ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Dennis Koble: APX Avalanche, Imagic Dennis Koble was an early Atari employee, where we would become manager of the computer and consumer divisions. He designed Atari's "Touch Me" handheld electronic game. He also wrote three programs that were published by Atari Program Exchange: Avalanche, an adaption of the coin-op game which he also created; and the text adventure games Chinese Puzzle and Sultan's Palace. He was at Atari for about 4 1/2 years before leaving to co-found the video game publisher Imagic. There, he was perhaps best known for creating "Atlantis" for the Atari 2600 (which we don't actually talk about in this interview.) This interview took place on May 15, 2018. A video version of this interview is available. "We had to show our best stuff. And we wanted to show technological tricks that we figured the Activision guys hadn't seen before. I don't know if they felt that rivalry toward us at that point, but it became a rivalry a little later, it really did." Video version of this interview AtariMania's list of Dennis' games 2017 ataricompendium.com interview with Dennis Dale Yocum interview Lee Actor interview Bob Smith interview Rawson Stovall interview

Joe Hellesen: Deluxe Invaders, Pac Man, PQ: The Party Quiz Game Joe Hellesen programmed the Atari 8-bit versions of Deluxe Invaders (published by Roklan), and Pac Man (published by Atari,) Gyruss (published by Parker Brothers), and Mickey in the Great Outdoors (published by Disney.) He also coded PQ: The Party Quiz Game (for SunCom.) This interview took place on April 14, 2018. AtariMania's list of Joe's software ANTIC Interview 265 - Ronald Borta, Roklan Software ANTIC Interview 263 - Bill Stealey, co-founder of MicroProse Software

Atari Computer Roundtable In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: We got some of the biggest names of the current Atari computer community on a live, international conference call to ask: what's happening in your Atari 8-bit world? Guests Thom Cherryholmes, Ethan Johnson, Joe Decuir, Simon Wells, Curt Vendel, Jeff Fulton, Nir Dary, and Roland Wassenberg. The conversation went in amazing and unexpected directions. READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd" New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com What We've Been Up To Ted Nelson Junk Mail project https://archive.org/details/tednelsonjunkmail Sophia board project - 9-pin DIN to SCART to HDMI - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258702-new-development-gtia-in-cpld/ Roundtable Discussion Thom Cherryholmes https://twitter.com/tschak https://www.irata.online Ethan Johnson https://twitter.com/GameResearch_E https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com Joe Decuir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._Decuir Simon Wells https://ataribits.weebly.com/1088XEL.html https://atari8.co.uk/1088xel-u1mb-firmware-released/ http://www.vcfmw.org/ http://atariage.com/forums/topic/278212-avgcart/ http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258454-eclaire-xl-pcb-aka-atari-on-fpga-project/ Curt Vendel http://www.atarimuseum.com ANTIC Interview 220 - Scott Scheiman, 850 Interface, Telelink I Jeff Fulton http://www.atarimania.com/documents/The-Atari-Assembler.pdf https://www.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank/ Nir Dary http://www.Sellmyretro.com http://atariage.com/forums/topic/279849-avgcart-preorder-thread-i/ Roland Wassenberg http://atariwiki.org ANTIC Interview 226 - Bob Frankston, co-developer of Visicalc Altirra on a Mac - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/278822-altirra-30-mac-wine-port/ Possible side effects of listening to the Antic podcast include stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat; drowsiness, dizziness, feeling nervous; mild nausea, upset stomach, constipation; increased appetite, weight changes; insomnia, decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; dry mouth, intense hate of Commodore, and Amiga lust. Certain conditions apply. Offer good for those with approved credit. Member FDIC. An equal housing lender.

