Into The Vertical Blank : Generation Atari

Worserer than E.T.? : The Games Of Mythicon In our continuing quest to find games that are "Worse Than E.T?" we have arrived at the bottom of the stinkiest barrel imaginable, and there rests the games of Mythicon.Enjoy! Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufSlqW9MjU4 Links: DP Royal Archives - The Worst of the Atari 2600 (digitpress.com)https://www.digitpress.com/archives/arc00135.htm The Story of Mythicon.. How cool is this.https://forums.atariage.com/topic/55115-the-story-of-mythicon-how-cool-is-this/ Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton and or #SteveFulton unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari Into The Vertical Theme by Brian TravisTitle: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Out of the Vertical Blank Them

Airlock A game that takes "worse Than E.T." to a whole new level.Did Data Age make games worse than the supposed worst game ever, E.T. for the Atari VCS? Were they also one of the culprits responsible for the North American Video Game Crash? Have we found the worst Atari VCS game ever made? Watch and find out. Plus: Embarrassed by my poor play of Airlock, I went back and tried to figure out what I was doing wrong. What I found was a combination of user error, RTFM and a flaw of the 2600+ that all contributed to my poor play. But none of that made the game any better. Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwaDhSNKh38&feature=youtu.be #atari #worst #2600 #vcs #dataage Correction: The Article from Arcade Express about Data Age filing chapter 11 was from May 8, 1983, not May 8, 1984, which makes a lot more sense in context. #atari #retrogames They Create Worlds: Atari's Distribution Nightmare:http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/atari-s-distribution-nightmare/ 10 Worst Products For Classic Gamers:h

In our 2nd installment we play the notorious Atari 2600 game "Bobby Is Going Home" and decide: Is it worse than E.T.? Video Version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjtcqOVvPA0&feature=youtu.be Ambient music in this video is "GUL-ee-SUCK-uh" by Tony Longworth "Bobby Is Going Home" By Flanders '72:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc517DXJiSoFlanders 72 on Band Camphttps://flanders72.bandcamp.com/track/lucy-moved-to-london Bobby Is Going Home review from AtariMania.com: https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-bobby-is-going-home_18790.html Banana's Rotten Reviews Of "Bobby Is Going Home":https://www.rfgeneration.com/news/2600/Banana-s-Rotten-Reviews-Bobby-Is-Going-Home-3473.php "Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast Episode About "Bobby Is Going Home"https://2600gamebygamepodcast.libsyn.com/bobby-is-going-home-by-bit-corp Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton and

In the first in a series, we play notoriously "bad" games and figure out if they are "worse" than the supposed worst game ever, "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial" for the Atari 2600.  This first episode is a bit rough, but I promise you, they get better.Video version here:Worse Than E.T.? Tax Avoiders for the Atari 2600 (youtube.com) Thanks for support from:BCB, Atari Legend, Atari Crypt,ED Possible, Tony LongworthDaniel Beasley, Barry BurkeyDavid Schmidt, Jolt7800Dave the Velociraptor All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton and or #SteveFulton unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari Into The Vertical Theme by Brian TravisTitle: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony LongworthFind the full song on band camphttps://t.co/qxbudlAFCKVertical Blank BrandingDaryl Litts Research: Atarimania.com Atariag

Overscan # 8 #114 Yep. Another of these STUPID @#$%!! Podcasts. Plus...Atari Hidden GemsIn this episode the brothers find a hidden gem for each of Atari’s classic systems and even a few divisions like the Arcade division and APX. As always they decide in the middle if they want to keep going with the podcast and we cut out a lot of infighting and cursing/ Steve edited this episode. #Atari #atarist #atariste #atari8bit #atariarcde #atari2600#atari5200 #atari7800 #atarilynx #atarijaguar #atarisoft #microsoft #ataricrypt 0:00 intro2:01 News in the Bored Room8:10 Book Club13:00 Retro News Story of the week14:50 Retro Magazine of the week20:00 PC Dos Game of the week22:25 Lynx / Jag 7800 Era Ad of the week23:55 Crack the Seal25:48 Feedback27:40 Retro Ad of the week31:33 Ancient Video Game / Computer Comics32:15 Atari system hidden gems NotesSam in Monsters Gardenhttps://ataricrypt.blogspot.com/2024/06/sam-in-monsters-garden.html Colecovision Basic Updaterhttps://forums.atariage.com/topic/365682-colecovision-wonder

