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Into The Vertical Blank#142: The Worst Game Visits The So. Cal Retro Gaming ExpoThe Worst Game Visits The So Cal Retro Expo 2025.Additional music:Music: Heart Of Neon (Spectral Grid Mix) - Tony Longworth Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank Thanks for support from:BCB, Atari Legend, Atari Crypt -https://ataricrypt.blogspot.com/ED Possible,Tony LongworthDaniel Beasley,Barry BurkeyDavid Schmidt, Dave theVelociraptorJolt7800wesbrown18 Daniel Stephens All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by @8bitrocket and or @fultonbot unless...2025-06-2209 min

Into The Vertical Blank#141: How STOS Helped People Forge Careers in SoftwareSTOS The Game Creator (and like software) might have been seen as silly or non-serious shortcuts for hobbyists, but for many many people it became entry point into the world of professional software development. This is just one such tale, the story of "Zamboozal Poker Dice" Video version here: How STOS Helped People Forge Careers in SoftwareThe is a re-edit and and re-master of podcast from season 3. Original Zamboozal on Atarimania.com: https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-zamboozal-poker-dice_37004.html 2020 Update on Atarimania.com: https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-zamboozal-poker-dice_37016.html ...2025-06-0837 min

Garden of ThoughtGarden of Thought E.295 Enigma SeriesHow is it that the dreamers among us always know which way to go? The irrational path oftenappears brilliant in hindsight. When one takes a leap of faith, there can be challengingobstacles.How is it that the dreamers among us always know which way to go? The irrational path oftenappears brilliant in hindsight. When one takes a leap of faith, there can be challengingobstacles.First Place Gold Award at 2024 BookFest in Fiction - Short Stories CategoryAmazon.com: Trusted Friends and Lovers eBook : Breakfield, Charles, Burkey,...2025-05-311h 07

Into The Vertical Blank#138: Project Save Atari (from The Lost Tapes)In 2008, when quite literally, NO ONE CARED we published a multi-part series called "Project Save Atari" with ideas and predictions for Atari's future. In 2024 we sat down to revisit it, and see how we did. These are the lost tapes from 2024 and 2008. These were predictions and suggestions to help save the then struggling Atari/Infogrames. In this lost tape from 2024,w e went back to look at the 17 year-old "Project: Save Atari" and see how we did. We also unearthed another lost tape...from 2008 where we discussed it all in context. Web text here:https://intotheverticalblank...2025-05-041h 23

Into The Vertical Blank#137 : The Worst Game Ever For The Atari 2600In the final episode of "Worse Than E.T. ?" we attempt to, once and for all, find the "worst Atari 2600 game", even if we have to make it ourselves...so we do. Here is the itch.io page for the game when you can download it, get the code, see the box-art, etc.All free, of course.https://intotheverticalblank.itch.io/worst-game #worst #atari #atari2600 #humor Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank Thanks for support from:BCB, Atari Legend, Atari...2025-04-3019 min

Into The Vertical Blank#136: What Does It Mean To Finish A Game?What Does It Mean To Finish A Game? Atari 2600, 400/800, 520/1040 STA lost tape from 2022, finally released. Inspired by an episode of The Retro Hour, We discuss all the games we "finished" for Atari platforms. With gobs of new video for each game.#atari #atari2600 #atari800 #atari400 #atarist Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank Opening 0:00Adventure (2600) 2:15Breakout (2600) 5:31Dragonstomper (2600) 7:31ET (2600) 10:05Haunted House (2600) 11:51Fantastic Voyage (2600) 13:50Raiders of the Lost Ark (2600) 15:23Star Raiders Star Master Phaser Patrol (2600) 16:27Laser Blast (2600) 17:56...2025-04-251h 01

Into The Vertical Blank#135: Live from The Tarriff Bunker, April 2025We get together live and in person to talk about the state of Atari and play victim to the C64, NES, and the Amiga. Whoa is us, as Atari fans. Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank Thanks for support from:BCB, Atari Legend, Atari Crypt,ED Possible, Tony LongworthDaniel Beasley, Barry BurkeyDavid Schmidt, Jolt7800Dave theVelociraptor All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by @8bitrocket and or @fultonbot unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank...2025-04-2029 min

