The Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast

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114 - Spider Fighter and Seaquest by Activision Jan 20, 2016

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Thank you everyone for your patience, understanding, and kindness. This episode is about Seaquest and Spider Fighter by Activision. Next week's episode about the Greg Troutman homebrew games This Planet Sucks and Dark Mage should be posted as scheduled. If you have feedback for those games or any games I've already covered, you can send it to 2600gamebygame@comcast.net. Thank you for listening! Pertinent Links Larry Miller profile in Activisions newsletter Spider Fighter patch... ...and accompanying letter Spider Fighter contest writeup Seaquest patch... ...and accompanying letter Steve Cartwright interview by Tim Duarte Steve Cartwright interview on Retro Videogamer forum Lost Treasures of Gaming Podcast - Steve Cartwright interview CGE 2007 Activision Panel including Steve Cartwright HMS Raptor thread on AA Jaguar Raptor Engine homepage Article by Emilie Livezy about Seaquest International Retro Atari Podcasts app by Trevor Holyoak 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 Listen to the show on Stitcher! Subscribe to the show on iTunes, and leave a review! Reviews are nice! Can't get enough Ferg in your ears? Check out the Intarivisions podcast... ...and Please Stand By!

Happy New Year! The State of Me and Thank Yous Dec 30, 2015

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I went back and forth about releasing this episode, I put a lot of myself out there and tried to explain what is going on with me. So there's no game talk in it. :) I ran it by Sarah and she thought it was good, so here you go. If you listen to it or not, it's up to you, I won't hold anything against you.

Thank you once again to Kevin McLaughlin, I won't be able to do that enough. Thank you all for listening, and please be safe on New Year's Eve. I am so glad you are here.

Merry Christmas 2015 Dec 20, 2015

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Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you all enjoy your end of the year festivities. Thank you so much for all of your support, and I hope to give you as much as I can in 2016! Kevin Zerbe's Christmas music (and more) on Bandcamp Kevin Zerbe's Seasonal albums on Bandcamp The Holiday Special Podcast Doug McCoy's McCoyCast pages (Gamma Dev) The Snowman. Watch at your own risk.

113 - Ms. Pac-Man & Centipede by Atari Dec 17, 2015

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Hi everyone! I hope that you all are having a stress-free holiday season. I will be as soon as this is posted. :) And by this I mean my episode about Ms. Pac-Man and Centipede for the Atari 2600. I had a lot of fun, and even Mrs. Ferguson joins me for a new unfortunately titled segment! This will also probably be the only appearance of that segment. Thank you all again for your patience while I put this episode together. On January 13th the games will resume with Seaquest and Spider Fighter, both by Activision. I will be putting a Christmas memories episode together this weekend, so I would need your submissions by December 19th. You can send your Christmas memories, feedback for Seaquest and Spider Fighter, or feedback for any game I've already covered (see Jose's handy list in the links down there) to me at 2600gamebygame@comcast.net. Thank you so much for listening everyone, I really appreciate it! Pertinent Links First State Potion Masters Hufflepuff House Cup - Donate to Food Bank of DE here, and thank you! Ms. Pac-Man on KLOV Centipede on KLOV Ms. Pac-Man Easter Eggs on 2600 Connection Centipede Easter Eggs on 2600 Connection (includes Centipede flea ladder trick video) Ms. Pac-Man on Atari Protos Centipede on Atari Protos No Swear Gamer 138 - Ms. Pac-Man! No Swear Gamer 111 - Centipede! Trak Ball games thread on Atari Age (get the roms here) Who Made Ms. Pac-Man thread on AA Pie Factory and NARC developers at Galloping Ghost Arcade on AA Dona Bailey interview by Andy Nealen Centipede at Arcade History Centipede $50,000 Tournament fiasco from All In Color for a Quarter Patricia Goodson's web site Josh Littlefield on Moby Games Mark Ackerman's web site Atari Centipede comic on AA Diagamblic on Soundcloud (the Galaxian remix is by him, I stole a snippet of it) Centipede World Championship medal on Atarimania Turmoil by Paul Robson on the iTunes store SNES Podcast Contest announcement on FB Holy Crap. 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 Listen to the show on Stitcher! Subscribe to the show on iTunes, and leave a review! Reviews are nice! Can't get enough Ferg in your ears? Check out the Intarivisions podcast... ...and Please Stand By!

