Into The Vertical Blank
By Jeff Fulton & Steve Fulton
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Episodes: 139
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Sep 29, 2020
The Fulton brothers are great hosts and know how to share their love of everything Atari. The interviews and guests are great. The story episodes are a travel in time and nostalgia, capturing the sense of wonder of the Fulton kids.
Description
A Podcast about growing with a twin brother up In the 70s and 80s, at the dawn of video games, navigating family strife, punk rock, Star Wars obsessions, and
trying to understand the world while developing an inexplicable
love for everything “Atari”.
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In this podcast we discuss Atari computers and systems, new and old, review new games we collect, talk about all the systems, and the significance they had in our lives and the lives of others, and even talk about them in an historical context with the backdrop the times they were released, and how they are being used now.
We do all this in an effort to finally understand the answer to this existential question: what does it mean to have grown up in the generation of "the Vertical blank."
Credits:
Written, Engineered and Produced by Jeff Fulton @8bitrocket
With help from Steve Fulton @fultonbot
Branding by Daryl Litts @daryllitts
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#139: "Brandon" - When Your Best Gaming Friend Passes Away. (from the lost tapes)
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May 11, 2025 |
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#138: Project Save Atari (from The Lost Tapes)
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May 04, 2025 |
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#137 : The Worst Game Ever For The Atari 2600
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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#136: What Does It Mean To Finish A Game?
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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#135: Live from The Tarriff Bunker, April 2025
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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#134 Atari ST Special: SSI on the ST and a STOS STE game engine
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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133: Beautiful Disaster: An Ode to Fry's Electronics
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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132: Finding Our Story at Vintage Computer Fest So. Cal. 2025
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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131: The First Atari 2600 Homebrew Cartridge? Ed Federmeyer And The Story of Sound-X and Edtris
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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130 : The Curious Case Of Atari 2600 Action Pack For Windows 3.1
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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129: The Best *#@! Christmas Ever: An Atari 8-bit Journey Into The Vertical Blank
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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128: The Legend Of SwordQuest: Is This The Best Atari Podcast Ever created?
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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127: The Essential: Atari ST Michtron’s Time Bandit from 1986.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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#126 : RANT: The Incident At The Retro Game Store
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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#125: 10 Good “Euro” Action Platformers for the Atari ST
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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124: 10 Mid-80’s “Euro” Action Platformers on the Atari ST (and other 80’s computers)
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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#123: Atari I.P List Found! 23 Atari ST Games They Own!
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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#122: Worse Than E.T.? Pac-Man And The Day Atari Lost The Video Game War
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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#121 : Worse Than E.T.? Marauder For the Atari 2600
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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#120 : Worse Than E.T.? Mr. Postman and the games from Bit Corp
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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#119 : Overscan: Cracking Seals and Proving Life
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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#118 : Worserer than E.T.? : The Games Of Mythicon
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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#117: Worse Than E.T.? #3: Airlock
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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#116: 'Worse Than E.T?" #2 Bobby Is Going Home
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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#115: "Worse Than E.T?" #1: Tax Avoiders
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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#114: Overscan: Yep, another One These @#$%!! Podcasts (Plus Atari Hidden Gems)
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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#113 Overscan: This Week in Retro vs. The Retro Hour : Showdown + news and more
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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#112 Overscan: Homebrew Showdown! Ports vs Originals
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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#111: Atari 8bit Sierra Action Game Tier List, News, Book Club and more! Overscan:
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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#110: AT Speed: The Day Our Atari 1040 ST Became a 286 PC Clone + News Overscan.
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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#109 Should Atari Own Golden Age American Retro?
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May 29, 2024 |
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#108: Overscan: Can Retro Save The Video Game Industry?
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May 22, 2024 |
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#107: Overscan. Is it possible to be bored in 2024 + Retro News!
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May 16, 2024 |
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#106: Redemption : "Once Upon Atari" By Howard Scott Warshaw, Book Review
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May 04, 2024 |
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#105 The Atari 400 Mini Honest First Impressions
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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#104: Atari 400 Mini - BLOWOUT!
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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#103 : A Visit To The 2024 Vintage computer Festival So. Cal.
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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#102: "Generation-Atari Out Of The Vertical Blank" Theme Song
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#101: VCF So Cal 2024! Interview With The Vintnerds!
