The Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast

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Atari Party East 2017 Sep 13, 2017

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This past weekend, Bill and Lucy Lange hosted the Atari Party East at their home in Somerset NJ, close to where Atari had an office back in the 80s. Atari Party was started by Bill Kendrick in CA, and Bill decided to pick up the torch for those of us on the East coast! It was a great time, and this is just a short episode about the day. Thanks to Bill and Lucy and everyone who attended, we are looking forward to next year. Thanks for listening! The Original Atari Party Bill Lange's writeup in Old School Gamer magazine Bill's web site Pete Fletcher on Twitter Rob on Twitter Rob's photos of Atari Party Jamie Lendino at Extreme Tech Jamie's book Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation Paul Rickards on Twitter Paul's web site Jason Scott's web site Internet Archive Jason Scott Talks His Way Out Of It podcast Atari 5200 Super Community Podcast Star Castle 2600 on Atari Age Scramble on Atari Age Edladdin Controllers Scramble and Star Castle unboxing video Atari Party East walkthrough video

142 - Gravitar by Atari Sep 06, 2017

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In this episode I discuss the Atari Club mailaway game Gravitar, as well as the Video Game Masters contest of which it was a part. I also announced a contest sponsored by the Atari 5200 Podcast! You can win a copy of John Champeau's wonderful 2600 homebrew version of Ladybug, complete with manual! To enter, just send your favorite Atari 5200 game to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com with 5200 Contest in the subject line. Please get your entries in to me by September 19th and I will announce the winner on the next episode. Which will be Bermuda Triangle, so if you have feedback for that game, be sure to send it to me at the aforementioned email. Thanks so much for listening! Atari Retro Handheld at Funstock Gravitar at KLOV Gravitar at Random Terrain's site Gravitar on Atari Protos Atari Age magazine vol. 2 no. 3 Video Game Masters Gravitar patch Gravitar box schematic (?) on Atarimania Dan Coogan's Gravitar web site Gravitar longplay by Dick Moreland No Swear Gamer 348 - Gravitar Charity Navigator - Hurricane Harvey relief Check out Jose's awesome spreadsheet for the list of games I've already done, with links to the episodes! Thank you Jose! Proud member of the Throwback Network! Proud member of the Retro Junkies Network! Facebook page Twitter page Google + page My YouTube channel, for whatever reason Blog page WHAT A FORUM TOO Listen to the show on Stitcher! Subscribe to the show on iTunes, and leave a review! Reviews are nice! Listen to the show on Tune In! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By! The League of Extraordinary Podcasters

141 - Enduro by Activision Part 2 of 2 Aug 20, 2017

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So. This episode is about Activision's racing game Enduro, but it is not the only episode about Enduro that I will be doing. I expected a good amount of feedback for this game, and I got an enormous amount instead. Which is absolutely wonderful, I am ecstatic to get so much feedback this far into the podcast. However, it is late and I am tired. Rather than wait to put out the whole show, I am putting out what I have so far, and the rest will go out this weekend. I kept telling Sarah that I was getting a lot of feedback, and she kept telling me to split the show into two parts. Of course I said I didn't want to do that, because I'm dumb. I had almost everything recorded before yesterday, and it still took forever to edit. So, enjoy this first half and I will see you again this weekend. Thanks for listening! Part 2 can be found here. Thanks for your patience! Links Enduro at Random Terrain's site Enduro pace car photo from Atarimania Dan Devendorf photo in Billboard Enduro blurb in Billboard May 28 1983 Article about Enduro remake on IOS No Swear Gamer 337 - Enduro Check out Jose's awesome spreadsheet for the list of games I've already done, with links to the episodes! Thank you Jose! Proud member of the Throwback Network! Proud member of the Retro Junkies Network! Facebook page Twitter page Google + page My YouTube channel, for whatever reason Blog page WHAT A FORUM TOO Listen to the show on Stitcher! Subscribe to the show on iTunes, and leave a review! Reviews are nice! Listen to the show on Tune In! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By! The League of Extraordinary Podcasters

141 - Enduro by Activision, Part 1 of 2 Aug 16, 2017

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Coming Up Next, Enduro! Aug 05, 2017

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Please send your feedback on Enduro (or any other game I've covered) to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com Check out Geekade for all the information you need on how to donate to and/or watch the Pain In The Ass-athon! Thanks for listening, I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Enduro!

