About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe, Atari Program Exchange, Haunted House, Hardball!, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Rebound, Bruno Bonnell, Avalanche, Qwak!, Atari MEGA STE, Test Drive: Eve of Destruction, Combat Cars, S.T.U.N. Runner, 4th & Inches, Outlaw, Atari Karts, Pole Position II, Shark Jaws, Stunt Cycle, Atari Age, Off the Wall, Steeplechase, Indy 800, My Horse and Me, Totally Spies! 2: Undercover, Xybots, Arabian, Spectrum HoloByte, Starship 1, Blackjack, Bowling, Doctor Pong, Area 51: Site 4, Space Duel, Basketball, Barkley Shut Up and Jam!, David Rolfe, Larry Kaplan, Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes, Pursuit, Golf, Atari Panther, Canyon Bomber, ST BOOK, Cuttle Cart, Quiz Show, AirCars, Karate, Star Wars: Jedi Arena, Gotcha, Alpha Beam with Ernie, Viking Child, Atari Video Cube, Space War, Atari STacy, Hi-way, Combat 2, Basic Math, WSFN, Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man, Pete Rose Baseball, Jet Fighter, Arcade Classics, Indy 4, Skull & Crossbones, Save Mary, Day of the Viper, Kao the Kangaroo Round 2, Atari Mindlink, X-Man, Tournament Table, RealSports Boxing, Gopher, Superman: Countdown to Apokolips, Ruiner Pinball, Asterix, Crash 'N Score, Attack of the Mutant Penguins, Battlemorph, Pele's Soccer, Super Bug, Ed Logg, Steel Talons, Satandisk, Spellcasting, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Ewok Adventure, Hot Rod Rebels, Atari Pascal. Excerpt: Atari Program Exchange (APX) was a division of Atari, Inc. that distributed software for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers through a quarterly mail-order catalog. APX, the brain-child of Dale Yocam, started in February 1981 and guided by Fred Thorlin. APX published quarterly catalogs until 1984, when Atari CEO James J. Morgan closed down the mail-order division. When Atari first launched the 8-bit systems in late 1979, they kept most of the hardware details secret. The...