Dec 4, 2021
Jack Verson was the founder of JV Software, where he programmed
and published several games for the Atari 8-bit computers: Action
Quest, Ghost Encounters, and Journey to the Planets. Roklan
Software repackaged Action Quest and Ghost Encounters into a single
game, titled Castle Hassle.
As part of On-Time Software, Jack...
Oct 29, 2021
ANTIC Episode 82 - FujiNet to Take Over the World!
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast...we have special guest Thom Cherryhomes who tells us why FujiNet is aiming to take over the world, we discuss the recent VCF Midwest and VCF East, and of course tell you everything going on in the world...
Oct 23, 2021
Dave Johnson: Demon Attack, Atlantis; APX Lookahead;
Personal Financial Management
Dave Johnson programmed software for the little-known Interact
Model One computer, and later worked as a programmer for
Atari, where he created the game Lookahead, which was published by
Atari Program Exchange. Lookahead is a fun little...
Oct 17, 2021
Margaret (Akin) Guilbault, Atari Camper
Margaret Akin was one of the children who attended Atari's computer
camps, and one of the kids who was featured in The Magic Room,
Atari's movie about the camps. Her name is now Margaret
Guilbault.
Atari ran its summer camps from 1982 through 1984 at several
locations around the...
Sep 18, 2021
Eric Podietz, Interactive Picture Systems
Eric Podietz was co-founder of Interactive Picture Systems, a
company that created software for 8-bit computers from 1982 through
1984. The company's first program was PAINT! for the Atari 8-bits,
which was developed at the Superboots software development lab
located at the...