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Retro Gaming Round Up Atari Edition Podcast with Ted Dabney Interview

Posted on October 8, 2010 by 8bitjeff

Listen To The Podcast Being self avowed Atari Nerds for more than 33 years now, Steve and I are always game to hear information on the controversial start-up, on-going business, and eventual crash of the original video game giant. In this edition … Continue reading →

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Atari 7800 Expansion Module + An Interview With Kurt Vendel

Posted on September 22, 2010 by 8bit_admin

Yesterday, Legacy Engineering announced a pre-order for their newest product, The Atari 7800 Expansion Module.  Pre-orders receive a  10% discount (for a limited time).  The Atari 7800 Expansion Module includes: Built in High Score keeping capability (compatible with approx 20 … Continue reading →

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8bitsteve Interviews Steven Levy, Author Of The Classic Computer Industry Book: “Hackers”

Posted on August 17, 2010 by 8bit_admin

Steven Levy is one of my heroes.  He’s genius author who has the rare ability of making technology subject not only palatable, but down-right fascinating.   He has written tons of great books, and written for magazines such as Wired and … Continue reading →

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My Interview with Arnie Katz (Co-Founder Of Electronic Games magazine) Up At Gamastra

Posted on December 29, 2009 by 8bit_admin

My interview with Arnie Katz is now up at Gamasutra.If you don’t know who Arnie Katz might be, here is the intro I wrote for the interview: Arnie Katz was a pioneer of video game journalism. In the late 1970s … Continue reading →

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In-Depth Interview With Game Philosopher-King, Chris Crawford

Posted on December 22, 2008 by 8bit_admin

Chris Crawford was hired by Atari in 1979 as a VCS programmer. He soon moved to the 8-bit computer line where he programmed one of the influential games of the 8-bit computer era, Eastern Front. For the past 25 years … Continue reading →

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Atari Nerd Interviews The First Mainstream Game Journalist – Michael Schrage Of Rolling Stone

Posted on November 28, 2008 by 8bit_admin

p>  “the difference between an atari CES party (and after party) and bob guccione’s ‘caligula’ was that atari made bob look like a cheapskate with less attractive women…” -Michael Schrage, 2008 Michael Schrage was one of pioneers of video game … Continue reading →

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Willy Higinbotham, “Video Game” Pioneer Speaks (sort of)

Posted on September 24, 2008 by 8bit_admin

This was pretty cool. Yesterday I received an email from William Higinbotham’s son, Billy. For those who are not students of ancient video game history, Willy Higinbotham is credited with being one of the first people to create a game … Continue reading →

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Interview With Ralph Baer, Inventor Of Home Video Games

Posted on June 10, 2008 by 8bit_admin

Here is an interview I conducted with Ralph Baer in which I made the faux pas of referring to his brown box as an “analog computer”, which aparrently it was or was not depending on whom you talk to (guys … Continue reading →

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Bill Kunkel (Electronic Games) Interview

Posted on May 16, 2008 by 8bit_admin

Electronic Games Magazine truly was revolutionary. It was the first of it’s kind: a monthly publication dedicated to video games and the video game phenomena. The Magazine started as a series of ‘Arcade Alley’ columns in Video Magazine in the … Continue reading →

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