Ep. 5: Feb 1981: Jawbreaker

Player/Missile - An Atari 8-bit Retrospective

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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• Sound Finder

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

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