Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Steve Molyneux was Atari’s Software Development Manager in Hamburg, Germany from 1981 through 1984. He was responsible for the European side of Atari Program Exchange, and launching games at European trade shows.
Steve shared some pictures of the original Atari Europe/Germany HQ in Hamburg, you’ll find that link in the show notes at AtariPodcast.com.
Parts of this interview discuss adult situations, and are not appropriate for children.
This interview occurred on April 13, 2015
2008 photos of Atari Europe HQ: flickr.com/photos/42551272@N02/sets/72157622306280153
Teaser quotes:
“...In sort of private helicopters up to this chalet. I mean the amount of money that they spent when we had Warner money. . .”
“Castle Wolfenstein? That was definitely a no-no in Germany. I mean, that was just something you couldn’t talk about, you just couldn’t sell.”
Steve Molyneux was Atari’s Software Development Manager in Hamburg, Germany from 1981 through 1984. He was responsible for the European side of Atari Program Exchange, and launching games at European trade shows.
Steve shared some pictures of the original Atari Europe/Germany HQ in Hamburg, you’ll find that link in the show notes at AtariPodcast.com.
Parts of this interview discuss adult situations, and are not appropriate for children.
This interview occurred on April 13, 2015
2008 photos of Atari Europe HQ: flickr.com/photos/42551272@N02/sets/72157622306280153
Teaser quotes:
“...In sort of private helicopters up to this chalet. I mean the amount of money that they spent when we had Warner money. . .”
“Castle Wolfenstein? That was definitely a no-no in Germany. I mean, that was just something you couldn’t talk about, you just couldn’t sell.”






![Mary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine editor — interview
Mary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine
Mary Eisenhart was editor of MicroTimes magazine, a free, advertising-supported magazine that was distributed in California. The first issue was May 1984, and Mary remained at the magazine until 1998, producing more than 180 issues. MicroTimes provided interviews, computer industry news, rumors, and columns, and - of course - advertising. For most of its run, there were two editions of each issue: Northern California and Southern California.
When she left MicroTimes, Mary took with her a copy or two of every issue, which years later were scanned by Internet Archive. The almost-complete collection is now online, full-text searchable, where they can be read online or downloaded.
As a young teenager growing up in Southern California, I read MicroTimes whenever I could find it, usually in record stores. It was a great computer magazine, with the huge bonus that it was free. When I graduated college in Northern California, I wrote for MicroTimes as often as possible (Mary was my editor.) The $200 per article paychecks were the start of my freelance writing career.
Mary and I didnt talk too much about Atari in this interview, but rest assured there was plenty of material of interest to Atari lovers in MicroTimes. For instance, issue 1 has Marys interview with Jon Freeman and Anne Westfall, creators of Archon. A 1985 cover article features The People Behind The Print Shop — and there was a long-running Atari ST column written by Helmi Kobler.
This interview took place on November 25, 2024.
MicroTimes at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/microtimes?sort=date
[NEEDED for scanning: Volume 2 Number 12, most of Volume 3]
Marys web site: http://www.yoyow.com/marye/default.html
BAM Magazine in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAM_(magazine)
Hedy Lamarr issue:
https://archive.org/details/microtimesissue100unse_28/
Kays first published article: https://archive.org/details/microtimesissue100unse_37/page/178/mode/1up
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