EPISODE 113: VIDEO PINBALL

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Hey, Pinheads! Don’t biff the bumpers, just nudge the podcast machine – DON’T TILT! – and check out this week’s kick-out hole of an episode before it goes down the drain. 

Obviously, this week’s episode is all about golf. 

Kidding! Don’t do a panic flip. 

Now, let me do a lazarus ball to get these show notes back on track. This week, on episode 113, we’re playing VIDEO PINBALL, Atari’s 1980 port of it’s own 1978 coin-op machine. Is the game (and the story therein) a house ball or a gobble hole? Insert your quarters where indicated and let’s find out.

Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Pinball Spring” and “Reformat”. 

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Here’s the Mental Floss article where we got the pinball slang used in the episode.

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EPISODE 112: FISHING DERBY

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Sorry! No show this week. We’ve gone fishin’…

Just kidding! In episode 112, we’ve gone fishin’ AND we’re doing a show.

How is this possible? Well, obviously we’re playing the 1980 Activision (squee!) game FISHING DERBY. So is playing this game like landing a lunker or is it the one that got away? And why, we wonder, are these fish derby-izing?

Unlike the typical fish story, we actually check the facts on this one. Pull up a bucket of chum and join us!

Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Pinball Spring” and “Reformat”.

Atari Bytes – show notes, social media and more

It’s a Podcast, Charlie Brown – Hey! That’s my other show. Get your Snoopy fix here.

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EPISODE 111: ENCOUNTER AT L-5

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We could have phoned in this week’s episode, #111 to be specific.

We could have tossed Encounter at L-1 at you.

Maybe even L-2 with nary a thought. 

Encounters L-3 and 4? Probably good enough.

But we here at ATARI BYTES believe that any encounters below L-5 are for chumps, which is why we’ve got for you:

ENCOUNTER AT L-5 from Data Age, 1982.

No need to thank me. But what do we find on our Encounter at L-5? Tune in to find out…

Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Reformat”, “Take a Chance”, “Pinball Spring, “Gustav Sting” and “No Frills Salsa”.

Atari Bytes show notes and much more

It’s a Podcast, Charlie Brown – Hey! That’s my other show

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EPISODE 110: DEADLY DUCK

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Episode 110 of the podcast is silent…but DEADLY.

That is to say, we’re playing DEADLY DUCK, the 1982 20th Century Fox game. It’s sort of like waterfowl nested inside a Space Invaders game and QUACKED everything up. Also, there are brick-wielding crabs and dragonflies armed with bombs. Because why not?

What story could I possibly make out of this? Hope I don’t lay a (duck) egg on this one. Listen to find out if I do.

Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Reformat” and “Pinball Spring”. 

Atari Bytes – show notes, social media and so much more.

It’s a Podcast, Charlie Brown – my other show. Get your Snoopy fix here.

The AB_Pod_Store at Zazzle.com for show shirts and more

You can also support the show financially on our Patreon page here.

Check out this episode!