#153: ST Show #2: Atari ST History August 1989: ST Format 01 Cover Disk News and more

About this episode

The episode explores Atari ST history, focusing on the August 1989 issue of ST Format Magazine and new homebrew games.

Atari ST History + New Home Brew Podcast 2. Video Version: youtube.com/watch?v=zqyqyXYNh8Q&feature=youtu.be We begin our Tramiel era Atari history exploration in this episode by digging into the World of Atari News and the Cover Disk for August 1989, The Premier issue Number one or ST Format Magazine. This era of Atari History post Warner has not been covered in detail in too many places, so to right that wrong, we are going to the SOURCE, ST Format magazine. The most successful and comprehensive magazine to cover the world of the Atari ST and Corporate Atari from 1989 onward. Plus New Atari ST Home Brew Games! Puckman: https://frgailll.itch.io/puckman Jonathan Thomas on X: https://x.com/RetroRacing St Format Magazine Archive: https://www.stformat.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/atarinow/ Thanks for support from: Atari Legend, AtariBasement Atari Crypt BCB Coffee Boy, Daniel Beasley++, Barry Burkey Chris++ Dave the Velociraptor ED Possible, David L. Farquhar Jolt7800 Tony Longworth David Schmidt Daniel Stephens T1LT wesbrown18 VintNerd All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by @8bitrocket and or @fultonbot unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff Fulton, Steve Fulton

Topics covered

• Atari history
• ST Format Magazine
• homebrew games
• video game culture
• 1980s gaming

Keywords

• Atari ST
• ST Format
• homebrew games
• 1989
• video games
• gaming history
• Puckman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atari, ST Format Magazine, Atari Legend, AtariBasement, Atari Crypt

Books & works: Puckman, Into The Vertical Blank theme

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