ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Rich Pasco Rich Pasco was Manager of VLSI Development where he worked on the FREDDIE memory management chip used in the Atari XL and XE series computers. He worked at Atari from November 1982 through May 1983. He lobbied management to create some products for the Atari 8-bit line -- including a mouse and an 80+ column display system -- which were not developed. Prior to his time at Atari, he was a member of the research staff at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). This interview took place on March 27, 2015.

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Peter Dell, WUDSN and THE!CART Studio Hello, welcome to another interview-only episode of Antic, the Atari 8-bit podcast. My name is Randy Kindig and today I’ll be talking with Peter Dell, also known as JAC! on AtariAge. Peter is the developer of the outstanding WUDSN product for developing Atari 8-bit software and also is the developer of another product called THE!CART Studio, which is used to put software onto the flash cartridge product known as THE!CART. Peter is doing some amazing work for the Atari 8-bits and I hope you enjoy this interview. This interview was recorded via Skype on December 21, 2014. Links http://www.wudsn.com/ http://www.mega-hz.de/Angebote/THE!CART/THE!CART_EN.htm

W. Sean Hennessy W. Sean Hennessy worked in the Consumer Electronics Division at Atari from April 1982 through March 1984 where he developed Realsports Tennis for the Atari 800 and 5200, and created the version of Centipede for the Atari 5200, and Pengo for the Atari 800 and 5200. He also worked at The Software Machine, a company that was working to create edutainment software for the Atari and other platforms. This interview took place March 1 2015.

Scott Adams - Adventure International Scott Adams is probably best known for his line of text adventures for early personal computers -- including AdventureLand, Pirate Adventure, Mystery Fun House, and many others. He was also the founder of Adventure International, the company that brought Atari users myraid programs, including Preppie!, Rally Speedway, Whomper Stomper, and lots of others. The company also released countless programs for TRS-80, Commodore, Apple ][, and other platforms. This interview took place March 16 2015. LINKS Scott Adams' web site Play Scott Adams' adventures on the web AtariMania's list of Adventure International games

Michael Katz is a video games industry pioneer. Katz was Marketing Director for New Product Categories at Mattel Toys, where he helped create the portable, hand-held games category with the Auto Race and Mattel Football handheld toys. And he was Vice President of Marketing at Coleco, where he worked on ColecoVision and the Coleco tabletop arcade game line. Then he was president at Epyx, where he oversaw the release of three hits for the Atari 8-bit computers — Pitstop, Jumpman, and Summer Games. He left Epyx for Atari, where he was head of the short-lived entertainment electronics division.(What's electronic entertainment? Think hardware toys like Teddy Ruxpin and Laser Tag.) Later, he was president of Sega Entertainment, where he oversaw the launch of the Sega Genesis. LINK Coleco Electronic Quarterback commercial

Alan Watson was one of the four founding owners of Ozark Softscape, the company that created M.U.L.E. and Seven Cities of Gold for the Atari, both published by Electronic Arts. Ozark also created Cytron Masters which was published by SSI. The company created more games for other platforms, including Heart of Africa, Modem Wars, and Robot Rascals. Alan specialized in interface and graphics code, and he contributed to both M.U.L.E. and Seven Cities. LINKS Alan's September 1981 article in Compute! Planet M.U.L.E. - play M.U.L.E. Online

Kathleen O'Brien worked at Shepardson Microsystems, where she wrote the Atari Assembler Editor cartridge, and wrote the floating point routines in Atari BASIC. (Her husband Paul Laughton wrote the rest of Atari BASIC.) She, along with Bill Wilkinson and Paul Laughton, co-founded Optimized Systems Software, where she wrote much of the book “Atari BASIC Source Book”. LINKS Atari BASIC Source Book Bill Wilkinson interview Paul Laughton interview

Hi, everyone, and welcome to another interview-only edition of Antic, the Atari 8-bit computer podcast. I am Randy Kindig and I will be your host for this interview. This interview is one that I’ve hinted at on earlier Antic shows and one that I’m very excited to bring to you as it covers a modern upgrade to the Atari 8-bit line. Dan Winslow and Mark Dusko have been involved in the Atari 8-bit Ethernet Project to bring networking to the 8-bits. They even produced a cartridge some time back called the Dragon Cart and are considering producing another run of them. We discuss why they got involved with this project, where it’s going, and how the Atari community can help. I hope you enjoy it and please let Dan and Mark know if you have an interest in this project and the Dragon Cart. Links/Info: Atari 8-bit Ethernet Project Dan is danwinslow on AtariAge Mark is puppetmark on AtariAge

Larry Liberty - Atari 5200 Focus Tester Larry Liberty had what many kids in the '80s would have considered a dream job: focus tester for Atari 5200 games. He tested Space Dungeon and Vanguard when he was around 12 years old. Larry tells Kevin all about it in this short interview. LINKS Play Space Dungeon in your browser Play Vanguard in your browser