Episode 1 - Kirk Israel

Kirk Israel talks about JoustPong, a game he has made and remade many times over the years.
We dive into the homebrew community surrounding the Atari 2600 in the early 2000s, the strain
of obsessive assembly coding on relationships, and the challenge of finding a supportive community.

Kirk Israel talks about JoustPong, a game he has made and remade many times over the years.
We dive into the homebrew community surrounding the Atari 2600 in the early 2000s, the strain
of obsessive assembly coding on relationships, and the challenge of finding a supportive community.

The Usenet thread where JoustPong was first proposed
Visual Basic JoustPong
PocketC JoustPong
Java JoustPong
Atari 2600 JoustPong / FlapPing development blog
processing.js FlapPing made for Flappy Jam
You can buy a physical FlapPing cartridge for the Atari 2600
kirk.is, Kirk's personal blog, which he's been updating daily since 2001
Kirk's gamebutton arcade
Batari Basic is an accessible tool for Atari 2600 game creation
Kirk reviews every type-in game from Compute!'s Gazette magazine
Hozer Video vs. AtariAge