S3:E25;  1981 - Atari VCS Christmas
 
For the 2020 Christmas episode we go back 39 years to 1981 and talk about how it felt to want, and ultimately, get, an Atari VCS that year.   We have a story from Steve about our twin scheming and planning to get a VCS, and then we have a discussion about our top-10 VCS games available at the end of 1981.   We hope these memories and stories help you have a good holiday in  2020 no matter what you celebrate or what your situation might be.  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Into The Vertical Blank.

Show Notes:
 
Written, Edited, Produced by Jeff Fulton and Steve Fulton
Branding by Daryl Litts
 
Music in “Atari VCS Christmas” story is Crystalline by Tony Longworth from his album “Tinsel And Fire”. Tony’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tonylongworth

XMAS 7800 playable Demo: JS7800: Atari 7800 Emulator (raz0red.github.io)
 
Top-10 VCS Games available for Xmas 1981
 
Steve’s List 

Asteroids
Space Invaders
Missile Command
Breakout/Super Breakout
Tennis: 
Skiing 
Adventure
Night Driver
Video Pinball
Outlaw

 
Jeff’s List

Asteroids
Breakout
Tennis
Laser Blast
Missile Command
Space Invaders
Pele’s Soccer
Video Pinball
Night Driver
Adventure


Some Cool Atari Videos from 1981

S3:E25:  1981 - Atari VCS Christmas

A Podcast about growing with a twin brother up In the 70s and 80s, at the dawn of video games, navigating family strife, punk rock, Star Wars obsessions, and
trying to understand the world while developing an inexplicable
love for everything “Atari”.

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In this podcast we discuss Atari computers and systems, new and old, review new games we collect, talk about all the systems, and the significance they had in our lives and the lives of others, and even talk about them in an historical context with the backdrop the times they were released, and how they are being used now.  

 We do all this in an effort to finally understand the answer to this existential question: what does it mean to have grown up in the generation of "the Vertical blank."

Credits:
Written, Engineered and Produced by Jeff Fulton @8bitrocket
With help from Steve Fulton @fultonbot 
Branding by Daryl Litts @daryllitts

Personal Journals

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History

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Technology

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Podcasting

Gadgets

Software How-To

Video Games

Games & Hobbies

Leisure

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 us here: http://intotheverticalblank.com 
Into the Vertical Blank: Generation Atari | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank 
Into The Vertical Blank Pod Cast – Twitter https://twitter.com/Atari_VB_Pod Jeff on Threads @jeffdfulton 
Jeff on Twitter @8bitrocket 
Steve on Threads @steveafulton Steve on Twitter @fultonbot

#106: Redemption : "Once Upon Atari" By Howard Scott Warshaw, Book Review

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 
Into the Vertical Blank: Generation Atari | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank 
Into The Vertical Blank Pod Cast – Twitter https://twitter.com/Atari_VB_Pod Jeff on Threads @jeffdfulton 
Jeff on Twitter @8bitrocket 
Steve on Threads @steveafulton Steve on Twitter @fultonbot

#105  The Atari 400 Mini Honest First Impressions

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.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank 
Into The Vertical Blank Pod Cast –
Twitter https://twitter.com/Atari_VB_Pod Jeff on Threads @jeffdfulton Jeff on Twitter @8bitrocket Steve on Threads @steveafulton Steve on Twitter @fultonbot

#104: Atari 400 Mini - BLOWOUT!

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 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.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank 
Into The Vertical Blank Pod Cast –
Twitter https://twitter.com/Atari_VB_Pod Jeff on Threads @jeffdfulton Jeff on Twitter @8bitrocket Steve on Threads @steveafulton Steve on Twitter @fultonbot

#103 : A Visit To The 2024 Vintage computer Festival So. Cal.

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

S3:E25: 1981 - Atari VCS Christmas

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