Into The Vertical Blank

In this episode Steve and Jeff cover the Wii Haunted House port from 2010, and also make their list of the top 27 things that scare Atari Fans (or at least scare Steve and Jeff).  They also feature an Easter egg from their past and a fantastic Tony Longworth tune. 

Listen here or on all major podcast platforms, including Spotify. 

Steam Store Haunted House: https://store.steampowered.com/app/9960/Haunted_House/

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Written, Edited, Produced by Steve Fulton and Jeff Fulton

Branding by Daryl Litts

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Right before the Atari VCS, Star Wars toys, and Lego hit big in the 70's there was the 1977 Sears Wish Book. It's like an archive of everything "cool" before things got real.
Every year in September or October, the Sears Wish Book would arrive in the mail, and our job was to circle the things we wanted for Christmas.  In this episode we dive into the top-50 weird and wonderful products from the 1977 Sears Wishbook (plus some extras) 

You can follow along in the links below:

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Written Edited, Produced by Steve and Jeff Fulton

Branding by Daryl Litts

Additional Music:  The Red Forest By Tony LongWorth

More Notes:

Tony Longworth 

Jamie Lendino

Ken Williams Autobiography

Homebrew

In this episodes we take you back to an era when arcades in the shape of rockets and castles ruled the land, and TV shows like CHiPs ruled the airwaves.
Most every kid who grew-up in the Golden Age of video games had a favorite place to play games.  For us, it was Castle Park in Redondo Beach, CA.   In this episode we have a story about Castle Park named "Ode To Castle Park", and we do something brand new: We recap an entire episode of the TV show CHiPs.  Season 6, episode 13 of the show CHiPs was filmed at Castle Park (and the surrounding area) and it lives as pop culture document to an era that now lives only in The Vertical Blank.

Written, Edited, Produced by Steve Fulton and Jeff Fulton

Branding by Daryl Litts

Tony Longworth:  Primal Serenity E.P.  : Ostero and Light Of Day.   
https://tonylongworth.bandcamp.com/album/primal-serenity
Tony Longworth: Repercussion : https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-music-39166514

Chips Episode 13, Season 6: 

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Into The Vertical Blank: Generation Atari

S3:E19 Interview with Thomas Cherryhomes. How Fujinet and Irata-Online Give Plato New Life

Fujinet is an exciting new creation for Atari 8bit computers that, among other things, allows them to connect up to the internet and load disk images straight off of FTP sites. It is the brainchild of the genius Thomas Cherryhomes who would like to have this type of device built for all home computers. 

Thomas started out by building IrataOnline, a version of the Plato Learning system and drivers for every popular computer system.  He then built the ultimate SIO device for Atari 8bit home computer to allow them to go on the internet, explore IrataOnline and much much more.

Note: Be sure to check out the companion video(s) here so you can see Fuji.Net in Action:  https://intotheverticalblank.com/2020/09/24/s3e19-interview-with-thomas-cherryhomes-how-fujinet-and-irataonline-give-plato-new-life/

Fijunet: https://fujinet.online/

Irata Online: https://irata.online/

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Branding by Daryl Litts

Additional music -Tony Longworth’s “Dance Me This" https://tonylongworth.com/

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In this episode we have updates on news from around the world of Atari, including the very sad and depressing passing of Curt Vendel, who we only just interviewed this season.  We also have a discussion about the game "Karateka" along with a book review of Jordan Mechner's "The Making Of Karateka"

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Branding by Daryl Litts

Additional Music : 8bit Wonderland by Tony Longworth

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Notes: 

Curt Vendel Memorial and Donation Information:https://ruggieroandsonsfh.com/tribute/details/2607/Curtis-T-Vendel/obituary.html#co

Ntent-start

Project HyperPie: 

https://www.hyperpie.org/

Video Game Critic 8bit Karateka:

https://videogamecritic.com/xefl.htm?e=87513#rev646

Video Game Critic 7800 Karateka

https://videogamecritic.com/7800fl.htm?e=12840#rev583

Gaming History Source Compare Karateka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkQJqmoZTpc

Evercade Atari Lynx Collection # 1: https://www.evercade.co.uk/atari-lynx-collection-1-cartridge/

Evercade Atari Lynx Collection # 2: https://www.evercade.co.uk/atari-lynx-collection-2-cartridge/

The Making Of Karateka: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Karateka-Journals-1982-1985/dp/1480297232/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+making+of+karateka&qid=1599611449&sr=8-1

The Making Of Prince Of Persia

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Prince-Persia-Journals-1985-1993-Illustrated/dp/0578627310/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=the+making+of+karateka&qid=1599611475&sr=8-3

Into the Vertical Blank: Generation Atari - Episode 50! 

In this Episode we both ranked out top 50 games released by Atari across all platforms and came up with our combined top 50 + about 30 honorable mentions. Systems - Atari 2600, 5200, 400/800/XL/XE, ST, Lynx Jaguar and even more.

Written, Edited, Produced by Steve Fulton and Jeff Fulton

Branding by Daryl Litts

Additional music - “8 Bit Wonderland” By Tony Longworth

Mentioned::

https://www.dankitchengames.com/

https://www.netflix.com/title/81019087

http://atariteca.blogspot.com/

Yamo’s Revenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4BVYrQ-0Y

Zoo Keeper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tU7cRfdbUg

Vergeworld Icarus demo: http://retrobones.com/

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In part 2 of our discussion with Steve Golson, we cover the glory of the Ms. Pac-Man, arcade game, and fate the lay ahead for GCC as Atari's silent but productive game  and hardware producing secret weapon.

Betty Ryan bio: http://www.atariwomen.org/stories/betty-ryan-tylko/

Electronic Games June 1982 :http://www.digitpress.com/library/magazines/electronic_games/electronic_games_jun82.pdf

Electronic Games September 1984: http://www.digitpress.com/library/magazines/electronic_games/electronic_games_sep84.pdf

Steve Golson's Web Site: https://trilobyte.com/about/

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Additional Music: "Decathlon" By Tony Longworth
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In this episode we talk to Steve Golson, hacker/engineer for GCC and creator of the hardware that converted Pac-Man into Ms. Pac Man.   In part one of a two part conversation, we chat about the era of coin-op “speed-up kits” and how GCC's revolutionary ideas for converting "Missile Command " into “Super Missile Attack” led to the upstart company becoming  Atari’s Secret Weapon.   

Don't miss this one!  Golson is an amazing story teller!

Written, Edited, Produced by Steve Fulton and Jeff Fulton

Branding by Daryl Litts

Additional music - “Missile Command” By Tony Longworth

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In this episode Steve and I discuss the games Tempest and Yars' Revenge and how they represented a change, at least to us, in the home and arcade gaming experience. We also have some home brew news, and a new song from Tony Longworth

Written, Edited, Produced by Steve Fulton and Jeff Fulton

Branding by Daryl Litts

Additional music - “Spineless Wannabe Tinpot Dictator” By Tony Longworth

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Links to mentioned games, etc

Other Hardcore Games Mentioned:

A father's day story about being the "right-kind" of obsolete.
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Branding by Daryl Little
Some music created with 8-bit Weapon Loop Library