Aug 30, 2026
Steve Bryson, game programmer
Steve Bryson was a programmer for EPYX and The Connelley Group,
where he ported many games to various 8-bit systems. He ported
Dragonriders of Pern, an action/strategy game based on the Anne
McCaffrey novels, to Atari and Commodore 64. He ported Jumpman to
the Apple II, and Lower Reaches...
Aug 15, 2026
Aug 2, 2026
James W. Burley, APX Data Base/Report
System
James W. Burley is the programmer of Data Base/Report System, which
was sold by Atari Program Exchange beginning with the Summer 1982
APX catalog. It was catalog number 20134 with a price of $22.95.
APX sold it for about a year, through the Summer 1983 catalog.
APX awarded...
Jul 19, 2026
Tim Jenkins, Cheating at Roulette with an Atari
Computer
Tim Jenkins is the author of several humorous memoirs: "Missions
Accomplished: And some funny business along the way", "More
Missions Accomplished: And a lot more funny business", and
"Business Missions Accomplished: Silly travel tales on the
corporate dime".
I...
Jul 5, 2026
Mike Lorenzen: Atari Program-Text Editor, Pitfall
II
Mike Lorenzen worked at Atari, Activision, and Accolade, creating
games for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, and Commodore 64
computers.
At Atari, Mike coded Golf and Circus Atari for the Atari 2600. For
the 8-bit computers, he wrote MEDIT (which he told me stands...