May 1, 2021
Valerie (Atkinson) Manfull, Atari Game Research
Group
Valerie Atkinson was a member of Atari's Game Research Group. Now
named Valerie Manfull, she was on the team that designed and
programmed the game Excalibur, along with Chris Crawford and Larry
Summers. Excalibur was published by Atari Program Exchange in fall
1983....
Apr 30, 2021
ANTIC Episode 77 - Jason Moore, PhD
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Jason Moore joins us to discuss his atariprojects.org Web site and we discuss all the news rocking the Atari 8-bit world.
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Apr 24, 2021
Linda Brownstein, Atari VP Special Projects
As I've researched Atari and it's 8-bit computer projects over the
years, one name has come up over and over again, attached to the
most interesting projects. Linda S. Gordon. Executive Director of
Atari Computer Camps. Linda. Executive Producer of The Magic Room,
Atari's...
Apr 17, 2021
Mark Simonson, Atari Artist and Font
Designer
Mark Simonson used his Atari computers who create art that was
published in magazines in the 1980s, including a portrait of Nolan
Bushnell that was commissioned by TWA Ambassador, an inflight
magazine; a colorful street scene for the cover of Minnesota
Monthly, the magazine...
Apr 10, 2021
Ann Lewin-Benham, Director of Capital Children's
Museum
Ann Lewin-Benham was executive director of the Capital Children's
Museum in Washington, D.C. The museum was home to the first
public-access computer center in the nation’s capital, and indeed,
one of the first in the United States. In 1981, Atari and Apple
each...