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Ep. 19: Mar 1982: Getaway!
Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective
03/31/16 • 146 min
Introduction
- Omnivore, the Atari 8-bit Binary Editor
- Player/Missile Blog
- AtariAge forum post announcing Omnivore
- AtariAge forum post with Wade's new Getaway! level
- Dan Boris's Atari Disk Explorer
- Atari Disk Explorer on github
Feedback
- San Leandro Computer Club
- SLCC home page
- AtariAge forum post: 1200XL Owners Club (serial tracker)
- Atari Party 2016! Saturday, Jul 30, 2016
- Vintage Computer Festival West, Aug 6-7, 2016
Listener Written Programs
MAME Cabinet
... For 48 more links, see the show notes
Ep. 1: 1979: Star Raiders
Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective
08/03/14 • 65 min
Introduction
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
Creative Computing Overview
- David H. Ahl and the History of Creative Computing
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #4, April 1979
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #5, May 1979
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #7, July 1979
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #8, August 1979
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #9, September 1979
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #10, October 1979
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #11, November 1979
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #12, December 1979
COMPUTE! Overview
Game Review: STAR RAIDERS
Modern Updates
Production Notes
- Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
- Episode page: Episode 1
- Twitter: @atari8bitgames
Ep. 0: Introduction
Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective
07/15/14 • 29 min
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
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
Ep. 34: 8-bit vs 5200 Part 2: Q1 1983
Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective
04/29/22 • 117 min
5200 coverage in magazines from January through March 1983. Plus a special bonus look at a NY Times article about Warner's stunning December 1982 earnings shortfall caused by Atari's massive financial loss.
1983
- Q1 1983 First Quarter P.O.P. (Point Of Purchase) Support
- Jan 1983 Video Games Vol 1, #4
- Jan 1983 ANALOG Computing #9
- Jan 1983 Joystik Magazine
- Jan 1983 Electronic Games Vol 1, #11
- Jan/Feb 1983 Atari Age Magazine Vol 1, #5
- Feb 1983 Video Games Vol 1, #5
- Feb 1983 Creative Computing Vol 9, #2
- Feb 1983 Electronic Games
- Mar 1983 ANALOG Computing #10
- Mar 1983 Video Games
- Mar/Apr 1983 Atari Age Magazine Vol 1, #6
Production Notes
- Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
- Episode page: Episode 34
- Twitter: @atari8bitgames
Ep. 33: Dec 1982: Magazines, Part 3
Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective
03/31/22 • 89 min
Coverage of a few magazines I missed last time. Live plays of two games, tips to speed up disk drive I/O, and articles on how automation has changed TV and film production.
Magazines
Softalk
- Softalk Vol 3, #4
- Assembly Lines book
- Total Replay harddisk image
- Axlon RAMDISK 320k
- Passport auto-cracking tool
Nibble
Production Notes
- Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
- Episode page: Episode 33
- Twitter: @atari8bitgames
Ep. 32: Dec 1982: Magazines, Part 2
Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective
12/10/21 • 117 min
Coverage of Atari Connection, APX, Byte, C&VG, Micro, Softside, Page 6 & Atari I/O for Dec 1982. Another Chris Crawford article on game design, a review of Steve Wozniak’s US Festival, and will Forth become the official language of the podcast?
