Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective artwork

Ep. 16: Dec 1981: Flight Simulators, Part 2a

Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective

English - September 01, 2015 19:43 - 2 hours - 73.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 15: Nov 1981: Reversi II
Next Episode: Ep. 17: Jan 1982: Shamus

The first half of the military flight simulator roundup with Chris Olson. I've included a bonus tech section at the end discussing a clever display list technique used by the MicroProse sims. Guest reviews: Michael Glaser of the XEGS Cart-by-Cart podcast covers SoftSide and Kevin Savetz summarizes the APX Winter 1981 Catalog.

Introduction

Thanks to Wade from Inverse ATASCII for the ANALOGs & Flight Simulator II
AtariAge forum thread: 2 worthy video game podcasts
Internet History Podcast By Brian McCullough
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
XEGS Cart-by-Cart Podcast
ANTIC Podcast

Feedback

The History of 8-bit Computer Games in The USA #1 : CGW Nov/Dec 1981
Sprite Castle, the C64 game review podcast with Rob O'Hara
No Quarter episode 89: Arcade Draft #1
No Quarter episode 123: Arcade Draft #2

Listener Written Programs

The Space Invaders TRS-80 'Bootleg' Project

MAME Cabinet

MAME cabinet progress (AtariAge forum thread)
More details on MAME cabinet

... For 35 more links, see the show notes