Into The Vertical Blank#134 Atari ST Special: SSI on the ST and a STOS STE game engine#134 Atari ST Special: SSI on the ST and a STOS STE game engine Welcome to episode 134 of the Into The Vertical Blank Podcast. Today we have a special treat. It’s the 40th anniversary of the Atari ST this year, so we will be confusing most of the audio and video channels on the Atari computers and especially the ST. First up we have a segment focusing on the Magic of SSI games on the ST. Following that we will have a special on a newly found STe game engine for STOS. 2025-04-1540 min

Into The Vertical Blank133: Beautiful Disaster: An Ode to Fry's ElectronicsBeautiful Disaster: An Ode to Fry's ElectronicsA story about technology change from generation to generation and the importance of feeling useful with DIYSee video version here:https://youtu.be/r78tcGiIzP4 #diy #atari #motorcycles #pcgames #fryselectronics #southbay #memoir Music licenses:SoundstripeFull Throttle: Code: UKYZGYCBOZ5E6MSB1 Up: Code: FPQITALX8O3ERBZV Written and Created By Steve FultonThanks to @JarrodsTech for the video lesson End song "Out Of The Vertical Blank" by Tony LongworthThanks to our supporters:...2025-03-3119 min

Into The Vertical Blank132: Finding Our Story at Vintage Computer Fest So. Cal. 2025 There were as many stories as there were people at Vintage Computer Fest So. Cal. 2025. This is OursVideo version of the main story here:Finding Our Story at Vintage Computer Fest So. Cal. 2025 #retrogaming #vintacomouting Links, etc. Panel Attendees:→ David from Usagi Electric - youtube.com/@UsagiElectric→ Jeri from Tilt Five - tiltfive.com→ Sean from Advent of Computing - adventofcomputing.libsyn.com→ Evie from Evie's Revue - youtube.com/@EviesRevue→ Alex from That Electronics Fool - youtube.com/@ThatElectro...2025-03-0843 min

Into The Vertical Blank131: The First Atari 2600 Homebrew Cartridge? Ed Federmeyer And The Story of Sound-X and EdtrisIn the 1994, when retro gaming wasn't even really a thing yet, Ed Federmeyer decided he wanted to make his own Atari 2600 software. His drive to actually bring this dream to fruition may have sparked the modern are of retro games. Includes a new 2025 interview with Ed Federmeyer. Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank Thanks for support from:BCB, Atari Legend, Atari Crypt,ED Possible, Tony LongworthDaniel Beasley, Barry BurkeyDavid Schmidt, Jolt7800Dave theVelociraptor Environmental music in this episode is...2025-03-021h 13

Into The Vertical Blank130 : The Curious Case Of Atari 2600 Action Pack For Windows 3.1What started as simple "crack the seal" to open and play a 30 year old Windows game, became journey to discover, what might be, the origins of retro gaming itself.Many Thanks to Eclectic Lee for creating the archive page used in this story.See Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Sge_pELco&feature=youtu.beMusic: All Systems Go by used on Cyberlink Power Director license:Code: WTVUZQ8QQU4DGD83 Links: Eclectic Lee's rec.games.vidieo.classic Atari Action Pack Archive: https://home.hiwaay.n...2025-02-131h 02

Into The Vertical Blank129: The Best *#@! Christmas Ever: An Atari 8-bit Journey Into The Vertical BlankThe final, definitive version of the story we've been trying to tell for the past 6 years. Christmas 1983, the Atari 8-bit computer Christmas was, for many reasons, the best *#@! Christmas ever. This new version gives a rounder picture, explains The Vertical Blank, obsesses over Star Wars, and tries to explain the actual result of Christmas 1983, once and for all. #atari #atari8bit #atari800 #starwars #blankgeneration #genx You can watch a movie version here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9YfsN51kO0&feature=youtu.be Extra soundtrack music "Tinsel and Fire" by Tony Longwort 2024-12-181h 10

Into The Vertical Blank128: The Legend Of SwordQuest: Is This The Best Atari Podcast Ever created?There is a new Atari related limited podcast out there that blew us away! The Legend Of SwordQuest from iHeartRadio Atariage Thread: Legend of Swordquest podcast - Atari 2600 - AtariAge ForumsiHeartRadio Podcast Page: The Legend of SwordQuest | iHeartJamie Loftus Page: Jamie LoftusSchool Of Humans: The Legend of SwordQuest — School of Humans Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank Thanks for support from:BCB, Atari Legend, Atari Crypt,ED Possible, Tony LongworthDaniel Beasley, Barry BurkeyDavid Sc...2024-12-1110 min

