<description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5200 coverage in magazines from January through March 1983. Plus a special bonus look at a NY Times article about Warner's stunning December 1982 earnings shortfall caused by Atari's massive financial loss.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;1983&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atarimania.com/documents/atari-5200-1st-quarter-1983-pop.pdf"&gt;Q1 1983 First Quarter P.O.P. (Point Of Purchase) Support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_04_1983-01_Pumpkin_Press_US/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Jan 1983 Video Games Vol 1, #4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-09/page/n77/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Jan 1983 ANALOG Computing #9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/joystik_magazine-1983-01"&gt;Jan 1983 Joystik Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_11_1983-01_Reese_Communications_US/page/n67/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Jan 1983 Electronic Games Vol 1, #11&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/AtariAgeIssues1-7/Atari%20Age%20Issue%205%20%28January-February%201983%29/page/n3/mode/2up"&gt;Jan/Feb 1983 Atari Age Magazine Vol 1, #5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_05_1983-02_Pumpkin_Press_US/page/n89/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Feb 1983 Video Games Vol 1, #5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1983-02/page/n283/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Feb 1983 Creative Computing Vol 9, #2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_12_1983-02_Reese_Communications_US/page/n85/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Feb 1983 Electronic Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-10/page/n9/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Mar 1983 ANALOG Computing #10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/19/business/the-game-turns-serious-at-atari.html"&gt;12/19/82 NY Times article “The Game Turns Serious at Atari”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_06_1983-03_Pumpkin_Press_US/page/n49/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Mar 1983 Video Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCfJhs5XymU"&gt;Worm War 1 TV commercial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/AtariAgeIssues1-7/Atari%20Age%20Issue%206%20%28March-April%201983%29/mode/2up"&gt;Mar/Apr 1983 Atari Age Magazine Vol 1, #6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Production Notes&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Music: &lt;a href="https://stef-animal.bandcamp.com/"&gt;Stef Animal's Bandcamp page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Episode page: &lt;a href="http://playermissile.com/podcast/ep034.html"&gt;Episode 34&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Twitter: &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/atari8bitgames"&gt;&amp;#64;atari8bitgames&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</description>

The game turns serious at Atari.

Ep. 34: 8-bit vs 5200 Part 2: Q1 1983

<description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Coverage of a few magazines I missed last time. Live plays of two games, tips to speed up disk drive I/O, and articles on how automation has changed TV and film production.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Magazines&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://playermissile.com/magazines.html"&gt;Atari 8-bit magazines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Softalk&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/softalkv3n04dec1982"&gt;Softalk Vol 3, #4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://ct6502.org/product/assembly-lines-the-complete-book/"&gt;Assembly Lines book&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/TotalReplay"&gt;Total Replay harddisk image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://yesterbits.com/2017/01/22/axlon-ramdisk-320/"&gt;Axlon RAMDISK 320k&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/a2-4am/passport"&gt;Passport auto-cracking tool&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Nibble&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_nibble_1982_3_8/page/1/mode/1up"&gt;Nibble Vol 3, #8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/nibbledisks_nib11"&gt;Nibble disk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Production Notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Music: &lt;a href="https://stef-animal.bandcamp.com/"&gt;Stef Animal's Bandcamp page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Episode page: &lt;a href="http://playermissile.com/podcast/ep033.html"&gt;Episode 33&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Twitter: &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/atari8bitgames"&gt;&amp;#64;atari8bitgames&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</description>

