Ep. 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