ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast

ANTIC Episode 127 - Brad's 76K Brain

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:13:00 +0000

ANTIC Episode 127 - Brad's 76K Brain

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we turn the podcast into more of a multi-media experience, we cover a LOT of new and updated utility software for the Atari 8-bit, and Kay accuses Brad of having a 76K brain!

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

What we've been up to

pokey stream player - https://github.com/ilmenit/pokey-stream-player
Fujisan with FastBASIC - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/
This Week in Retro episode 262 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q_ODmzynsM
Atari lightbox - techdungeon.xyz
Indy Classic Expo - https://www.indyclassic.org

New & Updated Games

Dodger - Captain Crumble:

Atariage discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389334-new-game-release-dodger/
Atariteca review - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/04/dodger-rescata-una-idea-de-1994-para.html

Drwal:

Learning series by Larek - https://www.youtube.com/@larek/streams
Download game - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gW7_TZLzpjZNejN58lvpehFVrD7kn1gt/view

AI powers new games for Atari: "Doom 2D" and "Space Invaders" - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/03/ia-impulsa-nuevos-juegos-para-atari.html

New & Updated Software

FujiNetChat, a new IRC client for Atari 8-bit computers with FujiNet - Urchlay:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388852-fujinetchat-a-new-irc-client-for-atari-8-bit-computers-with-fujinet
TNFS: zapp.opensourcerers.net (new test builds will appear here often)
WWW: https://slackware.uk/~urchlay/src/fnchat-20260315-0540.xex

Fuji Do Reports - Wade (Ripduski):

FujiNet Go 800: atari800 emulator + FujiNet on modern Android devices - Mozzwald - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389252-fujinet-go-800-atari800-emulator-fujinet-on-modern-android-devices/
Lenka Project - A Full 65C816 SDX Modern Retro Atari Virtual Machine - Piotr D. Kaczorowski - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389274-lenka-project-a-full-65c816-sdx-modern-retro-atari-virtual-machine/
AltirraSDL — Bringing Altirra to macOS, Linux, and Android - ilmenit - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389385-altirrasdl-%E2%80%94-bringing-altirra-to-macos-linux-and-android/
VSCode FastBASIC extension with FujiSan update - Eric Carr & Paulo Garcia - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ericcarr.fastbasic-debugger
APOD Viewer for VBXE by Stephen - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389397-apod-viewer-for-vbxe/

Publications

The April issue of Atari Insights is now out - https://atariprojects.org/
March issue of Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com
Flop 69 disk magazine - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/389213-disk-magazine-flop-69-has-been-released/

New & Updated Hardware

Lotharek's new video mod for XL/XE, Gtia2RGB - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=435
Ape Warp XL/XE 32-in-1 OS Switcher - https://www.8bitclassics.com/product/atari-xlxe-ape-warp-os-32-in-1-switchless-upgrade-module/?srsltid=AfmBOoq3AiO4yASJsDiuXdQMIncO3DDeze2XZlEdoFz-qFppn6W_vmgY

Contests

BASIC 10-Liner:

Atariteca write-up - https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2026/04/tenbirmam-y-arkanoid-lideraron-el-basic.html
Every Atari 8-Bit Game from the BASIC 10 Liner Contest 2026! - Zero Page Homebrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evEmg-F43oc
BASIC 10-Liner site - https://bunsen.itch.io/
Compilation Disk 2026 (Atari 8-Bit) by Vitoco - https://bunsen.itch.io/compilation-disk-2026-atari-8-bit-by-vitoco

Other

https://gamehistory.org/cgdc-1989-tapes/

Atari Computer Camps - The Rise and Fall of Atari Computer Camps by The Retroist - https://www.retroist.com/p/atari-computer-camps (substack)

Upcoming Computer Shows

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/
Vintage Computer Festival GB 2026 - June 19-21 - Leigh, Wigan, United Kingdom - https://www.facebook.com/events/25457837877216829/
Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 20 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html

YouTube Videos

FujiNet Turbo 2000 Cassette Loading - Thom Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMmfI-WLUpY
Why the Atari 800XL blows the doors off the Commodore 64 - Hans Campbell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=494e0WVxIQ8
New video of Atario platform engine for Atari 8-bit computers - Eric Carr - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewPlgEyWLlQ

Commercial

https://archive.org/details/1987-atari-xe-2-commercial-alta-1_202604

New at Github

JAM (Just Atari Model) Release - Marak Spanel - https://github.com/marspa73/atarijam
VBXE Web Browser with image support - w1k:

[A]tari [E]ight-bit [M]ulti-[T]ool - aemt https://github.com/idunmore/aemt

Feedback

project to add FastBASIC syntax highlighting to Neovim - https://github.com/feoh/fastbasic_neovim_syntax

ANTIC Episode 126 - All Atari All the Time

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:16:00 +0000

ANTIC Episode 126 - All Atari All The Time

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… We bring in special guest Paulo Garcia, author of the incredible FujiSan emulator, and bring you all the Atari news we can find.

