Welcome to 1979! Episode 1 includes a brief summary of the technical specifications of the Atari 400 & 800 that were first released at the end of the year, discussion of Creative Computing issues starting from April and the very first Compute! magazine, and a review of a game original to the Atari 8- bits and destined to become an all-time classic game: Star Raiders.
Introduction
- Douglas Adams Collected Works
Feedback
- Drop /// Inches with Mike Maginnis and Paul Hagstrom, a fairly technical podcast about the Apple ///
- Rick Keene's cover for STLog Issue 18
Technical details
- http://atariage.com/forums/topic/183619-total-number-of-a8-units-sold-worldwide/
Creative Computing Overview
- David H. Ahl and the History of Creative Computing
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #4, April 1979
- Vector 1
- Sexism in Computer Science
- No Quarter #94: Mike and Carrington talk about gender stereotypes and games
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #5, May 1979
- More Basic Computer Games
- White & Nerdy
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #7, July 1979
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #8, August 1979
- The Intellivisionaries Podcast
- GET LAMP by Jason Scott (of archive.org)
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #9, September 1979
- human-computer chess matches
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #10, October 1979
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #11, November 1979
- Creative Computing Vol 5, #12, December 1979
COMPUTE! Overview
- Compute! #1, Fall 1979
- http://atariage.com/forums/topic/123010-first-atari-8-bit-vaporware/
Game Review: STAR RAIDERS
- NY Times article on 10 most important video games of all time
Modern Updates
- New version with less slowdown
- More modern Star Raiders-like game XTAL
- XTAL at AtariMania
Production Notes
- Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
- Episode page: Episode 1
- Twitter: @atari8bitgames