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138 - Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom by Sega Jun 11, 2017

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Biddi biddi biddi my friends, here's an episode about the Sega arcade port Buck Rogers, Planet of Zoom! I hope that you enjoy the game and the episode. Next up will be Survival Run by Milton Bradley, which was packaged with its very own controller! Thank you to Strudders for sending me a copy of the game to give away to one lucky listener. If you'd like a shot at winning the game, all you have to do is guess the combined Strudder's 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 June 26th, 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! Pertinent Links Buck Rogers on KLOV Buck Rogers Pinball on KLOV Buck Rogers on Atari Protos No Swear Gamer 301 - Buck Rogers Buck Rogers on Random Terrain's site Video Game Player Aug/Sep 1983 (page 21) on Atari Compendium Buck Rogers vs. the Tiger Men from Mars Creation of Q*Bert, by Warren Davis on Coinop.org All Things Considered segment on E.T. 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

137 - Pete Rose Baseball by Absolute Entertainment May 24, 2017

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Play ball! This episode looks at Pete Rose Baseball by Absolute Entertainment, a late entry in the 2600 library. How does it measure up to Home Run? Listen and find out! I apologize for the sound issues I was having within the episode. Next up will be Buck Rogers Planet of ZOOOOOOOOMMMMM by Sega. If you have any feedback for this or any game I've covered, I would love to hear it! Send your text or audio submissions to 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. Pertinent Links Mediagenic article by Jimmy Maher/The Digital Antiquarian Digital Press review of Pete Rose Baseball No Swear Gamer 190 - Pete Rose Baseball Ballblazer's collection thread on Atari.io Tim's Atari inspired music on Bandcamp Stone Age Gamer 150 - If Mountain Dew Was A Sound Colecovisions Podcast 29 - Miner 2049er and Quest For The Golden Chalice Atari Bytes - Swordquest Earthworld with Chad Bowers and Chris Sims Swordquest #0 (not sure if it's still free) 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

Protocast - Secret Agent by Data Age May 17, 2017

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In this Protocast episode, I cover the Data Age prototype Secret Agent. It would have been a late paddle game release, had Data Age not gone out of business. I hope to have Pete Rose Baseball for you to listen to next week. If you have any comments on that game or Secret Agent, or any other game I've covered, please send them to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. Thanks for listening! Pertinent Links Secret Agent on Atari Protos Secret Agent 2001 release on Atari 2600 Homebrew Secret Agent on Atarimania Secret Agent from Data Age catalog (Atari Age) Secret Agent trademark information Atari Spot finds video featuring Data Age sample cartridges (starts at 18:45) Box made by Shyone Box made by Marc Oberhauser Another picture of Marc Oberhauser's box with a cartridge Marc Oberhauser's web site for 2600 boxes Fan site for Celal Kandemiroglu Crime Time for PC

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

136 - Galaxian by Atari May 03, 2017

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Join me today as I talk about the wonderful port of Galaxian for the Atari 2600! There's lots of great feedback, as well as the song Galaxian from Dya's album Neon Dreams. Thanks to Aaron Hickman for giving me permission to use the song. Next episode will be about Absolute's Pete Rose Baseball. If you have any thoughts on this game or any game I've already covered, please send it to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. Thank you so much for listening and for your support! Pertinent Links Galaxian on Atari Protos Galaxian on Random Terrain Galaxian on KLOV Galaxian patent by Mark Ackerman and Glenn Parker Mark Ackerman's web site Hiro Kimura's web site The basketball art by Kimura that I mentioned. Galaxian comic on Atari Age Get the Neon Dreams album by Dya (Aaron Hickman) Atari Age - Nukey Shay's Galaxian Expanded Atari Age - KevinMos3's Galaxian Arcade Expanded & Galaxian Vector Atari Age - espire's Galaxian Expanded Graphics hack No Swear Gamer 273 - Galaxian Willie and Ferg play Salvo! MS Walk Donation Page - Thank You!

National Bat Appreciation Day! Apr 17, 2017

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April 17th is National Bat Appreciation Day! Celebrate with me by listening to this short episode featuring bats from 2600 games (hint: they're jerks). Thanks for listening! Warren Robinett interview by A. Merrill Crackbats by OmegaMatrix on Atari Age Our attic in 2004

Bonus Track - Herman's Hermits Apr 12, 2017

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This episode was inspired after Sarah and I went to see Peter Noone play down the road, something I have been waiting most of my life to do. I talk a little about the history of the band, but more about MY history with the band. Some of the things I forgot include the fact that their name came from the fact that Peter Noone resembled Sherman, from the Mr. Peabody and Sherman cartoon. I also forgot their movie appearances. They starred in 2 films of their own and appeared in another (none of which I've seen, I'm ashamed to admit). I did check Spotify after I recorded the episode in hopes of making a playlist, but most of the regular albums aren't there. There's a LOT of re-recorded stuff though, which I avoid like the plague, and I suggest you do the same if you have any interest in listening. I did find some cool live stuff that I hadn't heard before, so that was good. I hope you enjoy the episode! There's still a few days to get your contest entries in, so if you haven't done that yet, please do. I will be on vacation after Easter, so there won't be any episodes of any kind until after that. Thanks for listening! Links Peter Noone's web site Barry Whitwam's web site Keith Hopwood's Pluto Music Cool (but old) Herman's Hermits web site

