Ep. 3: 1980, Part 2: Space Invaders

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Finishing off 1980, Episode 3 includes coverage of the remaining 6 months of Creative Computing and Compute magazines, and a review of the game Space Invaders published by Atari. Introduction Martin Gardiner Corrections Digital Press Interview with Larry Kaplan 2600 Game by Game Podcast #3: Ferg's review of Air-Sea Battle Source code for all operating system revisions 2600 Game by Game Podcast #41: Ferg's review of Kaboom Feedback Manual for 400/800 version of the Super Breakout Intellivisionaries Podcast XKCD What if? FiveThirtyEight interview with Randall Munroe about "What if?" New 8-bit podcast! Inverse ATASCII, the Atari 8-bit Productivity Podcast Magazines Creative Computing v6, #6 Jun 1980 Compute #5, July/Aug 1980 Creative Computing v6, #7 Jul 1980 Creative Computing v6, #8 Aug 1980 Compute #6, Sep/Oct 1980 2600 Game-By-Game review of Video Life Conway's Game of Life Creative Computing v6, #9 Sep 1980 Creative Computing v6, #10 Oct 1980 Compute #7, Nov/Dec 1980 Creative Computing v6, #11 Nov 1980 Creative Computing v6, #12 Dec 1980 Game Review: Space Invaders Atari Mania's Space Invaders page Atari 8-bit Forever's Space Invaders page Ferg's review of Space Invaders for the 2600 Arcade version Space Invaders Targets Coins The Myth of the 100 Yen Coin Shortage AtariAge Forum Post by the author Author: Rob Fulop Ferg talks about Rob Fulop on 2600 Game by Game Podcast, Episode #7 Digital Press Interview Gamasutra: Playing Catch Up with Rob Fulop 1994 Wired interview Gamasutra: The Replay Interviews: Rob Fulop Replay: The History of Video Games by Tristan Donovan Manual Space Invaders manual PDF and desktop wallpaper Coin Connection Atari Newsletter, Vol 2, #6 June 1978 Howald Delman interview with photo of Bob Flemate Production Notes Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page Episode page: Episode 3 Twitter: @atari8bitgames

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