Ep. 4: Jan 1981: Caverns of Mars
APX game goes gold
An episode of the Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective podcast, hosted by Player/Missile, titled "Ep. 4: Jan 1981: Caverns of Mars" was published on October 13, 2014 and runs 105 minutes.
October 13, 2014 ·105m · Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective
Episode Description
Welcome to January, 1981! Finally going month-by-month, Episode 4 includes the first ANALOG issue, Compute #8 and Creative Computing Vol 7 #1 and a review the game Caverns of Mars published first by APX then by Atari itself. And in my first interview, I talk with with Mike DesChenes, the co-founder of ANALOG Computing!
Introduction
Interview with Mike DesChenes
Magazines
Compute
Creative Computing
Game Review: Caverns of Mars
- Caverns of Mars at AtariMania (APX version)
- Caverns of Mars at AtariMania (Atari version)
- Caverns of Mars at Atari 8-bit Forever
- http://www.digitpress.com/eastereggs/a48cavernsofmars.htm
- http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-8-bit/caverns-of-mars/mobyrank
- How John Carter was Doomed by Its First Trailer
- The Martian (2015)
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- Andy Weir's writings
- Planetary Defense 2012 built in to Colleen emulator for Android
- Instructions for Colleen
Author: Greg Christensen
Company
Modern Updates
Production Notes
- Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
- Episode page: Episode 4
- Twitter: @atari8bitgames
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