Into The Vertical Blank127: The Essential: Atari ST Michtron’s Time Bandit from 1986.Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank On the Into The Vertical Blank’s The Essential #atari ST, we investigate, discuss and evaluate #atarist Computers games and try to uncover titles worthy of play by all who are interested in the platform. I will be giving you a history of #timebandit , a personal review and I will also be inserting video and audio with my brother Steve, fultonbot, as we further discuss the gameplay, legacy and it’s metrics as an essential Atari ST title Thanks for suppo...2024-11-2643 min

Into The Vertical Blank#126 : RANT: The Incident At The Retro Game StoreIn this 20 minute rant, we loudly discuss an incident we recently had at a retro game store, and then talk about how the retro game store experience could be improved for all. https://retrogamesplus.com/ Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank Thanks for support from:BCB, Atari Legend, Atari Crypt,ED Possible, Tony LongworthDaniel Beasley, Barry BurkeyDavid Schmidt, Jolt7800Dave theVelociraptor All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton and or #SteveFulton unless otherwise...2024-11-0621 min

Into The Vertical Blank#125: 10 Good “Euro” Action Platformers for the Atari ST(Including Sun Su Si and First Samurai) Join us as we take a look at 10 good #actionplatformer games for the #atarist we also briefly discuss them for the #amiga and otjer 80s computers such as the #c64 and #pc I have chosen the #Atari ST as my platform because it was what I had from 1987 until 1992 and also because these games have most likely been explored in detail for other systems multiple times already, whereas the ST versions probably have not been explored as much as they deserve outside of the few good ST youtube c...2024-10-1417 min

Into The Vertical Blank124: 10 Mid-80’s “Euro” Action Platformers on the Atari ST (and other 80’s computers)#atari #atarst #actionplatformer #amiga #msx #c64 #speccy #amstradcpc #dos The Euro Platformer. Today the term is used with much derision, mostly by console game fans but even by some many 80’s computer games, and well now, now even by me, and we all probably should know better, or should we? Yes, these games had very high difficulty, cheap deaths, a lot of jumping to unknown places and mostly “bad game design” that would have the Retronaughts guys throwing up their arms in disgust. I’m picking to play these on the Atari ST because it's the machine I had an...2024-10-0122 min

Into The Vertical Blank#123: Atari I.P List Found! 23 Atari ST Games They Own!#123: Atari I.P List Found! 23 Atari ST Games They Own! We scour Atari's 2024 IP list (we were altered to it last week by BCB Coffee Boy last week) and discover 23 Atari ST games Atari (probably) owns that could be put into a game pack, DLC for Atari 50, an Atari ST mini, etc. We played (almost) all of them (game play video included). Note: list was first published by PowerDubs on atariage.com who found it on Atari's home page:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e-tl9Oqwnr78879Lnne_uhlsGkPWFK_z428ZmUaJjog/edit#slide=id...2024-09-2547 min

Into The Vertical Blank#122: Worse Than E.T.? Pac-Man And The Day Atari Lost The Video Game WarIs Atari 2600 Pac-Man worse than E.T. for The Atari 2600?Or does it go deeper than that? Did the timing, release, and quality of the 2600 Pac-Man game combine together to make it worse than the sum of its parts? We explore that in this video. Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank Thanks for support from:BCB, Atari Legend, Atari Crypt,ED Possible, Tony LongworthDaniel Beasley, Barry BurkeyDavid Schmidt, Jolt7800Dave theVelociraptor All music, audio / video production. writing...2024-09-0636 min

Into The Vertical Blank#119 : Overscan: Cracking Seals and Proving LifeOverscan: Cracking Seals and Proving Life In this over scan we discuss a few new home brew games we have obtained for the #Atari2600 and #NES. #ChampGames https://champ.games/ #AtariAgeStore https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1045 #MurderintheMaze https://t1lt.itch.io/mitm #mrrunandjump https://atari.com/products/mr-run-and-jump-2600 Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank Thanks for support from: BCB, Atari Legend, Atari Crypt, ED...2024-08-0715 min

