The Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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. 

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 2600gamebygame@gmail.com 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

Better late than never when dealing with hungry crocodiles, right? This episode is about the Taito arcade game turned into an Atari 2600 cartridge, Jungle Hunt. Are you game for wild adventure? ARE YOU?? If you are, then I will need you to sign a few release forms. You know, in case of crocodiles.

Next up is Solar Storm by Imagic. Do you have some thoughts on this game? Would you like to send them to me? You can, just drop a line to 2600gamebygame@gmail.com by the end of the day on Monday April 30. I will play or read it on the show, and then you will be slightly internet famous. Probably very slightly.

Thank you so much for listening! Watch out for that cannibal! OH NO THERE'S ANOTHER ONE HALP

Jungle Hunt on KLOV
Jungle King on KLOV
Pirate Pete on KLOV
Jungle Hunt on Random Terrain
Jungle Hunt on Atari Protos
John Allred's RTIME patent
Atari post from Michael Feinstein's blog
Patricia Goodson's website
Atari Safari duffel bag on Atarimania
Arcade USA Ataricade 2600, Jungle Hunt
No Swear Gamer 432, Jungle Hunt
Don Croswhite's art work
Atari fonts on Atari Age
Norm's Board Game Museum on Youtube
Woodgrain Wonderland blog

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This week we're going deeper and deeper underground with scary alien monsters on our tail in Mines of Minos by Commavid! Can YOU make it to the alien command center and triumph? I can't.

Congratulations to Richard, he won the Strudders Score contest and will be receiving his copy of Mines of Minos just in time for Halloween, which is definitely scary. Thanks to all of you who entered the contest, and special thanks to Strudders for donating the prize.

Next up is the Atari arcade port of Jungle Hunt! Did you play this as a kid? Do you have a great Tarzan impression that you don't get to bust out often? Why not tell everyone by sending your thoughts and yells to 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. If you're sending an audio clip, PUT YOUR DAMN NAME IN THE SOUND FILE ALREADY. Or not, 6 files named junglehunt.mp3 is fine. NO REALLY, IT'S FINE.

Thank you all for listening!

Pertinent Links

Please Stand By Gamers Show Episode 1
Mines of Minos on Random Terrain
Irwin Gaines magazine article on Digital Press
Commavid article on Digital Press
Mines of Minos Romox instruction sheet from Atarimania
Mines of Minos complete playthrough by Pixelize45
Motherboard featuring Dona Bailey

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This is a short bonus track about how I got to fulfill a childhood fantasy years after I forgot about it. I hope you enjoy it, thank you for listening.

Anechoic chamber in Bell Labs, Murray Hill
Anechoic chambers by Michael Pettersen on Shure's blog
Anechoic chambers by Jaime Sunwoo on Nova's blog
Live music from Murray Hill's anechoic chamber

Welcome to the exciting world of TEETH! This week I'm taking a look at Plaque Attack by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision. This is NOT the other Atari 2600 teeth game, so there. Next time I'm covering Mines of Minos by Commavid, and there will be another Strudders Score contest! If you'd like to win a copy of Mines of Minos courtesy of Rob, all you need to do is guess the combined score rating that Strudders and Mini Strudders will give the game WITHOUT GOING OVER. Keep in mind that the scoring is from 0-10, so don't guess over 20 you sillies! Please email your entries to 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. PLEASE put "Minos Contest" in the subject line, and if you have feedback for the game, please send a separate email. All entries and feedback should be in by April 3rd at 6:55 PM EST. Thank you all for listening!

Steve Cartwright interview by Tim Duarte
Steve Cartwright interview on Retro Video Gamer forum
Steve Cartwright on Lost Treasures of Gaming podcast
Steve Cartwright on Racketboy podcast
Steve Cartwright's web site
Plaque Attack on Random Terrain
Plaque Attack patch
Plaque Attack patch letter (superior tubesmanship!)
Plaque Attack manual
Atari Age Facebook High Score Showdown, Plaque Attack
No Swear Gamer 412, Plaque Attack
Plaque Attack 2nd place high score video
H2H Adventure, PLAY IT
H2H Adventure review
The N64 Podcast

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I'll be in the lodge by the fire drinking coffee while you go out and attack the slopes, you Mogul Maniac! Maybe I'll stand on the Joyboard for awhile and pretend I'm out there with you. Naahhh, I don't want to spill my coffee.