Stephen Romejko: APX Melt-Down, Moon Marauder Stephen Romejko published two games through Atari Program Exchange: Melt-Down and Moon Marauder. Melt-Down was first available in the winter 1982-1983 APX catalog. Moon Marauder was first available in the fall 1983 APX catalog, where it won third prize in the consumer category. This interview took place on April 14, 2018. "Melt-Down was causing some special issues ... Apparently the American Nuclear Society took offense to it. ... 'People would develop harmful misconceptions and phobias about the peaceful use of nuclear power.'" Melt-Down in the winter 1982-1983 APX catalog Moon Marauder in the fall 1983 APX catalog AtariMania's list of Stephen's games

Allan Moose, Atari Assembly Language Programmer's Guide Allan Moose was co-author of the book Atari Assembly Language Programmer's Guide, which was published by Weber Systems in 1986. He wrote the book with his wife and writing partner, Marian Lorenz. She passed away in 1992. The two also wrote many articles for Antic and A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing magazines. Their articles included many about display list interrupts and vertical blank interrupts, and pretty mathematical graphics routines. This interview took place on May 12, 2018. "...pretty much a joint, cooperative effort in writing articles. Sometimes I would have an idea and would sketch something out. Other times Marian would have an idea." Scan of Atari Assembly Language Programmer's Guide Allan's articles in Antic magazine Allan's articles in A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing magazine Article in Art & Science Journal Display Lists Simplified (work in progress article)

