ANTIC Episode 128 - Stepping in a Pile of 800XLs

ANTIC Episode 128 - Stepping in a Pile of 800XLs In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… special guest Rob McMullen (Player/Missile Podcast) joins us to talk about all the Atari 8-bit news; such as new and updated emulators, Jumpman level editor, Club Med and the Atari, and a whole lot more! READY! Recurring Links  Floppy Days Podcast  AtariArchives.org  AtariMagazines.com  Kay's Book "Terrible Nerd"  New Atari books scans at archive.org  ANTIC feedback at AtariAge  Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge  Interview index: here  ANTIC Facebook Page  AHCS  Eaten By a Grue  Next Without For  What we've been up to AltirraSDL - https://github.com/ilmenit/AltirraSDL  Fujisan - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan  Jumpman Reverse Engineering:   https://playermissile.com/jumpman/notes.html  Player Missile Podcast https://playermissile.com/  Audacity AI noise reduction plugin (Windows) - https://github.com/intel/openvino-plugins-ai-audacity  VCF East - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/  VCF Pacific Northwest - https://vcfpnw.org/  Computer Museum Tour - (https://icm.museum/)  Connections Museum in Seattle - (https://www.telcomhistory.org/)  Games Computers Play and Fujinet? https://forums.atariage.com/topic/132176-games-computers-play-inc-multiplayer-online-game/page/3/#findComment-5831081  Further discussion on fujinet discord https://discord.gg/7MfFTvD  Jumpman Level Editor: https://www.savetz.com/jumpman/  Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/252267-jumpman-hacking/page/6/#findComment-5841022  The PowerPad by Chalkboard Inc.: Review in Creative Computing - https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n10/52_The_legend_of_the_pad_of_.php  Kay's interview with Robert Leyland, who programmed AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, and MicroIllustrator (along with Steve Dompier) - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-450-robert-leyland-atariartist-koalapainter-microillustrator  New & Updated Games "Drwal": Course 6502 culminates in a full game for Atari 8-bit - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/05/drwal-curso-de-6502-culmina-en-un-juego.html  "Tetris VBXE" revolutionizes the classic puzzle on Atari 8-bit - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/05/tetris-vbxe-revoluciona-el-puzzle.html  Las Vegas Video Poker by Ditto - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389522-game-las-vegas-video-poker/  Develop your own Scott Adams style Adventure games by Wrathchild -  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390050-scottfree-adventure-editor-with-atari-interpreter-sources/  New & Updated Software PocketFuji - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/pocketfuji/  CubeDot by Wade Ripkowski - https://unfinishedbitness.info/cubedot/  Also AtariOrbit - https://www.atariorbit.org/2026/05/01/full-ansi-on-atari/  King D/OS - A Modern OS on Retro Hardware - https://www.facebook.com/groups/fujinetusers/posts/4500846133530361/  Google Drive (GDRIVE) Protocol Adapter for All FujiNets! - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCQFKOVu7rA  AltirraSDL - ilmenit - pre-release version available for download -  https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389385-altirrasdl-%E2%80%94-bringing-altirra-to-macos-linux-and-android/page/12/  https://github.com/ilmenit/AltirraSDL  AltirraSDL Lobby - Play Atari Games Together Online - ilmenit - https://lobby.atari.org.pl  Altirra autosuggest feature - Altirra 4.50 Test10: AtariAge discussion of Altirra - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387055-altirra-440-released/page/6/#findComment-5835606  Altirra test version - https://www.virtualdub.org/beta/Altirra-4.50-test10.zip  AtariAge discussion of AltirraSDL - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389385-altirrasdl-%E2%80%94-bringing-altirra-to-macos-linux-and-android/page/12/#findComment-5835770  One of Retro Dev's Most Powerful Tools Now Runs Entirely in Your Browser: https://retrogamecoders.com/trse-now-online/  https://ide.retrogamecoders.com/  AI trained with Atari BASIC: Atariteca -  https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/04/polonia-ia-entrenada-con-atari-basic.html  NotebookLM with Atari BASIC - https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/caaad1ba-ba64-4e49-b602-143f6c12ff92  