S3:E15: Steve Golson Interview Part 1: How GCC Atari’s Secret Weapon
Into The Vertical Blank
English - July 03, 2020 13:22 - 1 hour - 123 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsVideo Games Leisure Society & Culture Personal Journals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode we talk to Steve Golson, hacker/engineer for GCC and creator of the hardware that converted Pac-Man into Ms. Pac Man. In part one of a two part conversation, we chat about the era of coin-op “speed-up kits” and how GCC's revolutionary ideas for converting "Missile Command " into “Super Missile Attack” led to the upstart company becoming Atari’s Secret Weapon.
Don't miss this one! Golson is an amazing story teller!
Written, Edited, Produced by Steve Fulton and Jeff Fulton
Branding by Daryl Litts
Additional music - “Missile Command” By Tony Longworth
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Links
Steve Golson's Web Site: https://trilobyte.com/about/
Super Missile Attack : https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9918