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast: In this five-year anniversary episode of ANTIC, we reminisce back to show #1 all those years ago, our friend Nir Dary tells us all about Atari Invasion, Jeff Fulton of the Into the Vertical Blank Podcast gives us a game review of Star Island, plus all the Atari 8-bit news that we could find. Happy 5-Year Anniversary to us! READY! Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevin's Book "Terrible Nerd" New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Donate to Ted Nelson project at: https://paypal.me/Savetz TEH: Tech Enthusiast Hour - https://tehpodcast.com What We've Been Up To Dorsett paperwork https://archive.org/details/DorsettLessonQA Charlie Kulas sent and were scanned https://archive.org/details/UpNDown_source https://archive.org/details/BuckRogers_source How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation by Steve S. Thomas - https://twitter.com/KevinSavetz/status/984539495268696065 How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation by Jamie Lendino - https://amzn.to/2MdWLCC Someone Stole My Entire Book (and My Job) and Is Selling It On Amazon - https://www.extremetech.com/internet/267446-someone-stole-my-entire-book-and-my-job-and-is-selling-it-on-amazon Update On My Stolen Book (and Job) on Amazon - https://www.extremetech.com/internet/268109-an-update-on-my-stolen-book-and-job-on-amazon Adventure: The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming by Jamie Lendino - https://amzn.to/2xZlYO1 E.R.I.C. laserdisc project - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/265316-eric-cart-electronic-retail-information-center/page-2#entry4036420 Sofia Video Upgrade - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258702-new-development-gtia-in-cpld/ Interview Discussion Interview index: here Alan Alda on Id10T podcast: https://www.acast.com/thenerdist/alan-alda Video: Eric and Robert Anschuetz Talk About Programming Atari 8Bit Computer Games in the 1980s updated PDF document that describes games - https://archive.org/details/AnschuetzWesigerberAnschuetzDevelopmentNotes Original interview: ANTIC Interview 297 - Robert Anschuetz, Eric Anschuetz, John Weisgberber, Antic magazine games News Ted Dabney died - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/obituaries/ted-dabney-dead-atari-pong.html 2010 Retrogaming Roundup interview with Ted - http://www.retrogamingroundup.com/shownotes/2010/roundup024_2010.10.php Time Pilot released - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/278834-time-pilot-final-release/ Time Pilot Website - http://timepilot.atari.pl/ SAM (Software Automatic Mouth) - https://github.com/s-macke/SAM VCF East article at Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2018/05/30/vcf-east-the-mail-order-app-store/ VCF East article at Ars Technica - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/09/a-trip-down-memory-lane-and-beyond-at-vintage-computer-fest/ ALibPC - https://www.facebook.com/ALibPc.Atari/ Rob at Player/Missile found a reverse engineering of the Atari 8-bit M.U.L.E from 2009 - http://bringerp.free.fr/RE/Mule/mule_document.html Atariteca on hiatus? - https://atariteca.blogspot.com/ Retro Roundup - https://retroroundup.com Into the Vertical Blank — new general Atari podcast - Jeff Fulton http://www.8bitrocket.com/category/podcasts/into-the-vertical-blank/ https://twitter.com/Atari_VB_Pod Jonathan Halliday's website - https://atari8.co.uk MacRorie's website The Brewing Academy - http://www.thebrewingacademy.com Restoring an Atari 800 XL that's Beyond Restoring | Hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2018/06/09/restoring-an-atari-800-xl-thats-beyond-restoring/ AtariInside seems to be trying to catalog Atari 8-bit software - https://atarinside.dyndns.org/blog/ Atari Software Pack - Dean Garraghty (Scotland) - DGS Software - DGS-Atari on AtariAge - http://www.dgs.clara.net/ Pete Meyer's Delta Space Arena - http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/3782-delta-space-arena-deluxe-edition/ Atari Force comics reprint - https://amzn.to/2xDaL5y Jurgen van Radecke (tf_hh on AtariAge) makes all sorts of Atari 8-bit upgrades - http://www.van-radecke.de/STUFF/tfhh_HW_info.pdf Wap-Niak is a Polish event dedicated to Atari 8-bit computers. All the releases from this year's edition are now on Demozoo - https://demozoo.org/parties/3569/ Silly Venture 2017 8-bit Results Pack - JAC! - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/279559-sillypack-2k17-released/ Season 7 Episode 9 of the Comic Book Men (Atari Dump Dig) - https://www.amc.com/shows/comic-book-men/season-7/episode-09-power-man-vs-counter-man BASIC Ten-Liners - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/274782-basic-ten-liners-are-back-for-2018/page-4 IEC cables - http://iec.net/?s=atari&post_type=product Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people): Southern Fried June 8-10 http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org/ , July 17-22, 2018, Kansas City, Missouri Atari Fujiama 2018 - from Thursday, July 26 to Sunday, July 29 in Lengenfeld (Vogtland) Germany - http://abbuc.de/~atarixle/fuji/2018/ VCF West - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ , August 4-5, 2018 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA VCF Midwest - http://www.vcfmw.org/ - September 15-16, 2018, Elk Grove Village, IL Portland Retro Gaming Expo - http://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ - Oregon Convention Center on October 19-21, 2018 International Atari Shows (Nir Dary) - https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=io8bv441r87ffratdj1ir2lggs@group.calendar.google.com&pli=1 YouTube videos this month YouTube videos this month - using the search term "Atari 800" Nir Dary (The Modern Atari 8-bit Computer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rrc2zptsbU - A simple way to connect the Atari computer to HDMI TV using mini Av to Hdmi adapter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxmhfTRr-PM - Playing Time Pilot on the Atari 8-bit computer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A40-57v-tu8&t=45s - Time Pilot cartridge in Rapidus Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19VG1BJ3zG4 - Atari Party in Warsaw, Poland Others https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXlQESoROic - Sio2Arduino project with Atari 800 XL via Arduino Uno - Murat Özdemir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9HkRe7tgis - The Pulse Rifle Plays - Gyruss (Atari 800) (World Record run 2018-05-20) - New world record: 308800 - Redfeyer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2nj73mNgAE - qbertaddict1 - How to setup Atari 5200 using lr-atari800 and RetroPie - This tutorial works on the pi 3, pi 3b+, and the odroid but it should work on any system that has RetroPie Installed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyXBSMzZ3E4 - Atari Bluetooth - connecting a Wiimote to an Atari 800XL via Bluetooth New at Archive.Org Academy On Computers Hands On Atari 400/800 Beginner's Manual Atari CP/M Machine Preliminary Requirements Specification and Feasibility Study https://archive.org/details/AtariCPMMachineStudy Atari DOS 3 Disk Cleanup Utility FRS Atari Speech Handler External Reference Specification Draper Pascal Manual Kyan Pascal v1 Manual Kyan Pascal v2 Manual Presenting The Atari 1200XL Hollywood Squares - Atari PILOT Demo Program https://archive.org/details/AtariPOWERGermanAtariClubDuesseldorf Ultra Steve Green: Atari Soccer 6 1983 Flyer Atari Soccer 6 1983 Programme Allan: APX Stereo 3-D Graphics Package manual APX Keypad Controller Rev. 2 manual MMG BASIC Commander manual Bill Lange: Print Shop Atari 1020 Printer Driver The Newsroom In Detail - The Complete Guide To Creating A Newspaper Nir's Segment - Atari Invasion Party Netherlands 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwhHDInXPMg Jeff Fulton's Segment - Star Island Game Review http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-star-island_4984.html Possible side effects of listening to the Antic podcast include stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat; drowsiness, dizziness, feeling nervous; mild nausea, upset stomach, constipation; increased appetite, weight changes; insomnia, decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; dry mouth, intense hate of Commodore, and Amiga lust. 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Larry Breakwell, Toronto Atari Programmers Society Larry Breakwell was founder of the Toronto West Atari Computer Support Group, then president of the Toronto Atari Programmers Society, which was the largest Atari user group in Canada. He adapted the Atari version of the book "Academy on Computers Hands-On Atari 400/800 Beginner's Manual" from a version of the book focused on the Commodore PET. These beginners manuals were part of the Academy on Computers, a self-directed learning activity based on "Bits and Bytes", a television program produced by the TVOntario network. This interview took place on May 10, 2018. Academy on Computers Hands-On Atari 400/800 Beginner's Manual Bits & Bytes TV show