Oh hi! I didn't see you come in, sorry. Won't you join me in discussing Mogul Maniac and the Joyboard controller by Amiga? Well, it will be more like a lecture, I don't like listening to other people talk, Shush! You can write to me instead if you'd like, I have another game coming up called Plaque Attack by Activision. If you have any thoughts on the game, please send them to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. All the entries are read on the show, so it's kind of like you're talking, right? Please get your submissions in by March 20th or your teeth will rot. Who said contest? Shhhhhh. Thanks for listening!

Pertinent Links

H2H Adventure by Ro Anders
Q*Bert 2600 bug discovered
Mogul Maniac on Random Terrain
Jerry Lawson interview by Benj Edwards
Jay Miner interview by Mike Nelson
History of the Amiga by Jeremy Reimer
Amiga History Guide Atari game info
Hrothgar's Joyboard page
Amiga Power Play arcade carts on Atari Protos
RJ Mical talks about Zen Meditation Game
Guru Meditation by Ian Bogost
No Swear Gamer 419 - Mogul Maniac

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In this episode I talk about Atari's unreleased prototype of Tempest, which is also their arcade game that I love so very much. The next episode will hopefully get me back on schedule, and that one will feature Mogul Maniac by Amiga. If you have any thoughts on that game, please send it to 2600gamebygame@gmail.com by end of day March 5th.

Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of my very first episode. I've had a lot of highs and lows while doing the podcast, but I still enjoy doing it and I'm glad you all are still with me. I'm looking forward to the next 5 or 10 or 20 years of doing this podcast. Thank you so much for listening!

Tempest on Atari Protos
Tempest on KLOV 
Tempest: Geometries of Play by Judd Ruggill and Ken McAllister
Tempest on Atari Compendium
Chris Bieniek article in Ultimate Gamer Jan 1996 (via Atari Compendium)
Chris Bieniek's Video Game Ephemera website 
1995 Usenet thread on Tempest proto
Fixing Tempest proto thread on AA
Todd Rogers interview by Bill Kunkel and Scott Stilphen
Joystik Magazine Dec 1982
Omnigamer's video
Dick Moreland dispute thread on Twin Galaxies
Polygon article on Nolan Bushnell and GDC controversy by Owen Good
Kotaku article with interviews with several female Atari employees by Cecilia D'Anastasio
Ted Dabney interview by Michael Thomasson
Ted Dabney interview transcript from Retro Gaming Roundup podcast from Computer Space Fan site
Stone Age Gamer Podcast discussing Todd Rogers
Pie Factory Podcast discussing Todd Rogers and Nolan Bushnell
CU Podcast segment about Todd Rogers
CU Podcast segment about Nolan Bushnell
The Polybius Conspiracy podcast
Typhoon 2001 download for Windows

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Hi there, thanks for your patience for this episode on Wall Ball from Avalon Hill. I was finishing the editing on Wednesday morning when Sarah went to work. We thought the front porch was wet, but it was covered with ice. She fell and it was very scary, she was in a lot of pain. I ended up bringing her to the doctor to find out she had bruised her ribs. She is doing better now but the pain sneaks up on her still. Thanks to all of you again for your patience and well wishes.

Extra special thanks to Hoji and Kate Scott, who both helped me with this show by telling me about the programmer, Duncan Scott. Duncan sadly passed away in 2011, but when I contacted Kate she was very gracious and willing to help. She got together with her mom and they both answered the questions I sent. Thank you both so much!

Next up is the prototype for Tempest, by Atari. This is readily available on Flashback systems and also on Atari Age. I would love to hear your feedback on Tempest which you can send to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. Please send it to me by the end of the day February 18th. Thank you so much for listening!

Wall Ball Spring 1983 order form on Atarimania
Wall Ball on Random Terrain
Avalon Hill web site
Sports Illustrated Baseball on Board Game Geek
New Throwback Reviews with me!

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