Into The Vertical Blank

The history of the #AtariST in the USA defined by ST Log magazine. In this series we will be going through the American History of the #Atari ST by focusing on the #STLog magazine, which started as a insert in the Atari 8bit magazine, #Analog, and then became its own animal for a number of years only to be incorporated back into Analog magazine as Atari focused its efforts on videos games systems and the European market. 

Full Video of this Episode: https://youtu.be/-XCCAW2fbgM?si=RYvqZvmNJIIvZ9pW

New, full version, remastered, new content, new edits, full HD presentation.
GCC were masters of video game design in the early 1980's. They created Ms. Pac-Man and went on to become a "secret" development house for Atari. They are responsible for many golden age Atari games, but so far, the credits for their games have been incomplete and hard to locate. After working for 5 years, Into The Vertical Blank may have finally "cracked the code" on the credits for GCC Atari games by pestering and annoying ex-GCCers Doug Macrae, Michael Feinstein, Steve Golson and Jonathan Hurd until they finally put pen to paper, researched, reached out to fellow ex-employees, and put together a definitive list of credits. This is full story. It combines part 1 and part 2 with some new information. It also Features brand-new interview with Doug Macrae, co-founder of GCC

Find Current GCC Credits list here:
https://intotheverticalblank.com/gcc-credits/

Music in the episode is "I Want To Feel (instrumental)" ,"Zork" and "Enchanter" By Tony Longworth.
Find his music here: https://tonylongworth.bandcamp.com/album/free-music-for-everyone

All music, 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/

Find us here:
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Jeff on Threads @jeffdfulton
Jeff on Twitter @8bitrocket
Steve on Threads @steveafulton
Steve on Twitter @fultonbot

All music, 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/

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

S6e10: Jeff Minter, Giles and Zarjaz with  Tony Longworth - Heart of Neon Soundtrack Composer 

The full video production of our Mini Jeff Minter retrospective and Interview with Tony Longworth about the Heart of Neon Documentary is also published here: https://youtu.be/k05l2GdNvxM
as Jeff Minter, Giles and Zarjaz with  Heart of Neon Soundtrack Composer Tony Longworth.  

Notes

Poly Play

https://www.polyplay.xyz/Memories-of-Infocom-Volume-1_1

Heart of Neon Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/heartofneon

Heart of Neon Trailer

https://t.co/2wiyFID0Wd

Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank

All music, 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/

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Steve on Threads @steveafulton

Steve on Twitter @fultonbot

Lost Credit: The Secret Atari Heroes of GCC (part1)

Part 2 of the story: GCC were masters of video game design in the early 1980's. They created Ms. Pac-Man and went on to become a "secret" development house for Atari. They are responsible for many golden age Atari games, but so far, the credits for their games have been incomplete and hard to locate. After working for 5 years, Into The Vertical Blank may have finally "cracked the code" on the credits for GCC Atari games by pestering and annoying ex-GCCers Doug Macrae, Michael Feinstein, Steve Golson and Jonathan Hurd until they finally put pen to paper, researched, reached out to fellow ex-employees, and put together a definitive list of credits. This is part 1 of that story. Features brand-new interview Doug Macrae, co-founder of GCC.  

Video Version: (1) Lost Credit: The Secret Atari Heroes of GCC (part 1) - YouTube

Music in the episode is "I Want To Feel (instrumental)" By Tony Longworth

Written, Edited and Produced by
Into The Vertical Blank

Branding by Daryl Litts
Theme Song by Brian Travis
Additional Music by Tony Longworth
Coffee Provided by Atari Legend

Special Thanks to:

Jonanthan Hurd
Steve Golson
Michael Feinstein
Doug Macrae
and
All The rest of our boyhood
Heroes at GCC and Atari

Full GCC Creditss will
Be available at
intotheverticalblank.com
when they are completed
and provided to any
other site tha
requests them.

Into The Vertical Blank

Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank

All music, video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton with help from  #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/

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

S6:E8:Goth and Leong Atari ST Bedroom Coding Heroes

Gary “Goth” Wheaton and Robert Leong are two of the more unsung heroes of the Atari SY Bedroom Game coding Underground. In this episode we take a well deserved if all too brief look at some of their combined and separate efforts. 

I started down a rabbit hole a few weeks ago when I wanted to find a Galaga style game to play on my Atari ST.  I knew that most of the best Arcade style translations for the ST were made by bedroom coders for shareware, freeware and license ware, but I had only even dipped my toes into investigating that Atari scene. I knew of Dave Munsie and his legendary status because of his Kid Kong and Asteroida games as well as of course Jeff Minter and his beastie zarjaz filled ST extravaganza, but that was about it.

What I found was a wide open treasure trove of arcade games and translations of yesterday year hits that needed a deep dive. I started with Robert Leong’s Annihilator, examined the credits on Atarimania, dove in and am now hooked on the ST Bedroom game dev scene. 

What follows is an audio  edited version of the first three videos of the Bedroom Coded classics series, focusing on Robert Leong and Gary Goth Wheaton. It’s hardly exhaustive, and there is much more to explore, especially from Gary, but I think it’s a great introduction to a scene that has not been explored much previously.

That’s it for this time. There is so so so much more to explore game, interview and story-wise with the Atari ST bedroom coded game series. Much more to come in the future. Don’t forget, you can watch the video versions at https://www.youtube.com/intotheverticalblank. 

