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This 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. #theretrohour #thisweekinretro #atari8bit #galaga #atarimoviecart #atari2600 #iWoz #wozniak #blakestone #olympicdecathlon #Jonesinthefastlaner #atarist #midwinter #atari2600 #atarijaguar #apple2 #zeropagehomebrew Contents Intro 0:00 News 1:35 Book Club 6:45 Retro Ad of the Week 8:45 PC Dos Game of the Week 14:00 Crack the seal! 19:02 Feedback 22:20 Creator Spotlight 26:50 Ancient Video Game and Computer Comic 29:30 Debate 32:30 Outro 47:30 #atari8bit #galaga Atari 8bit Galaga’ish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvLFC0Sj9Y #atarimoviecart Atari 2600 Moviecart Cartridge Housing by t1lt - Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6662894 #iWoz #wozniak https://amzn.to/4eHdyLA The Cincinnati Enquirer https://eu.cincinnati.com/ #BlakeStone Blake Stone Aliens of Gold https://www.mobygames.com/game/786/blake-stone-aliens-of-gold/ #atarist #midwiinter https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-midwinter_25275.html #Microsoft Microsoft Olympic Decathlon https://www.mobygames.com/game/1652/olympic-decathlon/ Jones on the fast lane https://jonesinthefastlane.com/ #Bob Schroeter Laff-A-Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laff-a-Day #ThisWeekinRetro https://www.rmcretro.com/this-week-in-retro #TheRetroHour https://theretrohour.com/ #zeropagehomebrew https://www.youtube.com/@ZeroPageHomebrew 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 Longworth Daniel Beasley, Barry Burkey David Schmidt, Jolt7800 Dave theVelociraptor All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by #JeffFulton and or #SteveFulton unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari Into The Vertical Theme by Brian Travis Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony Longworth Find the full song on band camp https://t.co/qxbudlAFCK Vertical Blank Branding Daryl Litts Research: Atarimania.com Atariage.com Atarilegend.com AtariCrypt MobyGames.com LemonAmiga.com Find us here: http://intotheverticalblank.com Into the Vertical Blank: Generation Atari | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank Into The Vertical Blank Pod Cast – Twitter https://twitter.com/Atari_VB_Pod Jeff on Threads @jeffdfulton Jeff on Twitter @8bitrocket Steve on Threads @steveafulton Steve on Twitter @fultonbot

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