ANTIC Episode 128 - Stepping in a Pile of 800XLs

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… special guest Rob McMullen (Player/Missile Podcast) joins us to talk about all the Atari 8-bit news; such as new and updated emulators, Jumpman level editor, Club Med and the Atari, and a whole lot more!

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Recurring Links

Floppy Days Podcast

AtariArchives.org

AtariMagazines.com

Kay's Book "Terrible Nerd"

New Atari books scans at archive.org

ANTIC feedback at AtariAge

Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge

Interview index: here

What we've been up to

AltirraSDL - https://github.com/ilmenit/AltirraSDL
Fujisan - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan
Jumpman Reverse Engineering:

https://playermissile.com/jumpman/notes.html
Player Missile Podcast https://playermissile.com/

Audacity AI noise reduction plugin (Windows) - https://github.com/intel/openvino-plugins-ai-audacity
VCF East - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/
VCF Pacific Northwest - https://vcfpnw.org/

Computer Museum Tour - (https://icm.museum/)
Connections Museum in Seattle - (https://www.telcomhistory.org/)

Games Computers Play and Fujinet?

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/132176-games-computers-play-inc-multiplayer-online-game/page/3/#findComment-5831081
Further discussion on fujinet discord https://discord.gg/7MfFTvD

Jumpman Level Editor:

The PowerPad by Chalkboard Inc.:

Review in Creative Computing - https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n10/52_The_legend_of_the_pad_of_.php
Kay's interview with Robert Leyland, who programmed AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, and MicroIllustrator (along with Steve Dompier) - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-450-robert-leyland-atariartist-koalapainter-microillustrator

New & Updated Games

"Drwal": Course 6502 culminates in a full game for Atari 8-bit - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/05/drwal-curso-de-6502-culmina-en-un-juego.html
"Tetris VBXE" revolutionizes the classic puzzle on Atari 8-bit - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/05/tetris-vbxe-revoluciona-el-puzzle.html
Las Vegas Video Poker by Ditto - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389522-game-las-vegas-video-poker/
Develop your own Scott Adams style Adventure games by Wrathchild - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/390050-scottfree-adventure-editor-with-atari-interpreter-sources/

New & Updated Software

PocketFuji - Andy Diller - https://www.atariorbit.org/pocketfuji/
CubeDot by Wade Ripkowski - https://unfinishedbitness.info/cubedot/
Also AtariOrbit - https://www.atariorbit.org/2026/05/01/full-ansi-on-atari/
King D/OS - A Modern OS on Retro Hardware - https://www.facebook.com/groups/fujinetusers/posts/4500846133530361/

Google Drive (GDRIVE) Protocol Adapter for All FujiNets! - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCQFKOVu7rA
AltirraSDL - ilmenit - pre-release version available for download -

AltirraSDL Lobby - Play Atari Games Together Online - ilmenit - https://lobby.atari.org.pl
Altirra autosuggest feature - Altirra 4.50 Test10:

AtariAge discussion of Altirra - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387055-altirra-440-released/page/6/#findComment-5835606
Altirra test version - https://www.virtualdub.org/beta/Altirra-4.50-test10.zip
AtariAge discussion of AltirraSDL - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389385-altirrasdl-%E2%80%94-bringing-altirra-to-macos-linux-and-android/page/12/#findComment-5835770

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