WELCOME TO THE FIXO FILES

Welcome to another edition of the Fixo Files. This time it's
all about one thing : ATARI, the once so famous company, founded
by Nolan Bushnell, the creator of the very first computer game called
Computer Space. Atari became a legend thanks to games like Pong,
Asteroids, Centipide and their range of computers, varying from
gameconsole systems to 16-bit home computers.

Although Atari Corporation is no longer alive, it's legend will always live
on. Also in emulation ofcourse. That's exactly why it was a good idea
to speak to some people who write Atari emulators. It's them who make
sure the good things Atari brought in the past aren't forgotten today.

To begin, there's an interview with John Saeger. John is the man behind Z26,
the Atari 2600 emulator that was updated recently (twice even). Next up is Frederic
Gaudouin, author of PacifiST, emulating the 16-bit Atari ST home computer. Keith
Wilkins is featured in the third interview. Keith wrote Handy up till version
v0.40. Handy emulates the Atari Lynx, the first ever portable color videogame
console. Last emulation related interviewee is Richard Lawrence. Richard
is part of the Atari800win team, a multiple Atari emulators project.

To have a better view of what Atari was and is all about, I also spoke
to Les Caron. Les is one of the editors at the Atari Gaming Headquarters,
which is for sure the most informative Atari site on the net. He talks
about what Atari was all about... their systems, their games, their gains
and eventually as well their dissapearance.

Last word is given to Don Thomas. Don worked for seven years at Atari, you
may also know him for his excellent articles he has been writing for
numerous Atari sites during the last few years. In this article,
Don talks about the upcoming World of Atari '98 show.

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Click on the links below to read the interviews / columns :

John Saeger (Z26 - Atari 2600)

Frederic Gaudouin (Pacifist - Atari ST)

Keith Wilkins (Handy - Atari Lynx)

Richard Lawrence (Atari800win - Atari 800(XL)/130XL/5200)

Les Caron (Atari Gaming Headquarters)

Don Thomas (World of Atari '98)

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Fixo Files history :

FF 01
        the RAGE team ** PowerPCEngine author Jonathan Lane ** Dino Dini (Kick Off 2)
FF 02  
        Dirk Stevens (Eagle Gfx) ** David Sanchez (St0rm) ** Brian Peek (Annoid / Arcade Rom Archive)
FF 03
        Breakpoint (Project Unreality) ** zsKnight (Zsnes) ** Thierry Lescot (System 16) **
        Richard Bush (Raine) ** column :  "Where's the damage done? Nowhere" (fixo)

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