140 - Space Raid by Oscar Toledo Gutierrez Jul 26, 2017

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Space Raid is a homebrew game by Oscar Toledo Gutierrez that is what Zaxxon should have been on the 2600. I had a lot of fun playing it, Oscar did a great job programming it. I hope you enjoy the episode. Next up will be Enduro by Activision! Please check the blog page for the list of other upcoming games. You can send any feedback you have on any upcoming game or any game I've covered to 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. Thank you so much for listening! Pertinent Links Oscar's web site Interview with Oscar by Tim Duarte Original AA Space Raid thread by Oscar Interest Check AA thread by Oscar Preorder AA thread by Collectorvision Get IntyBasic Showcase 1 at Intellivision Revolution Team Pixelboy Budget Series (no longer available; scroll down to see the games) GoSub for Intellivision by 2600 Connection Ms. Hack by Nukey Shay AA thread Anguna WIP AA thread Jala's GoFundMe page Jala's Twitch page

Check out Jose's awesome spreadsheet for the list of games I've already done, with links to the episodes! Thank you Jose! Proud member of the Throwback Network! Proud member of the Retro Junkies Network! Facebook page Twitter page Google + page My YouTube channel, for whatever reason Blog page WHAT A FORUM TOO Listen to the show on Stitcher! Subscribe to the show on iTunes, and leave a review! Reviews are nice! Listen to the show on Tune In! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By! The League of Extraordinary Podcasters

139 - Survival Run by Milton Bradley Jul 12, 2017

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This long-gestating episode is about the Milton Bradley game Survival Run, as well as its accompanying controller, the Cosmic Commander! I talk a lot about Milton Bradley as a company in this episode, I hope you like old commercials. I will also announce the winner of the Survival Run cartridge in the Strudders' Score segment at the end of the show, thanks to both Strudders and Mini Strudders for doing that! Next time will be Space Raid, the homebrew game by Oscar Toledo Gutierrez, aka nanochess on Atari Age. If you have any thoughts on this game or any that I've covered in the past, please send it to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com and you'll hear it on the show. Thanks so much for listening, enjoy your summer! Pertinent Links Buck Rogers thread on AA Review in Computer Games magazine April 1984 Review in Electronic Fun with Computers and Games magazine February 1984 Video Games article on Milton Bradley's 2600 controllers April 1984 Article in Videogaming and Computer Gaming Illustrated Dec 1983 (cont. p. 48) Creative Computing blurb on MB controllers Sept 1983 Cosmic Commander video by Sharkie MBX Expansion System HD2000 joystick ad Space Age joystick 1983 Atari Catalog with Space Age joystick and drawing of Voice Commander Voice Controller on Atari Compendium Unreleased MB games on Atari Compendium 2600 High Score Showdown on Facebook (Dragonfire) Check out Jose's awesome spreadsheet for the list of games I've already done, with links to the episodes! Thank you Jose! Proud member of the Throwback Network! Proud member of the Retro Junkies Network! Facebook page Twitter page Google + page My YouTube channel, for whatever reason Blog page WHAT A FORUM TOO Listen to the show on Stitcher! Subscribe to the show on iTunes, and leave a review! Reviews are nice! Listen to the show on Tune In! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By! The League of Extraordinary Podcasters

Summer Podcast "Progress" Report Jul 04, 2017

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Here's a little update on what I've been doing instead of working on the Survival Run episode. That episode will be out next Wednesday. And don't forget the contest! If you'd like a shot at winning Survival Run (provided by Strudders hisself), all you have to do is guess the combined Strudders' Score of Strudders himself and also Mini Strudders. So for example, if Strudders rates it 6 out of 10 and Mini Strudders gives it 5 out of 10, the entrant who comes closest to 11 (over or under, this ain't the Price Is Right) will win the game! In case of a tie, I will use random.org to determine the winner. Please get your entries in to me by July11th, and if you have any feedback you'd like me to read on that show, please try to have it in by then as well. As always, thank you so much for listening! Happy 4th of July! Pertinent Links UDairy Creamery in Newark DE Coleco thread on Atari Age Stone Age Gamer Podcast 2017 Too Many Games panel discussion Tube Tunes Podcast Crabtowne USA Follow AtariSpot on Twitter! He posts awesome pictures! Gauntlet Slayer Edition review on IGN Atari's Forgotten Arcade Classics by Benj Edwards

Bonus Track - Batman Jun 30, 2017

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Batman is my favorite super hero of all time, which oddly enough I did not mention in the episode (I'm assuming a podcast episode makes that obvious). I talk a little about my history with Batman in all its permutations, which is a lot. I hope you enjoy this episode, thank you so much for listening! PS - I thought Bill Finger was the artist of the original Batman comics, he was one of the writers. I think Dick Sprang did some of the art for the early comics. Pertinent Links A26GBG - Favorite Childhood Toys Other Than The Atari 2600 Mego Batman Figures Batman Colorforms commercial, holy crap! Batman From The 30s to the 70s book Toy Biz DC Heroes figures Kenner Batman Returns action figures Batman at DC Comics Geek Show Podcast Fat Man on Batman podcast