My Video Game Collecting History Dec 02, 2015

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Hi folks, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. The next show proper won't be out until the 16th (so he says), but I wanted to give you something to tide you over. Instead, you're getting a show in which I ramble on and on about my collecting habits and where they are headed. I hope you will enjoy it anyway. :) The next show will of course be about Centipede and Ms. Pac-Man, both by Atari. I am also looking for your Christmas memories, which I will put together and put out the week of Christmas some time. If you'd like to send your feedback or thoughts for either of these shows, please get them in to me by the end of the day on December 13th. That should give me plenty of time to get both shows out on time. You can send it to me at 2600gamebygame@comcast.net. Thank you very much for listening, enjoy your December! Donate to Hufflepuff House, First State Potion Masters. Donations benefit the Food Bank of Delaware. Show those Slytherin who's boss! :) 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 Listen to the show on Stitcher! Subscribe to the show on iTunes, and leave a review! Reviews are nice! Can't get enough Ferg in your ears? Check out the Intarivisions podcast... ...and Please Stand By!

112 - Name This Game & Towering Inferno by U.S. Games Nov 18, 2015

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Hello World! Today I check out Name This Game and Towering Inferno by U.S. Games. I also was very fortunate to speak with Ron Dubren, the designer of Name This Game. Big thank you to Ron for taking some time out of his day for me, and you can check him out on the interwebs at the links below. I forgot to mention in the show that you can still donate to Wade or Rick for the Extra Life charity, up until the end of the year. So if you think you might have missed it, you didn't! Links to donate are below. So. The next show will NOT be about Glib and Music Machine as I had originally planned. I am going to spend a little more time on the Centipede and Ms. Pac-Man episode, which will be out on December 16th. A Christmas show probably will not happen, but I haven't totally ruled it out. If you have feedback for Centipede or Ms. Pac-Man, or if you have an Atari related Christmas memory, please send them to me at 2600gamebygame@comcast.net no later than end of day on December 13th. Thanks very much for your understanding, and thank you all for listening! Pertinent Links Ron Dubren interview by Phil Wiswell Ron Dubren's Toys and Games blog page Ron Dubren's Art blog page Ron Dubren's Vimeo page Ron Dubren's Centipede book on Digital Press Atari Protos: Name This Game Atari Protos: Amiga Power Play Arcade Paul Allen Newell interview by Scott Stilphen Todd Marshall interview by Scott Stilphen Towering Inferno on Random Terrain's site Donate to Wade for Extra Life Donate to Rick for Extra Life No Swear Gamer 214 - Name This Game! No Swear Gamer 216 - Towering Inferno! Haunted House Pinball mod Lock Is Lit podcast For Amusement Only DAILY Pinball podcast! Silver Ball Museum in Asbury Park The SNES Podcast Wall Collisions in Adventure thread on AA Louis Gorenfeld's Youtube reviews 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 Listen to the show on Stitcher! Subscribe to the show on iTunes, and leave a review! Reviews are nice! Can't get enough Ferg in your ears? Check out the Intarivisions podcast... ...and Please Stand By!

111 - Turmoil & Fantastic Voyage by 20th Century Fox Nov 04, 2015

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Welcome to episode 111, where we discuss the very good 20th Century Fox games Turmoil and Fantastic Voyage. Make sure you save this episode, 111 will only come around once this century! Next episode will be on Name This Game and Towering Inferno (ironically a 20th Century Fox property) by US games. Please send your feedback for these games to 2600gamebgame@comcast.net. Thank you so much for listening! Pertinent Links Interview with 20th Century Fox' Frank O'Connell by Beau Urell Mark Turmell Interview by Dan Gutman David Lubar interview by Scott Stilphen The No Swear Gamer Episode 212 - Turmoil Digital Press 99 Classics Donate to Wade for Extra Life Donate to Rick for Extra Life Lock Is Lit podcast This Guy's Retro Games Roundup blog Zlad. 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 Listen to the show on Stitcher! Subscribe to the show on iTunes, and leave a review! Reviews are nice! Can't get enough Ferg in your ears? Check out the Intarivisions podcast... ...and Please Stand By!

Happy Halloween! Haunted House by Gottlieb Oct 31, 2015

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Happy Halloween! This is your TREAT from me, get it? Just a short one, I'm not good at talking about pinball, even my favorite table of all time! One thing I discovered after I recorded was that the Alfred Hitchcock Presents theme is actually a piece by Gounod called Funeral March of a Marionette, which makes sense. It will make sense to you when you listen, and I thank you for doing that. Have a great day! SCAAARY Links System 80 explanation at PinWiki Haunted House at Internet Pinball Database Haunted House at KLOV Haunted House at Pinside Bally's Elektra on IPDB Chicago Vending Company's Three Point ad Bally's Xenon at IPDB John Osborne at 2004 Pinball Expo John Osborne interview on Topcast podcast