This week we discuss two of our favorite weekly retro gaming podcasts and compare and contrast  them to one another. There are no losers here as both pods are excellent weekly doses of what make us tick here at Into the Vertical Blank, We also have our usual assortment of news and have added even more segments.  Contents 0:00 Intro  1:35 News  6:45 Book Club  8:45 Retro Ad of the Week 14:00 PC Dos Game of the Week  19:02 Crack the seal!  22:20 Feedback  26:50 Creator Spotlight  29:30 Ancient Video Game and Computer Comic  32:30 Debate  47:30 Outro  #atari8bit #galaga Atari 8bit Galaga’ish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvLFC0Sj9Y   #atarimoviecart  Atari 2600 Moviecart Cartridge Housing by t1lt - Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6662894   #iWoz #wozniak  https://amzn.to/4eHdyLA   The Cincinnati Enquirer https://eu.cincinnati.com/   #BlakeStone Blake Stone  Aliens of Gold https://www.mobygames.com/game/786/blake-stone-aliens-of-gold/   #atarist #midwiinter https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-s

Overscan: Showdown! Homebrew port vs homebrew originals Yar’s Rising Demo Availablehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2534370/Yars_Rising/ Paris Dakar Dump for Atari ST!https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-paris-dakar_42936.html AtariCrypt Review -Nano Cave ST!https://ataricrypt.blogspot.com/2024/06/nano-cave.htmlhttps://electric-dreams.itch.io/nano-cave Neosprint is awesome!https://atari.com/products/neosprint?msID=088cfe85-49e7-4a11-9635-0c3f4c6e78e3 Space Battle Jamie Lendino! Book on Intellivision!https://amzn.to/4b4zY6p Microsoft Decathelonhttps://archive.org/details/msdos_Microsoft_Decathlon_1982 Found In The Desert (HD)-The Movie: Atari ST Lost Dutchman Mine - 2024 Father's Day Special Editionhttps://youtu.be/BfbO8TOga5A?si=EYDVUFp43K_VAADU Worse Than E.T.? Marauder For The Atari 2600https://youtu.be/BWIc1R8Fg24?si=hTQBF0Yj0ds0s-oE Music Update: Brian TravisThe HOA by Brian Travishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eiwe-mF_eVE Music Update: Tony Longworthhttps://tonylongworth.bandcamp.com/album/free-mu

In this episode we cover Atari SA’s 7800 product shipping dates; The possibility of new Atarisoft games; Fixing Activision Labels by Silicon Underground; Atari 2600 Coleco Tarzan ROM Found. Book Club featuring Katie Hafner’s Cyberpunk; How bad is Phantasmagoria?; Evercade Alpha; Open a New Package Feedback and the Sierra Atari 8bit Action Game Tier List   Contents Intro 0:00 Atari SA’s 7800 product shipping dates 1:28 New Atarisoft games? 3:10 Audacity is back 5:12 Fixing Activision Cartridge Labels Silicon Underground 6:50 Atari 2600+ Update 7:25 Atari 2600 Coleco Tarzan ROM Found.  9:14 Book Club featuring Katie Hafner’s Cyberpunk 13:00 How bad is Phantasmagoria? 17:53 Evercade Alpha 21:50 Let’s Open A Package 24:40 Feedback 25:51 Sierra Atari 8bit Action Game Tier List 26:48 Aquatron 27:30 BC's Quest for Tires 29:35 Crossfire 32:05 Frogger 2 Versions  33:28 Golf Challenge 35:45 Jawbreaker  37:30 Jawbreaker II 40:15 Lunar Leeper 40:41 Marauder 44:00 Mouskattack 47:35 Mr. Cool  49:20 Oil’s Well 50:17 Thresho

AT Speed: The Day Our Atari 1040 ST Became a 286 PC Clone + News Overscan. Into The Vertical Blank podcast episode #110 #atari, #atarist, #dinodini #skald #rollercoastertycoon #stevenlevy #atspeed 00:48 Intro01:28 Atari News 08:56 Atariage.com09:21 Book Club13:18 Excitement Of The Week17:13 Feedback20:49 Creator Spotlight24:59 AT Speed - when an Atari ST could transform into a 286 Roller Coaster Tycoon:https://atari.com/pages/rollercoaster-tycoon Titanhttps://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-titan_6337.html Hackershttps://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Computer-Revolution-Steven-Levy/dp/1449388396/ Skaldhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1069160/SKALD_Against_the_Black_Priory/ Moths Of Programminghttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moths-of-programming-with-dino-dini/id1505940543 AT Speed In Last Issue Of STarthttps://www.atarimania.com/mags/pdf/atari_start_vol_5_issue_7.pdf Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank All music, audio / vid

