ANTIC Interview 294 - Carol Shaw, Atari and Activision
Carol Shaw, Atari and Activision \xa0 Carol Shaw was a software engineer at Atari from August 1978 though 1980. She programmed for the Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit computers. She programmed on 3-D Tic Tac Toe for the Atari 800 and 2600; and the math application Calculator. She worked on Video Checkers, Othello, and Super Breakout for the 2600. She also co-wrote the Atari BASIC Reference Manual. Carol joined Activision in 1982, where she created the hit game River Raid, which she programmed for the 2600 then ported to the Atari 8-bit computers, and Happy Trails for the Intellivision. \xa0 This interview took place on June 29, 2017. \xa0 "Originally it was going to be a boat going up a river, but my boat was kind of boring looking ... How about an airplane going up a river? We'll have it kind of a canyon or something like that." \xa0 Colleen Calculator \xa0 Atari Calculator Cartridge Specification \xa0 Colleen Floating Point Routines \xa0 Atari BASIC BNF - Backus\u2013Naur Form \xa0 Benj Edwards\u2019 2011 interview with Carol