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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#100: Atari ST LOG Magazine #2 May 1986: An Action RPG Point and Click and More
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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#99 : The Best Atari Christmas Ever - 40 Year Anniversary Atari 800
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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#98: Atari 8bit and more With Author and Extreme Tech Editor Jamie Lendino
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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#97 : Punker Pacman And The Mindless Generation
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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#96 : My Existential Journey Into Desert Falcon
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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#95: Atari ST LOG #1 April 1986: Atari ST History from an American Perspective
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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#94: Lost Credit Full Version
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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S6E10: Jeff Minter, Giles and Zarjaz with Tony Longworth - Heart of Neon Soundtrack Composer
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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S6:E9 Lost Credit (part 2): The Secret Atari Heroes of GCC
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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S6:E8:Goth and Leong Atari ST Bedroom Coding Heroes
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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S6:E7: Lost Credit: The Secret Atari Heroes of GCC (part 1)
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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S6:E6: The Ubiquitously Requisite Atari 2600+ Discussion
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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S6:E5 The Vindication of Desert Falcon. Interview with GCC's Michael Feinstein
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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S6:E4 Inflection point! Amico v. Atari.
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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S6:E3 In Conversation with Mission Ed Possible
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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S6:E2 Found In the Desert - Dads, Guns, Gold, The Atari ST and The Lost Dutchman Mine
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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S6:E1: Space Sucker - An 80’s Sitcom Takes on Video Games
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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S5:E11 John
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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S5:E10: Mike Mika Interview + How The “Atari Anniversary Celebration” Saved Christmas
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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USA v. England Anco v. Sensible Association Footie Special
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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S5:E8: 75th Episode Free For All: Twin Brothers In Conversation
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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S5:E7: The Ballad of The Arcade1UP Atari Legacy Centipede Machine
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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S5:E6: Atari ST Halcyon Days of 1989 Part 3: Atari ST Gaming Gems
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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S5:E5: The Computer Lab and The Horrors of Junior High
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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S5:E4: Atari ST Halcyon Days of 1989 Part 2: Fun Imported From Europe
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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s5:e3 Xenon 2 and the Atari ST Halcyon Days of 1989 Part 1
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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S5:E2: Atari 50th Anniversary: Our Top-50 Atari Games (from 2020)
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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S5: E1: Generation Atari
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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S4:E14: Atari Pac-Man Day 40th Anniversary Documentary
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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Bonus Atari ST Games That Rock: LLamatron ++: Llamatron, Jeff Minter and Heart of Neon
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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S4:E12 Xmas 1984 : BBS: Demented and Sad, But Social
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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S4:E11 Sanctuary in Pelnor: The First Atari ST Role-Playing Games
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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S4:E10: Atari ST Games the Early Years
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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S4:E9: Charley Chuck Has Been Found Alive!
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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S4:E8: The Disappearance Of Charlie Chuck - Remaster
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Aug 14, 2021 |
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S4:E7: A Joyous Noise: Adventures With The Pokey Audio Chip
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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S4:E6: Top-10 Atari 400/800 Games Atari Should Remake For The VCS
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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S4:E5 Discovering the Atari 400, Star Raiders, Caverns Of Mars, Miner 2049er
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May 08, 2021 |
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S4:E4: Rest In Peace Marz
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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S4:E3: An In-Depth Interview With David Crane, Garry Kitchen, Dan Kitchen from Audacity Games
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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S4:E2: How The Atari VCS Almost Killed Me. Plus the 9 VCS Launch Games And Circus Convoy
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Mar 13, 2021 |
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S4:E1 Atari Coin Ops Avalanche, Firetruck, Super Bug and Dominos and games you’ll never see.
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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S3:E25: 1981 - Atari VCS Christmas
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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S3:E24: Three Ghosts From Christmas Past
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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S3: E23. Why We Are Thankful for STOS: The Game Creator
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Nov 21, 2020 |
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S3:E22: Haunted House and the top 27 Scary Things For Atari Fans
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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S3E21: News Update! Plus the Top-50 Toys and Products from the 1977 Sears Wish Book
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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S3:E20: The Ballad Of Castle Park Arcade
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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S3:E19 Interview with Thomas Cherryhomes. How Fujinet and IrataOnline Give Plato New Life
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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S3:E18: News Updates and Musing On The Amazing "Karateka"
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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S3 E17: Our Top 50 Favorite Games from Atari
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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S3:E16: GCC Part 2: Ms. Pac-Man and the Sad Fate of the The Atari 7800
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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S3:E15: Steve Golson Interview Part 1: How GCC Atari’s Secret Weapon
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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S3:E14 - Tempest, Yars’ Revenge And The Advent Of Hardcore Games
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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S3:E13: Common Off The Shelf Dad : A Father's Day Story
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Jun 20, 2020 |
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S3:E12 :Atari News In A Time When You Probably Shouldn't Care About Such Things
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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S3:E11 Interview With Game Developer Jon Williams
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May 27, 2020 |
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S3:E10 : May 2020 News And Notes For Those Who Grew-Up Atari
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May 20, 2020 |
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S3:E9: One Left Turn: Discovering the Atari 8bit Computers In 1981
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May 12, 2020 |
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S3:E8: Westworld Redux 1976: Our First Venture Into An Arcade
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May 04, 2020 |
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S3:E7 Discussion with Curt Vendel about the Atari 7800 XM Module
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May 01, 2020 |
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S3:E6: I Want Candy. Atari's Biggest Mistake Part 3: A Discussion with Curt Vendel
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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S3:E5: Monthly News and Notes for those who grew up Atari.
