ANTIC Episode 30 - Robots Have Taken Over!

On this episode of ANTIC the atari 8-bit podcast: I cause a robot invasion in Portland, Bill Kendrick goes ultra-mega-retro gaming with Game ‘N Watch inspired games for the Atari, Randy wraps up the retrochallenge, and we still manage to keep the podcast under 3h 21m. 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 What we’ve been up to “The Atari Book Volume 2” - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BKS5SHU/?tag=ataripodcast-20 BASIC Tenliners Contest 2016 - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/247971-basic-tenliners-contest-2016/ Axlon Andy Robot, ANTIC VOL. 3, NO. 12 / APRIL 1985 - http://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n12/profiles.html Interview Discussion Luis Baeza transcribed Glenn the 5200 man - http://computingpioneers.com/index.php/Glenn_The_5200_Man News Atari SuperBowl Ads (article) Atari SuperBowl Ads (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iuh58zxuMk Usborne releases 80’s computer books Star Raiders II source code (multiple versions) - https://archive.org/details/StarRaidersII_Wilmunder Star Raiders II Design Docs Star Raiders II Program Notes Atari 1050 2.5" Hard Drive Case by xlrone - Thingiverse - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1310706 Atari 1050 SD Card reader - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:625606 Omnivore Omnivore Blog - http://playermissile.com/omnivore/ Wade created a new map for Getaway using it - http://playermissile.com/blog/ Atari Vault brings over 100 classic arcade games to Steam in Spring 2016 Rainbow Walker Ported to 5200 PC Mag - The Golden Age of Atari Home Computers by Benj Edwards Season 13 of the 8-bit Atari High Score Club on AtariAge - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/ Atari Board - http://atari.boards.net/ The Strong Museum Acquires Collection of Atari Design Materials Bomber Deluxe edition - http://www.proc-atari.de RetroChallenge - http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/retrochallenge-2012sc/ Upcoming Shows: VCF Southeast 4.0 - April 2 & 3 2016, Roswell, GA -  http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-southeast-4-0/ VCF East - April 15-17, 2016, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ - http://www.vintagecomputerfederation.org/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/ KansasFest  - July 19-24, 2016, Kansas City, MO - https://www.kansasfest.org VCF West - August 6-7, Mountain View, CA - http://www.vintagecomputerfederation.org/uncategorized/vcf-west-is-back/ Chicago CoCoFest - April 23-24 - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/ New at Archive.org APX Correspondence - https://archive.org/details/APX_Programmer_Correspondence An Introduction to Selling the Atari 400 Computer System - https://archive.org/details/AnIntroductionToSellingTheAtari400ComputerSystem Bill’s Modern Segment ArSoft Corporation - http://www.arsoft.netstrefa.pl/ Interview with Arkadiusz "Larek" Lubaszka - http://www.retronagazie.eu/wywiad-arkadiusz-larek-lubaszka/ Game & Watch Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch Nintendo Wikia entry - http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Game_%26_Watch Super Mario Wiki entry - http://www.mariowiki.com/Game_%26_Watch Gunpei Yokoi @ Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpei_Yokoi Octopus Official page: http://www.arsoft.netstrefa.pl/programy.htm#octopus YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9nC6vzJSZk Nintendo Wikia entry for original: http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Octopus Super Mario Wiki entry for original - http://www.mariowiki.com/Octopus_(Game_%26_Watch) Parachute 2011 Official page: http://www.arsoft.netstrefa.pl/programy.htm#parachute2011 Atarimania: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-parachute-2011_27759.html Nintendo Wikia entry for original: http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Parachute Super Mario Wiki entry for original: http://www.mariowiki.com/Parachute Feedback Reverse-engineered, extensively documented assembly language source code of STAR RAIDERS directly from the binary file of the ROM cartridge by Lorenz Wiest - http://github.com/lwiest/StarRaiders