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Category: Media

Watch the “Stella at 20” Atari 2600 Retrospective (1-3 hours)

January 23, 2022 moorejh History, Media, Video, Web Resources

Task: Watch the “Stella at 20” Atari 2600 Retrospective Needed: Web Browser Time: 1-3 hours (or more) Introduction The Atari 2600 was launched in 1977 and enjoyed many years of success. For its 20th anniversary in 1997, a group of former Atari employees got together

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Watch “The Magic Room” Documentary about the Atari Summer Camp (30-60 mins)

August 22, 2021 moorejh History, Media, Video

Task: Watch “The Magic Room” Documentary about the Atari Summer Camp Needed: Web browser Time: 30-60 minutes Introduction Atari ran several summer computer camps during the early 1980s and produced a documentary featuring kids at the first one. There are three versions of the film

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Explore the The Modern Atari 8-Bit Computer YouTube Channel (30-60 mins)

July 3, 2021 moorejh Media, Video, Web Resources

Task: Explore the The Modern Atari 8-Bit Computer YouTube Channel Needed: Web Browser Time: 30-60 mins for watching several videos Introduction I have learned a lot about Atari 8-bit computers and video game consoles by watching YouTube videos. One of my favorite channels is the

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Listen to the Atari 2600 Game by Game Podcast (1-2 hours)

May 23, 2021 moorejh Games, History, Media, Podcasts

Task: Listen to the Atari 2600 Game by Game Podcast Needed: Web browser Time: 1-2 hours Introduction If you are like me you can’t get enough Atari. Podcasts are one way to satisfy the Atari itch. I have previously posted about the Antic, Floppy Days,

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Explore ANALOG Computing Magazine (30-60 mins)

May 16, 2021 moorejh Magazines, Media, Web Resources

Task: Explore ANALOG Computing Magazine Needed: Web browser Time: 30-60 minutes Introduction I have previously posted about the popular Antic Magazine covering the Atari 8-bit computers. Equally important was the ANALOG Computing magazine which covered Atari computers from 1981 until 1989 with a total of

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Read “How Atari took on Apple in the 1980s home PC wars” by Benj Edwards (5-10 mins)

March 21, 2021 moorejh History, Media

Task: Read “How Atari took on Apple in the 1980s home PC wars” by Benj Edwards Needed: Web browser Time: 5-10 mins Introduction There have been a number of popular press pieces on various aspects of the Atari story. There is a great piece by

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Explore the 8-Bit Workshop Web Page (10-15 mins)

December 6, 2020 moorejh Books, Media, Programming, Software, Utilities, Web Resources

Task: Explore the 8-Bit Workshop Web Page Needed: Web browser Time: 10-15 mins Introduction This is a must browse web page with some amazing resources for those interested in programming and game development for the Atari 8-bit consoles including the 2600, 5200, and 7800. Other

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Explore Atari Advertisements in Retail Christmas Catalogs (10-15 mins)

November 1, 2020 moorejh Media, Web Resources

Task: Explore Atari Advertisements in Retail Christmas Catalogs Needed: Web browser Time: 10-15 mins Introduction If you grew up in the United State in the early 1980s the Christmas catalogs from Sears, J.C. Penney, and other department stores were the bomb. We all spent days

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Try the Atari 8-Bit Twitter Bot (5-10 mins)

September 20, 2020 moorejh Media, Programming

Task: Try the Atari 8-Bit Twitter Bot Needed: Web browser and a twitter account Time: 5-10 mins Introduction I have previously posted about the thriving Atari community on twitter. A fun new twitter bot has appeared in the last few weeks called the @atari8bitbot. This

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Watch the Documentary “Once Upon Atari” (2 hours)

September 7, 2020 moorejh History, Media

Task: Watch the Documentary “Once Upon Atari” Needed: Web browser Time: 2 hours Introduction The Atari story from start to finish is an amazing one. Particularly interesting are the stories from the early days of Atari which stem from a very free and open management

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Explore Atari Tweets (10-15 mins)

June 13, 2020 moorejh Media, Web Resources

Task: Explore Atari Tweets Needed: web browser Time: 10-15 mins Introduction I am very active on twitter and love to post Atari-related items from time to time. Twitter is a great way to get information and interact with a slice of the Atari community. I

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Explore Atari-Related Posts on Hackaday (15-30 mins)

May 2, 2020 moorejh Media, Web Resources

Task: Explore Atari-Related Posts on Hackaday Needed: A web browser Time: 15-30 minutes Introduction Hackaday is a website that posts daily hardware and software hacks and projects. I was pleased to learn that they did a post about this Atari Projects resource. Their post, “Classic

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Watch the Documentary “Atari: Game Over” (1 hour)

October 13, 2019 moorejh Documentary, Games, Media

Task: Watch the Documentary “Atari: Game Over” Needed: Web browser Time: 1 hour Introduction One of the great stories of Atari was the “rumor” that they buried tons of E.T. cartridges for the 2600 in a desert landfill after the video game crash of 1983.

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Read Atari News from the 1970s and 1980s (30-60 mins)

May 27, 2019 moorejh History, Media, News, Web Resources

Task: Read Atari News from the 1970s and 1980s  Needed: Web browser Time: 30-60 minutes Introduction A number of good books have been written about the history of Atari (e.g. Racing the Beam and Breakout). It is a fascinating story of innovation, success, and failure.

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Listen to the Into the Vertical Blank Podcast (30-120 mins)

April 26, 2019 moorejh Media, Podcasts

Task: Listen to the Into the Vertical Blank Podcast Needed: Web browser or podcast app Time: 30-120 minutes Introduction I started listening to the “Into the Vertical Blank” podcast recently and have been really enjoying it. The hosts, Jeff and Steve Fulton, are twins that

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Watch Episodes of the Bits and Bytes TV Show (1-2 hours)

January 12, 2019 moorejh Media

Task: Watch Episodes of the Bits and Bytes TV Show Needed: Web browser Time: 1-2 hours Introduction I grew up in the U.S. and never had the opportunity to see the wonderful Canadian instructional TV series called Bits and Bytes that taught people how to

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Watch Atari 8-Bit Computer TV Commercials (15-30 mins)

November 21, 2018 moorejh Media

Task: Watch Atari 8-Bit Computer TV Commercials Needed: Web Browser  Time: 15-30 minutes Introduction I honestly don’t recall seeing Atari computer commercials on TV as a kid. I must have seen a few over the years. These are really fun to watch now and there are

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Watch “The Fate of Atari” Documentary (2 hours)

November 11, 2018 moorejh Documentary, Media

Task: Watch “The Fate of Atari” Documentary Needed: Web browser Time: 2 hours Introduction The history of Atari is a fascinating story of innovation, business success, and business failure. There must be case studies on Atari that have been used over the years to teach

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Watch Atari Episodes of “Computer Chronicles” TV Show (1-2 hours)

October 4, 2018 moorejh Media, Web Resources

Task: Watch Atari Episodes of “Computer Chronicles” TV Show Needed: Web Browser Time: 1-2 hours Introduction The “Computer Chronicles” TV show launched in 1983 at a local PBS station in California and quickly took off as word spread across the USA and people called up

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