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ANTIC Episode 124 - Atari 8-bit - The Computer of Love
Monday, 12 January, 2026

ANTIC Episode 124 In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We have lots of game news and emulator updates, Brad imitates a pirate, and Kay tells us that the Atari 8-bit is the "Computer of Love"! READY! 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 ANTIC Facebook Page AHCS Eaten By a Grue Next Without For What we've been up to Kay's 2025 Wrapped - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2025-147182056 Support Kay's 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 ("The Atari Story") - 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's 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