Ep. 2: 1980, Part 1: Super Breakout
Let's blast through the first half of 1980
An episode of the Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective podcast, hosted by Player/Missile, titled "Ep. 2: 1980, Part 1: Super Breakout" was published on August 28, 2014 and runs 45 minutes.
August 28, 2014 ·45m · Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective
Episode Description
Welcome to 1980! Episode 2 includes coverage of the Creative Computing and Compute! magazines through the first half of 1980 and a review of the game Super Breakout by Atari.
Introduction
Magazines
- Compute #2, Jan/Feb 1980
- Creative Computing v6, #1 Jan 1980
- Creative Computing v6, #2 Feb 1980
- Compute #3, Mar/Apr 1980
- Creative Computing v6, #3 Mar 1980
- Creative Computing v6, #4 Apr 1980 (the famous April Fool's issue)
- Compute #4, May/Jun 1980
- Creative Computing v6, #5 May 1980
- Creative Computing v6, #6 Jun 1980
Game Review: Super Breakout
Author: Larry Kaplan
Manual
Technical Details
My High Score
Production Notes
- Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
- Episode page: Episode 2
- Twitter: @atari8bitgames
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