Did you ever hear of the disaster that was “Atari Inc.: Business is Fun”? The reviews are pretty brutal: https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Inc-Business-Curt-Vendel/dp/0985597402 …
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Yikes. They had the right idea for the cover, at least, even if the execution is lame.
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The new book is… not great. Its writing and typesetting both have a certain flavour of amateurishness.
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Would have loved some color photos
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Yeah, particularly with a bit of CRT simulation thrown in.
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Yes pls
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And maybe a little bit o' this... (Tangentially, I had no idea "game program" was trademarked.)pic.twitter.com/PT1qWzbSiz
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So, this very photo you shared led me on this whole (yet incomplete journey). Basic for Atari 2600 existed and it was wonderfully limited.
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The version I knew of, and the one I just bought, comes with two “keyboards” which are amazing: https://blog.codinghorror.com/everything-i-needed-to-know-about-programming-i-learned-from-basic/ …
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It makes the ZX Spectrum look like the best thing ever invented.pic.twitter.com/YxRU0xpcjQ
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But, it’s this one. “Use with Keyboard Controllers.”pic.twitter.com/aUJUY7QE99
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Yours says “Use with Paddle Controllers” and I wonder what is it? It is also much younger.
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It might be for Atari 5200 instead, but I don’t see it here: https://atariage.com/system_items.php?SystemID=5200&ItemTypeID=OVERLAY …
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