{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"ANTIC Episode 124 - Atari 8-bit - The Computer of Love","description":"ANTIC Episode 124 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast\u2026 We have lots of game news and  emulator updates, Brad imitates a pirate, and Kay tells us that the Atari 8-bit is the \u201cComputer of Love\u201d! READY! Recurring Links  Floppy Days Podcast  AtariArchives.org  AtariMagazines.com  Kay\u2019s Book \u201cTerrible Nerd\u201d  New Atari books scans at archive.org  ANTIC feedback at AtariAge  Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge  Interview index: here  ANTIC Facebook Page  AHCS  Eaten By a Grue  Next Without For  What we\u2019ve been up to Kay\u2019s 2025 Wrapped - https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/kays-2025-147182056  Support Kay\u2019s Patreon and support ANTIC! -  https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/savetz  Annual posting of older articles: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/savetz_articles?sort=-addeddate https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/savetzarticle_reverend-apple https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/savetzarticle_finding-randy https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/savetzarticle_the-making-of-antic Interim Computer Museum - https:\/\/icm.museum  Events at https:\/\/icm.museum\/?events  Repairing The Atari 8 Bit Astra Big D Disk Drive! by Paul Westphal - https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZIZPgYxfrAU  Fujisan:  https:\/\/github.com\/pedgarcia\/fujisan\/releases\/tag\/v1.1.0  Fujinet Lobby games - http:\/\/fujinet.online:8080\/  FastBASIC - https:\/\/github.com\/dmsc\/fastbasic  Video from Paul Garcia showing Fujinet-PC integration - https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kwd0wwFohso  Indy Vintage Computer Club -  XF551 drive - https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atari_XF551  Commodore 64 Ultimate - https:\/\/www.commodore.net  RM 800XL - https:\/\/revive-machines.com\/index-en.html  Stan Veit Podcast: David Greelish and Randy read Chapter 13 (\u201cThe Atari Story\u201d) - https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oLCoJ-oA_V0  Stan Veit @ wikipedia - https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stan_Veit  New and Updated Games Ultimate Atari Games Database by Philippe Lafortune:  https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1JaKMQio82\/?mibextid=wwXIfr  Invite link - https:\/\/airtable.com\/invite\/r\/rhutWb7a  Atari Party Panic v1.2 by Andy Diller:  https:\/\/forums.atariage.com\/topic\/386758-atari-party-panic-v12\/  https:\/\/massiverobot.itch.io\/panic  New game: Carcer from h4plo: You can get it from here - https:\/\/h4plo.itch.io\/carcer  Discussion - https:\/\/forums.atariage.com\/topic\/386514-new-game-carcer\/  Overflow Santa - New Christmas game from A\/W\/A: https:\/\/forums.atariage.com\/topic\/386809-overflow-santa-new-christmas-game-from-awa\/  Overflow Santa 8bit.xex(Atari 8-bit binary file)  Overflow Santa 8bit.rom(Atari 8-bit cartridge)  KillZone: First Real-Time Multiplayer Gaming - https:\/\/www.atariorbit.org\/2025\/12\/13\/killzone-v-1-2\/  Street Fighter II Released!: https:\/\/forums.atariage.com\/topic\/381129-street-fighter-2-for-atari-xexl\/page\/25\/#findComment-5759887  https:\/\/vega.atari.pl\/  https:\/\/vega.atari.pl\/main-page\/street-fighter-ii\/ Pole Position Now Saves Tracks Over FujiNet (Thom Cherryhomes): Discussion - https:\/\/forums.atariage.com\/topic\/387116-sharing-pole-position-race-designer-tracks-over-fujinet\/  Video - https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XI0sgh9DGaw  Atari 8-Bit\/5200 Homebrew Games Released\/Completed\/WIP in 2025 - https:\/\/forums.atariage.com\/topic\/378311-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-games-releasedcompletedwip-in-2025\/  New and Updated Software News Years Disk 2026 - https:\/\/demozoo.org\/productions\/384184\/  Altirra 4.40 released from Phaeron: https:\/\/forums.atariage.com\/topic\/387055-altirra-440-released\/  