Into The Vertical Blank#115: "Worse Than E.T?" #1: Tax AvoidersIn the first in a series, we play notoriously "bad" games and figure out if they are "worse" than the supposed worst game ever, "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial" for the Atari 2600. This first episode is a bit rough, but I promise you, they get better.Video version here:Worse Than E.T.? Tax Avoiders for the Atari 2600 (youtube.com) Thanks for support from:BCB, Atari Legend, Atari Crypt,ED Possible, Tony LongworthDaniel Beasley, Barry BurkeyDavid Schmidt, Jolt7800Dave the Velociraptor All music, a...2024-07-1316 min

Into The Vertical Blank#114: Overscan: Yep, another One These @#$%!! Podcasts (Plus Atari Hidden Gems)Overscan # 8 #114 Yep. Another of these STUPID @#$%!! Podcasts. Plus...Atari Hidden GemsIn this episode the brothers find a hidden gem for each of Atari’s classic systems and even a few divisions like the Arcade division and APX. As always they decide in the middle if they want to keep going with the podcast and we cut out a lot of infighting and cursing/ Steve edited this episode. #Atari #atarist #atariste #atari8bit #atariarcde #atari2600#atari5200 #atari7800 #atarilynx #atarijaguar #atarisoft #microsoft #ataricrypt 0:00 intro2:01 News in the Bored Ro...2024-07-0453 min

Into The Vertical Blank#113 Overscan: This Week in Retro vs. The Retro Hour : Showdown + news and moreThis week we discuss two of our favorite weekly retro gaming podcasts and compare and contrast them to one another. There are no losers here as both pods are excellent weekly doses of what make us tick here at Into the Vertical Blank, We also have our usual assortment of news and have added even more segments. Contents 0:00 Intro 1:35 News 6:45 Book Club 8:45 Retro Ad of the Week 14:00 PC Dos Game of the Week 19:02 Crack the seal! 22:20 Feedback 26:50 Creator Spotlight 29:30 Ancient Video Game and Computer Comic 32:30 Debate 47:30 Outro #atari8bit #galaga Atari 8bit Galaga’ish htt...2024-06-2648 min

Into The Vertical Blank#112 Overscan: Homebrew Showdown! Ports vs OriginalsOverscan: Showdown! Homebrew port vs homebrew originals Yar’s Rising Demo Availablehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2534370/Yars_Rising/ Paris Dakar Dump for Atari ST!https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-paris-dakar_42936.html AtariCrypt Review -Nano Cave ST!https://ataricrypt.blogspot.com/2024/06/nano-cave.htmlhttps://electric-dreams.itch.io/nano-cave Neosprint is awesome!https://atari.com/products/neosprint?msID=088cfe85-49e7-4a11-9635-0c3f4c6e78e3 Space Battle Jamie Lendino! Book on Intellivision!https://amzn.to/4b4zY6p...2024-06-1950 min

Forward to the FutureDr. Jeff CraigAn interview with Dr. Jeff Craig, superintendent of West Aurora #129.2024-05-3130 min

Honky Tonk Radio Girl with Becky | WFMUBY POPULAR REQUEST, THE INSTRO SHOW from Oct 18, 2023 Music behind DJ: Chet Atkins - "Midnight" [0:00:00] Tex Williams And His Western Caravan - "Rakes of Mallow" [0:04:56] Jimmy Collins with "Big" Jim De Noon - "Straight Shift" [0:08:29] Freddy and Lonie - "Wildwood Flower" [0:11:32] Happy Jack Petty with Red River Daves Trio - "San Antonio Rose" [0:13:28] Rhythm Outlaws Band - "Latin Hoedown" [0:18:57] Music behind DJ: Chet Atkins - "Midnight" [0:19:47] Arthur Smith Trio - "Shhh" [0:22:42] Rockin' Johnny - "Lonely Guitar" [0:24:11] Hank Levine - "Banjo Rock" [0:27:18] The Gee Cees - "Buzz Saw" [0:29:57] Eddie Burkey - "Stepping Stones" [0:31:45] ...2023-10-1900 min

