Welcome to the first Episode of the Atari XEGS Cart by Cart Podcast. In Episode Zero we will focus on the Atari XE Game System Console. We will learn about the hosts and get up to speed on the XEGS technical Specifications. Come join Bill, David, and Michael and find out why we love the XEGS.

Show Notes

Other ports/reviews:
Video Game Console Library
Wikipedia
Classic Home Video Games Museum
The Centre for Computing History
ANTIC Magazine "First Look Inside the XE Game System"


Where to buy:
B & C ComputerVisions
Online Auctions (ebay.com / ShopGoodwill.com)
Amazon: Amazon.com
Eight Bit Fix
Best Electronics (Sold out but keep looking)


Things to consider getting for your XEGS:
BEST Electronics "BEST XE Touch" keyboard retrofit
Installation guide


Emulators:
atari800 - open source for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X & more
Atari800Win PLUs - based on atari800, with Windows-specific features
Altirra - Windows emulator with lots of debugging/etc. Very popular with coders
Atari++ - originally a fork of atari800. Available for Linux and Windows
Colleen - based on atari800. Available for Android devices
PC Xformer - MSDOS/Windows emulator from the early 1990s
Apple iOS device - Your iOS device needs to be jailbroken. You can use via DOSPad
MESS(Multi Emulator Super System) which is part of the MAME project
Browser based via Utilized by Internet Archive's Historical Software Archive (via JSMESS)