Nov 26, 2023
ANTIC Episode 103 - POKEY The Atari Guru
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…results of the ABBUC 2023 Software Contest, upcoming 2024 shows (and an Atari Party yet in 2023), and Kay has a great time testing out POKEY The Atari Guru…
READY!
Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
Interview index: here
Links for Items Mentioned in Show:
What we’ve been up to
QSO Today Episode 475 Kay Savetz - https://archive.org/details/qso-today-475
The 1056 Board -- Atari 400 1056k Memory Upgrade - https://www.ebay.com/itm/275939475102
News
Version 6.4.0 of the RECOIL (Retro Computer Image Library) graphics browser - http://recoil.sourceforge.net
POKEY The Atari Guru by Andy Diller - https://chat.openai.com/g/g-t3fdHnbbK-pokey-the-atari-guru
Atari 8-bit clubs - https://www.virtualatari.org/user-groups.html
ABACUS - Atari Bay Area Computer User Society -- https://www.abacusonline.org/
ABBUC - Atari Bit Byter User Club -- https://www.abbuc.de/
ABBUC HAR - Hanover ABBUC Regional Group -- https://www.bertelmann.org/har/
ABBUC RAF - Frankfurt ABBUC Regional Group -- https://www.abbuc-raf.de/
ABBUC RENO - ABBUC Regional Group North -- https://andymanone.dyndns.org/reno/
ACEC - Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Columbus -- https://acec.atari.org/
AKPV - Atariklub Prostejov -- https://atariklub.prostejov.cz/
CCC - Chestnut Computer Club (UK) -- https://homepage.ntlworld.com/derryck123/
HA - HispAtari - El porto hispano de Usarios de Atari -- https://hispatari.mforos.com/
Rose City Atari Club http://www.rosecityatariclub.com/
SAK - The Swedish Atari Club (Svenska Atariklubben) -- https://www.sak.nu/
SCAT - Suburban Chicago ATarians -- https://www.scatarians.org/
SPACE - Saint Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts -- https://space.atari.org/
Terry Stewart new video on Atari 800 - https://x.com/classiccomputNZ/status/1723091786619658314
ABBUC software contest 2023 - All entries in ABBUC Special Magazine 53 and on associate disk:
ABBUC official results - https://abbuc.de/2023/10/ergebnis-abbuc-software-wettbewerb-2023-result-abbuc-software-contest-2023/
Thread at AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/350228-abbuc-software-contest-2023/
Zero Page Homebrew, Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9UAk2Zsfc
Zero Page Homebrew, Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKL0rPzVvLY
Videos of the top 5 ABBUC winners:
Time Wizard by Krzysztof "Amarok" Piotrowski - video by Saberman RetroNews
Night Knight by Lars Langhans - video by Saberman RetroNews
Zauberball by Olivier Cyranka - video by Saberman RetroNews
Double by PopMilo - video by Saberman RetroNews
Der Schranker 3 by Janko Grewe - video by Saberman RetroNews
Atari WozMon by freetz - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/352757-atari-wozmon-for-abbuc-software-contest-2023/
Zylon Defenders, iOS game tribute to 1979 Atari 8 Bit computers killer app Star Raiders
New Atari podcast from Wade (Inverse ATASCII) called The ANTIC Files - https://inverseatascii.info/
Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew Games Released/Completed/WIP in 2023 - Zero Page Homebrew - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/345916-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-games-releasedcompletedwip-in-2023/
Celebrating the Iconic Atari Logo - AUSRETROGAMER - https://ausretrogamer.com/celebrating-the-iconic-atari-logo/
Upcoming Shows
Atari Party 2023! - Saturday, December 2, 2023, 1pm to 4pm - Quakertown Train Station, Quakertown, PA - https://quakertowntrainstation.org - organized by Peter Fletcher
Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com
Interim Computer Festival SPRING - March 23rd and 24th, 2024 - Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/
Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/
VCF East - April 5-7, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org
Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/
VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/
Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info
Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21, 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/
Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/
Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-28 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se
Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/
Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we
YouTube Videos
A8PicoCart flash-cart ATARI 8-bit XL/XE/XEGS - hichal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zp8EeBGnIk
How Do You Make Cartridges for the Gorgeous Atari 800? YARC Yet Another Retro Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjSOJErwtvQ
New Atari solderless HDMI mod - LumaCode GTIA-digitizer - TheRetroChannel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prNM38bC1zM
8x Cross Platform Games (Atari 8-Bit) from Fabrizio Caruso - ZeroPage Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbWK5rz24OQ
New at Archive.org
Atari Explorer espana - https://archive.org/details/@bultro?query=atari
Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-07
Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-05
Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-11
Pikes Peek Poke Atari Computer Enthusiasts newsletter 1989-09
New at Github
Feedback
Michael Mulhern scanning of “Your Computer” - https://archive.org/details/@jongleur?