Marty Goldberg

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Software Engineer, author/writer, musician, martial artist.

I work in the industry as a contracted programmer and tech writer.

Co-author of Atari Inc. - Business is Fun.

Currently: Freelancing for Retro Gamer magazine, both as a fact checker and writer. Past articles I've written:

• Atari 7800 feature, Issue 78.
• Atari 5200 feature, Issue 80.
• Obscura Machina: Fairchild Channel F, Issue 88.
• From The Archives: Atari Inc., Issue 93.
• From The Archives: Atari Corporation, Issue 94.
• Crash And Burn (The Videogame Crash), Issue 100.
• The making of the Atari 2600, Issue 103.
• Tribute to Jack Tramiel, Issue 103.
• The making of PONG, Issue 104.
• Before Video Games, Issue 108
• Gaming Legends: Jack Tramiel, Issue 109.
• Making of Star Castle, Issue 112.
• The Mysterious Crash, Issue 113 (article on myth of first video game "crash").
• The Story Of Microsoft, Issue 116.
• Fairchild Channel F Retrospective, Issue 121.
• Memorial on William C. Lowe, Issue 123.
• 70s video arcade industry sub-feature for "When Arcades Ruled the Earth" feature, Issue 127.
• Nutting Industries/Milwaukee Coin Industries/Dave Nutting Associates, Issue 136.
• Milton Bradley Microvision, Issue 136.
• RCA Studio II, Issue 139.

Articles I've assisted in:

• Stampede, Issue 76
• The making of Lunar Lander, Issue 79.
• In the Chair - Allan Alcorn, Issue 83.
• The Making of Missile Command, Issue 88.
• The Making of Sprint 2, Issue 89.
• Computer Space, Issue 94.
• The Lynx Effect, Issue 97.
• Atari 8-bit Retrospective, Issue 125.

Also regularly assist with fact checking, pictures, resources, etc.

Freelancer for RETRO magazine. Past articles I've written:

• M.U.L.E. Retrospective, Issue 5.
• Atari video game burial and dig exclusive, Issue 6.

Video game products: Flash reproductions of PONG, Breakout (arcade game), Missile Command, Centipede, Asteroids, Space Duel, Tempest, Lunar Lander and Battlezone for Atari. All games were to the tee reproductions with no emulation/roms.

Atari Flashback 2 team - technical writer, online manual. Manual and Box for Flashback 2+ as well.

Last completed product: Atari/Taco Bell cd-rom based video games for kids meal giveaways.

I'm also a video game and personal computer historian and collector, as well as an Atari historian and collector. Recognized expert in those fields, and have had the pleasure of interviewing many luminaries from the video gaming and computer industries over the years.

Current contracted writer for Retro Gamer Magazine.

Member of International Game Developers Association's Game Preservation SIG.

Owner of Electronic Entertainment Museum (E2M) and archive.

Ex-Site Administrator, current Staff ClassicGaming.Com (an IGN site)

Co-Owner Atari Gaming Headquarters

Co-Organizer Midwest Gaming Classic

Owner Electronic Entertainment Museum

Moderator Atari Inc. discussion boards

Member of TwinGalaxies

Instructor of Wing Chun Kuen - Watchful Dragon Kwoon

Founder and Moderator - Wing Chun Kuen Mailing List - Oldest Internet based wing chun discussion group, established in 1992. Moved to yahoo groups in 2003.

Founder and Presenter - Wing Chun Friendship Seminars. Series of seminars (1998 to present) designed to foster communication and sharing of material between multiple branches and linneages of wing chun. All proceeds donated to charity.

I've been a member of Wikipedia since June 11th, 2005.

This user has published a book.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Video games.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Martial arts.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Spam.

This user is a recent changes patroller.

This user is a member of the Atari task force.

This user is a member of the Arcade Task Force.

Sea Wolf (arcade game) | Dominos (arcade game) | Crash 'N Score | F-1 (Arcade Game) | Hi-way | Indy 4 (arcade game) | Indy 800 | Jet Fighter (arcade game) | Stunt Cycle (arcade game) | Steeplechase (arcade game) | Elimination (arcade game) | Anti-Aircraft (arcade game) | Lunar Lander (arcade game) | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (video game) | Outlaw (arcade game) | Pursuit | Qwak! (arcade game) | Quiz show (arcade game)| Rebound (arcade game) | Shark Jaws | Microprose Systems, LLC | Atari, Inc | Atari Corporation | Atari Interactive | Atari, Inc (Infogrames)

Allan Alcorn, Atari, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit family , Atari Flashback , Atari Games, Atari ST, Branches of Wing Chun, Battlezone, Breakout, Breakout clones , Centipede (arcade game), Commodore International, Computer Space, Crystal Castles, Dave Nutting , Doctor Pong, Galaxy Game, Games By Apollo, Golden Age of Arcade Games, History of the Amiga, History of video games, History of video game consoles (first generation), History of video game consoles (second generation), Jay Miner, First video game, Jack Tramiel, Leung Ting, List of years in computer games, Magnavox Odyssey, Mattel Aquarius, MicroProse, Midwest Gaming Classic, Nolan Bushnell, Pong, Qix, Ralph H. Baer, Steve Wozniak, Sifu, Sprint 2, Star Raiders, Tank (arcade game), Tempest (arcade game), Tennis for Two, Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40, Traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu, UWink, Video game, Video game crash of 1983, Video game console, Video Pinball, William Cheung, William Higinbotham, Wing Chun, WingTsun, Yip Man.

