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The Four Horseman Of David, Larry Bob, Alan Form Activision Competition Sows The Seeds Of Apocalypse For Atari Inc.

Rocks Floating In Space Insert Coin To Shoot. Collects Quarters By The Ton

A Boardroom Showdown Bushnell Booted By Gerard Welcome Ray Kassar

TIA, RIOT and 6507. VCS Changes Everything

There is a great book about the history of MTV named "I Want My MTV". The entire story, besides a few introductory paragraphs, is told through quotes from the various individuals involved. Quotes are mixed, and put in chronological order to tell the story from 100's of interviews. What I like about this kind of "oral history" is that is leaves some of the historical context up for interpretation by the reader. It's well known that people's memories suck, but reading their actual words right after one-another, either confirming or contradicting each other is a pretty powerful way to read a story. For example, I really like Curt and Marty's Atari book, but no matter how hard they try to the contrary, it reads like they, themselves, have a vendetta against Bushnell. Instead, an oral history would put Bushnell quotes up against those of Dabney, Alcorn, Gerard, etc. It would read less like the authors were trying to force a point, and let the personalities make the point themselves. The story then arises out of the events in context. An example of a one story from the Antic podcast that could use this kind of treatment is the tale of the "Syn" products, and how the Tramiels (allegedly) put Synapse out of business by not paying them for the software they shipped. I believe at least three people have told that story, in slight different ways. If told from just one perspective, you get the idea the the Tramiels tried to put Synapse out of business on purpose. But the Tramiels probably don't see it that way. They probably see it as a having a mountain existing contractual "hand-grenades" that Atari Inc. left for them to throw their bodies upon. Telling that story through an oral history, to me, would be much more effective than trying to take one-side. There are so many parties involved and so many different perspectives, an oral history would do the subject justice. It also fit's with the demeanor of the Antic Podcast which feels like it takes an objective, broad and open view of the 8-bit Atari world.

...like an oral history.

Decuir's book sounds excellent. So does a book based on the interview series. For me, the more to read the better.

Warner Buys Into VCS promise. Bushnell Starts Thinking: "Pizza?"

LSI Home Pong A Chip Off The Coin-Op Block Sporting Goods For Nerds

Mr friends and I always thought those were bugs.

The Kee To Success Is Fake Competition And A Game Named "Tank!"

Fight Pong Copycats With Innovative Leisure: Space Race, Pong Doubles

Avoid Missing Ball For High Score. Easy to learn But hard to master

Slick Computer Space Machines all ready to dance But few know the steps

Die alien scum. What did they do to Yar to make him so vengeful?

I does kinda look like him.

Please God, not Pixels Make the movie anything that Is not like Pixels

War Games, but WOPR Wins, David must use video game Skills to shoot missiles

The Atari tape on the boxes was the best part!

"Notre destin cruel est qu'il garde manger la crème glacée damnés !"

Yes. I bought 2 130XE's with RCA cable mods a couple years ago. Everything was great.

They watch TV chefs Drop F-bombs while telling cooks How bad their food tastes

An Atari Store My silent dream is to own one Wife may not approve

I have not played them since 1983, But I recall Stuart Smith's games like "Ali Baba And The 40 Thieves" and "Return Of Heracles" having a lot of similarities to Zelda. "Ali Baba" was the first computer I ever finished. I think I finished it in 2 days during school break Xmas 1983, the year I got my Atari 800 for Christmas.

30 days in now One month of Atari Haiku How many more poems? Will I reach two months Without missing a Haiku? Ready, steady, go!