Atari Player-Missile Graphics System (Magazine Articles)

[Updated: 2020, May 7]
Pages are listed as PDF page numbers, not actual magazine page number.

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I didn't index every Atari-related article, mind you. Someone else can spend that time doing so.

What I did index, though, was of particular interest to me as a person who believes that we still haven't tapped the abilities of the Atari both in a gaming and practical sense— especially given the available mods for Atari owners like myself and other enthusiasts. The system absolutely fascinates me for its ingenuity and untapped potential.

But I digress.

Without further ado, here are some articles to get you started... (I'll plan on generating an actual Article out of this and add the other two magazines.)
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Antic Magazine [External Link]

September 1983, Volume 2, Number 6

Starting Line: Player/Missile Tutorial, Chris Chabris
Page 14-15, 18-19, 104​

December 1983 / Volume 2, Number 9

Automate Your Player/Missiles, Fred Pinho
Page 66-68, 73-76, 115-116​

February 1984 / Volume 2, Number 11

Character Graphics, Chris Chabris
Page 60, 62-63, 65-69​

April 1984 / Volume 3, Number 1

Creative Programming with Player/Missile Graphics, Philip Seyer
Page 50-52​

July 1984 / Volume 3, Number 3

The Secrets of BASIC Animation, Fred Pinho
Page 49-52​

August 1985 / Volume 4, Number 4

Atari 'Toons, Matthew Ratcliff
Page 28-30, 54-57​

September 1985 / Volume 4, Number 5

Fine Scrolling World: Part 1, Mark Andrews
Page 70-72, 67-68​

October 1985 / Volume 4, Number 6

Fine Scrolling World: Part 2, Mark Andrews
Page 72-74, 64-65​

February 1986 / Volume 4, Number 10

Multi-Colored Players, Patrick Bass
Page 35-36, 90-94​

February 1989 / Volume 7, Number 10

P/M Graphics Studio, Tom Larosa
Page 21-23, 34-39​

August 1989 / Volume 8, Number 4

Hi-Res PUT and GET: Animation without P/Ms, Brad Timmins
Page 15-16, 38-39​

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ANALOG Magazine [External Link]

Issue #10

Moving Missiles in BASIC, Tom Hudson
Page 29-32
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Issue #23

P/M Creator/Animator, Scott Sheck
Page 35, 37-40 (Corrections: Issue #34, Page 96)​

Issue #26

Painles$ Player Mover, Chet Walters
Page 39, 41-50​

Issue #63

Animation, Ron Goodman
Page 25-31

Game Design Workshop, Craig Patchett
Page 83-89
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Issue #64

Game Design Workshop, Part 2, Craig Patchett
Page 90-97
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Issue #66

Game Design Workshop Part 3, Craig Patchett
Page 36-44​

Issue #67

Game Design Workshop, Part 4, Craig Patchett
Page 66-73​

Issue #68

Game Design Workshop, Part 5, Craig Patchett
Page 17-28, 50-51​

Issue #70

Un-SPRITEs: Copy & Paste Graphics, Jason Leigh
Page 36-43

Game Design Workshop, Part 6, Craig Patchett
Page 58-65​

Issue #71

Game Design Workshop, Part 7, Craig Patchett
Page 42-49​

Issue #72

Game Design Workshop, Part 8, Craig Patchett
Page 16-27​

Issue #77

Fast Move (P/M), John W. Little
Page 36-43
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Compute! Magazine [External Link]

January 1981, Issue 8

Player-Missile Graphics with the Atari Personal Computer System, Chris Crawford
Page 68-70, 72-73
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September 1981, Issue 16

Positioning Player-Missile and Regular Graphics in Memory, Fred Pinho
Page 69-70

Dynamic Player Animation with Atari, Alan Watson
Page 84, 86
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October 1981, Issue 17

Extending Player Missile Graphics, Eric Stoltman
Page 100, 102
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December 1981, Issue 19

Adding High Speed Vertical Positioning to P/M Graphics, David H. Markley
Page 119-123
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February 1982, Issue 21

P/M Graphics Made Easy, T. Sak, S. Meier
Page 92, 94-95
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April 1982, Issue 23

Using TextPlot for Animated Games, David Plotkin
Page 148, 150, 152, 154 (Capute! June 82, page 192)
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May 1982, Issue 24

No Commotion Motion, Tina Halcomb
Page 103-104, 106
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June 1982, Issue 25

A Self-Modifying P/M Graphics Utility, Kenneth Grace Jr
Page 122, 124, 126-129 (See also: CAPUTE! Aug 1982, page 173)
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August 1982, Issue 27

Animation and P/M Graphics, Tom Sak and Sid Meier
Page 119-120, 122-124
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June 1983, Issue 37

Atari Player/Missile Graphics Simplified, Staffan Sandberg
Page 177-178, 180, 182 (See CAPUTE! Aug 1983, page 265)
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October 1983, Issue 41

A Multicolor Atari Character Editor, Charles Brannon
Page 234-243​

August 1985, Issue 63

Animator, Steve Johnson
Page 44, 46, 48, 50-63
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September 1985, Issue 64

Atari Animation with P/M Graphics, Part 1, Robert J Powell
Page 97-99
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October 1985, Issue 65

Atari Animation with P/M Graphics: Part 2, Robert J Powell
Page 102-105 (See also CAPUTE! Nov 1985, p 146)
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November 1985, Issue 66

Atari Animation with P/M Graphics: Part 3, Robert Powell
Page 119-120
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March 1986, Issue 70

Atari P/M Graphics Toolkit, Tom R Halfhill
Page 87-92
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July 1987, Issue 86

P/M Magic, Gary Costanza
Page 62-68​

August 1987, Issue 87

SoftSprite, Richard Schramm
Page 101-103
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Tricky Tutorials for Atari

Tricky Tutorial #5: Player Missile Graphics

Supplement ​

[More to come... ??]