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Label by Rhindle The Red   Hello everybody! Thank you for sticking with me, I talk about my extended absence a little bit in this episode, which is about the unreleased Grover's Music Maker by Atari. I also talk about the history of Grover, and Mrs. Ferguson the Librarian stops by to read to you, which in my opinion is the best part of the episode. The next episode will be on Sega's Up 'n' Down, if you have any feedback on that game please send it to [email protected] when you can. Thank you again, I love you all very much! Grover's Music Maker on Atarimania Monkey Music on Atarimania Grover's Music Maker on Atari Protos Atari Stars Catalog A Celebration of Proto-Grover playlist on YouTube Laura Scholl's web site Computer Graphics Career Handbook Atari CED 1983 In House Promo video Monkey Music Prototype thread on Atari Age Laura Scholl's Atari VCS and prototype carts for sale thread on Atari Age Marc Oberhauser's for sale thread on Atari Age Ben's 80s inspired comic Inflexible

Merry Christmas everyone! It's been a busy season for me but I'm proud of myself for getting this out at all, I'm just glad it's not after Christmas. Thank you all so much for being here with me for another trying year, I am very glad you are here. Enjoy the rest of the season and I will see you very soon, I love each and every one of you, thank you!     Jason's Retro Adventurers Podcast Jason's This Week In Retro Podcast   Eugenio's Christmas photos   Eugenio's Christmas photos 2   Tracks from the Free Music Archive under the CC BY-NC-ND license Christmas Jazz by Denys Kyshchuk On Christmas by AudioCoffee Beautiful Soft Night by AudioCoffee Christmas Jazz Instrumental/Christmas Mood by Alex-Productions Lonely Christmas by snoozy beats Cozy Christmas by Arthur Aravidi Christmas Mood by the Sound of Freedom Christmas Glow by BFC Music Christmas Background by YuraSoop Merry Christmas by Audiorezout Christmas Celebration by TimTaj Christmas Lights by TRG Banks A Peaceful Winter by Scott Holmes Music Brother Christmas by Lemon Yellow Hayes Merry Christmas by YuraSoop Christmas Atmosphere by YuraSoop Sounds of Christmas by TimTaj A Christmas Ball by TRG Banks Silent Night by Scott Holmes Music Gifts Of Love (HS23) by Beat Mekanik Christmas Celebration (HS23) by Beat Mekanik Winter Memories Medium Version by Lowtone Music New Year Christmas Music by YuraSoop The rest of the tracks are by artists who passed away this year, whom I am attempting to honor in my own way. Please don't sue

Just a quick and dirty update, please send your Christmas memories by the 19th. Not the 18th like the dummy on the podcast said. I love you guys, enjoy the holidays and thanks so much for being here.

Missed it by that much Welcome everyone! Today we are looking at the game Glacier Patrol, which was made by VSS for Sunrise Software, but released later by Telegames. It was much more interesting than I thought, and there is much more feedback than I expected for this one. Thank you for that. Coming up next is the prototype Grover's Music Make by Atari. If you have any feedback, please send it to [email protected] by September 9th. As always I thank you for listening. Glacier Patrol on Random Terrain Ed Salvo interview by Scott Stilphen VSS on Game Developer Research Institute Glacier Patrol review and Telegames ad in Atarian magazine Sept/Oct 1989 Telegames website from 1999 on the Wayback Machine Changing Atari VCS Graphics -- The Easy Way by Adam Trionfo Adam's Tearjerker 2000 cartridge article Hacking Pitfall! on the ATARI 2600 with the Debugger by 8Blit

What a lovely flock of gazebos Hi there, welcome back my friends to the show that no longer comes out on time. In this episode I talk about two (count 'em) games by Tigervision, Miner 2049er and Miner 2049er Volume II. two sides of the same coin, if you will. there's lots of fun links to check out down yonder so have at it if you are so inclined. Next up is Glacier Patrol, made by Sunrise via VSS but distributed well after the fact by Telegames. I'm sure all of you spent hours playing this game in your youth,; if you'd like to tell me about it please send an email or audio to me at [email protected] by August 19th. Thank you very kindly, have a lovely day and I thank you for listening.   Miner 2049er on Random Terrain Miner 2049er Vol. 2 on Random Terrain Miner 2049er coverage in Electronic Games August 1983 Miner 2049er history on Big Five Software website (archived) Miner 2049er on Atari Protos Miner 2049er Vol. 2 on Atari Protos Bill Hogue interview by ANTIC Podcast/Kevin Savetz Miner 2049er Information Page by Nick Marentes (contains interviews) Bill Hogue's Miner 2049er/Bounty Bob Emulator (It Works!) Scott Ross' web site Columbia House Video Game Club flyers on Digital Press Miner 2049er Speed and Graphics ROM Hacks on AtariAge