Mike Sandau, Atari-CB Radio Hacking In the mid-1980s, Mike Sandau and his friend connected their Atari 8-bit computers to their citizens band radios to create a small radio-telephone computer network. Their "DIALOG" project combined the radio hardware with custom software (first in Atari BASIC, then later in Action!) to allow chatting, broadcasting messages, and binary file transfers over the air. Mike has uploaded the software, source code, and screenshots to the Internet Archive, and placed it in the public domain. This interview took place on April 26, 2018. DIALOG screenshots, software, and source code: https://archive.org/details/about_201803

Charlie Kulas: Musical Pilot, UpN Down Charlie Kulas published Musical Pilot, an educational game, through Atari Program Exchange. Musical Pilot first appeared in the fall 1983 APX catalog, where it was awarded third prize in the Learning category. He later worked at McT (AKA Microcomputer Technologies), a company that was contracted to program games by Sega. There he programmed the game UpN Down for the Atari 8-bit computers. This interview took place on April 20, 2018. Musical Pilot in the fall 1983 APX catalog: https://archive.org/stream/APXCatalogFall1983/APX_Catalog_Fall_1983#page/n21/mode/1up/ List of Kulas' software at AtariMania: http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-kulas-charlie_team_756_8_G.html Buck Rogers source code: https://archive.org/details/BuckRogers_source Up N Down source code: https://archive.org/details/UpNDown_source McT at gdri: http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/McT How to Build a Working Digital Computer Out of Paperclips: https://www.evilmadscientist.com/2013/paperclip/

Youth Advisory Board: Yoon Park This is the sixth in a series of episodes featuring interviews with the kids of Atari's Youth Advisory Board. This time, I got to talk with Yoon Park. In 1983, Atari formed a Youth Advisory Board, selecting teenagers from around the United States to share their opinions about computers and video games, test software, and promote Atari's computers at events. The group consisted of kids aged 14 through 18, including Yoon. Before these interviews, I like to read from an old newspaper or magazine article that mentioned or quoted the Youth Advisory Board member, to give a sense of who that person was then before we hear from them today. All I can guess about Yoon of 1982 was that he was shy. Of the twenty Youth Advisory Board members, Yoon was never quoted or mentioned in the articles that I could find. This interview took place on May 17, 2018.