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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S3:E4: Atari’s Biggest Mistake Part 2: Game Player Non Expandable
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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S3:E3: Dan Kitchen Interview Part 2: The First "Pro Brew" Game Developer
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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S3:E2 Dan Kitchen Interview Part One: The Rise Of The Kitchen Brothers
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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S3:E1: Atari's Biggest Mistake (part 1): The Day Atari Lost The Video Game War
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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S2:E19 : It's A Clip Show! "Best Of" moments From Season 1 and Season 3 Preview
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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S2:E18 Bonus #2: Pork Chops And Retro Games Sizzle At CES 2020
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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S2:E17: Bonus - Book Review Of Galaga From Boss Fight Books And More!
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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S2:E16: Season 2 Finale: The Best Atari Christmas Ever - 40 Year Anniversary
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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S2: E15: The Atari 7800 and ST. Our Next Gen Super Systems
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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S2:14: Asteroids 40th Anniversary
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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S2:E13: Mind Games and The Haunting of the Vertical Blank
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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S2:E12: Star Wars and Atari In The Vertical Blank : Part 2
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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S2:E11: Star Wars and Atari In The Vertical Blank : Part 1
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Sep 22, 2019 |
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S2:E10: Playing Outside in Generation X
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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S2:E9: DragonStomper And The Birth Of Console RPGs
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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S2:E8: The Exact Moment Nintendo Won The Video game War (A Short, Left Handed Episode)
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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S2: E7.5 Pele's Soccer, Atari, and A Summer Story
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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S2E7: Claw Hammer : Father's Day Special Edition
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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S2:E6: Why We Collect Atari
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Jun 09, 2019 |
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S2:E5: Electronic Games Magazine
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May 16, 2019 |
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S2:E4: Top-10 Worst Real-Life Products For Classic Video Gamers
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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S2: E3. We Always Wanted To Work for Atari
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Apr 06, 2019 |
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S2:E2: Going,Going,Gone (Fun Factory, Sears, Pizza Parlours)
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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S2:E1.5 Friday Display List: Feedback and response
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Mar 16, 2019 |
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S2:E1: Atari Food Fight (Audio Remaster)
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Mar 10, 2019 |
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S1:E11: Bonus : A Trip To The Retro City Festival In Pomona, CA (Remaster)
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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S1:E10: Christmas In The Vertical Blank plus The Christmas Train (remaster)
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Dec 23, 2018 |
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S1:E9: Laser Blast And The Weird Family Thanksgiving (remaster)
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Nov 22, 2018 |
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S1:E8: Wild Gunman and The Bronze Age Of Arcade Games (remaster)
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Oct 25, 2018 |
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S1:E7: Playing The VCS Together, Interview with Jamie Lendino (Remaster)
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Sep 19, 2018 |
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S1:E6 - How The Atari ST and MIDI Might Have Ruined Our Favorite 80's Rock Band (Remaster)
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Aug 21, 2018 |
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S1:E5: All Appointments Life (Asteroids Part 2) (Remaster)
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Jul 22, 2018 |
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S1:E4: Escape To The Asteroids Zone (Asteroids Part 1) (Remaster)
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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S1:E3: Atari Nerd (Was this the first ever Atari podcast?) (Remaster)
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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S1:E2: Toys 'R Us, The Atari 7800 and Claw Hammer, a true story. (Remaster)
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May 17, 2018 |
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S1:E1: All The Scan Lines Have Been Written: Welcome Into The Vertical Blank (Remaster)
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May 03, 2018 |
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#1: Newbie (Jeff's Original Test Episode) (Remaster)
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Apr 26, 2018 |