Player/Missile Podcast¶
FEB 1981: JAWBREAKER (1:06:26)
This episode reviews the game Jawbreaker by John Harris and covers the February 1981 magazines Compute #9, Creative Computing Vol 7 #2, and introduces coverage of SoftSide Magazine. Anacronisticly included is coverage of my trip to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2014.
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Feedback¶
Special Section: Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2014¶
- Walkthrough of the arcade
- Ms. Pac-Man FAQ
- Howard Scott Warshaw’s panel
- David Crane, Gary Kitchen, Bob Smith from 2013 PRGE
- Intellivision Producitons
- Joe DeCuir from the 2013 PRGE
- DubiousGamingOnline PRGE Experiences, part 1
- DubiousGamingOnline PRGE Experiences, part 2
Compute #9, Feb 1981¶
- History of Personal Computing podcast
- MOS Technology KIM-1 single board computer
- OSI Superboard
- Editor’s
- Review of the Atari 825 printer
- ad for daisywheen printer and typewriter combo
- More on the mysterious and unpredictable RND function
- Type-in: Ticker Tape Messages
- Type-in: colors and sounds with paddles
- Type-in: 9 line basic program to talk to the modem
- Character generation on the atari
- Atari Hall of Fame: IRIDIS
- Atari Music Composer
- hardware: printer through joystick ports
Creative Computing Vol 7 #2, Feb 1981¶
Softside Vol 3, #5 Feb 1981¶
Game Review: Jawbreaker¶
- Jawbreaker version on AtariMania
- GCC, Ms Pac-Man (and Super Missile Attack)
- Steve Golson: From Crazy Otto to Ms Pac Man
- The Crazy And Profitable Origin Of Ms. Pac-Man
Author: John Harris¶
Company: On-Line Systems¶
Technical Details¶
Critical Reception¶
Atari Age HSC¶
Modern Updates¶
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