Hello! Thanks for joining me in this episode all about Squeeze Box by U.S. Games. As I type this I am realizing that I made a huge mistake in the show, something I could have fixed if I looked at my own previous research. What a maroon! Hopefully I'll remember to correct it in the next episode. Which will be about Miner 2049er and Miner 2049er Vol. 2, both by Tigervision. I will also be talking about the Atari 8 bit game that spawned these two cartridges, as well as its creator, Bill Hogue, who I believe was 20 when he created the game. When I was 20 I was eating at White Castle three times a week. Oh well. If you have feedback for Miners 2049er, please send it to me at [email protected] by EOD May 27th. Hopefully I can keep this streak going! Thank you all for listening, I am so glad you are here. Henry Will's web site on Archive.org Interview with Todd Marshall by Scott Stilphen Squeeze Box on Random Terrain February 1983 issue of Video Game Update Tigervision article by Rick Bentley, Kentucky New Era July 29 1983 Kandy Man Sales article by Michael Schrage, Washington Post June 7 1983 Carrere Video profile on Atari Gaming Headquarters Teldec (Tigervision) catalog on Atarimania Carrere/U.S. Games on Atarimania No Swear Gamer's Squeeze Box video

Welcome back everyone, thanks so much for your patience. Today's episode is the long promised Big Bird's Egg Catch by Atari and CCW, the last such officially released collaboration between the two. I hope that you enjoy it and that it was worth the wait. The next episode will be on Squeeze Box by US Games. If you have any feedback you'd like to submit, please send it to [email protected] by May 13th. Please put the game title in the email subject, and if you send an audio submission, please put your name in the filename. Also, no need to summarize the game, that's what I'm here for! Thank you as always for listening, it means a lot to me. Big Bird's Egg Catch on Random Terrain BBEC on Atarimania Nik Omarzu article on Digital Press 1983 Atari Showcase Video Big Bird on Atari Protos Big Bird prototypes on Atari Compendium Video Game Update December 1983 AA May 2 1983 prototype thread by WickeyColumbus AA June 1 1983 prototype thread by ieure AA thread with CCW game joystick hacks

Hello everyone, I want to thank you for your love and continued support over these last few difficult years for me. I'm feeling a bit more hopeful for the new year. I hope that you are all doing well and enjoying the holiday season so far. I hope this episode will help give you some extra (or any) Christmas spirit like it did for me. I love you all very much and I am so glad you are here. Merry Christmas! The background music is from Mr Snooze on Youtube, and includes tracks from Kevin MacLeod, Audionautix, and Twin Musicom, among others.  The vintage wrapping paper photo is from Atomic_Redhead

Welcome back to the show, glad to finally get this out, which is the episode about Porky's from 20th Century Fox. Did you know it's based on a movie? It's true! I do hope you enjoy the episode, and I always appreciate your continued patience with me. I think from now on I will give a feedback due date and let the episode fall where it falls. If I want to do something seems easier than if I need to do something, if that makes sense. I would love to get back to every 2 weeks, but that just isn't in the cards right now. Thank you all so much for sticking with me through all of this! The next episode will be about Big Bird's Egg Catch from Atari, the final released Children's Television Workshop and Atari joint. But fear not, there's plenty of prototypes from this pairing to talk about. Stop groaning! If you would like to submit written or audio feedback, please send it to [email protected] by November 6, EOD. No need to summarize the game, that as always is my job, just tell me what you think of it or if you have a memory associated with it (now or then). Also, if you send an audio file, please put your name in the filename and the game title in the subject line. It makes it easier to find later on. Once again, I love you all and I thank you for listening. Please donate to my Extra Life campaign here! Atari 50 & Recharged Humble Bundle Tarzan Prototype article by Kevin Bunch Porky's on Random Terrain Porky's on Atarimania Porky's Easter Eggs on Atari Compendium Randall Hyde's web site Record World magazine, September 1981 LA Times article about Music Promoters and mob ties, March 1986 Porky's Entry in US Copyright Office 2nd Porky's Entry in USCO Dunhill Electronics Entry on USCO H & L Schwartz Inc., American Videogame Leasing Entry on USCO

I am so sorry it's taking me so long to get episodes out. It seems like it's one step up, two steps back. I am trying to fix it. Despite that, the new episode featuring Dragonstomper by Starpath (formerly Arcadia) is now available. I hope you enjoy it. Coming up next will be Porky's by 20th Century Fox. I have some stuff coming up, so please get me your feedback by June 5th. You can send that to [email protected]. Once again, I am grateful to all of you for sticking with me and being patient. I love you all and I am very lucky to have you! Dragonstomper on Random Terrain Stephen Landrum on Moby Games Stephen Landrum: From Arcadia to Epyx by Sean Wheatley Arcadia Promo Video Arcadia Commercial featuring Andy Breyer Dragonstomper Guide by Grimlick No Swear Gamer complete Dragonstomper game #1 (kills dragon, spoilers) No Swear Gamer Complete Dragonstomper game #2 Stella Gets A New Brain 2.0 on Internet Archive Apologies to Liam Lynch

