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The Best *#@! Christmas Ever: An Atari 8-bit Journey Into The Vertical Blank
The final, definitive version of the story we’ve been trying to tell for the past 6 years. Christmas 1983, the Atari…
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Get to Know: Atari ST One on One Beat ‘em Ups in 10 games
Today we begin a new series for the Atari ST and possibly other Platforms. This series will choose 10 games in…
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127: The Essential: Atari ST Michtron’s Time Bandit from 1986.
On the Into The Vertical Blank’s The Essential Atari ST, we investigate, discuss and evaluate Atari ST Computers games and try…
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ugBasic Game Programming #2. Exploring Atari 8bit Color Graphics
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10 Good Horizontal Flying SHMUP Blasters for the Atari ST
Ahh, horizontal shoot em ups! Not a genre usually associated with Atari systems and especially the ST where scrolling the screen…
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ugBasic Game Programming #1. Atari 8bit hello world and png display
ugBasic Home Page ugBasic IDE ugBasic Sandbox Code Hello World PRINT “hello world” Code Png Display BITMAP ENABLE (2)airplane := LOAD…
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125: 10 Good “Euro” Action Platformers for the Atari ST
Join us as we take a look at 10 good #actionplatformer games for the #atarist we also briefly discuss them for…
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#124: 10 Mid-80’s “Euro” Action Platformers on the Atari ST (and other 80’s computers) Audio Version
Audio cut version of the video #atari #atarst #actionplatformer #amiga #msx #c64 #speccy #amstradcpc #dos The Euro Platformer. Today the term…
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10 Good “Euro” Action Platformers for the Atari ST Including Sun Su Si and Switchblade 2
Last time I took a look at 10 early Action Platformers for the ST and other 80s computers that were mostly…
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Atari 50th Anniversary Celebration Review with New 2024 DLC
(original review posted Nov 11, 2022) I own pretty much every Atari collection ever produced for nearly every platform it was…
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10 Fun Red Rat Games for the Atari 8bit Computers and your Atari 400 mini
Red Rat was a Manchester Based Microcomputer Software Developer that started in 1985 and mostly made only Atari 8bit and ST…
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20 Must Play Recent Releases for your Atari 8bit Computer and 400 Mini
#atari8bit #homebrew #abbuc #sillyventure #homesoft #atari #homebrew
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Countdown! Atari ST Top 20 Platform Run and Gun Games
Today we are going to take a look at the top 20 Atari ST run and gun platform games, The primary…
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Six Br0derbund games that use artifacting to add more colors to Atari 8bit high res
Broderbund was one of the first companies to begin porting Apple II games and software to the Atari 8bit computers in…
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#113 Overscan: This Week in Retro vs. The Retro Hour : Showdown + news and more
This week we discuss two of our favorite weekly retro gaming podcasts and compare and contrast them to one another. There…
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#111: Overscan: Atari 8bit Sierra Action Game Tier List, News, Book Club and more!
In this episode we cover Atari SA’s 7800 product shipping dates; The possibility of new Atarisoft games; Fixing Activision Labels by…
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How to Play Atari 8bit VBXE Missile Command Arcade in Altirra
Today we are going to test the new Missile Command Arcade for the Atari 8bit.It was designed to be played with…
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#109 Should Atari Own Golden Age American Retro?
The third episode of our weekly live recorded by edited podcast concerning mostly Atari retro, but other topics as well. This…
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108: Overscan Weekly Retro Podcast: Did Cliff Stoll Predict The Internet Dumpster Fire, 30 years ago?
Overscan Weekly Retro Podcast: Did Cliff Stoll Predict The Internet Dumpster Fire, 30 years ago? Overscan Weekly Retro Podcast: Into The…
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Countdown! Atari ST Action Platform Run and Gun Top: 50 Part 3: Numbers 30-21
In this series we are exploring and continuing to countdown the 50 best scrolling platform games on the Atari ST that…
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107: Overscan: Is it possible to be bored in 2024? + Retro News!
