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Alan Watson was one of the four founding owners of Ozark Softscape,
the company that created M.U.L.E. and Seven Cities of Gold for the
Atari, both published by Electronic Arts. Ozark also created Cytron
Masters which was published by SSI. The company created more games
for other platforms, including Heart of Africa, Modem Wars, and
Robot Rascals. Alan specialized in interface and graphics code, and
he contributed to both M.U.L.E. and Seven Cities.
Alan's September 1981 article in Compute!: archive.org/stream/1981-09-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_016_1981_Sep#page/n83/mode/1up
Planet M.U.L.E.: planetmule.com
Alan Watson was one of the four founding owners of Ozark Softscape,
the company that created M.U.L.E. and Seven Cities of Gold for the
Atari, both published by Electronic Arts. Ozark also created Cytron
Masters which was published by SSI. The company created more games
for other platforms, including Heart of Africa, Modem Wars, and
Robot Rascals. Alan specialized in interface and graphics code, and
he contributed to both M.U.L.E. and Seven Cities.
Alan's September 1981 article in Compute!: archive.org/stream/1981-09-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_016_1981_Sep#page/n83/mode/1up
Planet M.U.L.E.: planetmule.com




![Fred DIgnazio, prolific computer magazine/book writer — interview
Fred DIgnazio wrote more than 20 computer books, including Atari in Wonderland and The Atari Playground. He hosted four television shows about computers and robots, and was the gadget guru on Good Morning America. He was an associate editor and columnist for Compute! magazine, where he wrote the columns World Inside The Computer and On The Road With Fred DIgnazio.
This interview was conducted April 10, 2015.
Teaser quotes:
Katie and the Computer, my advance was $300. And I had to split it with my illustrator.
You know Nolan Bushnell, right? ... Hed put his arm around me and say, Fred, Hows it goin in the world of the ankle biters and the little people?
You could hear a pin drop after my speech. There was just this embarrassed silence, like
Who the freaking heck is this joker they hired to speak at our convention?
Fred Demonstrates the Amiga on Tom York’s Morning Show: https://archive.org/details/Tom_York_Amiga_Fred_Dignazio
Fred’s videos and articles: https://archive.org/details/@savetz?and[]=subject%3A%22Fred%20D%27Ignazio%22
Fred’s articles in Compute! magazine: http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/index/index.php?author=Fred+D%27lgnazio
Contact fred: fred.dignazio@gmail.com Fred DIgnazio, prolific computer magazine/book writer — interview](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V23Y9vnRW_4/mqdefault.jpg)





