EPISODE 272: TEMPEST
ATARI BYTES
This week's ATARI BYTES episode, 272 for those scoring at home, is totally tubular (that's for you Gen Xers)
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EPISODE 271: Q*BERT'S QUBES
ATARI BYTES
ATARI BYTES 271 revisits an old friend. A twitchy, large-nosed, profanity-obsessed friend who just won't just hold still for goodness sakes. We all have a friend like that. If you're not sure about that, it's probably you.
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EPISODE 270: QUADRUN
ATARI BYTES
Guys, if life has taught us nothing else, we all should know by now that we must pick up our balls.
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EPISODE 269: SOLAR FOX
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In episode 269 of the ATARI BYTES podcast, we play SOLAR FOX, the 1983 CBS Electronics port of Bally/Midway's 1981 arcade game. Much like Icarus, we fly a wee bit too close to the sun, but do we get burned? Listen and find out!
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EPISODE 268: PEPSI INVADERS
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ATARI BYTES episode 268 is bubbling over with tasty goodness. We're playing PEPSI INVADERS, a 1983 cartridge created by Atari to cheer up sad Coca-Cola sales people sad about losing the "cola wars" to Pepsi. This episode is both sugar and caffeine free, so you'll just have to rely on my dulcet tones to keep you awake. Sorry.
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EPISODE 267: ALIEN
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In 1979, Twentieth Century Fox unleashed an iconic sci-fi movie called ALIEN.
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EPISODE 266: RUBIK'S CUBE 3D
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We're back to cram more square pod pegs into your round ear holes. It's another cubist's delight in 266 with RUBIK'S CUBE 3D. The three "D"s are "delightful", "delicious" and "de-wonderful", to borrow from an old song.
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EPISODE 265: RUBIK'S CUBE
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Back in the '70s, Hungarian inventor Erno Rubik, we assume, decided to drive people insane with a cube of many colors. "Here, take this cube. Mess up the colors, then put them right again." Though he probably said it in Hungarian, it's no less insidious. The Rubik's Cube was born.
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EPISODE 264: PONG
ATARI BYTES
On episode 264 of ATARI BYTES, we went back to the beginning; a bit of a palate cleanser after the disturbing "Porky's" last week. We take a look at PONG, the game that started it all. The original came out in 1972 with an Atari port in 1975. For my fifteen-year-old on the field report, it may as well have come out in the Pleistocene.
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EPISODE 263: PORKY'S
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In 1981, 20th Century Fox released a family film called "Porky's" about a precocious lad named PeeWee with a knack for putting his privates where they shouldn't be. THEN, they made the brilliant marketing move of turning the movie into a game.
info_outlineMan, I don't know if you've heard, but 2020 has been quite a year.
I think we could use a break. So, in episode 257, we're setting aside the games and stories and we're just gonna kick back with a beverage to watch a movie. And what a movie it is!
THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING is a 1964 black & white, sci-fi film. The aliens are invading via gas attack! (Insert joke here.)
This 62 minute film has it all. Robots! Zombies! Pregnant women!
The 1983 Atari game of the same name (ep. 248), for those wondering, is inspired by the film...and has NOTHING in common with it. So there's that.
Joining us in this little British town under siege is Dave Ciampa, one of the hosts of "Ciampa & Klein: The Knight Rider Years".
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
"Auld Lang Syne" by Mats Norrefalk, Ulf Samuelsson, and Sankta Eugenia Vokalensemble
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