ANTIC Episode 30 - Robots Have Taken Over!

Feb 21, 2016

On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast: I cause a robot invasion in Portland, Bill Kendrick goes ultra-mega-retro gaming with Game ‘N Watch inspired games for the Atari, Randy wraps up the retrochallenge, and we still manage to keep the podcast under 3h 21m.

Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kevin’s Book “Terrible Nerd”

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

ANTIC Facebook Page

What we’ve been up to

• “The Atari Book Volume 2” - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BKS5SHU/?tag=ataripodcast-20
• BASIC Tenliners Contest 2016 - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/247971-basic-tenliners-contest-2016/
• Axlon Andy Robot, ANTIC VOL. 3, NO. 12 / APRIL 1985 - http://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n12/profiles.html

Interview Discussion

• Luis Baeza transcribed Glenn the 5200 man - http://computingpioneers.com/index.php/Glenn_The_5200_Man

News

• Atari SuperBowl Ads (article)
• Atari SuperBowl Ads (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iuh58zxuMk
• Usborne releases 80’s computer books
• Star Raiders II source code (multiple versions) - https://archive.org/details/StarRaidersII_Wilmunder
• Star Raiders II Design Docs
• Star Raiders II Program Notes
• Atari 1050 2.5" Hard Drive Case by xlrone - Thingiverse - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1310706

• Atari 1050 SD Card reader - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:625606
• Omnivore
• Omnivore Blog - http://playermissile.com/omnivore/
• Wade created a new map for Getaway using it - http://playermissile.com/blog/
• Atari Vault brings over 100 classic arcade games to Steam in Spring 2016
• Rainbow Walker Ported to 5200
• PC Mag - The Golden Age of Atari Home Computers by Benj Edwards
• Season 13 of the 8-bit Atari High Score Club on AtariAge - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/
• Atari Board - http://atari.boards.net/
• The Strong Museum Acquires Collection of Atari Design Materials
• Bomber Deluxe edition - http://www.proc-atari.de
• RetroChallenge - http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/retrochallenge-2012sc/
• Upcoming Shows:

• VCF Southeast 4.0 - April 2 & 3 2016, Roswell, GA -  http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-southeast-4-0/
• VCF East - April 15-17, 2016, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://www.vintagecomputerfederation.org/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/
• KansasFest  - July 19-24, 2016, Kansas City, MO - https://www.kansasfest.org
• VCF West - August 6-7, Mountain View, CA - http://www.vintagecomputerfederation.org/uncategorized/vcf-west-is-back/
• Chicago CoCoFest - April 23-24 - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/

New at Archive.org

• APX Correspondence - https://archive.org/details/APX_Programmer_Correspondence
• An Introduction to Selling the Atari 400 Computer System - https://archive.org/details/AnIntroductionToSellingTheAtari400ComputerSystem

Bill’s Modern Segment

• ArSoft Corporation - http://www.arsoft.netstrefa.pl/
• Interview with Arkadiusz "Larek" Lubaszka - http://www.retronagazie.eu/wywiad-arkadiusz-larek-lubaszka/
• Game & Watch
• Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch
• Nintendo Wikia entry - http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Game_%26_Watch
• Super Mario Wiki entry - http://www.mariowiki.com/Game_%26_Watch
• Gunpei Yokoi @ Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpei_Yokoi
• Octopus
• Official page: http://www.arsoft.netstrefa.pl/programy.htm#octopus
• YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9nC6vzJSZk
• Nintendo Wikia entry for original: http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Octopus
• Super Mario Wiki entry for original - http://www.mariowiki.com/Octopus_(Game_%26_Watch)
• Parachute 2011
• Official page: http://www.arsoft.netstrefa.pl/programy.htm#parachute2011
• Atarimania: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-parachute-2011_27759.html
• Nintendo Wikia entry for original: http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Parachute
• Super Mario Wiki entry for original: http://www.mariowiki.com/Parachute

Feedback

• Reverse-engineered, extensively documented assembly language source code of STAR RAIDERS directly from the binary file of the ROM cartridge by Lorenz Wiest - http://github.com/lwiest/StarRaiders