In this episode of Antic the Atari 8-bit podcast, we reminisce about Atari Party and KansasFest, we bemoan the fate of the Atari 1200XL, and talk about Nir Dary’s one-man traveling Atari show.

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

AHCS

What we’ve been up to

  • Suburban Chicago Atarians (SCAT) - http://www.scatarians.org/
  • Compute’s Atari Collection Volume 2
  • Edladdin controllers - http://www.edladdin.com/
  • Paul Westphal at Eight Bit Fix - http://www.eightbitfix.com
  • Excel Magazine - Robert Stuart - http://excel-retro-mag.co.uk
  • KansasFest - https://www.kansasfest.org
  • Apple II Crack Screens twitter bot - https://twitter.com/appleIIcracks [141 followers]
  • Atari 800 Screenshots bot - http://twitter.com/atari800screens [49 followers]
  • Mega Podcast “Chicken Missile” recorded, aired on Open Apple podcast
  • Kaverns of Kfest download - https://github.com/savetz/Kaverns
  • Kaverns of Kfest play in browser - https://archive.org/details/Kaverns_of_Kfest_1.1
  • WUDSN IDE - http://www.wudsn.com
  • Ken Gagne and Kevin’s presentation on how to do interviews
  • All the kfest presentations
  • Annual Atari Party in Davis, CA - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2016/
  • Bill Interviewed by Ferg on 2600 Game by Game podcast (about Atari Party & more)

News

  • New Atari 5200 Podcast (David Protestari) - https://www.facebook.com/TheAtari5200Podcast/
  • Original “Superpodcast” archived over at Internet Archive
  • 1632 Atari podcaST (Wade Ripkowski) - https://1632podcast.info

  • ABBUC Software competition 2016 (AtariAge) , ABBUC Software Competition 2016 (ABBUC), ABBUC Hardware Competition 2016

  • “Easy to Learn, Hard to Master - The Fate of Atari”

  • Jumpman Reverse Engineering Notes - http://www.playermissile.com/jumpman/
  • Level Editor in Omnivore - http://playermissile.com/omnivore
  • Jumpman Level Design contest

Deadline: Oct 22, 2016 (Portland Retro Gaming expo!)

  • Video demoing how to use the level editor
  • SIO2OSX now free - AtariMac on AtariAge
  • New (alt) BIOS for Ultimate 1MB/Incognito - Flashjazzcat
  • PRO(C) Atari magazine up to issue #10 - https://proc-atari.de/
  • What so-called “Atari” is up to

New at Archive.org

  • Joe Decuir Engineering Notebook 1978
  • On Parade - 1982 video games zine - https://archive.org/details/OnParade
  • MPP Smart Terminal Source code - https://archive.org/details/MPPSmartTerminal
  • Databar Magazine Atari Edition

  • https://archive.org/details/StockAnalysisAtari

  • https://archive.org/details/ValFORTHReferenceCard
  • https://archive.org/details/ValFORTHDocumentation
  • https://archive.org/details/MPP_Supra_pictures

Of the Month (Atari 1064 Memory Module for the 600XL)

  • 1064 Memory Module at Atari Museum