Peter Fletcher

The Macintosh Performa promo picture for this article was a choice. Was it a good choice? That I cannot say, but it was a choice.

The AI Apprentice

What is AI?

A head with a silicon chip inside

Gee, the Fall ‘86 issue of STart Magazine has a topical article about running Artificial Intelligence languages on my Atari ST. ChatGPT can suck it!

Various Atari magazines

October ‘95 issue of ST Format

Fall ‘86 issue of STart

Reading through some October issues of my old #Atari magazines and the Fall ‘86 issue of STart and the October ‘95 issue of ST Format still have their cover disks intact. Maybe I should leave them be or maybe I should finally get around to seeing if the disks are still good.

deadmau5 Is Teaming Up With Atari For Special Atari 7800 Game 💌Like retro gaming news? Join our free newsletter to receive a weekly round-up from our team of nerds. I've seen a lot of retro gaming references making their way into the music world of late. Bring ...

A deadmau5 - Atari collaboration wasn't something I had on my BINGO card.

We are just six weeks away from Atari Party 2025! If you find yourself in the Northeast / Mid-Atlantic USA on November 22nd and love Atari or vintage gaming/computing be sure to check in and let us know if you'd like to attend.

The Big Red H for the win

The Atari Compugraph Foto was one such example. I don't recall whether or not Atari was involved in my ASCII photo, but I hope it was :)

ASCII Pete

Me, aged five, in ASCII form. Taken on the Atlantic City, NJ boardwalk during the summer of 1975. Long, long, time ago.......

Atari Party 2025 is coming up and I usually try to program a small demo to run on one of my machines at the party. I haven't gotten around to doing that yet this year, but I found this aborted bit that I didn't include in my 2024 demo.

Maybe I can work off of this to inspire me to get working.

Oh wow. Those are the best kinds of ride experiences.

It really is well done and the Cast Members really seem to enjoy playing their parts. Love it.

Cinderella Castle

EPCOT

Tie Fighter

Me and the better half

I have returned from a week at the House of Mouse. Though Mickey isn't without his problems it was good for my mental health to take a break from the relentless diet of depressing news.

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Heading to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party with my #Atari Haunted House hat and my Dead Milkmen t-shirt.

Being old has its privileges.

FREE Dead Milkmen/Gibbous Moon concert at Spruce Street Harbor Park TOMORROW (9/27). Doors are at 6 PM, show starts at 7 PM.

Free - as in "Don't cost nothin'."

Oh wow. It’s been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. It’s so fun. Classic easy to learn, hard to master game. Plus even the 2600 version has really nice graphics.

Looked at a news feed and quickly noped out. Decided to play #Atari instead because everything in the real world is stupid.

Keystone Kapers is a damn fine diversion.

a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van ALT: a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van

Right back at ya

I am days away from vacation and I have officially reached the "Pete is useless at work" stage of the week.

Playing the greatest role playing video game of all time, Stuart Smith's Return of Heracles from 1983.

Friends and I loved playing through the Labors of Heracles, and by friends ... I mean.. this game from 1983 allowed for 16 players!

Adventures, Greek mythology, combat, puzzle solving, love it!

That's a neat shirt. I hope your daughter and your family have an amazing trip!

Meltdown on "Truth" Social in 5... 4... 3... 2...

Yep!

The new issue of Old School Gamer magazine, #48, landed in the mailbox today. I love the cover. Enjoy the Atari 8-bit Gaming article by me with some help from my friends. @rectapete.bsky.social @moorejh.bsky.social @jamielendino.com

Oh I know. I was trying to be silly.

Hope you have a good trip too

My wife keeps telling me that I’ll be interacting with cast members that have zero to do with these decisions and that I am supporting them and not Bob Iger. She’s right and so are you.

I too have others going so trying to cancel this late stage would be upsetting on many levels. I’m sure I’ll be okay once there, but my enthusiasm has crashed and I’m going to have to work on enjoying it rather than just enjoying it.