ANALOG Computing was an American computer magazine devoted to Atari 8-bit computers . It was published from 1981 until 1989. In addition to reviews and tutorials, ANALOG printed multiple programs in each issue for users to type in . Almost every issue included a machine language video game—as opposed to Atari BASIC —which were uncommon in competing magazines. Such games were accompanied by the assembly language source code. ANALOG also sold commercial games, two books of type-in software, and access to a custom bulletin-board system . After the Atari ST was released, coverage of the new systems moved to an ST-Log section of the magazine before spinning off into a separate publication under the ST-Log name.
16-448: The title began as an acronym for A tari N ewsletter A nd L ots O f G ames, which was only spelled out in the first two issues. Originally the title as printed on the cover was A.N.A.L.O.G. 400/800 Magazine , but starting with the sixth issue it was shortened to A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing . Though the dots remained in the logo, over time it became ANALOG or ANALOG Computing inside the magazine. The program listings were covered under
32-712: A line of video games including Buried Bucks which was later licensed to Imagic and released under the title Chopper Hunt . After the Atari ST was released, ANALOG spun off a magazine for that computer: ST-Log . VideoGames & Computer Entertainment also started as a section within ANALOG Computing before becoming a separate publication. Pappas later founded print magazines PC Laptop , TurboPlay , VISIO , Picture This! , Popular Home Automation! , and Home Theater Builder . Other work included projects for various companies including Walt Disney Publishing and
48-451: A spinoff of ANALOG Computing , a magazine published by LFP devoted to Atari 8-bit computers . VG&CE was started at LFP by Lee H. Pappas (publisher), with Andy Eddy as executive editor (Eddy was a freelance contributor to the first issue of the magazine, which had the cover date of December 1988, just before relocating to California in September 1988 to become its editor before
64-537: The April 1988 issues of ST-Log and ANALOG Computing , Pappas announced that both magazines were under new ownership and the offices moved from Worcester, Massachusetts to North Hollywood, California. Circulation was interrupted between issues 58 and 59 (from October 1987 to March 1988). Details of the acquisition were not mentioned in the editorial, but the masthead showed the publisher as L.F.P., Inc. (for Larry Flynt Publications ). Subscribers were not told ahead of time. In
80-570: The January 1984 issue. Following the Atari ST announcement in early 1985, ANALOG expanded its scope to include the new computer line. Starting with the April 1986 issue, ST coverage was consolidated into a supplementary section titled ST-Log . With its 10th issue, in January 1987 ST-Log became a separate magazine and ANALOG returned to being fully devoted to the Atari 8-bit computers. (This paralleled STart magazine being spun off from Antic .) In
96-499: The September 1989 issues of both ANALOG and ST-Log , it was announced that the two magazines would be recombined into a single Atari resource under the ANALOG name, beginning with the November issue. Two issues of the combined magazine were published before L.F.P., Inc. shut it down. STart magazine reported this, incorrectly claiming that both magazines were dropped less than a month after
112-701: The announcement, but correctly reporting that production staff merged into another publication owned by Pappas, Video Games & Computer Entertainment . The final issue of ANALOG Computing was December 1989, #79. There was no mention that this would be the last issue. In its early years, ANALOG Computing sold games via mail order under the name ANALOG Software. Several of these were written by magazine staff members. Some games were advertised, but never completed or published, such as Sunday Driver and Titan . Released games ANALOG published two books of program listings and tutorials. The ANALOG Compendium (1983) contains "the best Atari home computer programs from
128-434: The first issue hit the streets. During Eddy's tenure at the magazine, there was no one listed as editor-in-chief, simply due to odd staff-titling decisions.) Contributors included Arnie Katz and Bill "The Game Doctor" Kunkel , co-founders of the first video game magazine, Electronic Games . Tips & Tricks editor-in-chief Chris Bieniek was an associate editor at VG&CE . Computer Player editor-in-chief Mike Davila
144-472: The first ten issues." An Atari 8-bit Extra from ANALOG Computing (1987) contains previously unpublished programs. The ANALOG Computing Pocket Reference Card was published in 1985 and sold for US$ 7.95. It contains a summary of Atari BASIC commands, player/missile memory layout, hardware register and operating system addresses, ATASCII characters, graphics modes, and other information. The ANALOG Computing Telecommunications System, or ANALOG Computing TCS,
160-418: The healthcare industry. This biographical article relating to a video game specialist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . VideoGames %26 Computer Entertainment VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (abbreviated as VG&CE ) was an American magazine dedicated to covering video games on computers, home consoles and arcades . It was published by LFP, Inc. from
176-486: The late 1988 until the mid-1990s. Offering game reviews, previews, game strategies and cheat codes as well as coverage of the general industry, VG&CE was also one of the first magazines to cover both home console and computer games . The magazine gave out annual awards in a variety of categories, divided between the best of home video games and computer video games. The magazine featured original artwork by Alan Hunter and other freelance artists . VG&CE began as
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#1733105107463192-442: The magazine's copyright protections, and users were granted the right to type them into their computer for personal use, so long as they were not sold or copied. ANALOG was co-launched by Lee H. Pappas and Michael DesChesnes who met at a Star Trek convention in 1978. The first issue of the magazine was January / February 1981. It was published bi-monthly through the November / December 1983 issue and then monthly beginning with
208-430: The science monthly Discover Magazine . After moving away from magazine publishing in 2010, he was the producer for the video game StarRangers under the company ANALOGretro working with several former ANALOG alumni including Tom Hudson and Jon Bell. Later he was involved with numerous software projects such as Enflight, which produces navigation software for pilots, and Interbit Data, which develops software tools for
224-428: The time, such as GamePro , the magazine was made more kid-friendly with vibrant colors and issues often featured a videogame cheat printed on the cover, labelled as a "free code" (this ended in late 1994). For much of this era, Chris Gore was editor-in-chief, and had a monthly news and gossip column "The Gore Score". The magazine ended publication in late 1996, when Ziff-Davis bought VideoGames from LFP and folded
240-525: Was a custom bulletin board system accessible only through paid subscription. After the TCS launched in May 1985, an 8-page ANALOG Computing TCS Guide was bound into an issue of the magazine. Lee H. Pappas Lee H. Pappas (born 1957) is an American entrepreneur and founder of several technology publications. He co-founded Atari 8-bit computer enthusiast magazine ANALOG Computing in 1981. ANALOG also produced
256-479: Was an associate editor and later executive editor at VG&CE . Knights of Xentar writer David Moskowitz was also an associate editor covering news and computer games during the Eddy/Davila/Bieniek tenure. The magazine was renamed into VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine starting with the September 1993 issue and dropped computer game coverage. In an effort to compete with magazines popular at
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