Missed some magazines

Ep. 33: Dec 1982: Magazines, Part 3

<description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Coverage of Atari Connection, APX, Byte, C&amp;amp;VG, Micro, Softside, Page 6 &amp;amp; Atari I/O for Dec 1982. Another Chris Crawford article on game design, a review of Steve Wozniak’s US Festival, and will Forth become the official language of the podcast?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Magazines&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://playermissile.com/magazines.html"&gt;Atari 8-bit magazines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Atari Connection&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Atari_Connection_Volume_2_Number_4_1982-09_Atari_US"&gt;Atari Connection Vol 2, #4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/masteringrubiksc00tayl"&gt;Mastering Rubik's Cube by Don Taylor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/48kRAM/status/1462136144477499395"&gt;Josh Malone’s USB CX-85 numeric keypad mod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;APX Catalog&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/APXCatalogWinter19821983"&gt;APX Catalog Winter 1982&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Byte&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-12"&gt;Byte Vol 7, #12&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.samkass.com/theories/RPSSL.html"&gt;Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-atari-articles"&gt;Byte Magazine Atari articles only by Kay Savetz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wendycarlos.com/"&gt;TRON soundtrack composer Wendy Carlos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIq_WR8cl1E"&gt;Women in Electronic Music&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://sisterswithtransistors.com/"&gt;Sisters with Transistors documentary film&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Video Games&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_014_1982-12_EMAP_Publishing_GB"&gt;C&amp;amp;VG Issue #14&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Micro 6502/6809 Journal&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/micro-6502-journal-55"&gt;Micro #55&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;SoftSide&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-51"&gt;Softside #36&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.forth.com/starting-forth/"&gt;Starting Forth online edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra"&gt;Edsger W Dijkstra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd04xx/EWD498.PDF"&gt;Dijkstra’s rant on languages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.forth.com/resources/forth-programming-language/"&gt;History of Forth language&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/piotr-wiszowaty/foco65"&gt;Forth cross compiler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://thehistoryofcomputing.net/the-pascal-programming-language"&gt;History of Computing Podcast episode on Pascal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Page 6&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Page_6_Issue_01_1981-12_ABACUS_GB"&gt;Page #1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.page6.org/about/about.htm"&gt;History of Page 6 magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Atari Input/Output&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Input_Output_Issue_01_1982-12_Atari_GB"&gt;Atari Input/Output #1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Production Notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Music: &lt;a href="https://stef-animal.bandcamp.com/"&gt;Stef Animal's Bandcamp page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Episode page: &lt;a href="http://playermissile.com/podcast/ep032.html"&gt;Episode 32&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Twitter: &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/atari8bitgames"&gt;&amp;#64;atari8bitgames&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</description>

Atari Connection, APX, Byte, C&VG, Micro, Softside, Page 6 & Atari I/O

Ep. 32: Dec 1982: Magazines, Part 2

<description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Coverage of Antic, Compute!, Creative Computing, Dec 1982. Chris Crawford on Legionnaire, first rumors of the IBM PCjr, and two articles predicting the future: Compute! does OK while Creative Computing gets a bunch of whammies. Also: Bullwinkle’s restaurant, sexism and mansplaining about whether educational software should ask kids their gender, and Bahrain doctors, video games &amp;amp; epilepsy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Magazines&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://playermissile.com/magazines.html"&gt;Atari 8-bit magazines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Antic&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/1982-12-anticmagazine"&gt;Antic Vol 1, #5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-stratos_5096.html"&gt;Stratos by Neil Larimer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/webpage/antic-interview-138-linda-schreiber-thesis-software-and-author"&gt;ANTIC Podcast interview with Linda Schreiber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-legionnaire_2959.html"&gt;Legionnaire by Chris Crawford&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Compute!&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/1982-12-compute-magazine"&gt;Compute #31&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.oldcomputers.net/ibm-pcjr.html"&gt;IBM PCjr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.oldcomputers.net/hp85.html"&gt;HP 85 Computer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.abandonedfl.com/xanadu-home-of-the-future/"&gt;Xanadu, the Home of the Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monrobot_XI"&gt;Monrobot desk computer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Creative Computing&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1982-12"&gt;Creative Computing Vol 8, #12&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bahrain/"&gt;CIA World Factbook on Bahrain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Production Notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Music: &lt;a href="https://stef-animal.bandcamp.com/"&gt;Stef Animal's Bandcamp page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Episode page: &lt;a href="http://playermissile.com/podcast/ep031.html"&gt;Episode 31&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Twitter: &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/atari8bitgames"&gt;&amp;#64;atari8bitgames&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</description>

