The Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast

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Pole Position by Atari Apr 23, 2020

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Hello there, I hope that you all are safe and sane during this weird and difficult time. Today's episode is about Pole Position, the Namco arcade game that was ported to various Atari systems by General Computer Corp. (GCC if you're nasty). Coming up next is the wonderful Frostbite, by Activision's Steve Cartwright. If you have any thoughts on Frostbite (and I know that you do), please send them to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com by the end of the day on May 3rd. Thank you so much for listening and please take care of yourselves, I love you all! Pole Position on KLOV Pole Position on Random Terrain Pole Position on Atari Protos Pole Position on Atarimania Betty Ryan Tylko profile on Atari Women Atari Age thread about GCC credits Atari Age thread, Undocumented Pole Position loaner cart Atari Age thread - Pole Positn orange end label 1983 Atari Booth at CES video Terry Hoff's web site Marc Ericksen's web site John Mattos' web site Nerd Lunch Atari 2600 Retrospective Batteries Not Included on Amazon Imperial Scrolls of Honor Podcast Nerd Noise Radio podcast 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! Facebook page Twitter page Join the Discord server! 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! Check out Don's awesome t-shirt designs! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By!

Bonus Track - Concert Ticket Stubs Apr 06, 2020

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Hi there! I hope very much that you all are staying home when you can and staying safe. For the first time in a loooong time, I have a Bonus Track for you. In this episode I go through my concert ticket stubs that I saved (most of them from before my twenties), and talk about each show, if I remember anything about it. There's some fun stories in there that I hope you will like. Thanks to Sean and Lisa for the inspiration, there's an Autobiography of a Schnook episode where the two of them talk about the concerts they went to in 2019. As always, please take care of yourselves and thank you for listening. Autobiography of a Schnook Podcast

Z-Tack by Bomb Apr 01, 2020

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Hi there, I hope that you are all safe and staying home if you can. I know in many cases that is more difficult, a lot of my friends have to work from home while home schooling their kids, which I imagine is a lot. We will get through this! One thing that may or may not help with that is Z-Tack by Bomb, the super rare ripoff of a PAL game called Base Attack. I was kind of surprised that I got so much feedback for this game, thank you so much. Next time I'll be covering a big game, Pole Position by Atari. If you have any thoughts on this game, please send it to 2600gamebygame@gmail.com by April 12th. I think there will be a lot of feedback for that one too. As always, I thank you so much for listening and I wish you all health and happiness. Z-Tack on Random Terrain Atari Age thread on Bomb and Bondwell Wilson Oyama's Z-Tack high score video Perry Rhodan thread on Atari Age Perry Rhodan Manifest B picture ITT Cosmic Town 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! Facebook page Twitter page Join the Discord server! 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! Check out Don's awesome t-shirt designs! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By!

Robin Hood by Xonox Mar 18, 2020

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Thank you all once again for your patience! Today's episode is about Robin Hood by Xonox. Xonox seems to be a company that people are split on, so tune in to see how it goes for Robin Hood. Next up is Z-Tack by Bomb. Please send me your feedback by March 29th to be included in the show. I will supply all the info about the game, you tell me your thoughts. Please. Stay safe out there everyone, I wish you all the best and I thank you for listening. Robin Hood on Random Terrain Thread on Atari Age by Arthur Krewat from Computer Magic Computer Magic entry on GDRI website No Swear Gamer 276 - Robin Hood No Swear Gamer Robin Hood Gameplay 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! Facebook page Twitter 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! Check out Don's awesome t-shirt designs! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By!

M.A.D. by U.S. Games Feb 26, 2020

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What, me worry? Not when I have M.A.D. from U.S.Games as this episode's game! Hoo boy. I hope you enjoy the episode. Next up is Robin Hood by Xonox. If you have any feedback for that game, please send it to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com by March 8th. Thanks so much for listening! M.A.D. on Random Terrain John Hall's website Interview with John Hall by Sean Fitzgerald No Swear Gamer 426 - M.A.D. No Swear Gamer M.A.D. gameplay footage Get Matt's Repro Freeway patch on eBay 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! Facebook page Twitter 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! Check out Don's awesome t-shirt designs! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By!

Moon Patrol by Atari Feb 12, 2020

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This episode is all about the Irem arcade game Moon Patrol, ported by Atari via GCC. Thanks for your patience regarding the release of this episode. I had a bit of an emotional setback in January and I'm trying to fight my way out of it. M.A.D. by US Games will be the next game I'm covering, so if you have any feedback for the game please send it to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com by end of day 23 February. Thank you for listening! Moon Patrol on Random Terrain Moon Patrol on KLOV Moon Patrol on Atari Protos The Zorfon Mystery by Rob Wanenchak Mark Ackerman's web site Atari Age Moon Patrol title screen glitch Get Matt's Repro Freeway patch on eBay 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! Facebook page Twitter 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! Check out Don's awesome t-shirt designs! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By!

The Activision Decathlon by, uh, Activision Jan 15, 2020

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Welcome back to the show! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays, now we're back to playing Atari 2600 games every two weeks until I screw something up. The first game of 2020 is the Activision Decathlon by the amazing David Crane. I hope you enjoy the show. Next up will be Moon Patrol by Atari, so if you have any feedback on that game, please send it to 2600gamebygame@gmail.com by the end of the day 26th January. Thanks so much for listening! Brand new Discord server! Why Decathlon on Random Terrain David Crane article by Tony Tyler, Big K magazine April 1984 David Crane article by Colin Calvert, Hi-Res magazine January 1984 From the Digital Press Activision Patch page: Decathlon Bronze patch Letter with Bronze patch Decathlon Silver patch Letter with Silver patch Decathlon Gold patch Letter with Gold patch Atari Age Decathlon with Driving controller thread Atari Age Decathlon Training Suit thread Decathlon glove on Atarimania Bugler's Dream by Leo Arnaud 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! Facebook page Twitter 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! Check out Don's awesome t-shirt designs! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By!

Christmas 2019 Dec 22, 2019

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Happy Holidays to you all, thank you once again for your patience and for listening. Music from https://filmmusic.io "We Wish you a Merry Christmas" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) "Jingle Bells" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) "Wish Background" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) "Deck the Halls B" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) "Oh Holy Night" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) "Angels We Have Heard on High" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) "The Terminal " by Luca Fraula (http://www.lucafraula.it/) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Other music from the Free Music Archive by Borrtex Dee Yan-Key Kai Engel Podington Bear Squire Tuck TRG Banks

Ornament photo from Dreamstime

Roc 'n Rope by Coleco Dec 04, 2019

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The last game I'm covering this year is Roc 'n Rope by Coleco, from the Konami arcade game. Thank you for a wonderful if stunted year, I really needed the break. I'm really loving doing the research again and I hope to get ahead a little bit in the month of December. I will be doing a Christmas show, if you have ANY Christmas memories you want to share with us, please send them to 2600gamebygame@gmail.com by the end of day December 16. Sarah and I will be reading and listening to your messages in the show. Also, the next game I will cover in January is the Activision Decathlon. If you have any feedback on that game, why not get an early start and send it to me by January 12th. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving if you are in the USA; I am very thankful for all of you, and I thank you for listening. Roc 'n Rope on Random Terrain Roc 'n Rope on KLOV Ed English's company Elerts web site Ed English in a news story about Hasbro's Frogger, 1997 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! Check out Don's awesome t-shirt designs! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By! The League of Extraordinary Podcasters