Review Episode 16

The Atari XEGS Cart by Cart Podcast

In Episode 16, we have a band of Brøderbund brothers. First, we put on our gi's with glee to storm the warlord Akuma's castle to save the beautiful princess Mariko in Karateka. Then it's time to dig into the puzzling platformer to find some gold with Lode Runner.

News

• VisCool's discussion about his work on updating Raster Music Tracker

• Books

  • "The Making of Karateka: Journals 1982-1985" by Jordan Mechner (ISBN-13: 978-1480297234)
  • "The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 - 1993" by Jordan Mechner (ISBN-13: 978-0578627311)
  • "Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games" (ISBN-13: 978-1324005872)
  • "ONCE UPON ATARI: How I made history by killing an industry" by Howard Scott Warshaw (ISBN-13: 978-1324005872)

• Atari Accessories

  • Ultimate Atari Video upgrade
  • Atari Computer and Console Covers

• Other Recomended Listening

  • Our Fake History Podcast
  • History Of Japan by Bill Wurtz

Karateka

• Publisher by
  • Atari (USA) - 1988
• Developed by
  • Jordan Mechner (Original game creator) for Brøderbund Software
  • Robert Cook (Atari conversion) from Sculptured Software
  • Francis Mechner (Music)
• Downloads:
  • Cartridge or Disk

Lode Runner

• Publisher by
  • Atari (USA) - 1987
• Developed by Atari
  • Douglas E. Smith (Original game creator) for Brøderbund Software
  • Chuck Peavey (Atari Convesaion)
• Downloads:
  • Cartridge or Disk

External Interview:

• ANTIC podcast Interview Episode 14 featuring Chuck Peavey