Oct 23, 2021
Dave Johnson: Demon Attack, Atlantis; APX Lookahead;
Personal Financial Management
Dave Johnson programmed software for the little-known Interact
Model One computer, and later worked as a programmer for
Atari, where he created the game Lookahead, which was published by
Atari Program Exchange. Lookahead is a fun little strategy board
game that you can play against the computer or another human.
We think Dave Johnson programmed the Atari Personal Financial
Management System, a slick-looking but buggy home finance package
that Atari kept delaying, finally released a year late, then
quickly discontinued. Read Bill Lange's blog post for the full
story about that program.
After Atari, Dave worked at Imagic, where he programmed the Atari
8-bit versions of the games Demon Attack and Atlantis. There, he
also created the game Quick Step! for the Atari 2600.
This interview took place on October 12, 2021. A video version is also
available.
AtariMania's list of Dave's Atari 8-bit games
Play
or download Lookahead
Lookahead in the fall 1981 APX catalog
Bill
Lange research on Atari Personal Financial Management
System
Personal Financial Management System at AtariWiki
Interact Model One
computer
Dave on Twitter
This interview on
YouTube