Virtually complete source code from Atari coin-ops acquired by museum

[X900BattleGrape]

I saw this today and thought some of you might be interested, but didn't see it posted (appologies if it's old news). As the article goes on to state it's almost not the source code that's the most interesting part of this treasure trove. Read on...

 

"Museum acquires 'virtually complete' source code from Atari's arcade heyday"

 

http://www.polygon.com/2014/4/22/5640114/maze-invaders-atari-arcade-source-code-strong-museum-icheg

[Cap5750]

It wasn't posted that I saw, but someone did mention it in their status update.

 

Either way, I'd still love to look through it....more so that looking at the DOS source code.

[X900BattleGrape]

Funny and related story about coming by this article, Cap. I was purusing entries at The Cutting Room Floor (http://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor) and in year 1978 saw Sky Raider, and was determined to solve the proverbial mystery. I did discover who the programmer was, which led me to the hopefully awesome documentary World 1-1 I'd never heard of (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1128229743/world-1-1) and this was posted on their FB page, so figured I'd share. As to the Sky Raider mystery...the answer definitively is we'll never know. I'll update the wiki tomorrow maybe.

[Nebulon]

Good thing this guy saved all that stuff.

 

Hopefully we'll see scans of highlights in the not-too-distant future.

 

I can't wait to read the books that will most certainly reference this material.

[+Ripdubski]

Interestng. Thx.

[ilaskey]

Wow. Wonder if Curt knows?