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In this episode we hop into our Valkyrie space fighters and shoot up some Jaggie saucers to review LucasFilm's, "Rescue on Fractalus!" and we'll go full tilt on one of Kieren's budget game, "Advanced Pinball Simulator".
Show Notes
News
- Kieren's "Atari 8-bit Vs. Arcade" videos
- Kieren's "A-Z of Atari 2600 Games: Volume 1" book, at Amazon US and Amazon UK
- Kieren's video tutorial on the AtariMax Max Flash Cart
- "Let's Go Dizzy! The Story of the Oliver Twins" book
- Jaguar Sector III & Lynx Sector groups on Facebook
- Sacramento Indie Arcade, April 8th, West Sacramento, CA
- pro(c) ATARI magazine, issue 11 (h/t The Real Bounty Bob)
- Tape Preservation Project, at atari.area
- "A8CAS" project at SourceForge
- "Keep those XL's/XE's humming" (home of "WAV2CAS", "CAS2WAV", and "XEX2CAS") at Ernest R. Schreurs' website
Rescue on Fractalus!
- Published by
- Atari Corp (1987)
- Epyx (1984, US) & Activision (1985, UK)
- Developed by
- Lucasfilm Ltd.
- David Fox (programmer)
- Loren Carpenter (programmer)
- Charlie Kellner (graphics)
- Gary Winnick (graphics)
- James St. Louis (graphics)
- Douglas "Crock" Crockford (graphics)
- Peter Langston (sound, and team lead)
- Charlie "Dragon" Kellner (sound)
- Lucasfilm Ltd.
Info:
- Rescue on Fractalus!:
- "Rescue on Fractalus!" entry at MobyGames
- "Rescue on Fractalus!" (XE Cart) entry at AtariMania
- "Rescue on Fractalus!" (Epyx (US) disk) entry at AtariMania
- "Rescue on Fractalus!" (Activision (UK) disk & tape) entry at AtariMania
- "Behind Jaggi Lines" entry at AtariMania
- "BALLBLAZER and Rescue on Fractalus! The Lucasfilm Computer Division Games Project is born - A very brief personal history", at Peter Langston's website
- Atari/Lucasfilm Games Press Kit, at Peter Langston's website
- "Rescue on Fractalus! video from 1984 press conference", at David Fox's website
- "Tomorrow’s Promise" article at ElectronDance website
- "Changing Lives: David Fox" interview (part 1) & "Changing Lives: David Fox" interview (part 2), at ElectronDance website
- "Atari Unveils Lucasfilm Games - Star Wars company touts 'edge of the art' sound, graphics" InfoWorld article (June 4, 1984), at Google Books
- "The Making of Rescue on Fractalus!" Retro Gamer article (November 2007), at David Fox's website (PDF)
- Review of "Rescue on Fractalus!" at Super Adventures in Gaming (2013)
- Fractals and fractal landscapes:
- Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Lucasfilm Computer Division, LucasFilm Games / LucasArts:
- Miscellanea:
- Legacy:
Downloads:
Where to Buy:
Other Reviews and Info:
Advanced Pinball Simulator
- Published by
- Codemasters (1989)
- Developed by
- The Oliver Twins: Philip & Andrew Oliver (designers)
- Hassan Mehmet (Atari code)
- Terry Lloyd (Atari graphics)
- David Dunn (Atari sound)
Info and Downloads:
- "Advanced Pinball Simulator" entry at AtariMania
- "Advanced Pinball Simulator" info & story at Oliver Twins' website
Other Reviews and Info:
22 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on February 26, 2024 23:13 (). Last successful fetch was on February 29, 2024 18:14 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
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Manage episode 176096672 series 118114
In this episode we hop into our Valkyrie space fighters and shoot up some Jaggie saucers to review LucasFilm's, "Rescue on Fractalus!" and we'll go full tilt on one of Kieren's budget game, "Advanced Pinball Simulator".
Show Notes
News
- Kieren's "Atari 8-bit Vs. Arcade" videos
- Kieren's "A-Z of Atari 2600 Games: Volume 1" book, at Amazon US and Amazon UK
- Kieren's video tutorial on the AtariMax Max Flash Cart
- "Let's Go Dizzy! The Story of the Oliver Twins" book
- Jaguar Sector III & Lynx Sector groups on Facebook
- Sacramento Indie Arcade, April 8th, West Sacramento, CA
- pro(c) ATARI magazine, issue 11 (h/t The Real Bounty Bob)
- Tape Preservation Project, at atari.area
- "A8CAS" project at SourceForge
- "Keep those XL's/XE's humming" (home of "WAV2CAS", "CAS2WAV", and "XEX2CAS") at Ernest R. Schreurs' website
Rescue on Fractalus!
- Published by
- Atari Corp (1987)
- Epyx (1984, US) & Activision (1985, UK)
- Developed by
- Lucasfilm Ltd.
- David Fox (programmer)
- Loren Carpenter (programmer)
- Charlie Kellner (graphics)
- Gary Winnick (graphics)
- James St. Louis (graphics)
- Douglas "Crock" Crockford (graphics)
- Peter Langston (sound, and team lead)
- Charlie "Dragon" Kellner (sound)
- Lucasfilm Ltd.
Info:
- Rescue on Fractalus!:
- "Rescue on Fractalus!" entry at MobyGames
- "Rescue on Fractalus!" (XE Cart) entry at AtariMania
- "Rescue on Fractalus!" (Epyx (US) disk) entry at AtariMania
- "Rescue on Fractalus!" (Activision (UK) disk & tape) entry at AtariMania
- "Behind Jaggi Lines" entry at AtariMania
- "BALLBLAZER and Rescue on Fractalus! The Lucasfilm Computer Division Games Project is born - A very brief personal history", at Peter Langston's website
- Atari/Lucasfilm Games Press Kit, at Peter Langston's website
- "Rescue on Fractalus! video from 1984 press conference", at David Fox's website
- "Tomorrow’s Promise" article at ElectronDance website
- "Changing Lives: David Fox" interview (part 1) & "Changing Lives: David Fox" interview (part 2), at ElectronDance website
- "Atari Unveils Lucasfilm Games - Star Wars company touts 'edge of the art' sound, graphics" InfoWorld article (June 4, 1984), at Google Books
- "The Making of Rescue on Fractalus!" Retro Gamer article (November 2007), at David Fox's website (PDF)
- Review of "Rescue on Fractalus!" at Super Adventures in Gaming (2013)
- Fractals and fractal landscapes:
- Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Lucasfilm Computer Division, LucasFilm Games / LucasArts:
- Miscellanea:
- Legacy:
Downloads:
Where to Buy:
Other Reviews and Info:
Advanced Pinball Simulator
- Published by
- Codemasters (1989)
- Developed by
- The Oliver Twins: Philip & Andrew Oliver (designers)
- Hassan Mehmet (Atari code)
- Terry Lloyd (Atari graphics)
- David Dunn (Atari sound)
Info and Downloads:
- "Advanced Pinball Simulator" entry at AtariMania
- "Advanced Pinball Simulator" info & story at Oliver Twins' website
Other Reviews and Info:
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