In our first interview episode, David sits down with homebrew creator, tep392 (AKA: Perry Thuente) to discuss his latest creation, Pac-Man Arcade. Hear how he was able to make such a spot on version of the classic arcade game and get some early insite into some of his upcoming projects.

Show Notes

News

• The (new) Atari 5200 Podcast; David a co-host
  • Atari 5200 Podcast
  • AtariAge forum thread
  • Archive of old "Atari 5200 Superpodcast" at Internet Archive
• Nir Dary's YouTube channel
• Atari Party 2016; hosted by Bill
  • Atari Party 2016 website
  • ANTIC Episode 35 (Bill co-hosted)
  • Atari 2600 Game by Game podcast interview with Bill
• REVIVAL Solstice Retro Event 2016; hosted by Kieren
  • REVIVAL homepage
  • REVIVAL Solstice Retro Event 2016 video at YouTube
• Kieren's "Atari 8-bit vs Arcade" YouTube video playlist
• Retro Gamer magazine (Beyond Games discussed in issue 160)
• Atari Blast (previously GTIA Blast) released
  • AtariAge forum thread
  • Centre for Computing History

Pac-Man Arcade

• Published by
  • Perry "TEP392" Thuente - Atari 8-bit homebrew cart, 2012
  • AtariAge - Atari 5200 cart, 2012
• Developed by
  • Atari Inc. - original 1983 Ms. Pac-Man game
  • Perry Thuente, with contributions from MrFish and others - Pac-Man Arcade hack
• Based on NAMCO's 1980 arcade game

Where to Buy:

• AtariAge forum thread with info and for ordering
• AtariAge store for 5200 Pac-Man Arcade

Links:

• AtariAge forum thread with info and for ordering
• Atari XEGS Cart by Cart podcast interview episode with Perry Thuente
• Pac-Man Dossier at GamaSutra
• Ms. Pac-Man Wikipedia article

Other Reviews and Info:

• Atari Inc's 8-bit Pac-Man
  • XE-Lent Arcade Games, part 2
  • Atari 8-bit vs. Arcade, part 5
• Atari Inc's 2600 Pac-Man
  • Atari 2600 Game by Game Podcast
  • No Swear Gamer video
• Atari Inc's 8-bit Ms. Pac-Man
  • XE-Lent Arcade Games, part 5
• Atari Inc's 2600 Ms. Pac-Man
  • Atari 2600 Game by Game Podcast
  • No Swear Gamer video
• Atari Corp's 7800 Ms. Pac-Man
  • Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast
  • No Swear Gamer video

Pac-Man (mini review)

• Published by Atari Inc., 1982
• Developer Joe Hellesen
• Based on NAMCO's 1980 arcade game

Links

• AtariMania entry for Atari 8-bit Pac-Man

Donkey Kong

• Published by Atari Inc., 1983 & Atari Corp., 1988
• Developed by Landon Dyer (code & graphics), Brad Fuller (sound), Atari Inc.
• Based on Nintendo's 1981 arcade game

Where to buy:

• BEST Electronics:
  • Original release: $13 (cart only) or $18
  • XEGS re-release: $30 (cart only) or $45
• B & C ComputerVisions: $20 (cart only)
• EBay - $12-15 up to $85!

Links:

• AtariMania entry for Atari 8-bit Donkey Kong
• Donkey Kong (video game) article at Wikipedia
• Donkey Kong (character) article at Wikipedia
• About Atari 8-bit Donkey Kong easter egg
• The King of Kong article at Wikipedia
• Landon Dyer's blog at DadHacker.com
• "Donkey Kong and Me" post on Landon's blog
• Source code to Atari 8-bit Donkey Kong
• ANTIC podcast interview with Landon Dyer
• Videogame Music Preservation Foundation wiki entry on Brad Fuller
• Brad Fuller's website
• ANTIC podcast interview with Brad Fuller

Other Reviews and Info:

• XE-Lent Arcade Games part 5
• Atari 8-bit vs Arcade part 5
• 2600 Game by Game Podcast
• 7800 Game by Game Podcast
• Colecovisions Podcast

Warhawk

• Published by Firebird, 1986
• Developed by Andrew Betts (code), Rob Hubbard (music)

Links:

• AtariMania entry for Warhawk
• Wikipedia article on Telecomsoft (owner of Firebird, etc.)
• Mobygames article on Star Force
• Rob Hubbard talking about composing Commodore 64 Commando music (Bedrooms to Billionaires clip)

180!

• Published by Mastertronic, 1986
• Developed by Binary Design:
  • David Forward (code)
  • Steve Pickford & Jeremy Pickford (graphics)
  • Jason C. Brooke (music)

Links:

• AtariMania entry for 180!
• Pickford Brothers website
• Amiga-based arcade version of 180!