S1:E5: All Appointments Life (Asteroids Part 2) (Remaster)

Episode 5 July 22, 2018 01:28:14
S1:E5: All Appointments Life (Asteroids Part 2) (Remaster)
Into The Vertical Blank
S1:E5: All Appointments Life (Asteroids Part 2) (Remaster)

Jul 22 2018 | 01:28:14

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Show Notes

Into the Vertical Blank - Generation Atari: Season 1, Episode 5.  All Appointments Life (Asteroids Part 2 )

This is the second episode where we will be covering the game Asteroids in story and discussion form. We have a story from 8bitjeff, and also very nice contributions Shinto, and Jim Fullerton.

The discussion dives into versions of Asteroids (and clones) after the arcade 2600, 5200 and Vectrex. These the Atari 7800, ST, Lynx, and various versions released for more modern hardware.

All music, sound FX and production on the Episode By Jeff and Steve Fulton.

Links:
Download an EXE file of Jeff’s Retro Evolved Asteroids game, Retro Blaster.

If you have the Flash Plug-in, you can play the browser version of Retro Blaster here.

8bitrocket.com Blog Posts on of the Essential Guide to Flash Games Book By Steve and Jeff Fulton


The Essential Guide to Flash Games Infomercial

The Essential Guide to Flash Games Book Preview Video Podcast

If you have the Flash Plug-In, you can play the Book Asteroids game called Blaster Mines

Buy the Essential Guide to Flash Games on Amazon.

8bitrocket.com Blog Posts on The HTML5 Canvas Book By Steve and Jeff Fulton

The HTML5 Canvas Asteroids Game, Geo Blaster Basic

8bitrocket.com 5 HTML5 IOS and Android Demo Games including Retro Blaster Touch

Buy the HTM 5 Canvas by Jeff and Steve Fulton on Amazon

Shinto’s Jaguar Game by Game Podcast

Upcoming Episode:
Buy the books for the book club so you can read too!

Gamelife By Michael W. Clune

Adventure, The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming by Jamie Lendino

 

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