Month: November 2016

Retro Computing Roundtable
Computers

RCR Episode 142: Replica replica

November 27, 2016 Retro Computing Roundtable

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Host’s Topic: Replica replica Replicas, precise or otherwise. What do you think about (near-)perfect replicas? Is our nostalgia for using a new-looking object, or for using an object that was actually produced in the past? Should we …

Kevin Savetz
Atari

Paul Berker, Phoenix Software — interview

November 19, 2016 Kevin Savetz

Paul Berker: Adventure in Time and Birth of the Phoenix Paul Berker was a programmer for Phoenix Software, where he coded Birth of the Phoenix and Adventure In Time, which were both released for the Apple II and Atari 8-bit computers; and Queen of Phobos, which was released on the …

Retro Computing Roundtable
Computers

RCR Episode 141: RetroChallenge 2016/10

November 13, 2016 Retro Computing Roundtable

Panelists: Michael Mulhern (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, John Linville, and Jack Nutting Host’s Topic: RetroChallenge 2016/10 Both Michael and John were first time RC judges – How did it go? Retro Computing News: RetroChallenge Jumpman: Reverse Engineering the Atari 8-bit Version gcc explorer w/ gcc6809 and CMOC Burroughs 220 simulator …

2600 Game by Game
Atari consoles

130 – Keystone Kapers by Activision

November 30, 2016 2600 Game by Game

Happy Gluttonous Shopping Season everyone! Please be sure to visit your local mom and pop stores this season, they’ll feel good and you will too. Today I am discussing Keystone Kapers by the one and only Activision! I apologize for the refrigerator this episode, it sounded really loud and distracting

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