AtariOnline forum discussion - https://atarionline.pl/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8182&page=1#Item_0  Publications May issue of Atari Insights newsletter - https://ataribasics.com/  April issue of Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com  Omnibus podcast ep about Nolan Bushnell - https://www.omnibusproject.com/episodes/nolan-bushnell-entry-167ma1323  AtariProjects - https://www.atariprojects.org  The Company That Calls Itself Atari https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05/new-atari-trademark-application-hints-at-hardware-refresh-for-mr-ts-favourite-home-computer  Amiga A1200 is delayed until December, 2026: Article - https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commodore-amiga-emulating-thea1200-retro-computer-delayed-nearly-half-a-year-by-global-chip-shortages-retro-games-ltd-says-it-will-use-the-extra-time-to-finesse-the-software Preorder on amazon - https://amzn.to/49l4Otl  Atari buys rights to Wizardry - https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/atari-just-bought-the-rights-to-the-big-daddy-of-pc-rpgs-and-a-reissue-campaign-is-afoot/  New & Updated Hardware XYAB Joystick Controller Pad (via Bill Kendrick) - review by Stone Age Gamer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP3498i5pHI  Other Virtual OS Museum - https://virtualosmuseum.org  When Club Med Met Atari - The Retroist: https://www.retroist.com/p/when-club-med-met-atari  Kay's interview with Linda Brownstein - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-412-linda-brownstein-atari-vp-special-projects  SMARTWATCH BAND from Atari - https://atari.com/products/my-play-watch-arcade-smartwatch-band  New Atari sales and service option - A8Renegade: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389805-atari-service-and-sales/  https://A8renegade.com  Upcoming Shows VCF Southwest - May 29-31, 2026 - Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport - https://www.vcfsw.org/  Retrofest 2026 - May 30-31 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/  CORGSCON - Columbus Ohio Retro Gaming Society - June 6-7 - Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, OH - https://www.corgscon.com/  Chilliwack & Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 20 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html  Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - July 30-Aug. 2 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2026-se  Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 31-Aug 2, 2026 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/  Long Island Retro Gaming Expo - August 7-9, 2026 - Cradle of Aviation, Garden City, NY - https://liretro.com/  Fujiama - August 26-30 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2026  Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub  YouTube Videos Inside a 1979 Computer (Atari 800 Teardown) - We Fix Stupid Computers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t05Vg9u_5g  Atari 800 Full Reassembly (1979) | Inside a Classic 8-Bit Computer - We Fix Stupid Computers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqK7w7rIhDE  Proper Atari 800 HDMI video and audio - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiqO6leRrDc  (short) FujiNet Go 800 for Android - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W0u9arc11z8  FISH- awesome app for your Atari 8 Bit FujiNet - gorgh Agenda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVCSh3cJGxE  New at Github Port of the BBC Micro REVS Disk Version to the Atari 8-Bits:  https://github.com/WrathchildMGK/A8RevsBBC  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revs_(video_game)  Very Good Atari Remote - https://github.com/tjh1976/VGAR  https://github.com/akosela/darkzil  https://github.com/owen-rp2a03/atari_antic_switch  https://github.com/peterkaczorowski/SAVO  Atari 8-bit implementation of Dave Plummer's PDP-11 implementation of the original "ATTN/11 - Paper Tape Is All You Need" - https://github.com/paul-d-carlson/atari-is-all-you-need  Multi-Layer Perceptron that runs on an Atari 8-bit computer. Ported from XORTRAN by Damien Boureille" - https://github.com/paul-d-carlson/atari-mlp  Implementation of a Hopfield network for the Atari 8 bit computer: https://github.com/paul-d-carlson/atari-hopfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopfield_network