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.
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\nThis interview was conducted April 17 2015.
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\n\n\nList of Tom\u2019s software on AtariMania
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\n\u201cOh boy, probably one of the worst cases of vaporware I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d
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\n\u201cWe were dealing with stuff like cassette duplication. . . and none of us were crazy about that. I said, \u2018Hey, why don\u2019t we do a bulletin board? Have it\u2019s so it\u2019s subscription. Anybody who\u2019s on the bulletin board won\u2019t need to get cassettes anymore, because they can just download the stuff.\u201d