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Wired.com presents the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Barr Kirtley.

Hello, and welcome to episode 450 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show we'll be discussing some of our favorite games that were created for the Apple 2,

which was one of the most popular computers of the 1980s.

And I'm joined by two guests.

So first up we've got David Elcratic, who you may remember from our future interview back in

episode 397. He's written over a dozen books about video games, including Arcade

Perfect, Stay A While and Listen, and Rocket jump. He's also the author of the young

adult fantasy novel heritage, the first book in the Gerden Chronicles, and we'll be

speaking with him today about his book Breakout, how the Apple II launched the

PC Gaming Revolution.

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