*** The fight lasting since ages between Atari supporters and Commodore lovers! The only such a video on YouTube! Technical specifications! Emotions! Interesting facts! Games comparison! Can there be a winner? An amazing return to the old days for sure! ***
IT Guy in action
The real fight Atari versus Commodore
Subtitles available
Useful links
Atari:
http://www.atarimania.com/faq-atari-400-800-xl-xe-what-is-an-atari-8-bit-computer_3.html
https://www.landley.net/history/mirror/atari/museum/faq.html
https://atariage.com/forums/topic/258437-pokey-filter-sweeps/
http://krap.pl/mirrorz/atari/homepage.ntlworld.com/kryten_droid/Atari/800XL/atari_hw/pokey.htm
Commodore:
https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Graphics_Modes
https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Commodore_REU
https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Commodore_1541
https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Commodore_1571
Others:
http://www.ffd2.com/fridge/atari.compare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Raiders_II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle:_A_Journey_into_Space
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(1983_video_game)
+ Only in Polish:
https://gikme.pl/filmy-edukacyjne/jak-dzialaja-kasety-na-commodore-i-atari/
http://www.retronagazie.eu/gramy-na-gazie-star-raiders-ii-the-last-starfighter-video-recenzja-przejscie-gry-ciekawostki/
Technical capabilities presentation and comparison of Atari 800XL and Commodore C64. Plus selected games review for both computers. By the way, a few interesting facts about the legendary businessman Jack Tramiel. It is worth going back to old memories and looking at the matter from a distance! The following titles were presented: Seasons Greetings (Commodore), Atari Demo (Atari), Master Chess (Mastertronic), Jack Tramiel: Rest in Peace! (Retrofan), My name is Tramiel… Jack Tramiel (Pierre Tonthat, Michael Thevenet), Star Raiders II (Atari), Star Raiders II (Electric Dreams Software), Atari BASIC (Atari), Commodore BASIC (Commodore), 64Forth 1.2 (T.J.Zimmer), Polskie Logo (Polish Logo) (Wojciech Zientara), C -64 Diagnostic Assembly Kit (Commodore), Atari Self Test (Atari), Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space (Activision), Atari color palette (SeaGtGruff), Commodore color palette (topcat96), River Raid (Activision), Klątwa (The Curse) (LK Avalon), Star Wars (LFL, Atari, Parker Brothers), Sales Cartridge (Commodore), Atari Personal Computer Demo (Atari), Hans Kloss (LK Avalon).
Music - source https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary
Itty Bitty 8 Bit, Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200067 http://incompetech.com/ - CC 4.0 license (right to use for any purpose, including commercial, without requirement to grant the same license for the resulting work) + excerpts from the original software soundtrack
Sound effects https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary
Public domain photos (free to use for whatever purpose without any conditions)
Atari 800XL (MOS6502) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atari_800XL.jpg
Commodore 64 (Evan-Amos) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commodore-64-Computer-FL.jpg
Atari 130XE (Twh1st) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atari_130XE.jpg
Atari XEGS (MikeAtari) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xegs.jpg
Commodore 128 (Cbmeeks) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commodore_128_002.jpg
Commodore 1541 disk drive (Evan-Amos) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commodore-64-1541-Floppy-Drive-01.jpg
Atari 1050 disk drive (McCormick) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atari_1050_disk_drive.jpg
The screenshot from the game Hans Kloss (LK Avalon) was used to prepare the video thumbnail.
The on-screen sprites are taken from the demo program included with Quick Assembler (LK Avalon).
LK Avalon webpage https://www.lkavalon.com/
For preparing Atari style titles Videograph (Mirage Software/AS) application was used.
Excerpts from the interview with Jack Tramiel were taken from the Polish computer magazine Bajtek 1/1987 - interview conducted by Jacek Barlik.
Morse code generator https://textcleaner.net/morse-code-translator/ (free to use for any purpose).
All product names and registered names have been used only in order to identify the products. I am not affiliated in any way with the companies which products I present. The copyrights to the presented software belong to their authors or publishers.
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