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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 of us late last week. Here is our very candid first few discussions on what we like and dislike about the system. Support the Podcast 400 Mini https://amzn.to/43Efak6 Late…
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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 all the way up to explosion fest bolt on weapons blast fests. Let’s take a look at 30 of the best.Let’s get to the #Atari8bit blasting NOW Get Your…
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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 and #UPS mailing and it has really streamlined my process. Also, the smaller Polono 2 by 1 Labels are really nice for Amazon #FBA#FBM#AISN#Barcodes. Polono PL420 4×6 Label Printer…
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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 track or remix? With Cyberlink Audio Director 365, it’s easier than you think. We use Cyberlink 365 Video, Photo and Audio Software https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-101120177-13728120?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cyberlink.com%2Fproducts%2Fdirector-suite%2Foverview_en_US.html%3Fitem%3D1%26r%3D1%26affid%3D2581_-1_37_CJaffiliate&cjsku=230110
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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 Bulshit, which will be called expedition BS from here after in this video. Our goal here is to discuss, review and critique paranormal based media, starting off with The…
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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 the Atari Soft classic ports from one machine against the other. We are not really comparing the merits of the machines against one another, because we have all seen…
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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 played that blew my socks off was the Atari 2600 Vanguard, which coincidentally got an improved Atari 5200 release and an unofficial port to the Atari computers. The games…
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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 ST. We excitedly purchased this pack in 1990 from an import shop here in California, but as we did mostly in the late 80’s and 90’s got rid of…
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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 Industry by Howard Scott Warshaw is the best memoir ever written by an Atari Home Division programmer who knows first-hand what it was like to work at Atari making games…
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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 games, plus many other games we’d like to see. (episode 104 of the “Into The Vertical Blank” podcast) Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intothev… All…
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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, released in 1982 by Data East is one that I have always felt did not really get its due props as a pioneer in food related platform gaming, on…
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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 through the outdoors, buildings, caves, or rooms in order to blast everything in sight and sometimes accomplish a task or two . After 1985, the flood of ports slowed…
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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 1991: The Post Arcade Era In part 4, we take a look at all of the best vertical flying shooters to arrive on the Atari ST in 1990 and…
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Music Review:[alternate] Declaration (The Alarm)
40 years ago I discovered my future. One day early in the year 1984 I was watching Video One with Richard Blade.It was a syndicated TV show that many 80’s teenagers in the Los Angeles area watched on a daily, religious basis. Without access to MTV, Video One was a…
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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 all with some type of vertical and horizontal movement across multiple platforms by jumping or climbing. Some of these games add adventure and exploration elements while others will…
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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 we explore 1990’s Tengen Trilogy The Tengen Trilogy is a UK Only 1990 release for the Atari ST, Amiga, Zed X Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. We will be focusing…
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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 impressive Atari 8bit games that span the space shooter, ground shooter, 3rd person and even some modern style FPS shooters. All of these will work on your new #atari400mini…
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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 links: Buy tickets / sponsor / donate / vend etc. https://www.vcfsocal.com/ New theme music “Out Of The Vertical Blank” by Tony Longworth Late night fuel support appreciated but not…
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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 bit hit machine compilation from 1990 and try to see if it really does contain hits or was this a parade of budget bin wannabees?The games this time are…
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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 will be released in late March 2024 and will come with 25 Atari 8bit classics built-in At this writing only 7 games have been announced with 9 more making…
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Atari ST LOG Magazine #2 May 1986: An Action RPG Point and Click and More
Podcast Version Notes: ST LOg#2 is Available at Atari Maniia http://www.atarimania.com/atari-magazine-st-log_83.html All music, audio/ video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton and or #SteveFulton unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios # Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #Generation AtariTheme by Brian Travis T2k by Tony Longworth: https://www.patreon.com/tonylongworth Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words &…
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Atari 2600+ Intrigue…Does The 2600+ Use The Same Tech as Evercade?
There is something odd about the Atari 2600+.It may be nothing at all, but then again, who knows right? It all started yesterday on AtariAge.com where the 1.1 firmware for The Atari 2600+ was being tested. You can find it here: 1.1 Atari 2600+ firmware I followed the instructions on the page to…
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Atari 8bit + C64 LA Swat and Panther 2 on One pack
Atari 8bit + C64 LA Swat and Panther 2 on One pack This #Atari #8bit #Computers and #Commodore64 Double game pack 2-sided multi-format disk was developed by sculptured software and released in 1988 by Mastertronic. We go through history, open my boxed version, play all 4 games, and compare these…
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For Brandon
A video game about Balance, plus a video about the game. Play game here: JS7800: Atari 7800 Emulator (raz0red.github.io)Get ROM Here: Balance – Atari 7800 Programming – AtariAge ForumsWatch what it means here:
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RAVING MAD! 1992 Atari ST Action Platformer Collection
Watch as we discuss history, crack the seal, play on my STE and also in Launchbox to examine this really nice collection of console style action arcade platform games In 1992 US Gold Released the Raving Mad collection for the Atari ST. it included 3 previously released games and in…
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Christmas Before Atari : The 1977 Sears Wish Book Top-50
Come discover what it was like to be a kid in 1977 when Star Wars was out, but there were no Star Wars toys, LEGO existed, if you could find it, and the Atari VCS was not really “a thing yet”.
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