Antic, Compute!, & Creative Computing

Ep. 31: Dec 1982: Magazines, Part 1

<description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In a special multi-part series comparing the 8-bit computers to the 5200 console, this first episode focuses on 1982. Scanning the regular magazines for mentions of the 5200, I also scour other magazines for both 8-bit and 5200 coverage. Only in this special series will you hear article summaries from these periodicals: Electronic Games, JoyStik, Video Games, Video Games Player and Atari Age Magazine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://theatari5200supercommunity.blogspot.com/"&gt;Atari 5200 Super Community Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://5200.gamebygamepodcast.com/"&gt;The Atari 5200 Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20200831194932/https://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/sylvia/sylvia.html"&gt;Atari 3200 prototype&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atariprotos.com/5200/software/gremlins/gremlins.htm"&gt;Gremlins: last official release for the 5200&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Technical References&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/atari-inc-business-is-fun-martin-goldberg/1115183207"&gt;Business is Fun by Marty Goldberg and Curt Vendel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-15/page/n59/mode/2up"&gt;Jan 1984 ANALOG Computing #15 article Transporting programs to the 5200&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-16/page/n11/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Feb 1984 ANALOG Computing #16 update for 2-port 5200&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Magazine Chronology&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/atari5200productreleaseannouncement/mode/2up"&gt;Jan 8, 1982: Atari Press Release Announcing the 5200&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/magazines/electronic_games/electronic_games_winter81.pdf"&gt;Winter 1981/1982 Electronic Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/magazines/electronic_games/electronic_games_may82.pdf"&gt;Mar 1982 Electronic Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes/season-6/jerry-lawson"&gt;Command Line Heroes podcast about Jerry Lawson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/magazines/electronic_games/electronic_games_may82.pdf"&gt;May 1982 Electronic Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/AtariAgeIssues1-7/Atari%20Age%20Issue%201%20%28May-June%201982%29/page/n3/mode/2up"&gt;May/Jun 1982: Atari Age Magazine Vol 1, #1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/magazines/electronic_games/electronic_games_jun82.pdf"&gt;Jun 1982 Electronic Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/AtariAgeIssues1-7/Atari%20Age%20Issue%202%20%28July-August%201982%29/mode/2up"&gt;Jul/Aug 1982: Atari Age Magazine Vol 1, #2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_01_1982-08_Pumpkin_Press_US_a/page/n13/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Aug 1982 Video Games Vol 1, #1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080229043301/http://www.oxfordamericanmag.com/content.cfm?ArticleID=58&amp;amp;Entry=Home"&gt;Billy Mitchell &amp;amp; Perfect Pac-Man&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://perfectpacman.com/2021/09/06/dot-two/"&gt;Historical overview of fake Pac-Man high scores &amp;amp; Billy Mitchell’s Fraud&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://perfectpacman.com/dot-two-supplemental/"&gt;Background research for the above&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Player_Vol_1_No_1_1982-09_Carnegie_Publications_US/page/n57/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Sep 1982: Video Games Player&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/joystik_magazine-1982-09/page/n5/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Sept 1982: Joystik Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/AtariAgeIssues1-7/Atari%20Age%20Issue%203%20%28September-October%201982%29/page/n7/mode/2up"&gt;Sep/Oct 1982: Atari Age Magazine Vol 1, #3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_nov82.pdf"&gt;Nov 1982 The Video Game Update Vol 1, #8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/joystik_magazine-1982-11/page/n57/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Nov 1982 Joystik Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_09_1982-11_Reese_Communications_US/page/n7/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Nov 1982 Electronic Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/AtariAgeIssues1-7/Atari%20Age%20Issue%204%20%28November-December%201982%29/page/n3/mode/2up"&gt;Nov/Dec 1982: Atari Age Magazine Vol 1, #4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1982-12/page/n51/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Creative Computing Vol 8, #12&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/joystik_magazine-1982-12/page/n5/mode/2up?q=5200"&gt;Dec 1982 Joystik Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_03_1982-12_Pumpkin_Press_US/page/n35/mode/2up"&gt;Dec 1982 Video Games Vol 1, #3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/magazines/electronic_games/electronic_games_dec82.pdf"&gt;Dec 1982 Electronic Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ign.com/wikis/history-of-video-game-consoles/Arcadia_2001"&gt;Arcadia 2001 overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atarimania.com/documents/atari-5200-a-new-area-in-graphics-and-game-play.pdf"&gt;Late 1982 Atari P.O.P. (Point Of Purchase) and Advertising Support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Production Notes&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Music: &lt;a href="https://stef-animal.bandcamp.com/"&gt;Stef Animal's Bandcamp page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Episode page: &lt;a href="http://playermissile.com/podcast/ep030.html"&gt;Episode 30&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Twitter: &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/atari8bitgames"&gt;&amp;#64;atari8bitgames&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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Comparing the 8-bit computers to the 5200

Ep. 30: 8-bit vs 5200 Part 1: 1982

A retrospective of the Atari 8-bit home computer systems, the magazines that covered them, and a somewhat chronological review of games as they arrived on the platform.

Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective

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