Bonus Track - My Year as a Paperboy Apr 02, 2017

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Hi there, here's my first Bonus Track episode about working as a paperboy back in the 80s. The inspiration for this was an episode of Klickitcast, which is a podcast about Beverly Cleary books. In one of her early books, Henry Huggins has a paper route and it reminded me of my own paper route. One thing I had wrong was that the News Tribune merged with the Home News, not the Courier News. Thank you all again for your kindness and for listening, I hope you enjoy these bonus tracks. Links? For what? Courier News Online Hangly Man on KLOV John Lennon Whiskey Decanter Cornell Dubilier Electronics Superfund site in South Plainfield Corner Deli in South Plainfield on Yelp

135 - SCSIside & Ultra SCSIside by Joe Grand Mar 22, 2017

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I had the extreme privilege to speak with Joe Grand, the creator of this week's game, SCSIside/Ultra SCSIside. Why are there two versions? You'll have to listen to the episode to find out! I would again like to thank Joe for taking the time to talk with me for the podcast, it was a great experience that I hope you will enjoy as much as I did. There's an announcement at the end of the episode that I really would like your feedback on. You can send it to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. You can also get a jump start on feedback for the next game, which is Atari's Galaxian. As always, thank you all so much for listening and for your support. Joe's Grand Idea Studio SCSIside page on Grand Idea Studio site (lots of goodies here, especially the SCSIside archive download and roms) SCSIside on Atari Age (roms available here too) Gamasutra: SCSIside Post-mortem by Joe Grand Atari Age pictures from Philly Classic 3 AA Ultra SCSIside label contest Joe Grand's Youtube page All Prototype This episodes on Youtube Dakotacon March 31- April 2 2017 (you can livestream the con on the site) GRay Defender on Youtube

Episode 2 - Combat (2017 Remaster) Mar 06, 2017

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My first game episode was episode 2 about Combat. It came out March 3, 2013. I discovered later that I screwed up the sound (I had Audacity experience before doing the podcast, but not with a microphone). Since it's the 4th anniversary of that show (or it was, THANKS AUDACITY), I decided to clean it up the best I could and re-release it as a treat. If you think tortorous first podcasts are a treat. Anyway, thank you for four wonderful years (with many to come) and for my Facebook page reaching 1000 likes. I'm glad you all are here, and I thank you for listening. Pertinent Links Racing The Beam, by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost Combat Machine Code (within Combat in Context, by Nick Montfort, scroll about halfway down) Tank at KLOV Jet Fighter at KLOV Digital Press Interview with Joe DeCuir Atari History Museum Interview with Joe DeCuir Steve Fulton article on the early history of Atari Larry Wagner resume Larry Wagner's Combat design notes Larry Wagner's programming notes for the 9 launch titles Cliff Spohn's artwork Kee Games VCS prototype (photo by Earl Green) Michael Current's Atari Timeline Sears Wish Book Blog by Greg Maletic (also features unreleased Tank console) Scott Stilphen's Atari Compendium - Combat Easter Eggs AA Combat page (hacks listed here) Tank-Plus picture label on Atarimania Arcade USA on YouTube

Protocast - Racer by Roklan Software Mar 01, 2017

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Welcome to the first Atari 2600 Game by Game Protocast. This series will focus on prototypes that do not have a part number. This episode features Racer, which was made by Roklan Software for Atari, but it never came out and is not in the part list. I've been wanting to start this for a while, but this episode is due to the fact that I was having trouble getting to the SCSIside research, so that episode will have to wait. Also, I picked this game and started research, but I had trouble getting the game on my Flashback portable. Later I found out that the rom from Atarimania will not work. But I started the research and I wanted to get something out this week, so here it is. My idea was to insert these episodes in between the main episodes; I normally don't get much (if any) feedback on prototypes (especially if you can't play them, I guess), so it wouldn't take long to put the episodes together. Like always, if you have thoughts on these prototypes, I will be happy to read or play it on a subsequent episode. Thank you for listening and for your understanding. Racer on DP Rarity Guide Racer overview on Atari Protos Racer photos and screen shots on Atari Protos Scott Stilphen's Racer video Original AA Racer thread AA Racer artwork contest thread AA Racer production bids thread AA Reserve Sale thread AA 2nd Racer prototype found thread Roklan Software on GDRI Antic Podcast - Ronald Borta interview by Kevin Savetz

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