Welcome to January, 1981! Finally going month-by-month, Episode 4 includes the first ANALOG issue, Compute #8 and Creative Computing Vol 7 #1 and a review the game Caverns of Mars published first by APX then by Atari itself. And in my first interview, I talk with with Mike DesChenes, the co-founder of ANALOG Computing!

Introduction

Ten Pence Arcade
McCoyCast episode on Real Genius

Feedback

Intellivisionaries Ep. #13
Atari Bit Byter User Club
cc65 cross compiler

Interview with Mike DesChenes

Master Hobbies, Cherry Valley, MA
Newspaper scans of interviews with Lee Pappas and Mike DesChenes
OCR versions at The Digital ANALOG Project
ANALOG scans at archive.org
ANALOG scans at atarimania
ANALOG scans at atarimagazines.com

Magazines

Atari 8-bit magazines

ANALOG

ANALOG 400/800 #1, Jan/Feb 1981

Compute

Compute #8, Jan 1981
John von Neumann

Creative Computing

Creative Computing Vol 7 #1, Jan 1981
De Re Atari, Chapter 7: Sound

Game Review: Caverns of Mars

Caverns of Mars at AtariMania (APX version)
Caverns of Mars at AtariMania (Atari version)
Caverns of Mars at Atari 8-bit Forever
http://www.digitpress.com/eastereggs/a48cavernsofmars.htm
http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-8-bit/caverns-of-mars/mobyrank
How John Carter was Doomed by Its First Trailer
The Martian (2015)
The Martian by Andy Weir
Andy Weir's writings
Planetary Defense 2012 built in to Colleen emulator for Android
Instructions for Colleen

Author: Greg Christensen

Chris Crawford's Journal: The Atari years
Dec 82 issue of Video Games magazine

Company

http://www.atariarchives.org/APX/
Dale Yocum interview in ANTIC podcast #14
Fred Thorlin interview in ANTIC podcast #12
Fernando Herrera interview in ANTIC podcast #13

Modern Updates

Caverns of Mars II
Mars Mission II
Phobos

Production Notes

Music: Stef Animal's Bandcamp page
Episode page: Episode 4
Twitter: @atari8bitgames