This week I'm looking at two of the CBS Electronics Ram Plus games, Tunnel Runner and Omega Race, as well as the Booster Grip controller! Thanks for your patience this week, and thanks again for the donations, it is greatly appreciated. I think I have settled on a mixer so I can record the sounds from the 2600 itself, and also, I think I may be able to use that to play the audio submissions live so you can hear me react to them. My current mixer is a Kitchen Aid, so that one won't work. Next episode will be about Sky Skipper and Tutankham by Parker Brothers, so if you have any feedback on those games or games I've already covered, please send it to 2600gamebygame@comcast.net, or 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. Thank you so much for listening, you guys are the best!!

Pertinent Links

Ram Plus Chip patent
Dick Balaska interview by Red 5 on AA
Dick Balaska's website
Robert Hunter interview by Roy Trakin, Video Games magazine
Stuart Ross interview by Scott Stilphen
Stuart Ross drawing of Black Box
Scott Stilphen's Tunnel Runner Easter Egg page
Omega Race on KLOV
Omega Race controller hack by Thomas Jentsch
Omega Race Genesis controller hack by Omegamatrix (plus a lot more games!)
The No Swear Gamer 246 - Tunnel Runner
The No Swear Gamer 247 - Omega Race
Atari Leaf's Booster Grip video
Throwback Network Facebook group

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Direct download: 120_-_Tunnel_Runner_and_Omega_Race_by_CBS_Electronics.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 7:24am EDT

Hi guys, this episode is about Dragonfire and Fathom, two more games by the great software company Imagic. I hope that you enjoy it. In two weeks I'll be talking about Omega Race and Tunnel Runner by CBS Electronics. If you have any thoughts on these games or games that I've already covered, please send them to me at 2600gamebygame@comcast.net or 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. Thank you very much for listening, and if you celebrate Easter or Spring Break, have a great one, or both.

Pertinent Links

Bob Smith interview in Numb Thumb Club magazine
Get the Dragonfire source code here or here
Scott Stilphen's Dragonfire Easter Egg page
Dragonfire on Atari Protos
An Act of Creation by Rob Fulop (Video Games Dec. 1983)
Rob Fulop interview by Scott Stilphen
Rob Fulop's blog entry about Fathom
Rob Fulop interview by Chris Federico
Michael Becker interview by Valter Prette
Scott Stilphen Fathom Longplay
Scott Stilphen's Fathom Easter Egg page
The Monkees' Head - Porpoise Song
Intarivisions ep 4 - Dragonfire
No Swear Gamer 244 - Dragonfire
No Swear Gamer 245 - Fathom - Phil also shows you the Easter eggs!
12 year old Bill Kendrick's Atari 800 clone of Dragonfire, called Crown Quest!
Atari Vault video, showing all of the games
Atari Flashback 2 in an Atari cartridge by lovablechevy
Pinside forum thread with Nick Baldridge's photos from 2015 White Rose show

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Direct download: 119_-_Dragonfire_and_Fathom_by_Imagic.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 11:15am EDT

Well, hello. This extremely late episode is all about the wonderful game Dig Dug, and the unreleased games Dukes of Hazzard, Stunt Cycle, and Dukes of Hazzard. Thank you again for your continued patience, I hope very much that you enjoy the show. Next WEEK (that's WEEK, singular, I hope) will be on Dragonfire and Fathom, by ye olde Imagick Companie. If you have any feedback on these games, or any that I've already covered, please send it to me at 2600gamebygame@comcast.net or 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. Thank you so much for listening!

Pertinent Links

My Spotify 1982 Playlist
Bob Polaro on Antic podcast with Kevin Savetz
Bob Polaro interview by Al Backiel
The Crazy and Profitable Origin of Ms. Pac-Man, by Preston Burt
Doug Macrae at California Extreme 2010
Doug Macrae on Cache and Release (a geocaching podcast)
Doug Macrae's Geocaching site
Mark Hahn interview by Scott Stilphen
Atari Protos - Dig Dug
Atari Protos - Dukes of Hazzard
Atari Protos - Stunt Cycle
Dukes of Hazzard map on Digital Press
Dukes of Hazzard repro box on eBay
Dukes of Hazzard Easter eggs on 2600 Connection
Most likely unauthorized Dukes of Hazzard cart and box on eBay
Sold Best Electronics Dukes of Hazzard with B&W label on eBay
Stunt Cycle on Game Reproductions web site
Arcade USA - Stunt Cycle: Arcade, dedicated console & 2600 versions
Check out the Retro Junkies at Lexington Comic Con March 11-13!
Atari vs Sears artwork on Atari Protos
Game Dev Tycoon by Greenheart Games
No Swear Gamer 189 - Dig Dug!
Insane Ian - DiG DuG
VectrexRoli on Youtube
For Amusement Only EM and Bingo Pinball Podcast
Steve Thomas Art, Arcade Propaganda prints. NOT FROM THE 90s.
WTF.
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Direct download: 118_-_Dig_Dug_Dukes_of_Hazzard_and_Stunt_Cycle_by_Atari.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 11:22am EDT

Hi everyone, this week's extremely short compared to the episodes lately episode is about Cosmic Swarm and Room of Doom, both by Commavid. I hope that you will try these games out if you haven't already, I think they deserve a chance. Next time I'll be discussing the Atari games Dig Dug and Dukes of Hazzard, and also the un-numbered Stunt Cycle, which was turned into a Dukes of Hazzard game after the fact. Do you have any feedback on these games or games that I've already covered? If so, please send it to 2600gamebygame@comcast.net or 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. Thank you so much!

