This week on Atari Bytes, we're burnin' down the house! Well, burnin' down a skyscraper anyway. Also, technically, we're supposed to be saving the building. Would have been nice to know that sooner.
Our focus is the 1982 U.S. Games production TOWERING INFERNO, which may or may not be based on the 1974 classic disaster film "The Towering Inferno". (Pick whichever enhances your enjoyment of the experience.)
In the game, you are a firefighter braving relentless flames, going floor-by-floor searching for survivors. I don't want to brag about my firefighting skills, but I'm going to be Mr. January in next year's "shirtless firefighter" calendar. So watch for that!
My thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs "Reformat", "Pinball Spring" and "Take a Chance."
A funny thing happened on the way to the podcast, this week...
We intended to do Codebreaker, as announced on the last episode. Turns out, though, that you need keypads to play it. This is a problem inasmuch as I didn't know Atari keypads existed. Fear not! Armed with this knowledge, Codebreaker will appear in a future episode.
Instead, we've got one of the original nine Atari games: 1977's AIR SEA BATTLE. This is a good time for a game based on conflict given that November 2016 has seen SO LITTLE conflict in American life. Oh well. It's play time!
My thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs "Reformat", "Take a Chance" and "Pinball Spring".
Atari Bytes stuff at Zazzle.com
Bill's novel IN THE ST. NICK OF TIME
Adventure has one name and that name is...James Bond.
Wait. That's not it. What is it again?
*Whip cracks*
Oh, right. Adventure has one name and that name is INDIANA JONES.
This week, we're off to Cairo as we race Nazis to get to the fabled lost ark first in Atari's 1982 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK adaptation. Also, Henry has a snack. So there's that.
Join us if you dare. But fair warning: there will be snakes.
Bonus points if you can hear my dog snoring on the audio. (Sorry 'bout that.)
My thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs "Reformat", "Take a Chance" and "Pinball Spring".
Zazzle.com store at AB_Pod_Store
Amazon link for Bill's novel IN THE ST. NICK OF TIME (or get it wherever else you choose)
Mega!
Mega-mania!
it's gonna drive you insane!
Not really. if it does, maybe you should dial it back a bit.
BUT...the 1982 Activision (we love us some Activision!) game MEGAMANI is tons of crazy fun. (Spoiler: I really like this game.) It's our focus on this meaning-of-life-defining episode 42 (That's for you Douglas Adams fans) and we are crazy excited to get to it. Maniacal even!
Join us, won't you?
My thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs "Reformat", "Pinball Spring" and "Take a Chance".
Zazzle.com store - AB_Pod_Store
Bill's novel - In the St. Nick of Time (Amazon link; but feel free to order wherever you like)