https:\/\/www.virtualdub.org\/altirra.html  New version 7.0 of ASAP, Another Slight Atari Player, the most accurate Atari 8-bit computers tunes player for modern computers and mobile devices - https:\/\/asap.sourceforge.net  Publications December, 2025 Compute\u2019s Gazette with ANTIC article written by Brian Cox - https:\/\/shop.computesgazette.com\/product\/computes-gazette-issue-6-digital-edition\/  AtariProjects - https:\/\/atariprojects.org\/  Atari Insights January 2026: Newsletters - https:\/\/ataribasics.com\/newsletter-hub\/  YouTube channel - https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AtariBasics  New and Updated Hardware Atari SX212 WiFi Retromodem - https:\/\/tempestfpga.com\/sx212\/  XL-Expander, a prototype add-on for Atari 800XL machines - https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/philsan.bsky.social\/post\/3ma6ybpxd6s2j  Custom Casing for the 130XE Pixel Perfect Motherboard - https:\/\/forums.atariage.com\/topic\/383379-new-11-1000dpi-replica-of-atari-xe-motherboard-%E2%80%93-interest-check\/page\/10\/#comment-5772225  3D printed joystick Atari XL computers style - https:\/\/makerworld.com\/en\/models\/2108894-atari-xl-style-joystick#profileId-2281361  Atari 400 mini at Atari.com - https:\/\/atari.com\/products\/atari-400-mini-1  Other The Magic Room film ebay - https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/116928122102  A 'Playable' Atari-Themed Hotel Is Coming - https:\/\/people.com\/atari-hotel-planned-for-phoenix-interactive-esports-venue-photos-11871760 Stewart Cheifet died: https:\/\/obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com\/stewart-cheifet  https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/computerchronicles  Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival Montreal - Jan. 24-25, 2026 - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC - https:\/\/vcfed.org\/vcf-montreal\/  Vintage Electronics Expo - Jan. 31, 2026 - Oakland Expo Center, Waterford, MI -  https:\/\/www.thevee.org\/  Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 14-15, 2026 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com  Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-22 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https:\/\/indyclassic.org\/  VCF East - April 17-19 2026 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https:\/\/vcfed.org\/events\/vintage-computer-festival-east\/  Midwest Gaming Classic - April 24-26 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https:\/\/www.midwestgamingclassic.com\/  VCF Europe - May 1-3 - Munich, Germany - https:\/\/vcfe.org\/E\/  Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest 2026 - May 2-3 - Tukwila Community Center, South Tukwila, WA -  https:\/\/vcfpnw.org  VCF Southwest - May 29-31, 2026 - Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport - https:\/\/www.vcfsw.org\/  Retrofest 2026 - May 30-31 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https:\/\/retrofest.uk\/  YouTube Videos FujiNet Battleship now for Atari 8-bit, Apple II, CoCo, and MS-DOS - Thom Cherryhomes - https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/3BQc3zVl8qk  How I made an Atari 130XE Laptop Using Original Hardware - Sideburn Studios - https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FAKrEe_ttOE  The Atari 8-Bit Second Maturity (A 2025 Deep Dive) - AtariBasics with John Zielke - https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5d3JgZMFZIo  FujiNet-RetroMate: Online Chess with Atari 8-bit Computers - Greg Gallardo - https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H53JR2-PBQE  New at Github  https:\/\/github.com\/mozzwald\/pokeystream https:\/\/github.com\/mozzwald\/udp-pokey-sample https:\/\/github.com\/rickcollette\/atariforge https:\/\/github.com\/fredlcore\/ATASCOIID https:\/\/youtu.be\/g4ffy4TXI-c?si=fihGVG0pGeuSOQqg  https:\/\/github.com\/rachel-multiverse\/rachel-atari-800  Listener Feedback https:\/\/github.com\/gitGalu\/8bitworkshop-mcp    ","author_name":"ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/ataripodcast.libsyn.com","html":"