GSMC Book Review PodcastGSMC Book Review Podcast Episode 415: Interview with Charles Breakfield and Rox BurkeySarah speaks with Charles Breakfield and Rox Burkey about the first book in their new techno-thriller series, Enigma Tracer: "Phillip Pliant is the wealthy opportunist plastics dealer, and CEO of Pliant Industries. He’s also a master thief—creating a pervasive threat to the manufacturing infrastructure in the Caribbean islands markets. With the cartel as his stealth client, the naïve city leaders have been seduced, enabling the production of more than 3-dimentional building materials. And set the stage for massive chaos and destruction. Pliant has locked up contracts, assets, and control of any future expansion. His contacts and clients saliv...2023-06-061h 01

Kankakee Podcast#78: 10 Most Listened to Episodes of 2022Happy New Year! Lizzie and I countdown the 10 most listened to episodes of Kankakee Podcast in 2022. What episodes do you think made the cut? Which one came in first? Listen to find out! 2022 has been an incredible year for Kankakee Podcast. I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart this year for all of your love and support. Without your support, this podcast would not be possible. I feel like this isn't my podcast but OUR podcast. Here's to a prosperous 2023! An additional heartfelt thank you to o...2022-12-311h 22

Energizing Bitcoin & Ai#003 - Jeff Burkey & Aaron Foster - How Bitcoin Mining Pools Work and Surviving this Bear MarketJustin Ballard(@JLB_Oso) and Jake Corley (@jacobcorley) talk with Jeff Burkey (@FoundryJeff) and Aaron Foster (@aaron__foster) about how mining pools work, getting used to the volatility of bitcoin and how those who survive this bear market will thrive in the next bull market. 2022-12-191h 01

Common Good PodcastPauline Hassan Burkey & Mayra Martinez: Belong Circles & Belong TheologyThe Common Good Podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. Today’s conversation between Pauline Hassan Burkey, Mayra Martinez and three people from the Common Good Team - Courtney Napier, Greg Jarrell and, our producer, Joey Taylor. We talk to Pauline and Mayra about Belong Circles and the concept of Belong Theology.Pauline Hassan Burkey Experienced is the Belong Lab Manager at PICO California. She is a strategist, social architect and leader. Pauline is a natural fixer and approaches new projects with creativity and a desire to dev...2022-05-2726 min

Kankakee Podcast#43: Jessica Bessette a.k.a. Bess JessLast week, we ran a "Nominate A Guest" contest. Listeners were invited to nominate a person, place, or topic in Kankakee County for our 1 Year Anniversary livestream on Tuesday, May 10th. We took all of your nominations, shuffled them up, and randomly selected one. The nomination who was chosen was Jessica Bessette, better known as Bess Jess on WFAV 95.1 FM and River Country 101.7 FM, 103.7 FM, and 96.1 FM! This ended up being kind of a reunion episode. Bess Jess & I hosted the Wake N' Jake Morning Show together on WFAV from 2017 to 2021. Thank you to...2022-05-111h 26

Victims and VillainsHBO (Part One): Watchmen, Chapter OneIt is 1985 and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons are about to completely challenge the medium of comics with a little book called Watchmen. It is 2019 and Damon Lindelof is about to do for television, what Alan and Dave did 35 years ago for comics. Watchmen brought forth some of our history’s ugliest events and dared to shine a light on them. Events that we dared to sweep under the rug. This is the first in a six part series dissecting Watchmen, its’ themes and the lines between fact and fiction of our own history. In this episode, we are joined by C...2020-02-041h 04

Freddy J - DJ MixesWicked Woods 2019Big love to the Wicked Woods crew for such an amazing event! Thanks to all who danced their ass off and thanks to everyone one of you for tuning in and supporting!! One Love Photo Credit to Jeff Gavin at J Gavin Photography Mix Mastered by Scott Mills https://www.dropbox.com/s/7zitym3wpvqool6/Freddy%20J%20-%20Wicked%20Woods%202019.mp3?dl=0 CREDITS: AVAA - Work It (Extended Mix) Nicky Genesis - Where They From Left/Right - Bad (Worthy Remix) The Sponges - Funked Up JOYRYDE - MADDEN NuBass - Cab Driva Wax Motif - WET Phlegmatic Dogs...2019-10-031h 01