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Tom Hudson is a name familiar to readers of A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing magazine. He worked at A.N.A.L.O.G., where we wrote articles, games, maintained the A.N.A.L.O.G. TCS bulletin board system. His game credits include LiveWire, Fire Bug, and Planetary Defense. He also wrote the popular DEGAS paint program for the Atari ST; and CAD-3D, a 3D graphics package, in conjunction with Gary Yost.

This interview was conducted April 17 2015.

Tom’s web site: analog.klanky.com
Tom on Twitter: twitter.com/Klankster
List of Tom’s software on AtariMania: atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-hudson-tom_team_619_8_G.html

Teaser quotes:

“Oh boy, probably one of the worst cases of vaporware I’ve ever seen.”

“We were dealing with stuff like cassette duplication. . . and none of us were crazy about that. I said, ‘Hey, why don’t we do a bulletin board? Have it’s so it’s subscription. Anybody who’s on the bulletin board won’t need to get cassettes anymore, because they can just download the stuff.”