October 25, 2018

S1:E8: Wild Gunman and The Bronze Age Of Arcade Games (remaster)

1 hour 8 minutes

S1:E8: The Bronze Age of Arcade Video Games

In this episode Steve and Jeff discuss their favorite games and memories of the Bronze Age of arcade video games, a period that spans 1971 (pong) to 1978 (Space Invaders). The pair talk about what was special about those games, and why they matter today. Also included: new music by Jeff, Atari Haiku, a remix by Jeff, and brand-new story by Steve named “Sharpshooter”.

Games Mentioned

Pac-Man 256: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F86_pplPreo

Bard’s Tale 4: https://store.steampowered.com/app/566090/The_Bards_Tale_IV_Barrows_Deep/

Atari Flashback Classics 1: https://www.atari.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-volume1/

Atari Flashback Classics 2: https://www.atari.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-volume2/

Atari Flashback Classics 3: https://www.atari.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-volume3/

Atari Flashback Classics Switch: https://www.atari.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-switch/

Atari Vault: https://store.steampowered.com/app/400020/Atari_Vault/

Atari Baseball (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsAjY_aNho

Atari Basketball (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KlJieawWcQ

Atari Soccer (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHn73nrx3k

Avalanche (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDvRlNuaX4

Canyon Bomber (Arcade): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdpo5jgxtSk

Destroyer (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0kuJfqVG_A

Dominos (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSt2gMQ2U9w

Fire Truck / Smokey Joe (Arcade)

Maze Invaders (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSja0y0N-N8

Monte Carlo (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLjgkwCu1Lk

Pool Shark (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lco2tW-X9Ms

Super Bug (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBPe14I13Lk&t=12s

Wild Gunman (Nintendo, 1974). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmdOHmnbYHw&t=30s

Breakout (Atari, 1976) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW7Sg5pXAok

Space Wars (Cinematronics, 1977). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNNrzEGgpCs

Hercules (Atari, 1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=d9gvtl3o1no

Fire Truck (Atari, 1978 ).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMol8ES3DGM

Sky Raider (Atari, 1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=u-u5FA3Rqho

Speed Freak (Vectorbeam, 1978). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syDQ1GEM-s8

Stunt Cycle (Atari, 1976): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU_Up648_kU

Video Pinball (Atari, 1978). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oI5oDBSQM8

Freeway: http://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=192

Crossyroad: https://www.crossyroad.com/

Books Mentioned

Beautiful Boy : https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Boy-Fathers-Journey-Addiction/dp/0547203888?keywords=beautiful+boy&qid=1540508310&sr=8-1&ref=sr_1_1

Breakin The Borders Vol. 1: https://www.microzeit.com/atari-store/volume-1/

Beyond The Borders Vol. 2: https://www.microzeit.com/atari-store-1/volume-2/

Vintage Game Consoles: https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Game-Consoles-Commodore-Platforms/dp/1138428388?keywords=matt+barton&qid=1540510167&sr=8-5&ref=sr_1_5

Generation X/Generation Atari Podcasts

The Essential Growing up 80’s Podcast - https://player.fm/series/growing-up-80s

Gen X Grownup Podcast: http://genxgrownup.com/

More 80’s podcasts on Player FM - https://player.fm/en/podcasts/80's-podcasts

Atari ST and 400/800/XL/XE Podcasts

Antic - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/

XE Game By Game - http://xegs8bit.com/

XL/XE - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/xlxe-xlxe-uvPGcxAZnHD/

Player / Missile - https://playermissile.com/

Inverse ATASCII - https://inverseatascii.info/

Atari Game Podcasts

Ferg’s amazing Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-2600-game-by-game-podcast

Atari Bytes - https://player.fm/series/atari-bytes

The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast (classic episodes) - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-7800-game-by-game-podcast

Shinto’s Jaguar game by game Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-jaguar-game-by-game-podcast

The Atari 5200 Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-5200-podcast

The Atari 7800 Homebrew Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-7800-homebrew-podcast

The Atari Lynx Handy Cast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-lynx-handycast

The Atari 5200 Super Community Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-5200-super-community

The Best of the rest (if you are not listed an want to be , please contact us)

The Amazing Intellivisionaries Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-intellivisionaries-podcast

Intarivisions - Atari, Intellivision and Coleco common games - https://player.fm/series/intarivisions

The Pie Factory Podcast - https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/

The Floppy Days Podcast - https://player.fm/series/floppydays-vintage-computing-podcast

Essential Podcasts that might be of interest to this community

Writer Types Podcast: http://swlauden.com/writer-types-podcast/

Reply-All - https://player.fm/series/reply-all

The Moth - https://themoth.org/podcast

Story Corps - https://storycorps.org/podcast/

Never let the fires die The official Alarm Podcast - http://thealarm.com/feed/podcast/

Comfortable Place on the Couch The Midnight Oil Podcast - http://darrenfoulds.com/podcasts/index.html

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