May 27, 2020
Fandal: Atari programer and archivist
Frantisek Houra is better known to the Atari community as Fandal.
He's an Atari computer programmer and long-time archivist of
European Atari software. He has created many original Atari games
and conversions from other platforms: including Fruity Pete, Mashed
Turtles, Crescent...
May 21, 2020
Gregg Squires, Atari Manager of Hardware
Engineering
Gregg Squires was a Manager of Hardware Engineering at Atari from
1982 through 1984, working from their New York office. He was
project manager for Val, a cost-reduced version of the Atari 2600;
and project manager for the Atari XL computer series. He was
co-designer of...
May 13, 2020
Rik Dickinson, Encore Video Productions
Rik Dickinson is founder of Encore Video Productions, a company
that rented Atari 8-bit computers to hotels for use as character
generators. The computers would show information about the hotel on
channel 2 of guests' televisions. This was part of a service that
Encore offered to...
May 10, 2020
ANTIC Episode 67 - Still Socially Distant
In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast...Randy forgets to call the artist, formerly known as Kevin, as Kay about 100 times, we continue discussion on AtariFests and World of Atari, we help you with your free time by telling you about papercraft computers and...
May 3, 2020
Youth Advisory Board: Tracey Cullinan
This is the seventh in a series of episodes featuring the kids of
Atari's Youth Advisory Board. In 1983, Atari formed a Youth
Advisory Board, selecting teenagers from around the United States
to share their opinions about computers and video games, test
software, and promote...