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:
Wishbook Pages To Follow-along:
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58-http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1977_Sears_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-198.html#
57- Oops. 
56-https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n_PeDI7eu0mTv1T6BVFwyowA-ZFspwJP9Yio-HV-uLk/edit
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S3E21: News Update! Plus the Top-50 Toys and Products from the 1977 Sears Wish Book

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
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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.  

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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/
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 Atar

#107: Weekly Over-scan. Is it possible to be bored in 2024 + Retro News!

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

S3E21: News Update! Plus the Top-50 Toys and Products from the 1977 Sears Wish Book

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