#109 Should Atari Own Golden Age American Retro?   The third episode of our weekly live recorded by edited podcast concerning mostly Atari retro, but other topics as well. This time we discuss whether or not Atari SHOULD own Golden Age American Retro.   #atari #neosprint #intellivision #atari7800 #superproracers #atari8bit #vbxe #missilecommand #atarist #amiga   Notes:NeoSprint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6jXTy0_99I Atari Buys Intellivision https://atari.com/blogs/newsroom/atari-acquires-intellivision-brand   Atari 7800 Homebrew Super Pro Racers https://forums.atariage.com/topic/366433-super-pro-racers/   Atari 8bit VBXE Arcade Missile Command https://forums.atariage.com/topic/365388-new-game-missile-command-arcade-vbxe/   Atari2600 Movie Cart https://youtu.be/AsCJvX_Hmd0?si=_kwJXFlYSYOzco8M   Zone Warrior  Atari ST Vs. Amiga https://youtu.be/LlRcfxDIyWQ?si=VZgPdahWdhHWBomo   Feedback Atari Crypt   INTERVIEW PART 2: Atari 8 bits, Système graphique, Démos, avec Laurent https://youtu.be/QPnh6OGpPa4?si=MCBl

Overscan Weekly Retro Podcast: Into The Vertical Blank #108 This week we cover00:00 Intro:03:29 Atari 50th XP Collection Problems07:24 Epyx Handheld Collection09:42 TimeExtension.com10:38 Atari Video Music13:05 AtariAge.com15:10 Cuckoo's Egg17:35 Silicon Snake Oil27:25 Atari Movie Cart29:23 Our Videos30:28 Jeff's Rant on Crap ST Ports38:16 Feedback41:44 Steve's Glowing Review of Silicon Underground45:51 Bored Room Debate: Can Retro Save The Game Industry? #lynx #atarixp #atari50 #atarivideomusic #atariage #cliffstoll#cookoosegg #siliconsnakeoil #siliconunderground #atarimoviecart Links:-Atari 50th XP Collection Problems:https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/05/atari-responds-to-reports-of-faulty-games-in-usd1000-50th-xp-collection -Epyx Handheld Collection:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ln_8GuVyEE -Time Extension : https://www.timeextension.com/ -Atari Video Musichttps://www.timeextension.com/features/most-of-my-engineers-were-stoned-nolan-bushnell-on-the-failure-of-atari-video-music -AtariAge.comhttp://w

Into the veritable blank Weekly Overscan : Our new Weekly Retro / Classic gaming and nostalgia show Coming up next:   ITVB - Retro - Overscan. Featuring This weeks possibly below the radar retro and classic gaming news as well as  the discussion topic is  it possible to really be bored in 2024 What is the Overscan? : Overscan is when the margins of the picture are hidden beyond the  borders of the screen, as if the picture is zoomed in. So it;s kinda like, let’s cover smaller stories and things we don’t think get covered that much. Let’s see how it develops over time.   Notes Lunar Lander: Beyond – Atari https://atari.com/products/lunar-lander-beyond   Curious video Game Machines by Lewis Packwood https://amzn.to/44GAlT2   GameGuide Jaguar (zafinnbooks.com) https://www.zafinnbooks.com/page15.html#extHeader19-ak   Clipped Claws, Atari Jaguar Story https://archive.org/details/clipped-claws   Playsoft has a video of their latest Turret Turmoil : Dreadnought Assault https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRi-JfMlBZI&

A book review for Howard Scott Warshaw's magnificant tome "Once Upon Atari: How I made Histry By Milling An Industry"See video version of this review:Redemption For a Game Maker: "Once Upon Atari" Book Review. (youtube.com)Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry: Warshaw, Howard Scott: 9780986218668: Amazon.com: Books Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton and or #SteveFulton unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari Into The Vertical Theme by Brian Travis Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony Longworth Find the full song on band camp https://t.co/qxbudlAFCK Research: Atarimania.com Atariage.com Atarilegend.com AtariCrypt MobyGames.com LemonAmiga.com Find

