In this episode Steve and I discuss the games Tempest and Yars' Revenge and how they represented a change, at least to us, in the home and arcade gaming experience. We also have some home brew news, and a new song from Tony Longworth
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Additional music - “Spineless Wannabe Tinpot Dictator” By Tony Longworth
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In this season 1 finale, the Fulton brothers discuss the early years of Atari and Christmas, culminating in a Christmas story that ties a bow on a few of the previous stories and themes from this season. There are also some surprises, weird occurances, and awkwardness. Lots and lots of awkwardness. What were you expecting? Some Images To Illustrate The Podcast Probably the first ad we ever saw in Electronic Games magazine from November 1981 The Amazing "Train Tables" in the Sears Catalog The only picture I have of the N-Scale Xmas-tree stand. This is from long after it fell into disrepair, but I think you can still still what it might have looked like in it's glory days The "HO Scale Dementia Table" when "everything lived" Dad working on his table the took up most of his room. ...
The Vertical Blank: Generation Atari. Season 3 Episode 5: Monthly News and Notes for those who grew up Atari, Or Atari News and HomeBrew Update for Q1 of 2020: Apocalypse Edition.In this episode we cover news from the Official Atari as well as other new hardware projects that have sparked our interest. We also attempt to cover homebrew games for all of Atari Systems including the 2600, 5200, 7800, 8bit Computers, ST, Lynx and Jaguar. 8bitrocket Pong Returns Post Mortem Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoEDKq2PAPg Pong Questhttps://www.atari.com/games/pong-quest/ Zero Page homebrew reports:Atari 2600 Homebrew Completed/WIP in 2020 https://atariage.com/forums/topic/301348-atari-2600-homebrew-completedwip-in-2020/ 1 vs 1 Pro Tennis (16K) by @easmith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfJSpOrIWjs Save Gaia: The Cy-Mage (64K) by @EvoMikeUK / Generation2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfJSpOrIWjs Street Rod 2600 (32K) by @TwentySixHundred https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfJSpOrIWjs Zoo Keeper (32K Port) by Champ Games: John Champeau @johnnywc, Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (graphics), Robert Vieira and Thomas Jentzsch @Thomas Jentzsch (Music) (Previously Nominated for WIP)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYw47wffgw8 Atari 7800 Homebrew Completed/WIP in 2020 Zero Page homebrew reports: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/301937-atari-7800-homebrew-completedwip-in-2020/ Dragon's Descent by @Revontulihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUtpaBzkAY Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew Completed/WIP in 2020 Zero Page Homebrew https://atariage.com/forums/topic/304311-atari-8-bit5200-homebrew-completedwip-in-2020/ Below is a list of all the Atari 8-Bit/5200 homebrew games that have either been completed in 2020 or have released an updated WIP in 2020. Please let me know if there are any missing or inaccurate entries. Lord of the Orb Xaver (Map Set 004) by Marcin "@XaVeR" Kasztelan (Note: Map Update)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYiWWJLqdPQ Adventure II XE by @Cafemanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffMdWP-scl0You ...
Into the Vertical Blank. Generation Atari Season 3, Episode 6. I Want Candy. Atari's Biggest Mistake Part 3: A Discussion with Curt Vendel In this episode we go into a deep discussion with Atarimuseum.com’s Curt Vendel about what Atari could have been if the Atari 400 was actually released as “Game Player non expandable” instead of as the Atari 400 computer. Tony Longworth https://tonylongworth.bandcamp.com/ http://www.atarimuseum.com/ Buy Atari Business is Fun (not an affiliate link): https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Inc-Business-Curt-Vendel/dp/0985597402/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Atari+Business+is+fun&qid=1587507833&sr=8-1 Follow or contact us Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Atari_VB_Pod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPnyVqBr2glJ-vAcDYDUYYw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/into_the_vertical_blank/ ...
