Ep. 4: Jan 1981: Caverns of Mars

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 Ten Pence Arcade McCoyCast episode on Real Genius Feedback Intellivisionaries Ep. #13 Atari Bit Byter User Club cc65 cross compiler Interview with Mike DesChenes Master Hobbies, Cherry Valley, MA Newspaper scans of interviews with Lee Pappas and Mike DesChenes OCR versions at The Digital ANALOG Project ANALOG scans at archive.org ANALOG scans at atarimania ANALOG scans at atarimagazines.com Magazines Atari 8-bit magazines ANALOG ANALOG 400/800 #1, Jan/Feb 1981 Compute Compute #8, Jan 1981 John von Neumann Creative Computing Creative Computing Vol 7 #1, Jan 1981 De Re Atari, Chapter 7: Sound 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 Chris Crawford's Journal: The Atari years Dec 82 issue of Video Games magazine Company http://www.atariarchives.org/APX/ Dale Yocum interview in ANTIC podcast #14 Fred Thorlin interview in ANTIC podcast #12 Fernando Herrera interview in ANTIC podcast #13 Modern Updates Caverns of Mars II Mars Mission II Phobos Production Notes Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page Episode page: Episode 4 Twitter: @atari8bitgames