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
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