Jan 22, 2016
Andrew Soderberg, Atari Product Manager
Andrew Soderberg was a product manager at Atari from 1980 through August 1983. He oversaw projects including the XL line of computers, and De Re Atari. He was also production manager for several of Atari's TV commercials, one of which won a Clio award. He was a member of the team...
Jan 20, 2016
Mike West, Pirate
Mike West was an east coast software pirate who went by the handle “Jolly Roger.” He was — and still is — friends with Gary Walton, whom I previously interviewed.
This interview took place on October 9, 2015.
Teaser quotes:
“The whole thing was kind of bizarre. It’s like, on one side of...
Jan 17, 2016
On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast: We explore the possibilities of new Atari software and hardware mods (yea faster Star Raiders explosions); and Randy delves into the turtle-y goodness of Atari Logo. Trigger warning: there may be some Amiga lust and gentle Apple // bashing in this episode.
Jan 15, 2016
Landon Dyer, Donkey Kong and Super Pac Man
Landon Dyer started as a software engineer in the Atari home computer division in 1982, where he specialized in converting arcade games to the Atari 8-bits. There, he programmed the Atari 400/800 versions of Donkey Kong, and Super Pac Man — which was never officially released...
Jan 13, 2016
Tom Briscoe, APX Software Evaluator
Tom Briscoe worked at Atari as an intern in the summer of 1981, where he evaluated the user-written software that had been submitted to Atari Program Exchange.
This interview took place on September 26, 2015.
Teaser quote:
“Hangman was sort of the obvious game for people to submit,...