Magazines
Atari Connection
- Atari Connection Vol 2, #4
- Mastering Rubik's Cube by Don Taylor
- Josh Malone’s USB CX-85 numeric keypad mod
APX Catalog
Byte
- Byte Vol 7, #12
- Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock
- Byte Magazine Atari articles only by Kay Savetz
- TRON soundtrack composer Wendy Carlos
- Women in Electronic Music
- Sisters with Transistors documentary film
Computer & Video Games
Micro 6502/6809 Journal
SoftSide
- Softside #36
- Starting Forth online edition
- Edsger W Dijkstra
- Dijkstra’s rant on languages
- History of Forth language
- Forth cross compiler
- History of Computing Podcast episode on Pascal
Page 6
Atari Input/Output
Production Notes
- Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
- Episode page: Episode 32
- Twitter: @atari8bitgames
Ep. 31: Dec 1982: Magazines, Part 1
Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective
11/19/21 • 108 min
Coverage of Antic, Compute!, Creative Computing, Dec 1982. Chris Crawford on Legionnaire, first rumors of the IBM PCjr, and two articles predicting the future: Compute! does OK while Creative Computing gets a bunch of whammies. Also: Bullwinkle’s restaurant, sexism and mansplaining about whether educational software should ask kids their gender, and Bahrain doctors, video games & epilepsy.
Magazines
Antic
- Antic Vol 1, #5
- Stratos by Neil Larimer
- ANTIC Podcast interview with Linda Schreiber
- Legionnaire by Chris Crawford
Compute!
Creative Computing
Production Notes
- Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
- Episode page: Episode 31
- Twitter: @atari8bitgames
Ep. 30: 8-bit vs 5200 Part 1: 1982
Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective
10/20/21 • 110 min
In a special multi-part series comparing the 8-bit computers to the 5200 console, this first episode focuses on 1982. Scanning the regular magazines for mentions of the 5200, I also scour other magazines for both 8-bit and 5200 coverage. Only in this special series will you hear article summaries from these periodicals: Electronic Games, JoyStik, Video Games, Video Games Player and Atari Age Magazine.
Introduction
- Atari 5200 Super Community Podcast
- The Atari 5200 Podcast
- Atari 3200 prototype
- Gremlins: last official release for the 5200
Technical References
- Business is Fun by Marty Goldberg and Curt Vendel
- Jan 1984 ANALOG Computing #15 article Transporting programs to the 5200
- Feb 1984 ANALOG Computing #16 update for 2-port 5200
Magazine Chronology
- Jan 8, 1982: Atari Press Release Announcing the 5200
- Winter 1981/1982 Electronic Games
- Mar 1982 Electronic Games
- May 1982 Electronic Games
- May/Jun 1982: Atari Age Magazine Vol 1, #1
- Jun 1982 Electronic Games
- Jul/Aug 1982: Atari Age Magazine Vol 1, #2
- Aug 1982 Video Games Vol 1, #1
- Sep 1982: Video Games Player
- Sept 1982: Joystik Magazine
- Sep/Oct 1982: Atari Age Magazine Vol 1, #3
- Nov 1982 The Video Game Update Vol 1, #8
- Nov 1982 Joystik Magazine
- Nov 1982 Electronic Games
- Nov/Dec 1982: Atari Age Magazine Vol 1, #4
- Creative Computing Vol 8, #12
- Dec 1982 Joystik Magazine
- Dec 1982 Video Games Vol 1, #3
- Dec 1982 Electronic Games<...
Ep. 29: Nov 1982: Byte, CVG, CGW, Micro, Softline, Softside
Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective
06/02/21 • 89 min
Coverage of the remaining magazines for Nov 1982.
Magazines
Byte
Computer & Video Games
Computer Gaming World
Micro 6502/6809 Journal
Softline
- Softline #2.2
- Kay Savetz interview with Jerry White
- Jerry White’s software
- Bill Williams Atari Sounds, part 3
SoftSide
Feedback
- Dennis Debro’s Atari 2600 disassemblies
- Free ringtones from Stef Animal
- Stef Animal creates a track in one day
Production Notes
- Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
- Episode page: Episode 29
- Twitter: @atari8bitgames
Ep. 22: Special Episode: Phase 2
Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective
03/14/19 • 5 min
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Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective currently has 35 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Leisure, History, Games, Retro, Gaming, Podcasts, Vintage, Video Games and Computer.
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The episode title 'Ep. 33: Dec 1982: Magazines, Part 3' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective is 99 minutes.
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