File:Avalanchescreen.png File:Ticc40.png File:Videopin.png

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I award this barnstar to Marty Goldberg for his contributions to most every video game article on Wikipedia. His continual work on improving this realm of the encyclopedia is very appreciated. — Frecklefσσt | Talk

		The VG Barnstar
		Marty Goldberg has been award the VG Star for his tireless contributions to the video games articles on Wikipedia. — Frecklefσσt | Talk

		The VG Barnstar
		For fact checking, offering suggestions, and digging up sources that always seem to elude me for almost every classic video game articles I've worked on. Space Invaders, Pong, Pac-Man (Atari 2600) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (video game) would not be what they are today without your help. Just wanted to let you know that your help does not go unnoticed and is greatly appreciated. (Guyinblack25 talk 16:22, 19 October 2009 (UTC))

	The Video Game Barnstar
	For your persistence at upholding an agreement made by you and other members of the video game project. Well done, sir, well done. --Matthew (talk) 19:59, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

I was interviewed as a featured editor in the January 5th issue of the WikiProject Video Games Newsletter.

My Info

This user is a Wikipedian.

This user is male.

This user is from Earth.

This user is of multiple ancestries.

This user is a citizen of the United States of America.

This user lives in the U.S. State of Wisconsin.

en	This user is a native speaker of the English language.

This user is straight.

This user has a wife.

This user's time zone is NA Central.

This user is an Aries.

豬

This user was born in the year of the Pig.

This user is proud to be a Wikipedian.

This user is a Jedi.

This user has been assimilated. Resistance is futile.

This user remembers using a rotary dial telephone.

My Computer

This user contributes using Microsoft Windows XP.

This user runs macOS.

BB	This user contributes using a broadband connection.

This user has been helping the Internet not suck since January 21st, 1990.

This user contributes using Firefox.

This user uses Google as a primary search engine.

m IRC

This user uses mIRC for chatting on IRC.

This user's IRC nick is wgungfu on the server {{{2}}}.

My Health

This user supports the ban on smoking in public places.

Secondhand smoke is one of this user's pet peeves.

This user supports recycling.

This user is drug-free.

This user eats bagels.

My Food likes

This user DOES like Green Eggs and Ham.

This user eats cheese.

This user eats popcorn.

This user eats potato chips.

This user eats bananas.

This user eats M&Ms.

This user likes pie.

This user eats cookies.

This user likes Chocolate Chip Cookies.

This user likes Ice cream.

This user drinks hot chocolate.

This user drinks milk.

This user drinks chocolate milk.

H2O	This user is H2O intolerant. Achoo!

This user drinks tea.

Dr Pepper

This user drinks Dr Pepper.

COKE zero sugar

This user drinks COKE Zero Sugar religiously.

This user prefers Coca-Cola over Pepsi.

This user drinks tea.

Dr Pepper

This user drinks Dr Pepper.

This user eats at Taco Bell.

General Interests

This user enjoys writing.

This user enjoys reading science fiction.

This user is interested in religion.

This user is interested in ancient civilizations.

This user knows The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.

My Programming Background

prog-4

This user is an expert programmer.

C++	This user can program in C++.

Java	This user can program in Java.

<html>

This user can write HTML.

PHP-4

This user is an expert PHP programmer.

css-4

This user is an expert Cascading Style Sheets user.

mysql

This user writes programs that access MySQL.

js-4	This user is an expert JavaScript programmer.

game dev

This user is interested in video game development.

Favorite Shows

FG	This user thinks Family Guy is freakin' sweet.

Good news, everyone! This user is a fan of Futurama!

Musical Tastes

This user is a subscriber to Sirius Satellite Radio.

This user has an iPod.

This user plays the guitar.

This user enjoys rock music.

This user enjoys punk rock.

DD	This user thinks they can find Rio if they're looking like they can.

band-3

This user likes The Beatles.

band-3

This user likes The Pixies.

band-3

This user likes The Posies.

band-3

This user likes Nirvana.

band-2

This user listens to Iggy Pop.

band-2

This user listens to The Cult.

Video Game Background

This user is a Video game developer.

+

This user enjoys playing retro games.

This user was a victim of the video game crash of 1983

This user still enjoys playing games on the Atari 2600.

This user still enjoys the Atari 5200, despite the controller issues.

7800	This user still enjoys the Atari 7800.

This user still enjoys playing games on the NES.

This user still enjoys playing games on the Sega Master System.

This user still plays the Neo Geo Pocket Color

This user still enjoys the underrated Sega Dreamcast.

This user plays games on the Wii console.

2084	This user plays Robotron 2084

This user plays games in the Super Mario series.

iron fist

This user is a Tekken player

fan-2

This user loves the computer or video game Virtua Fighter.

This user plays Pac-Man.

This user is PREPARED TO QUALIFY

X	This user plays Xevious

G	This user plays Galaga

● __	This user plays various breakout-style games