Hello, once again I apologize for the episode being late. Sarah came up with a new way for me to try doing the podcast that I think will be better, I talk about it in this episode. Which is all about Alpha Beam with Ernie, an Atari and Children's Computer Workshop joint. Thank you once again to Preston Stuart for answering a few questions that I had about this game. Coming up next will be Dragonstomper by Starpath, so if you have any thoughts about this game, please sned them to me at [email protected] by February 13th. Thank you all for being such lovely and supportive friends, and extra special thanks to Sarah, truly without whom this podcast would have been done a long time ago. And as always, thank you for listening. Alpha Beam on Random Terrain Alpha Beam on Atari Protos CCW game series announced in Atari Age magazine 1983 Atari Showcase video Preston Stuart interview, Electronic Fun March 1983 Ernie on Muppet Wiki Sesame Street episode 1, November 1969 Into The Vertical Blank tests Alpha Beam on a 2600+ Atari Age thread with Joystick conversions of SS/CCW games My interview with Papa Pete and Jeff

Happy New Year! Thank you so much for welcoming me back to the podcasting world so warmly, I am very grateful to all of you. The first game for 2024 is Frogger II - Threedeep! by Parker Brothers. What does this game have to do with a barn in Maine? oh, you are gonna find out, believe me. Next up on the show will be Alpha Beam with Ernie by Atari and CTW. If you have any feedback for this game, please send it to [email protected] by January 22nd, to be included in the show. Thank you for listening! Frogger II on Random Terrain Mark Lesser's web site Interview with Mark Lesser by Scott Stilphen Article on early handheld games by Glenn Derene NHL '94 article by Eddie Makuch Frogger II on Atari Protos Gamma Attack disassembly by Dennis Debro DOS and Don'ts Newsletter

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you enjoy the episode, thank you for sending your Christmas related feedback to us. I wish you all health, happiness, and love this Christmas and all throughout the year. Thank you so much for your support, love, and understanding, and I thank you for listening.

Hi. I know, it's been awhile. How have you been? Anyway, I hope you are amenable to a new episode of my podcast. It's all about the Gammation game Gamma Attack. Lots of interesting goings-on with this game, I hope you'll give it a chance and enjoy. I am taking submissions for the Christmas episode! I know it's kind of late, I'm sorry about that. In the episode the deadline for submissions is December 16. Right now Sarah is very sick and I have no idea when the actual episode is going to come out. Let's say the 20th is the deadline. If Sarah and I are able to record together or not, I'll do my best to get everyone in the show. Thanks so much everyone, I am grateful to you and your patience, and for sticking around. I love you. Gammation web site on Wayback Machine from 2008 Gamma Attack discovery thread on Atari Age  Gamma Attack eBay Auction article on Joystiq by Griffin McElroy Gamma Attack eBay Auction article on MTV by Jason Cipriano Gamma Attack overview on Racketboy Gamma Attack $500,000 eBay Auction Gamma Attack history video by Retro Game On

AB-035, Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns!  1 Happy New Year! If I can still say that when it's almost Groundhog Day. I hit a snag right out of the gate, which seems to be typical now. But, Pitfall II by Activision is finally available, and it's a doozy. The part about the game and its history etc. is twice as long as it usually is, I had a lot of fun researching this game. And of course, playing it. It's one of my favorites. I hope that you enjoy the episode. Coming up next is the super rare game Gamma Attack, by a tiny company called Gammation. Not as much history on this one, but what I've seen so far is very interesting. if you have any thoughts on this game, or even if you have a copy, I would love to hear about it. Please send them to me at [email protected] by February 7th. Thanks so much for your patience, and thank you as always for listening. Pitfall 2 on Random Terrain Pitfall 2 on Atari Protos David Crane interview by Scott Stilphen DPC Chip patent Explanation of DPC chip by David Crane on Atari Compendium Atari Compendium article about "Super Chips," including the DPC chip UK Activision Fun Club Newsletter Summer 1984 from Atari Compendium Pitfall 2 patch Pitfall 2 patch accompanying letter Get MattBuc's repro Pitfall 2 patch here! Pitfall! Masked Menace Mess Pitfall! Raiders of the Lost Shark Pitfall 2 The Lost Caverns on KLOV Pitfall 2 Arcade playthrough by Old Classic Retrogaming  Super Pitfall 30th Anniversary Edition NES patch Chris and Adam's Pitfall articles on Orphaned Games