
Podcasts
ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit Podcast with Randy Kindig, Kevin Savetz and Brad Arnold, all about Atari 8-bit computers
No Quarter with Carrington Vanston and Mike Maginnes, the classic arcade podcast
You Don't Know Flack with Rob O'Hara, a retro-technology themed podcast
Rob O'Hara's podcast about podcasting that inspired me to start this podcast
Sprite Castle, his C64 games review podcast
The Atari 2600 Game-by-Game Podcast with Ferg, the review of all 2600 carts in parts-number order
Retro Computing Roundtable with a rotating cast of several, talking about retro computing news and collecting
Floppy Days with Randy Kindig, a survey of vintage computer hardware
Drop /// Inches with Mike Maginnis and Paul Hagstrom, a fairly technical podcast about the Apple ///
References
Atari, Inc: Business is Fun
Full text of Atari 8-bit books
More Basic Computer Games
Kevin Savetz' Atari magazines
Archive.org's Computer Magazine Archives
Atari 8-bit Emulators
Atari800 emulator (multi-platform)
Altirra emulator (windows only)
MESS (multi-platform)
... For 4 more links, see the show notes
...more
30min

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.