Antic: The Atari Resource (December 1986)

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Antic was one of the two major Atari 8-bit magazines in the U.S. It also covered the Atari ST once it was introduced. The December 1986 issue includes the following:

Features

  • Fifth Annual Shoppers Guide - 100 best products for 8-Bit Atari
  • Response Surface Mapping - New views for 3-D graphics
  • Two New Atari Printers - Good deal at $219.95
  • Stepper Motor Robot-Controller - Moving real things with your Atari

Software Library

  • Type-In Listing Section

Departments

  • Game of the Month: Uncle Henry's Nuclear Waste Dump - Be careful with those toxic cans
  • Starting Out: New Owners Column - Lesson 9: Subscripted Variables

ST Resource

  • Build GEM Dialog Boxes
  • Deduction! - Solve the mystery color patterns
  • ST Reviews

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I’m a huge video game nerd but have never heard of this (mainly because Atari is a little before my time) so it was really cool seeing this! Thanks for sharing.

I had a Commodore 64 and it was popular for a very long time. As far as I'm concerned, it was the best games machine of the 1980s. I'm not sure why Atari faded away faster. Technically the Atari 8-bit computers had very similar capabilities to the Commodore 64. I think Commodore beat them on price when it came out in 1982 and Atari was just never able to get back that market share. During the 16-bit era I always though the Amiga was much better than the Atari ST though I never had either until much later.