May 26, 2026
ANTIC Episode 128 - Stepping in a Pile of 800XLs
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… special guest Rob McMullen (Player/Missile Podcast) joins us to talk about all the Atari 8-bit news; such as new and updated emulators, Jumpman level editor, Club Med and the Atari, and a whole lot more!
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Recurring Links
New Atari books scans at archive.org
Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge
Interview index: here
What we’ve been up to
AltirraSDL - https://github.com/ilmenit/AltirraSDL
Fujisan - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan
Jumpman Reverse Engineering:
Player Missile Podcast https://playermissile.com/
Audacity AI noise reduction plugin (Windows) - https://github.com/intel/openvino-plugins-ai-audacity
VCF East - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/
VCF Pacific Northwest - https://vcfpnw.org/
Computer Museum Tour - (https://icm.museum/)
Connections Museum in Seattle - (https://www.telcomhistory.org/)
Games Computers Play and Fujinet?
Further discussion on fujinet discord https://discord.gg/7MfFTvD
Jumpman Level Editor:
The PowerPad by Chalkboard Inc.:
Review in Creative Computing - https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n10/52_The_legend_of_the_pad_of_.php
Kay’s interview with Robert Leyland, who programmed AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, and MicroIllustrator (along with Steve Dompier) - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-450-robert-leyland-atariartist-koalapainter-microillustrator
New & Updated Games
“Drwal": Course 6502 culminates in a full game for Atari 8-bit - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/05/drwal-curso-de-6502-culmina-en-un-juego.html
"Tetris VBXE" revolutionizes the classic puzzle on Atari 8-bit - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/05/tetris-vbxe-revoluciona-el-puzzle.html
Las Vegas Video Poker by Ditto - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389522-game-las-vegas-video-poker/
Develop your own Scott Adams style Adventure games by Wrathchild - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390050-scottfree-adventure-editor-with-atari-interpreter-sources/
New & Updated Software
PocketFuji - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/pocketfuji/
CubeDot by Wade Ripkowski - https://unfinishedbitness.info/cubedot/
Also AtariOrbit - https://www.atariorbit.org/2026/05/01/full-ansi-on-atari/
King D/OS - A Modern OS on Retro Hardware - https://www.facebook.com/groups/fujinetusers/posts/4500846133530361/
Google Drive (GDRIVE) Protocol Adapter for All FujiNets! - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCQFKOVu7rA
AltirraSDL - ilmenit - pre-release version available for download -
AltirraSDL Lobby - Play Atari Games Together Online - ilmenit - https://lobby.atari.org.pl
Altirra autosuggest feature - Altirra 4.50 Test10:
AtariAge discussion of Altirra - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387055-altirra-440-released/page/6/#findComment-5835606
Altirra test version - https://www.virtualdub.org/beta/Altirra-4.50-test10.zip
AtariAge discussion of AltirraSDL - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389385-altirrasdl-%E2%80%94-bringing-altirra-to-macos-linux-and-android/page/12/#findComment-5835770
One of Retro Dev’s Most Powerful Tools Now Runs Entirely in Your Browser:
AI trained with Atari BASIC:
Atariteca - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/04/polonia-ia-entrenada-con-atari-basic.html
NotebookLM with Atari BASIC - https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/caaad1ba-ba64-4e49-b602-143f6c12ff92
AtariOnline forum discussion - https://atarionline.pl/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8182&page=1#Item_0
Publications
May issue of Atari Insights newsletter - https://ataribasics.com/
April issue of Compute’s Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com
Omnibus podcast ep about Nolan Bushnell - https://www.omnibusproject.com/episodes/nolan-bushnell-entry-167ma1323
AtariProjects - https://www.atariprojects.org
The Company That Calls Itself Atari
Amiga A1200 is delayed until December, 2026:
Preorder on amazon - https://amzn.to/49l4Otl
Atari buys rights to Wizardry - https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/atari-just-bought-the-rights-to-the-big-daddy-of-pc-rpgs-and-a-reissue-campaign-is-afoot/
New & Updated Hardware
XYAB Joystick Controller Pad (via Bill Kendrick) - review by Stone Age Gamer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP3498i5pHI
Other
Virtual OS Museum - https://virtualosmuseum.org
When Club Med Met Atari - The Retroist:
Kay’s interview with Linda Brownstein - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-412-linda-brownstein-atari-vp-special-projects
SMARTWATCH BAND from Atari - https://atari.com/products/my-play-watch-arcade-smartwatch-band
New Atari sales and service option - A8Renegade:
Upcoming Shows
VCF Southwest - May 29-31, 2026 - Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport - https://www.vcfsw.org/
Retrofest 2026 - May 30-31 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/
CORGSCON - Columbus Ohio Retro Gaming Society - June 6-7 - Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, OH - https://www.corgscon.com/
Chilliwack & Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 20 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html
Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 30-Aug. 2 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2026-se
Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 31-Aug 2, 2026 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/
Long Island Retro Gaming Expo - August 7-9, 2026 - Cradle of Aviation, Garden City, NY - https://liretro.com/
Fujiama - August 26-30 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2026
Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub
YouTube Videos
Inside a 1979 Computer (Atari 800 Teardown) - We Fix Stupid Computers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t05Vg9u_5g
Atari 800 Full Reassembly (1979) | Inside a Classic 8-Bit Computer - We Fix Stupid Computers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqK7w7rIhDE
Proper Atari 800 HDMI video and audio - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiqO6leRrDc
(short) FujiNet Go 800 for Android - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W0u9arc11z8
FISH- awesome app for your Atari 8 Bit FujiNet - gorgh Agenda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVCSh3cJGxE
New at Github
Port of the BBC Micro REVS Disk Version to the Atari 8-Bits:
Very Good Atari Remote - https://github.com/tjh1976/VGAR
Atari 8-bit implementation of Dave Plummer's PDP-11 implementation of the original "ATTN/11 - Paper Tape Is All You Need" - https://github.com/paul-d-carlson/atari-is-all-you-need
Multi-Layer Perceptron that runs on an Atari 8-bit computer. Ported from XORTRAN by Damien Boureille” - https://github.com/paul-d-carlson/atari-mlp
Implementation of a Hopfield network for the Atari 8 bit computer: