Author: sgolson

  • Origins of Ms. Pac-Man with Steve Golson — RcadeRadio

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    S03E01 – Origins of Ms. Pac-Man with Steve Golson Another fun (and long) interview about General Computer, Ms. Pac, and other old tech…

  • NH High Tech Council’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2018

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    Video Games Then and Now: An Entrepreneuring Journey by Steve Golson I was honored to be keynote speaker at the New Hampshire High Tech Council 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Matt Albuquerque was the well-deserved winner this year. And a special Lifetime Achievement award was given to the great Ralph Baer. It was a wonderful…

  • 2017

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    A solar eclipse occurs when the moon casts its shadow upon the earth. During totality the sun’s corona becomes visible as a white halo around the black disk of the moon. The human eye observes delicate coronal features and enormous variations in brightness which a single photograph cannot possibly capture. Pink prominences are visible; these…

  • The MIT Dropouts Who Created Ms. Pac-Man: A 35th-Anniversary Oral History — Fast Company

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    The MIT Dropouts Who Created Ms. Pac-Man: A 35th-Anniversary Oral History The amazing, little-known backstory of the most popular arcade game in U.S. history. By Benj Edwards

  • 2016

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    For northern hemisphere observers the winter sky brings an abundance of beautiful celestial objects. At lower left is the prominent constellation Orion the Hunter with his belt of three stars. At center is Taurus the Bull featuring its bright star Aldebaran and the spectacular Pleiades open cluster. Along with our usual winter friends, can you…

  • Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2016

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    The Atari 7800 ProSystem with Steve Golson I got to talk again about the amazing 7800. Here are my slides (sorry, no embedded video). Thanks to Hans Reutter, you can watch this presentation here.

  • ReplayFX 2016

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    ACAM Presents: Steve Golson, The 7800 ProSystem Here’s the description from the ReplayFX website: The Atari 7800 ProSystem console was not designed by Atari. The people of General Computer Corporation (GCC) of Massachusetts created this console for Atari with an intended release in 1984, but it did not officially hit the market until 1986. Steve…

  • Steve Golson Interview: The Story of Ms. Pac-Man, the Atari 7800, and the HyperDrive — USGamer

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    Steve Golson Interview: The Story of Ms. Pac-Man, the Atari 7800, and the HyperDrive By Jaz Rignall A fun interview, however I regret that my only mention of Steve Jobs comes across as rather disparaging. Don’t take this one incident as an indication of my opinion on Steve Jobs – he was an amazing visionary…

  • 2016 Synopsys Users Group Conference (SNUG Silicon Valley 2016)

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    Language Wars in the 21st Century: Verilog versus VHDL – Revisited by Steve Golson and Leah Clark Abstract: Back in the late 20th century, the VHDL versus Verilog debate was compared to a religious war that neither side could win. At various times, knowledgeable industry leaders have predicted that each HDL would prevail, but it…

  • Game Developers Conference GDC 2016

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    Classic Game Postmortem: ‘Ms. Pac-Man’ by Steve Golson Here’s the description from the GDC website. It’s mostly accurate, but a bit more flowery than I might write: Steve Golson, the experienced designer and engineer best known in the game industry for designing arcade game enhancement kits at General Computer of Cambridge, will be delivering a…