Just a quick update to when I'm doing Extra Life for the folks who may have missed it on social media. I'll be doing it NEXT weekend, the 8th and 9th starting at 6 pm both nights. I hope to see you there, thanks so much!  My Extra Life Donation page  My YouTube page

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Hello, once again I apologize for the episode being late. Sarah came up with a new way for me to try doing the podcast that I think will be better, I talk about it in this episode. Which is all about Alpha Beam with Ernie, an Atari and Children's Computer Workshop joint. Thank you once again to Preston Stuart for answering a few questions that I had about this game. Coming up next will be Dragonstomper by Starpath, so if you have any thoughts about this game, please sned them to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com by February 13th. Thank you all for being such lovely and supportive friends, and extra special thanks to Sarah, truly without whom this podcast would have been done a long time ago. And as always, thank you for listening.  Alpha Beam on Random Terrain  Alpha Beam on Atari Protos  CCW game series announced in Atari Age magazine 1983 Atari Showcase video  Preston Stuart interview, Electronic Fun March 1983 Ernie on Muppet Wiki Sesame Street episode 1, November 1969 Into The Vertical Blank tests Alpha Beam on a 2600+  Atari Age thread with Joystick conversions of SS/CCW games My interview with Papa Pete and Jeff

Alpha Beam with Ernie by Atari

Happy New Year! Thank you so much for welcoming me back to the podcasting world so warmly, I am very grateful to all of you. The first game for 2024 is Frogger II - Threedeep! by Parker Brothers. What does this game have to do with a barn in Maine? oh, you are gonna find out, believe me. Next up on the show will be Alpha Beam with Ernie by Atari and CTW. If you have any feedback for this game, please send it to 2600gamebygame@gmail.com by January 22nd, to be included in the show. Thank you for listening!  Frogger II on Random Terrain Mark Lesser's web site  Interview with Mark Lesser by Scott Stilphen  Article on early handheld games by Glenn Derene  NHL '94 article by Eddie Makuch Frogger II on Atari Protos  Gamma Attack disassembly by Dennis Debro DOS and Don'ts Newsletter

Frogger II - Threedeep! by Parker Brothers

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you enjoy the episode, thank you for sending your Christmas related feedback to us. I wish you all health, happiness, and love this Christmas and all throughout the year. Thank you so much for your support, love, and understanding, and I thank you for listening.

Merry Christmas 2023

Hi. I know, it's been awhile. How have you been? Anyway, I hope you are amenable to a new episode of my podcast. It's all about the Gammation game Gamma Attack. Lots of interesting goings-on with this game, I hope you'll give it a chance and enjoy. I am taking submissions for the Christmas episode! I know it's kind of late, I'm sorry about that. In the episode the deadline for submissions is December 16. Right now Sarah is very sick and I have no idea when the actual episode is going to come out. Let's say the 20th is the deadline. If Sarah and I are able to record together or not, I'll do my best to get everyone in the show. Thanks so much everyone, I am grateful to you and your patience, and for sticking around. I love you.  Gammation web site on Wayback Machine from 2008 Gamma Attack discovery thread on Atari Age   Gamma Attack eBay Auction article on Joystiq by Griffin McElroy  Gamma Attack eBay Auction article on MTV by Jason Cipriano  Gamma Attack overview on Racketboy  Gamma Attack $500,000 eBay Auction Gamma Attack history video by Retro Game On

Gamma Attack by Gammation

AB-035, Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns!  1 Happy New Year! If I can still say that when it's almost Groundhog Day. I hit a snag right out of the gate, which seems to be typical now. But, Pitfall II by Activision is finally available, and it's a doozy. The part about the game and its history etc. is twice as long as it usually is, I had a lot of fun researching this game. And of course, playing it. It's one of my favorites. I hope that you enjoy the episode. Coming up next is the super rare game Gamma Attack, by a tiny company called Gammation. Not as much history on this one, but what I've seen so far is very interesting. if you have any thoughts on this game, or even if you have a copy, I would love to hear about it. Please send them to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com by February 7th. Thanks so much for your patience, and thank you as always for listening.  Pitfall 2 on Random Terrain Pitfall 2 on Atari Protos  David Crane interview by Scott Stilphen  DPC Chip patent  Explanation of DPC chip by David Crane on Atari Compendium  Atari Compendium article about "Super Chips," including the DPC chip  UK Activision Fun Club Newsletter Summer 1984 from Atari Compendium Pitfall 2 patch  Pitfall 2 patch accompanying letter  Get MattBuc's repro Pitfall 2 patch here! Pitfall! Masked Menace Mess Pitfall! Raiders of the Lost Shark Pitfall 2 The Lost Caverns on KLOV Pitfall 2 Arcade playthrough by Old Classic Retrogaming  Super Pitfall 30th Anniversary Edition NES patch Chris and Adam's Pitfall articles on Orphaned Games

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