S1:E8: The Bronze Age Of Arcade Games




Into The Vertical Blank : Generation Atari show

Summary: S1:E8:  The Bronze Age  of Arcade Video Games In this episode Steve and Jeff discuss their favorite games and memories of the Bronze Age of arcade video games, a period that spans 1971 (pong) to 1978 (Space Invaders).  The pair talk about what was special about those games, and why they matter today. Also included: new music by Jeff, Atari Haiku, a remix by Jeff, and brand-new story by Steve named “Sharpshooter”. Games Mentioned Pac-Man 256:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F86_pplPreo Bard’s Tale 4: https://store.steampowered.com/app/566090/The_Bards_Tale_IV_Barrows_Deep/ Atari Flashback Classics 1: https://www.atari.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-volume1/ Atari Flashback Classics 2: https://www.atari.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-volume2/ Atari Flashback Classics 3: https://www.atari.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-volume3/ Atari Flashback Classics Switch: https://www.atari.com/games/atari-flashback-classics-switch/ Atari Vault: https://store.steampowered.com/app/400020/Atari_Vault/ Atari Baseball (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsAjY_aNho Atari Basketball (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KlJieawWcQ Atari Soccer (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHn73nrx3k   Avalanche (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDvRlNuaX4 Canyon Bomber (Arcade): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdpo5jgxtSk Destroyer (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0kuJfqVG_A Dominos (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSt2gMQ2U9w Fire Truck / Smokey Joe (Arcade) Maze Invaders (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSja0y0N-N8   Monte Carlo (Arcade)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLjgkwCu1Lk Pool Shark (Arcade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lco2tW-X9Ms Super Bug (Arcade)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBPe14I13Lk&t=12s Wild Gunman (Nintendo, 1974).  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmdOHmnbYHw&t=30s Breakout (Atari, 1976)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW7Sg5pXAok Space Wars (Cinematronics, 1977). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNNrzEGgpCs Hercules (Atari,  1979)https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=d9gvtl3o1no Fire Truck (Atari,  1978 ).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMol8ES3DGM Sky Raider (Atari, 1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=u-u5FA3Rqho Speed Freak (Vectorbeam, 1978).  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syDQ1GEM-s8 Stunt Cycle  (Atari, 1976):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU_Up648_kU Video Pinball (Atari, 1978).  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oI5oDBSQM8   Freeway: http://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=192 Crossyroad: https://www.crossyroad.com/ Books Mentioned Beautiful Boy :  https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Boy-Fathers-Journey-Addiction/dp/0547203888?keywords=beautiful+boy&qid=1540508310&sr=8-1&ref=sr_1_1 Breakin The Borders Vol. 1: https://www.microzeit.com/atari-store/volume-1/ Beyond The Borders Vol. 2: https://www.microzeit.com/atari-store-1/volume-2/ Vintage Game Consoles: https://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Game-Consoles-Commodore-Platforms/dp/1138428388?keywords=matt+barton&qid=1540510167&sr=8-5&ref=sr_1_5 Generation X/Generation Atari Podcasts The Essential Growing up 80’s Podcast - https://player.fm/series/growing-up-80s Gen X Grownup Podcast: http://genxgrownup.com/ More 80’s podcasts on Player FM - https://player.fm/en/podcasts/80's-podcasts Atari ST and 400/800/XL/XE Podcasts Antic - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/ XE Game By Game - http://xegs8bit.com/ XL/XE - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/xlxe-xlxe-uvPGcxAZnHD/ Player / Missile - https://playermissile.com/ Inverse ATASCII - https://inverseatascii.info/ Atari Game Podcasts Ferg’s amazing Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-2600-game-by-game-podcast Atari Bytes - https://player.fm/series/atari-bytes The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast (classic episodes) - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-7800-game-by-game-podcast Shinto’s Jaguar game by game Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-jaguar-game-by-game-podcast The Atari 5200 Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-5200-podcast The Atari 7800 Homebrew Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-7800-homebrew-podcast The Atari Lynx Handy Cast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-lynx-handycast The Atari 5200 Super Community Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-atari-5200-super-community The Best of the rest (if you are not listed an want to be , please contact us) The Amazing Intellivisionaries Podcast - https://player.fm/series/the-intellivisionaries-podcast Intarivisions - Atari, Intellivision and Coleco common games - https://player.fm/series/intarivisions The Pie Factory Podcast - https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/ The Floppy Days Podcast -  https://player.fm/series/floppydays-vintage-computing-podcast Essential Podcasts that might be of interest to this community Writer Types Podcast: http://swlauden.com/writer-types-podcast/ Reply-All - https://player.fm/series/reply-all The Moth - https://themoth.org/podcast Story Corps - https://storycorps.org/podcast/ Never let the fires die The official Alarm Podcast - http://thealarm.com/feed/podcast/ Comfortable Place on the Couch The Midnight Oil Podcast - http://darrenfoulds.com/podcasts/index.html