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

What we've been up to

FujiSan version 1.1.8 - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan/releases/tag/v1.1.8
Conversational German - https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-conversational-german_1334.html

New & Updated Games

European Countries & Capitals Updated - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/296743-european-capitals-reverse-engineering/
Text Adventure Homo Sapiens - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388766-homo-sapiens-text-adventure-released-for-atari-130xe/
FujiNet Maze War - Mozzwald:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388112-ai-is-getting-too-good/page/3/#comment-5804016
Source code available at https://github.com/mozzwald/fujinet-maze-war
Requires prerelease fujinet firmware from - https://github.com/mozzwald/fujinet-firmware/tree/v1.5.2-fixes-netstream

New & Updated Software

Charsetter – a new web tool for creating fonts and maps in ANTIC 2 and ANTIC 4 modes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388653-charsetter-%E2%80%93-a-new-web-tool-for-creating-fonts-and-maps-in-antic-2-and-antic-4-modes/
BOSS-X the Final Edition (pre-release):

Blog - https://abbuc.de/~atarixle/?article=bossxfinaleditionprerelease
can be downloaded from download > bossx > BOSS-X 10.39 Final Edition DE EN.zip .

Update to A8E emulator (browser-based):

Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388191-a8e-atari-800-xl-emulator-v100/page/2/#comment-5803541
A new version is available - https://dev.jsa8e.anides.de/

Pokey Stream Player - ilmenit - https://github.com/ilmenit/pokey-stream-player

DitherLab - dithering on Atari XL/XE - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388489-ditherlab-dithering-on-atari-xlxe/
New CubeSQL app Total Recall - Wade Ripkowski - Https://unfinishedbitness.info/total-recall/

TNFS Qt6 System Tray Edition - A cross-platform GUI server for FujiNet from 13Leader:

AtariAge announcement - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388803-release-tnfs-qt6-system-tray-edition-a-cross-platform-gui-server-for-fujinet/
Download - https://github.com/pjones1063/tnfsd/releases/tag/V2K26.1.0.1

Publications

Atari Insights March, 2026 - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388559-atari-insights-%E2%80%93-march-2026-issue-now-available/
AtariProjects:
- Explore the Golden Rules of Using an Atari 8-Bit Computer - https://atariprojects.org/2026/01/14/explore-the-golden-rules-of-using-an-atari-8-bit-computer-15-30-mins/
- Explore Gury's Atari 8-bit Forever Portal - https://atariprojects.org/2026/01/14/explore-gurys-atari-8-bit-forever-portal-15-30-mins/

Contests

FujiCup - https://fujicup.pl (from Philsan)

Atari 8-Bit/5200 Games in 8th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards - ZeroPage Homebrew:

Nominated Games - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPnT8iqp3B8
Winners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wr6Y1D3DJ4
AtariAge Discussion - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387772-8th-annual-atari-homebrew-awards-voting-information-discussion/#findComment-5798910

15th Edition of BASIC 10 Liner Contest - https://bunsen.itch.io/basic-10liner-2026

Other

New release of Altirra Hardware Reference Manual - https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html
The Serious Computerist - http://seriouscomputerist.altervista.org/pages/home/home.htm

Upcoming Shows

Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-22 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/
Atari Invasion 2k26 (10th Anniversary) - March 21 - Maarssen, Netherlands - https://www.atari-invasion.nl
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/
Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html
Event page created by Floppy Days on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/
Event page on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub

YouTube Videos

Writing my Compute! Articles on my ATARI, thanks to FujiNet! - Thom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388420-video-writing-computes-gazette-articles-using-fujinet-and-my-atari/

ATARI 65 XE-F - zaxoniec - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu_AI-kkWhg
New level editor for Atari 8-bit computers Montezuma's Revenge - Lew Daney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwwEO-vuXIg

A Trip Down Memory Card Lane podcast Ep.286 – A Catalog of Possibility: The Rise and Fall of the Atari Program Exchange - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcVMU1IPLz4

New at Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/1979-atari-400-8-bit-computer-official-promo-video
Optimized Systems Software's Basic A+ Manual - https://archive.org/details/basic-a-plus-manual-oss
4 TWAUG newsletters: (Tyne & Wear) - https://archive.org/search?query=title%3ATWAUG+Newsletter&sort=-addeddate

Commercial

Atari 800XL Home Computer (with Mr T) - 1984 Australian TV Commercial - https://archive.org/details/mubd1234ama-Jp6B5bEHoto

Feedback

blog post showing how to set up FujiNet-PC-Launcher to get 1 click access to an Atari preconfigured to use it and get FujiNet-PC running at the same time - https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/02/15/one-click-atari/

Paulo's Information

Paulo's web site: https://8bitrelics.com/
FujiSan - https://github.com/pedgarcia/fujisan

ANTIC Episode 125 - Combining SQL with Fun (and Poo)

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:42:00 +0000

ANTIC Episode 125 - "Combining SQL with Fun (and Poo)"

