Ep. 1: 1979: Star Raiders

Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective

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Next Episode: Ep. 2: 1980, Part 1: Super Breakout

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
The Code Book

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