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

Threshold 51:42

Wallwar 52:45

Final Tiers 54:15

Outro 55:00

Into The Vertical Blank Over Scan Retro News and Atari 8bit Sierra Action Game Tier List Coming Up Next

Genx Grownup On Atari 7800 Releases by Atari

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64dHiDhw9G0

Alien Abduction by Audacity

https://adgm.us/portal/guide04A.html

Mockduck Plays Games Alien Abdictuon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02fSpcQoc-w

Silicon Underground

https://dfarq.homeip.net/reattach-activision-atari-2600-cartridge-labels/

New 2600+ Firmware

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/361600-experimental-2600-firmware-and-dumper/

Coleco Tarzan
- Kevin Bunch Article https://gamehistory.org/atari-2600-tarzan/  

-Irata Non Grata Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSmMr3OWlmo 

Cyberpunk By Karie Hafner

-Cyberpunk https://amzn.to/3XhSWTB

-Where Wizards Stay Up Late

Phantasmagoria At Moby Games

https://www.mobygames.com/game/1164/roberta-williams-phantasmagoria/

Evercade Alpha Megaman

https://amzn.to/4ciJHHi

Evercade Alpha Street Fighter 2

https://amzn.to/3KG4vwA

Should Atari own Retro By Silicon Underground

https://dfarq.homeip.net/should-atari-own-all-of-classic-retro/

All Atari 8bit Sierra Releases

https://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-sierra-on-line_publisher_1411_8_G.html

Ken Williams Book

https://amzn.to/3VBydcj

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 Intro
01:28 Atari News
08:56 Atariage.com
09:21 Book Club
13:18 Excitement Of The Week
17:13 Feedback
20:49 Creator Spotlight
24:59 AT Speed - when an Atari ST could transform into a 286

Roller Coaster Tycoon:
https://atari.com/pages/rollercoaster-tycoon

Titan
https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-titan_6337.html

Hackers
https://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Computer-Revolution-Steven-Levy/dp/1449388396/

Skald
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1069160/SKALD_Against_the_Black_Priory/

Moths Of Programming
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moths-of-programming-with-dino-dini/id1505940543

AT Speed In Last Issue Of STart
https://www.atarimania.com/mags/pdf/atari_start_vol_5_issue_7.pdf

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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

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#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=MCBlxE4vSWzIqHxZ

FERG! Creator Spotlight

https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/2600gamebygamepodcast/id/31369352

Bored Room” Should Atari Own Retro

Content links

Intro 0:00

Neo Sprint 1:04 

Atari Buys Intellivision 4:57

Atari 7800 Homebrew Super Pro Racers 7:14

Atari2600 Movie Cart 11:40

Zone Warrior  Atari ST Vs. Amiga 14:30

Feedback Atari Crypt  15:28

Feedback Laurent 17:20

FERG! Creator Spotlight 18:35

Bored Room” Should Atari Own Retro 23:35

Ending 43:08

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

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Overscan Weekly Retro Podcast: Into The Vertical Blank #108
This week we cover
00:00 Intro:
03:29 Atari 50th XP Collection Problems
07:24 Epyx Handheld Collection
09:42 TimeExtension.com
10:38 Atari Video Music
13:05 AtariAge.com
15:10 Cuckoo's Egg
17:35 Silicon Snake Oil
27:25 Atari Movie Cart
29:23 Our Videos
30:28 Jeff's Rant on Crap ST Ports
38:16 Feedback
41:44 Steve's Glowing Review of Silicon Underground
45:51 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 Music
https://www.timeextension.com/features/most-of-my-engineers-were-stoned-nolan-bushnell-on-the-failure-of-atari-video-music

-AtariAge.com
http://www.atariage.com

-Cuckoo's Egg
https://www.amazon.com/Cuckoos-Egg-Tracking-Computer-Espionage/dp/1416507787

-Silicon Snake Oil
https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780785794943/page/38/mode/2up

-Atari Movie Cart
https://www.tindie.com/products/lodefmode/moviecart-atari-2600/

-Countdown! Atari ST Action Platform Run and Gun Top: 50 Part 3: Numbers 30-21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwPeOBcb4DA

-Silicon Underground:
https://dfarq.homeip.net

-Play me like Atari: Retro gaming and the push to preserve video game classics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZQ0raP9dUQ

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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

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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&t=6s

Atari 8bit  : Mikie

https://www.atariteca.net.pe/2024/04/inminente-lanzamiento-de-mikie-para.html

SKALD - Against The Black Priory

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1069160/SKALD_Against_the_Black_Priory/

Atari Might Own STOS and AMOS!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stoscoders/permalink/2169859943372536/

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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, archive.org

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony Longworth Find the full song on band camp https://t.co/qxbudlAFCK

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