Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
After a successful launch, Page 6 Magazine started to grow right from its second issue, with contributions from readers and the editor Les Ellingham alike. It would often feel like an uphill struggle to get the Atari community to care about their machines beyond simply consuming the media provided to them, but Les and company believed the UK's Atari fans were made of strong stuff.
Featured in this issue:
0:00 Welcome
0:38 Front cover ads (Gemini Electronics and more)
4:43 Editorial by Les Ellingham: New Directions and What Can You Do?
9:08 News - 1200XL rumours, Atari arcade conversions, Channel 8
16:55 Simple GTIA graphics demo
17:23 Input (letters page)
24:43 Four in a Row game by Mike Aston
26:20 Joysticks... by Jeff Woodward
30:14 Changing screen colours with POKEs
31:06 GTIA Graphics Modes 9, 10 and 11 by Phil Griffin
34:46 Feature Review: Astro Chase (and the origins of First Star Software)
39:23 Silly Circles by Mike Aston
41:32 Play Your Cards by Les Ellingham
43:52 GTIA Text Window by Colin Boswell
44:57 Product reviews: Victagraph Plot Window and Computer Gaming World
48:56 Disk Directory by Colin Friston
50:23 Tiny Text by Stan Ockers and Jim Carr
51:41 Typewriter upgrade for the Atari 400
52:30 User Groups
53:05 Software reviews: Stratos
55:28 Software reviews: Preppie!
57:03 Software reviews: Sea Dragon
59:20 Software reviews: Shamus
1:00:16 Getting Started by Les Ellingham
1:01:23 KEEN prices!
1:01:56 First Steps
1:03:23 BUG Club Call
1:05:09 Closing ads and more KEEN prices!
After a successful launch, Page 6 Magazine started to grow right from its second issue, with contributions from readers and the editor Les Ellingham alike. It would often feel like an uphill struggle to get the Atari community to care about their machines beyond simply consuming the media provided to them, but Les and company believed the UK's Atari fans were made of strong stuff.
Featured in this issue:
0:00 Welcome
0:38 Front cover ads (Gemini Electronics and more)
4:43 Editorial by Les Ellingham: New Directions and What Can You Do?
9:08 News - 1200XL rumours, Atari arcade conversions, Channel 8
16:55 Simple GTIA graphics demo
17:23 Input (letters page)
24:43 Four in a Row game by Mike Aston
26:20 Joysticks... by Jeff Woodward
30:14 Changing screen colours with POKEs
31:06 GTIA Graphics Modes 9, 10 and 11 by Phil Griffin
34:46 Feature Review: Astro Chase (and the origins of First Star Software)
39:23 Silly Circles by Mike Aston
41:32 Play Your Cards by Les Ellingham
43:52 GTIA Text Window by Colin Boswell
44:57 Product reviews: Victagraph Plot Window and Computer Gaming World
48:56 Disk Directory by Colin Friston
50:23 Tiny Text by Stan Ockers and Jim Carr
51:41 Typewriter upgrade for the Atari 400
52:30 User Groups
53:05 Software reviews: Stratos
55:28 Software reviews: Preppie!
57:03 Software reviews: Sea Dragon
59:20 Software reviews: Shamus
1:00:16 Getting Started by Les Ellingham
1:01:23 KEEN prices!
1:01:56 First Steps
1:03:23 BUG Club Call
1:05:09 Closing ads and more KEEN prices!