In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… Wade Ripkowski comes onto the show and gives us an update on his work to bring SQL to the Atari (and an extremely useful poo management tool!), we cover good news concerning the Curt Vendel Atari collection, we report on an exciting updated browser-based emulator, a huge update to AspeQT, and a whole lot more!!
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

What we've been up to

cubeSQL project blog post - https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/02/01/atari-8-bit-sql/
Unfinished Bitness - https://unfinishedbitness.info
Wade's A8 C Library - https://unfinishedbitness.info/c-library/
cubeSQL - https://sqlabs.com/cubesql
FujiNet - https://fujinet.online/
CubeDot - https://unfinishedbitness.info/cubedot/
Fuji Do - https://unfinishedbitness.info/fuji-do/
Fuji Poo - https://unfinishedbitness.info/fuji-poo/
Dr. Love - https://unfinishedbitness.info/dr-love/
video demo of CubeDot - https://vimeo.com/1165039670
video demo of Fuji Do - https://vimeo.com/1165038947
Mr. Paint - https://unfinishedbitness.info/mr-paint/
King PONG How Atari Bounced Across Markets to Make Millions - https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262051330/king-pong/
Atari newsletter time capsule 1987-08:

https://archive.org/details/antc_Atari_newsletter_time_capsule_1987-08
The Strong museum - https://www.museumofplay.org/

FujiNet Application Ideas - https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-firmware/wiki/Application-Ideas
Smith Corona Messenger Module and Smith Corona Ultrasonic 450 typewriter - https://typewriterdatabase.com/1983-smith-corona-ultrasonic.2181.typewriter
prototype of Atari chapter for Quick Reference Book - https://floppydaysqr.my.canva.site/

New & Updated Games

Inufuto Game Cartridge - posted by Philsan:

FujiNet Midimaze mode now stable by Mozzwald - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387536-midimaze-mode-now-stable/

New & Updated non-Game Software

A8E (Atari 800 XL Emulator) - By AnimaInCorpore:

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/388191-a8e-atari-800-xl-emulator-v100/
Source - https://github.com/AnimaInCorpore/A8E
Browser demo - https://jsa8e.anides.de/

Atari800-AI - Benj Edwards - https://github.com/benj-edwards/atari800-ai
Update to mkatr (including lsatr) tools from dmsc - https://github.com/dmsc/mkatr/releases/tag/v1.4
AspeQt-2k26 - John Paul Jones:

Publications

BASIC Fun on Your A400 Mini: BASIC for real hardware and emulators too! By John McGinnis - https://www.amazon.com/BASIC-Fun-Your-A400-Mini/dp/B0G1YGJ2P7
Atari Insights February 2026:

Newsletters - https://ataribasics.com/newsletter-hub/
YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@AtariBasics

February, 2026 Issue of Compute's Gazette - https://www.computesgazette.com
ABBUC Magazine 163 released - https://www.abbuc.de
Pro(c) gone; last issue #15 - web site updated May 2025 - https://web.archive.org/web/20250404175246/https://proc-atari.de/

New & Updated Hardware

5200XEGS - Making your Classic Super Game Console into an 8-Bit Computer - mytek - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387340-5200xegs-making-your-classic-super-game-console-into-an-8-bit-computer/

Contests

High Score Club active for 2026 (season 23) - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387353-hsc-season-23-jan-2026-welcome-and-game-list-thread/
ABBUC Creative Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387746-abbuc-creative-competition-2026-has-been-launched/
ABBUC Application Software Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387745-abbuc-application-software-competition-2026-has-been-launched/
ABBUC Game Software Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387744-abbuc-software-competition-2026-has-been-launched/
ABBUC Hardware Competition 2026 has been launched - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/387737-abbuc-hardware-competition-2026-has-been-launched/

Other

Byte magazine cover illustrator has passed away. https://tinney.net/in-memoriam
Strong museum announces the acquisition of the Curt Vendel Atari Collection - https://www.museumofplay.org/press-release/the-strong-national-museum-of-play-acquires-atari-home-computer-and-console-division-collection/
Atari Hotel news - https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/atari-hotel-that-was-never-happening-makes-headlines-for-not-happening/

Upcoming Shows (thru May, 2026)

Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - March 20-22 - Wyndham Indianapolis Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/
Atari Invasion 2k26 (10th Anniversary) - March 21 - Maarssen, Netherlands - https://www.atari-invasion.nl
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

Atari 130XE gets new ACID Stereo board (with new U1MB plugin), Decent XE keyboard, and more upgrades - FlashJazzCat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRjy-0AB_90
Using FujiNet NOS with SD Card - Thom Cherryhomes - https://youtu.be/G0gXB3Z4Nmc

Feedback

Beat The Beatles — "It May Be The First Video Game About The Beatles" - Before Rock Band, There Was Beat the Beatles - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/11/random-it-may-be-the-first-video-game-about-the-beatles-before-rock-band-there-was-beat-the-beatles

Wade Ripkowski Contact Information