Episode 1: https://youtu.be/k0LLL7D30CU?si=5PtX_v83U7oPfbre

Episode 2:https://youtu.be/grGqqk3xUCY?si=d15ERNrP9rh8mPax

Episode 3: https://youtu.be/BPnlh9ulPfk?si=cwinZmjzXVcR9P3V

We have another exceptional tune by Tony Longworth as the outro today, called Death Meditation. Tony’s Music can be heard in the upcoming Heart of Neon Documentary on Jeff Minter.

Recorded, Mixed, Edited and Produced by Jeff Fulton

Music : Death By Design - Tony Longworth : support Tony’s Patreon music https://www.patreon.com/tonylongworth

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/ 

Branding by Daryl Litts

Find us here:

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Lost Credit: The Secret Atari Heroes of GCC (part1)

GCC were masters of video game design in the early 1980's. They created Ms. Pac-Man and went on to become a "secret" development house for Atari. They are responsible for many golden age Atari games, but so far, the credits for their games have been incomplete and hard to locate. After working for 5 years, Into The Vertical Blank may have finally "cracked the code" on the credits for GCC Atari games by pestering and annoying ex-GCCers Doug Macrae, Michael Feinstein, Steve Golson and Jonathan Hurd until they finally put pen to paper, researched, reached out to fellow ex-employees, and put together a definitive list of credits. This is part 1 of that story. Features brand-new interview Doug Macrae, co-founder of GCC

Video Version: (1) Lost Credit: The Secret Atari Heroes of GCC (part 1) - YouTube

Music in the episode is "I Want To Feel (instrumental)" By Tony Longworth

Written, Edited and Produced by
Into The Vertical Blank is:
Steve Fulton and Jeff Fulton
Branding by Daryl Litts
Theme Song by Brian Travis
Additional Music by Tony Longworth
Coffee Provided by Atari Legend

Special Thanks to:

Jonanthan Hurd
Steve Golson
Michael Feinstein
Doug Macrae
and
All The rest of our boyhood
Heroes at GCC and Atari

Full GCC Creditss will
Be available at
intotheverticalblank.com
when they are completed
and provided to any
other site tha
requests them.

Into The Vertical Blank

Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank

All music, 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/

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

Just like your grandma, your kid brother, your old-man-cringe game-playing uncle, your dental hygienist and that surprisingly personable Uber driver that picked you up this morning, we ALSO now have a podcast episode where we discuss the new Atari 2600+ Hint: We like it, for what it is, but have some reservations...just like everyone else.

Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank

All music, video production. writing and game play by Jeff Fulton with help from  Steve Fulton unless otherwise noted.

Branding by Daryl Litts

Ending song: As The Clouds Gather by Tony Longworth.

(c)8bitrocket Studios

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/

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S6:E5 The Vindication of Desert Falcon. Interview with GCC's Michael Feinstein

This new full video podcast explores the legacy of the first original title for the Atari 7800 and the last title by GCC for the system they created, Desert Falcon. Join us in conversation with GCC's Michael Feinstein (Credits: Atari 2600: Phoenix, Battlezone, Jungle Hunt, Joust, 7800: Desert Falcon) in our new Full Video Podcast Format.

Youtube link: https://youtu.be/I8Hsfun0QTc

Topics Games Discussed:

Michael’s Game Credit  List:

All music, video production. writing and game play by Jeff Fulton with help from  Steve Fulton unless otherwise noted.

Music :Eyes Like the Sun - Tony Longworth : support Tony’s Patreon music https://www.patreon.com/tonylongworth

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/ 

Branding by Daryl Litts

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Steve on Threads @steveafulton 

Steve on Twitter @fultonbot

S6:E4 Inflection point!  Amico v. Atari. Plus Homebrew with STOS and 7800 Basic

In this episode we have a frank discussion on the state of Amico and Atari.

Notes

STOS 1:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQy2ZZjapGE&t=5s
STOS 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXp6XWsbaN4&t=464s

7800 1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i45aqBviQZI&t=1s

7800 1.5. The Three C’s:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3-C5LRBT9k

All music, video production. writing and game play by Jeff Fulton with help from  Steve Fulton unless otherwise noted.

Music : Death By Design - Tony Longworth : support Tony’s Patreon music https://www.patreon.com/tonylongworth

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/ 

Branding by Daryl Litts

Find us here:

http://intotheverticalblank.com

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In this episode the brothers interview fellow Atari NUTCASE, Ed Salisbury, of the Atari and Retro / Classic gaming YouTube channel, Mission Ed possible. They discuss everything about growing up in Generation Atari from the 2600 to the Atari 8bit Computers, through the ST and beyond. 

We apologize for the echo in the interview section, it was conducted in Jeff’s living room and was uncontrollable. We have “dried” it up as much as we can. 

Show Notes:

Visit and subscribe to Ed’s Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionEdPossible

All music, video production. writing and game play by Jeff Fulton with help from  Steve Fulton unless otherwise noted.

Music : The Machines are Listening – Tony Longworth : support Tony’s Patreon music https://www.patreon.com/tonylongworth

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/ 

Branding by Daryl Litts

Find us here:

http://intotheverticalblank.com

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Atari_VB_Pod

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