Into the veritable blank Weekly Overscan : Our new Weekly Retro / Classic gaming and nostalgia show Coming up next: ITVB…
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Zeppelin Games Budget Gems for the Atari8bit Computers and Atari400mini
Zeppelin Games released 19 titles for the Atari 8bit computers from 1988 through 1991, yet another budget software hose, like Atlantis…
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Top 50 Atari ST Side Scroll Action Platform Shooters Part 2 Games 40-31
In this series we will explore and count down the top 50 scrolling #actionplatformer games on the #atari ST that use…
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Atlantis Software Budget Gaming Gems for the Atari 8bit Computers and Atari 400 mini
Atlantis Software was a London-based budget game house that delivered 16 games for the Atari 8bit, 6 of which I think…
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Top 50 Atari ST Side Scroll Platform Shooters Part 1 numbers 50-41
Top 50 Atari ST Side Scroll Platform Shooters Part 1 numbers 50-41 Coming up next! In this series we will explore…
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10 Atari 8bit Hidden Gem Arcade Clones tested on the Atari400 Mini
The #Atari8bit had a number of very good and well received official ports of arcade classics during its day, but before…
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The Complete Guide to Playing AtariBlast! On our Atari 400 Mini
AtariBlast is a 1MB game, and the 400 mini currently only allows a max memory size of 128K, so how do…
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#105 The Atari 400 Mini Honest First Impressions
The Atari 400 Mini. Honest First Impressions from old skool Atari 8bit owning twins The Atari 400 mini arrived for both…
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30 Essential Atari 8bit Vertical Flying SHMUPS for your Atari 400 Mini
Vertical Flying #SHMUPS on the #Atari #8bit computers span the genre from simple early arcade blasters though #Xevious clones and ports…
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8bit Rocket Review: Polono PL 420 Thermal Label Printer. Perfect for Amazon and EBAY Sellers
I use the #Polonoi#PL420 Thermal Label every day with the standard 4 by 6 labels daily for both #Ebay and #Amazon#USPS…
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8bit Rocket How to: How to Remove Vocals with Cyberlink Audio Director 365
How to #RemoveVocals with #Cyberlink #AudioDirector 365 Have you ever wanted to remove vocals from a song to create a karaoke…
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What is Expedition BS + Curse is Oak Oak Island s3 e18: Norse and Templar BS
Hi, this Jeff from 8bitrocket Studios and today we launch the next channel in our slowly growing stable of entertainment, Expedition…
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Atari 8bit / 5200 vs Colecovision: Atarisoft Proving Grounds
Atarisoft Proving Grounds Atari 8bit / 5200 vs Colecovision: Today we start a new series on the channel where we compare…
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25 Essential Atari 8bit Horizontal SHMUPS for your Atari 400 Mini
Horizontal blasters have to be one of my absolute favorite genres of arcade and home games. The first one I ever…
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Atari ST Goes MAGNUM! Ocean’s 4-Hit Game Multi-Disk Pack!
We use Cyberlink 365 Video, Photo and Audio Software Magnum 4 is a 1990 Ocean game compilation released for the Atari…
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Redemption For a Game Maker: “Once Upon Atari” Book Review.
Audio Podcast: Let’s get the perfunctory out of the way first:Once Upon Atari : How I Made History By Killing An…
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#104: Atari 400 Mini -BLOWOUT! All the Games and More.#104:
Audio Podcast: We take a deep dive into the Atari 400 mini, discuss what we know, the features, all the included…
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Atari Proving Grounds: Burgertime. 2600 vs 7800 vs Atari8bit/5200 vs ST up next
Atari Proving Grounds: Burgertime Atari Proving Grounds: Burgertime. 2600 vs 7800 vs Atari8bit/5200 vs ST up next The Burgertime Arcade game,…
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Have a BLAST with these 25 Atari 8bit Run and Game for your Atari 400 Mini
The Atari 8bit computers received their share of early 80’s action games where you play a lone soldier or adventurer running…
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Atari ST Vertical Flying Shooters Part 4 1990 and 91
Atari ST Vertical Flying Shooters Part 4 1990 and 91 The history of Atari ST Vertical Shooters Part 4 1990 and…
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40 years ago I discovered my future. One day early in the year 1984 I was watching Video One with Richard…
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30 Essential Atari 8bit Platform Games to Rock Your Atari 400 Mini
The Atari 8bit received a wealth of classic platform games in its lifespan including arcade conversions, single, scrolling and multiscreen genres…
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Atari ST: The Tengen Trilogy. Crack the seal!
Tengen made games for Atari home systems and not just Nintendo unlicensed games? Find out about three of the best as…
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25 First and 3rd person shooters to rock your Atari 400 Mini
All of these games can be found on http://www.mushca.com/f/atari/index.php?idx=0 In this video we take a look at many fun and technically…
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S6:E13: VCF So Cal 2024! Interview With The Vintnerds!
We interview the Vintnerds about the upcoming, inaugural Vintage Computer Festival Southern California (VCF So. Call), Feb. 17, 18 2024 VCF…
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Atari ST The 16-Bit hit Machine. 4 Gremlin All-Out Classics
Atari ST The 16-Bit hit Machine. 4 Gremlin All-Out Classics Join me as we check out the Gremlin Atari ST 16…
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Rock the Atari 400 Mini with these 20 games: The Atari 400 Arcade #2:
The Atari 400 Mini is a replica of the original Atari 8bit computer the Atari 400. It’s an emulation box that…