Pertinent Links

Irwin Gaines magazine article on Digital Press
Commavid article on Digital Press
Cosmic Swarm on Random Terrain's site
Cosmic Swarm second artwork
Sheriff by Nintendo on KLOV
Throwback Reviews podcast
Stone Age Gamer podcast
Select Game Odyssey 2 Podcast
Classic Console Gamernews Podcast
Classic Gaming Bookcast by Chris Federico
Orphanedgames.com

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Direct download: 117_Cosmic_Swarm_and_Room_of_Doom_by_Commavid.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 9:31am EDT

Hi there, thanks for your patience! I had some issues yesterday. :)  Anyway, this episode deals with the released Coleco game Donkey Kong Jr., the prototype Looping, and the vaporware Pepper II (sadly) and Rocky Battles the Champ. Next time I'll be talking about the Commavid games Cosmic Swarm and Room of Doom. If you have any thoughts on these games or any I've already covered, you can send them to 2600gamebygame@comcast.net. I've been having some issues with email on my new computer, so I have made a new email address that you can also use, which is 2600gamebygame@gmail.com. That one shouldn't be too hard to remember!

Thank you very much for listening!

Pertinent Links

Harley Puthuff's web site
Ed Temple interview by Scott Stilphen
DK Jr. On KLOV
Looping on KLOV
Pepper II on KLOV
Looping on Atari Protos
Looping on 2600 Connection
Looping release on Atari 2600 Homebrew
DK Jr arcade flyer (2600 label art)
Rocky Battles the Champ Flyer
Looping Flyer
Pepper II Flyer
DK Jr. Flyer, why not
Doug Macrae at California Extreme
Arcade USA - Pepper II
No Swear Gamer 211 - Donkey Kong Jr.

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Direct download: 116_-_Donkey_Kong_Jr_and_Looping_by_Coleco.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 8:56pm EDT

Hey look, this episode is posting on the day it's supposed to be posted! Wow. This episode is about Greg Troutman's games Dark Mage and This Planet Sucks, both early examples of homebrew games. Next week I'll be focusing on Donkey Kong Jr., Looping, Pepper II and Rocky Battles The Champ, all by Coleco. Or some of them are, the last two were never released. Please send any feedback on these or any games I've covered to 2600gamebygame@comcast.net. Thank you all very much!

P.S. - Snow is dumb.

Pertinent Links

Atari 2600 Homebrew site
Greg Troutman's original website (Wayback Machine)
Original webpage for This Planet Sucks (Wayback machine)
Stella List Archives
This Planet Sucks black background hack by Nukey Shay
Lunar Rescue on KLOV
Dark Mage solution by Jun Duc
Dark Mage on Atari 2600 Homebrew site
This Planet Sucks on Atari 2600 Homebrew site
Buy these games from Packrat Video games
Buy these games from Atari Age
Fellowship of the Ring on AA
Edladdin Colecovision Controllers Kickstarter!
Atari Bytes podcast
CU Podcast - Is Atari Collecting Dead?
Phaeron's Seaquest for the Atari 800 on AA
Rob Kelly's AMAZING Paper Stained Glass Window of Nolan Bushnell


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Direct download: 115_-_Dark_Mage_and_This_Planet_Sucks_by_Greg_Troutman.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 11:40am EDT

Thank you everyone for your patience, understanding, and kindness. This episode is about Seaquest and Spider Fighter by Activision. Next week's episode about the Greg Troutman homebrew games This Planet Sucks and Dark Mage should be posted as scheduled. If you have feedback for those games or any games I've already covered, you can send it to 2600gamebygame@comcast.net. Thank you for listening!

Pertinent Links

Larry Miller profile in Activisions newsletter
Spider Fighter patch...
...and accompanying letter
Spider Fighter contest writeup
Seaquest patch...
...and accompanying letter
Steve Cartwright interview by Tim Duarte
Steve Cartwright interview on Retro Videogamer forum
Lost Treasures of Gaming Podcast - Steve Cartwright interview
CGE 2007 Activision Panel including Steve Cartwright
HMS Raptor thread on AA
Jaguar Raptor Engine homepage
Article by Emilie Livezy about Seaquest International
Retro Atari Podcasts app by Trevor Holyoak

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Direct download: 114_-_Spider_Fighter_and_Seaquest_by_Activision.mp3
Category:Video Games -- posted at: 6:30am EDT



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