We salute Asteroids 40th anniversary with a discussion of how things have changed since 1979, and with a rebroadcast of the story "Escape To The Asteroids Zone"
This episode takes a slightly more personal turn as twin brother hosts Jeff and Steve Fulton tell stories and relive memories of playing together in both analog and digital ways in the 1970’s. The episode includes an original non-fiction story by Steve Fulton titled “Big Mouse And Little Mouse 1.0”. (Remaster adds a section to this story). This episode also features an interview with Jamie Lendino about his book “Adventure: The Atari VCS At The Dawn Of Console Gaming”. Show Notes Extreme Tech Website edited by Jamie Lendino: https://www.extremetech.com/ Adventure: The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming” by Jamie Lendino: Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation” by Jamie Lendino Generation X/Generation Atari Podcasts The Essential Growing up 80’s Podcast - https://player.fm/series/growing-up-80s Gen X Grownup Podcast: http://genxgrownup.com/ More 80’s podcasts on Player FM - https://player.fm/en/podcasts/80's-podcasts Atari ST and 400/800/XL/XE Podcasts Antic - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/ XE Game By Game - http://xegs8bit.com/ XL/XE - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/xlxe-xlxe-uvPGcxAZnHD/ Player / Missile - https://playermissile.com/ Inverse ATASCII - https://inverseatascii.info/ Atari Game Podcasts Ferg’s amazing Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-2600-game-by-game-podcast Atari Bytes - https://player.fm/series/atari-bytes The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast (classic episodes) - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-7800-game-by-game-podcast Shinto’s Jaguar game by game Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-jaguar-game-by-game-podcast The Atari 5200 Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-5200-podcast The Atari ...
S1:E8: The Bronze Age of Arcade Video Games In this episode Steve and Jeff discuss their favorite games and memories of the Bronze Age of arcade video games, a period that spans 1971 (pong) to 1978 (Space Invaders). The pair talk about what was special about those games, and why they matter today. Also included: new music by Jeff, Atari Haiku, a remix by Jeff, and brand-new story by Steve named “Sharpshooter”. Games Mentioned Pac-Man 256: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F86_pplPreo Bard’s Tale 4: https://store.steampowered.com/app/566090/The_Bards_Tale_IV_Barrows_Deep/ Atari Flashback Classics 1: https://www.atari.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-volume1/ Atari Flashback Classics 2: https://www.atari.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-volume2/ Atari Flashback Classics 3: https://www.atari.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-volume3/ Atari Flashback Classics Switch: https://www.atari.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-switch/ Atari Vault: https://store.steampowered.com/app/400020/Atari_Vault/ Atari Baseball (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsAjY_aNho Atari Basketball (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KlJieawWcQ Atari Soccer (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHn73nrx3k Avalanche (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDvRlNuaX4 Canyon Bomber (Arcade): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdpo5jgxtSk Destroyer (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0kuJfqVG_A Dominos (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSt2gMQ2U9w Fire Truck / Smokey Joe (Arcade) Maze Invaders (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSja0y0N-N8 Monte Carlo (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLjgkwCu1Lk Pool Shark (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lco2tW-X9Ms Super Bug (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBPe14I13Lk&t=12s Wild Gunman (Nintendo, 1974). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmdOHmnbYHw&t=30s Breakout (Atari, 1976) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW7Sg5pXAok Space Wars (Cinematronics, 1977). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNNrzEGgpCs Hercules (Atari, 1979) ...
In this episode, Steve and Jeff have a frank discussion about what they collect and why they collect Atari. Also includes a couple segments from Steve's "Fultonbot's Atari Quest" blog series, as well as an impromptu live remote visit to their favorite retro game store. ...
