Month: October 2015

Break Into Chat
Blogs

ANSI mermaid swims in parallax

October 31, 2015 Break Into Chat

I made it into an artpack! It’s no exaggeration to say that as a kid I always admired the guys in the artscene. I saw their work from afar, and they inspired me to dabble in ANSI myself. I didn’t produce anything memorable, and I certainly never tried anything ambitious, …

Intellivisionaries
Games

The Intellivisionaries – Episode 22 – Of Robots & Garbage

October 31, 2015 Intellivisionaries

In this episode, another non-game review… well, not exactly.  Rick covers IntelligentVision’s Ms. Pac-Man in a Homebrew Highlight segment.  We interview listener/homebrew programmer Gary Magnan (aka ‘FreeWheel’).  Will talks about The Retro World Expo, and Rick discusses his plans for the Extra Life charity event.  And there’s Feedback, News and

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2600 Game by Game
Games

Happy Halloween! Haunted House by Gottlieb

October 31, 2015 2600 Game by Game

Happy Halloween! This is your TREAT from me, get it? Just a short one, I’m not good at talking about pinball, even my favorite table of all time! One thing I discovered after I recorded was that the Alfred Hitchcock Presents theme is actually a piece by Gounod called Funeral

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ANTIC
Atari

ANTIC Interview 94 – Bill Hogue, Miner 2049er

October 29, 2015 ANTIC

Bill Hogue, Miner 2049er

Bill Hogue was founder of Big Five Software. He was programmer of the hit 1982 game Miner 2049er, and its sequel Bounty Bob Strikes Back!.

This interview took place on August 31, 2015.

Teaser quotes:

“I tried to cram as much color in

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Sprite Castle
Commodore

Sprite Castle 020: Little Computer People

October 28, 2015 Sprite Castle

More of a simulation than a game but no less fun, on this week’s episode we take a look at an innovative and unique title, 1985’s LITTLE COMPUTER PEOPLE by Activision. If you would like to play along, you can […] …

2600 Game by Game
Games

110 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

October 28, 2015 2600 Game by Game

Hi everyone, I am very sorry once again for getting this episode out so late. I knew there was a lot to research on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial by Atari, but I just didn’t realize how MUCH was out there until I started looking. It is now finished and is very

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FloppyDays
Computers

Floppy Days 48 – Kevin Savetz Interviews Wayne Green

October 24, 2015 FloppyDays

Welcome to a special interview-only episode of the Floppy Days Podcast.  For this show, we have an interview conducted by Kevin Savetz, interviewer-extraordinaire from the Antic Podcast.  Kevin conducted this interview 2 years ago.  Since the interviewee and topic are not Atari-related, but are very much vintage computer related, Kevin

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