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1979: STAR RAIDERS

01:05:40   30.1 MB   Production date: 08/03/14

Welcome to 1979! Episode 1 includes a brief summary of the technical specifications of the Atari 400 & 800 that were first released at the end of the year, discussion of Creative Computing issues starting from April and the very first Compute! magazine, and a review of a game original to the Atari 8- bits and destined to become an all-time classic game: Star Raiders.

Show Notes:

Introduction

• Douglas Adams Collected Works

Feedback

• Drop /// Inches with Mike Maginnis and Paul Hagstrom, a fairly technical podcast about the Apple ///

• Rick Keene’s cover for STLog Issue 18

Technical details

• http://atariage.com/forums/topic/183619-total-number-of-a8-units-sold-worldwide/

Creative Computing Overview

• David H. Ahl and the History of Creative Computing

• Creative Computing Vol 5, #4, April 1979

  • Vector 1

  • Sexism in Computer Science

  • No Quarter #94: Mike and Carrington talk about gender stereotypes and games

• Creative Computing Vol 5, #5, May 1979

  • More Basic Computer Games

  • White & Nerdy

• Creative Computing Vol 5, #7, July 1979

  • The Code Book

• Creative Computing Vol 5, #8, August 1979

  • The Intellivisionaries Podcast

  • GET LAMP by Jason Scott (of archive.org)

• Creative Computing Vol 5, #9, September 1979

  • human-computer chess matches

• Creative Computing Vol 5, #10, October 1979

• Creative Computing Vol 5, #11, November 1979

• Creative Computing Vol 5, #12, December 1979

COMPUTE! Overview

• Compute! #1, Fall 1979

  • http://atariage.com/forums/topic/123010-first-atari-8-bit-vaporware/

Game Review: STAR RAIDERS

• NY Times article on 10 most important video games of all time

Modern Updates

• New version with less slowdown

• More modern Star Raiders-like game XTAL

• XTAL at AtariMania

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