#140: The Game Creator: Atari ST STOS History, Games &  Community 

Episode 140 June 01, 2025 00:30:19
#140: The Game Creator: Atari ST STOS History, Games &  Community 
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#140: The Game Creator: Atari ST STOS History, Games &  Community 

Jun 01 2025 | 00:30:19

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Show Notes

If you were a teen,  pre-teen, or even a curious adult with an 8-bit computer in the 80’s, you most likely started your journey as a computer enthusiast by playing with the basic language included with your machine.  Some typed in a few programs, then moved to games and never looked back, while many of us were so engrossed in the power to control the computer and especially create games,  that it became an obsession that we still feed off of today.  

 

Eventually many of us sold or traded up to an Amiga or Atari ST and we found that basic languages bundled with the machines, at least before the advent of the Super, or Power pack bundles, was lacking in any game making ability. In fact, some of the basics were so poor that many of us were put off trying to program on these newer faster machines at all. 

 

Enter the game creation basics!
If you were an ST owner in 1989 or an Amiga owner just one year later, your prayers were answered by a fantastic set of tools by a tint French development team of two genius developers. 

 

Video Version: https://youtu.be/kK4QrccSChg

Full notes available here: https://intotheverticalblank.com/2025/06/02/140-the-game-creator-atari-st-stos-history-games-community/

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