ANTIC Episode 126 - All Atari All the Time

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.

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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

• 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