#98: Atari 8bit and more With Author and Extreme Tech Editor Jamie Lendino

Episode 12 December 10, 2023 01:02:08
#98: Atari 8bit  and more With Author and Extreme Tech Editor Jamie Lendino
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#98: Atari 8bit and more With Author and Extreme Tech Editor Jamie Lendino

Dec 10 2023 | 01:02:08

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Show Notes

#JamieLendino, #ExtremeTech 's  Editor, is the Author of books on the #Atari8bit Computers, #Atari2600, #AtariST, Classic Arcade machines and games in the DOSs era.  We sit  down to discuss his books, focusing on the second edition of Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation, but end up discussing all of them. 

 

The Full Video Version S6:E12 of the Into The Vertical Blank Podcast is available here: 

https://youtu.be/2yf8a3kCGdE


S6:E12 Atari 8bit  and more With Author and Extreme Tech Editor Jamie Lendino

 

Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation, Second Edition https://www.amazon.com/Breakout-Atari-Computers-Defined-Generation/dp/1957932023/

Adventure: The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming https://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Atari-2600-Console-Gaming/dp/1732355207/

Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution https://www.amazon.com/Faster-Than-Light-16-Bit-Revolution/dp/1732355215

Attract Mode: The Rise and Fall of Coin-Op Arcade Games https://www.amazon.com/Attract-Mode-Coin-Op-Arcade-Games/dp/1732355223/

Starflight: How the PC and DOS Exploded Computer Gaming 1987-1994 https://www.amazon.com/Starflight-Exploded-Computer-Gaming-1987-1994/dp/1732355290/

 

My website: https://www.jamielendino.com

 

ET free excerpt of Breakout: https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/celebrating-the-atari-800-and-its-games

 

PCMag Atari 2600 article: https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/atari-2600-console-brought-arcade-games-home

 

PCMag Atari at 50 article: https://www.pcmag.com/news/atari-turns-50-a-look-back-on-the-original-name-in-video-games

 

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