Stella at 20: Volume 2

Over the course of August 1997, interviews were shot for a video documentary entitled Stella at 20: An Atari 2600 Retrospective. The founders of Atari, the original engineers, the famous programmers, and some lesser known programmers were gathered together to look back on the system that launched the home videogame industry. Volume 2 focuses on the individual programmers, their background, and in-depth discussions of the games they created, covering all eras of the system. This volume debuted at the Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas on August 15th 1999. At close to 90 minutes in length, this volume is now available!

VOLUME TWO - "The Game Designers" or "One Person, One Game"
Featuring:

• Al Miller - Surround, Basketball, Starmaster
  
• David Crane - Canyon Bomber, Dragster, Pitfall, Pitfall II
  
• Larry Kaplan - Air-Sea battle, Kaboom
  
• Carol Shaw - Polo, River Raid
  
• Larry Wagner - Video Chess
  
• Bob Smith - Riddle of the Sphinx, Dragonfire
  
• Dennis Koble - Comments about Easter Eggs
  
• Tod Frye - Pac-Man, Save Mary
  
• Rick Maurer - Space Invaders
  
• Rob Fulop - Night Driver, Missile Command, Demon Attack
  
• Steve DeFrisco - Secret Quest, Motorodeo, Klax
  

David Crane and Al Miller smile for the camera.	Al Miller and Larry Kaplan respond to a humorous anecdote.	David Crane explains his famous 6-digit score routine, here used in Al Miller's Starmaster.	Bob Smith, Rick Maurer, and the one-and-only: Tod Frye.
L-R: Rob Fulop and Dennis Koble of Imagic.	Steve DeFrisco discusses Secret Quest.	Rob Fulop discusses the 2nd most famous easter egg in history.	Game evolution on the 2600: "You can do that??"

Audio-only clips

• Bob Smith gives us his analogy for 2600 programming (30 sec, 281K)
• David Crane tells us what he feel he lost when the 2600 died and he had to write for other systems. (11 sec, 89K)

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Revision date: August 22, 1999