Ep. 1: 1979: Star Raiders
08/03/14 • 65 min
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
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
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
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
Previous Episode
Ep. 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
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
Next Episode
Ep. 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
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
- Creative Computing v6, #5 May 1980
- Creative Computing v6, #6 Jun 1980
Game Review: Super Breakout
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
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
SAP
Production Notes
- Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
- Episode page: Episode 2
- Twitter: @atari8bitgames
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