Atari Star Award

[dafivehole]

Picking this up locally tomorrow... kind of cool. Has anyone ever seen something like this before?

 

This is for Numberland Nightwatch (1983).

 

Thanks,

Roger

Edited March 2, 2017 by dafivehole

[+Stephen]

Awesome find. I've never seen anything like that before.

[MrFish]

If you listen to the Antic Podcast interview with Fernando Herrera, he talks about receiving this award along with $25,000 dollars for his My First Alphabet software. He then went on to form the great First Star Software, whose name is derived from the Star Award that he received. It's actually a very interesting story -- the reason for him writing this software, and how his company came about. Many thanks to Kevin and the crew for giving us an opportunity to hear about it.

 

It's the first time I've seen one. Thanks for sharing.

Edited March 3, 2017 by MrFish

[MrFish]

Ah, here, I found one on Archives.org: APX - Smasher

Edited March 3, 2017 by MrFish

[Savetz]

Did you pick it up? Who had it before you, a collector; the family of the programmer; someone else

 

-Kevin

 

Picking this up locally tomorrow... kind of cool. Has anyone ever seen something like this before?

 

This is for Numberland Nightwatch (1983).

 

Thanks,

Roger

[dafivehole]

Yes, I have it now. The person I got it from bought it at a local comic shop. I'm not sure who had it before then... what a long strange trip it must have been...

 

Thank you,

Roger

[Bryan]

Of course, you know whoever possesses it must write a piece of award-winning software.

[dafivehole]

Heavy is the head that wears the crown