The Atari 400 Mini. Honest First Impressions from old skool Atari 8bit owning twins The Atari 400 mini arrived for both of us late last week. Here is our very candid first  few discussions  on what we like and dislike about the system.   Support the Podcast 400 Mini https://amzn.to/43Efak6   Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton and or #SteveFulton unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari Into The Vertical Theme by Brian Travis Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony Longworth Find the full song on band camp https://t.co/qxbudlAFCK Research: Atarimania.com Atariage.com Atarilegend.com AtariCrypt MobyGames.com LemonAmiga.com Find us here: http://intotheverticalblank.com Int

We take a deep dive into the Atari 400 mini, discuss what we know, the features, all the included games, plus many other games we'd like to see.Watch the video version here:Atari 400 Mini -BLOWOUT! All the Games and More. - YouTube Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton and or #SteveFulton unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios # Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #Generation Atari Into The Vertical Theme by Brian Travis Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony Longworth Find the full song on band camp https://t.co/qxbudlAFCK Research: Atarimania.com Atariage.com Atarilegend.com AtariCrypt MobyGames.com LemonAmiga.com Find us here: http://intotheverticalblank.com Into the Vertical Blank: Generation Atari | Facebook https://www.

A visit to VCF So Cal. 2024. Groups, Podcasts, Publication Highlighted: - VCF So. Cal: https://www.vcfsocal.com/ -Atari Video Music Garage: https://www.youtube.com/@AtariVideoMusic -Intellivision Blue Sky Rangers: https://www.ebay.com/str/blueskyrangers -Intellivisionaries: http://intellivisionaries.com/ -Old School Gamer Magazine: https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/ -Atari Projects: https://atariprojects.org/ -Antic: https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/ -Floppy Days: https://floppydays.libsyn.com/ -10 minute Amiga Retrocast : https://www.youtube.com/c/10MinuteAmigaRetroCast -Sarah Jany Avory: https://sarahjaneavory.wordpress.com/ -Joe Decuir: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._Decuir Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton and or #SteveFulton unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios # Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #Generation Atari Into The Vertical Theme by

This is our new "second" theme song "Generation Atari - Out Of The Vertical Blank".Music by Tony Longworth

We interview the Vintnerds about the upcoming, inaugural Vintage Computer Festival Southern California (VCF So. Call), Feb. 17, 18 2024 VCF links: Buy tickets / sponsor / donate / vend etc. https://www.vcfsocal.com/ New theme music "Out Of The Vertical Blank" by Tony Longworth Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intothev... All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton and or #SteveFulton unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios # Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #Generation Atari Theme by Brian Travis Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Research: Atarimaina.com Atariage.com Atarilegend.com AtariCrypt MobyGames.com LemonAmiga.com

The history of the Atari ST in the USA #1.   Video Version https://youtu.be/xxe4cV1eydY?si=0b6_K1s-Y7sLDf0s We continue taking a look at Atari after the Warner Sale specifically focusing on ST Log magazine which is still an insert into American Atari 8bit Computer Magazine, Analog at this point in history. Our focus is the ST and as entertainment machine, but it was such a great general purpose computer that we will stop along the way to look at some of the more interesting applications especially if they have an entertainment focus or if we used the applications when we had an ST in the 80’s and early 90’s while stopping briefly to look at some of the more interesting magazine articles.  Let’s get started. Notes: ST LOg#2 is Available at Atari Maniia http://www.atarimania.com/atari-magazine-st-log_83.html   All music, audio/ video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton and or #SteveFulton unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios # Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #Generation AtariTheme by Brian Tra

Republished Decamber 24th 2023 From 2019: The best @#$! Christmas Ever!The Season 2 finale of Into The Vertical Blank. In this episode we pull out all the stops and explain exactly why Atari means so much to us. This honest, naked, all-cards-on-the-table, frank episode includes an Eponymous Story named "The Best #*@! Christmas Ever" that tells all. There is also discussion and a remix that incorporates the entirety of Season 2. This is probably not the final episode ever of Into The Vertical Blank, but if it was, we'd be satisfied that we achieved what we set out to do: exorcise the demons of our past and discover why we are here in the first place.