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Rob Zdybel, Star Trek, Missile Command, Bug Hunt

Rob Zdybel was a long-time employee at Atari, having worked there from 1979 to 1996, when the Tramiels left. \\xa0Rob has a long line of credits including Pigs in Space, Real Sports Football, Stellar Track and Star Trek for the Atari 400/800, SOS for the Atari 2600, Missile Command for the Atari 5200, and Bug Hunt for the Atari XE. \\xa0He also designed the system BIOS for the Atari 5200.

Rob mentions the SYLVIA game system in the interview, although he couldn\\u2019t remember the name of the system at the time. \\xa0It was the machine that was supposed to come between the 2600 and the 5200 and which Doug Neubauer worked on.

Niles Strohl and Doug Neubauer are both mentioned in the interview, both of which I\\u2019m working to get interviews.

Please note that this interview does have some profanity.

This interview took place on January 17, 2016.

Teaser Quotes:

• \\u201cI said Good Lord, Man, I don\\u2019t know if I can stand the idea of using computers to kill people more accurately.\\u201d
• \\u201cThey were going to give us a free Atari 800 computer. \\xa0That\\u2019s one of things you got for signing on with the Atari crew.\\u201d
• \\u201cI signed on to the Atari 2600 program at the time. \\xa0I was not actually interested in writing 2600 programs, but where my heart was really at was the Atari 800 computer because it was so much more powerful.\\u201d
• \\u201cThe lights had come on: you CAN\\u2019T win at Marketing Adventure.\\u201d
• \\u201cYou\\u2019re talking to the man who\\u2019s responsible for Chris Crawford being in the game industry. \\xa0It\\u2019s my fault.\\u201d

Links:

list of Rob\\u2019s games at AtariMania

PRGE 2013 - Bob Smith, Rob Zdybel, Joe Decuir - Portland Retro Gaming Expo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmqzybUe9m4

\\u201cOnce Upon Atari\\u201d - http://www.onceuponatari.com/