ANTIC Episode 115 - Exhausting Games for your Atari

Mar 10, 2025

ANTIC Episode 115

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we talk lots of contest news, Mr. Paint, a DIY Atari-themed monitor, and lots of other Atari 8-bit news.  Plus, we find a book on “exhausting” Atari games!

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Recurring Links 

Floppy Days Podcast 

AtariArchives.org 

AtariMagazines.com 

Kay’s Book “Terrible Nerd” 

New Atari books scans at archive.org 

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge 

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge 

Interview index: here 

ANTIC Facebook Page 

AHCS 

Eaten By a Grue 

Next Without For 

Links for Items Mentioned in Show:

What we’ve been up to

• Scanned stuff from Timothy Onders

• https://archive.org/details/stx_Atari_400_800_Personal_Computer_System_Operating_System_Listing_1981-02_CO16579

• https://archive.org/details/stx_Atari_400_800_Personal_Computer_System_Hardware_Manual_CO16555_1980-10

• https://archive.org/details/APX_Isopleth_Map-Making_Package_manual_APX-20103_1982-06

• Pilot book - “Atari 400/800 Student Pilot Reference Guide” by Atari - https://archive.org/details/atari_pilot-student-guide 

• Scanned JACG (Jersey Atari Computer Group) newsletters:

• October, 1985 - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1985-october-vol-5-no-2 

• November, 1985 - https://archive.org/details/jacg-newsletter-1985-november-vol-5-no-3 

• Atari newsletters at Internet Archive - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RkznDDlOL2O_K-RrbkajIuo6DvYof6Ajrn7j9NTcoDM/edit?usp=sharing 

Recent Interviews

• ANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-453-giann-velasquez-atariteca 

• ANTIC Interview 452 - Dean Garraghty, DGS Software 

• ANTIC Interview 454 - Steve Kranish, Parker Brothers Frogger 

News

• Mr. Paint by Wade Ripkowski:

• https://github.com/Ripjetski6502/MrPaint 

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379270-mr-paint/ 

• Atari ‘faux neon’ LED logo sign, $40 on pre-order - https://atari.com/products/atari-neon-led-sign-white-12-x-13 

• “errant” on git - using Atari as a keyboard for a PC. Code and instructions posted:

• https://git.sdf.org/errant/keytari 

• https://voidptr.org/ 

• Arcade Centipede emulated on Atari 800XL - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379015-centipede-emulator-for-the-atari-800xl/ 

• FujiCup 2024 Results Announced: 

• https://fujicup.pl/ 

• results page for 2024 - https://fujicup.pl/wyniki2024 

• Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW-z9tD1OW4 

• Download all 2024 games in ZIP archive 

• Atari Homebrew Awards 2024:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b3g4Czr0BE 

• Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew (Original) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379180-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-original/ 

• Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew (Port) - ​​https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379181-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-port/ 

• Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 WIP (Original) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379182-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-wip-original/ 

• Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 WIP (Port) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379183-7th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-atari-8-bit5200-wip-port/ 

• 800XL gets a mention in Hackaday article - https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/genetic-algorithm-runs-on-atari-800-xl/ 

• XCL10 Monitor - Marcin "Fokaszalot" - Baran - https://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=nowinki&ucat=1&subaction=showfull&id=1740334426 

• BASIC 10-Liner Contest - https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/copy-of-games-list-2024 

• Via bill kendrick - https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-it-was-a-suicide-mission-larry-siegel-reflects-on-ataris-failed-war-on-nintendo 

• Compute! Magazine ATR by Issue #4 to #95 - Rory McMahon - https://discord.com/channels/1071168010427060324/1071168010427060327/1340108131690348607 

• https://www.eurogamer.net/40-years-on-rescue-on-fractalus-remains-a-rare-reminder-of-the-magic-of-lucasfilm-games 

• Computer Dealer Demos: Selling Home Computers with Bouncing Balls and Animated Logos by Patryk Wasiak, Institute for Cultural Studies, University of Wrocław, Poland - https://www.academia.edu/10744534/Computer_Dealer_Demos_Selling_Home_Computers_with_Bouncing_Balls_and_Animated_Logos?email_work_card=title 

• Why the N tools?” By Thomas Cherryhomes: 

• https://fujinet.online/2025/02/21/atari-why-the-n-tools/ 

• Video - https://youtu.be/BUR_KRTRWk0 

• 1090XL Expansion case:

• https://forums.atariage.com/topic/318373-1090xl-remake/page/41/#findComment-5620900 

• Link to STLs: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1084156 

Upcoming Shows

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 4-6 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ 

• VCF East - April 4-6, 2025 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org 

• Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 12-13 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ 

• VCF Europe - May 3-4 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ 

• Retrofest 2025 - May 31-June1 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/ 

• Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 14 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html 

• VCF Southwest - June 20-22, 2025 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/ 

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - June 20-22, 2025 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ 

• Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 31-Aug. 3 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2025-se  

• Fujiama - August 11-17 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2025/ 

• VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ 

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ 

• Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub 

YouTube Videos

• The Atari 800 Quick Repair Guide ! - Paul Westphal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R7CpvJLERk 

• Atari Pioneers Spill: 80s Gaming's Untold Stories! - Convention Coverage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YexxqfHUeik 

• Cutting Edge, Atari XL/XE 64 bytes intro - Freddy Offenga - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcoGgFd-3Nc (From LoveByte 2025 - https://lovebyte.party/ )

• "Abundance" 128 Byte Intro Atari XL/XE - gorgh Atari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6HmWxcGVrg 

New at Archive.org 

• https://archive.org/details/addison-wesley-adventures-voor-uw-atari-xlxe 

• https://archive.org/details/addison-wesley-afmattende-spelen-voor-uw-atari-600-xl-800-xl 

• https://archive.org/details/great-lakes-atari-digest-june-1989-vol-1-no-4 

• https://archive.org/details/great-lakes-atari-digest-october-1989-vol-1-no-8 

• https://archive.org/details/catch-on-to-computers-with-atari-logo-post-cereal 

• https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-april-1987-vol-7-num-4-atari-articles 

• https://archive.org/details/salespersons-guide-to-the-atari-400-home-computer-system/page/n1/mode/2up 

• https://archive.org/details/excalibur-magazine/ 

• https://archive.org/details/capitol-hill-atari-owners-society-software-library-disk-catalog-march-1987 

• https://archive.org/details/atari-price-list-june-1982-and-letters/mode/2up 

• https://archive.org/details/grand-rapids-atari-systems-supporters-software-library-disk-catalog-1987 

Commercial

• Atari XE Computer System Commercial (1988) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjWEE5r8Rak 

Feedback

• Chris Lorenzo - Vintage Gaming Memories (YouTube) - Atari Addict Collectors Issue Magazine