Category: Stories / Memoir
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Finding the First Issue of Electronic Games Magazine in 1981
Throughout the 70’s and early 80’s, our house existed on the kind of gender divide that had been common-place for centuries: My dad worked full-time as a draftsman for an aerospace company, and my mom worked full-time as housewife ( with a part-time job as a teacher’s aide). Nowhere…
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Claw Hammer : A Fether’s Day Story
When I am seven years old my dad gives me a claw hammer. It is summertime, just after a wet spring. So wet in fact, that the roof of our garage is leaking in several places. My dad decides to fix it himself. It is a Saturday morning. I…
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How STOS Helped People Forge Careers in Software
Audio Version: STOS The Game Creator (and like software) might have been seen as silly or non-serious shortcuts for hobbyists, but for many many people it became entry point into the world of professional software development. This is just one such tale, the story of “Zamboozal Poker Dice” Original Zamboozal…
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132: Finding Our Story at Vintage Computer Fest So. Cal. 2025
There were as many stories as there were people at Vintage Computer Fest So. Cal. 2025. This is Ours Video version of the main story here:Finding Our Story at Vintage Computer Fest So. Cal. 2025 #retrogaming #vintacomoutingLinks, etc. Panel Attendees:→ David from Usagi Electric – youtube.com/@UsagiElectric→ Jeri from Tilt Five…
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The Best *#@! Christmas Ever: An Atari 8-bit Journey Into The Vertical Blank
The final, definitive version of the story we’ve been trying to tell for the past 6 years. Christmas 1983, the Atari 8-bit computer Christmas was, for many reasons, the best *#@! Christmas ever. This new version gives a rounder picture, explains The Vertical Blank, obsesses over Star Wars, and tries…
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Punker Pac-Man And The Mindless Generation
Audio Version In 1982 I was enthralled with Pac-Man. A Pee-Chee folder I found in box 40 years later remined me of that time: when anything, even growing-up and working for Atari, seemed possible. Watch video version here: (1) Punker Pac-Man and the Mindless Generation – YouTube Original story published in…
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Lost Credit (full version) And Credits
The full version of “Lost Credit: The Secret Atari Heroes Of GCC” is available on our site on this page: GCC Credits (intotheverticalblank.com) This is also the current landing place for the GCC credits list
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