Ep. 1: 1979: Star Raiders

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. 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 Production Notes Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page Episode page: Episode 1 Twitter: @atari8bitgames