Thursday, April 22, 2021

PB 5550, Q*Bert's Qubes!

Welcome to episode 200, where we are talking about the Parker Brothers arcade port Q*Bert's Qubes, via James Wickstead and Associates. Thank you all so much for helping me get this far. To help me celebrate, Doug and Ed are giving away another PlusCart and an Edladdin Super 78 controller respectively. To win the PlusCart, just send me your BOTTOM 5 Atari 2600 games. To win the Super 78 controller, please send me your top 5 7800 gamesfoodfight. Email your entries to me at 2600gamebygame@gmail.com by May 16th, and please put CONTESTS in the subject line. You can put both entries into one email. I'll announce the winners in the May 19th show and then someday do the countdowns 🙄

Thank you all so much for listening to this weird thing that I am doing. It means a lot to me and I am very grateful for the community that has grown around this podcast. There is a lot more to come, so I hope you will stay tuned. Thank you all!


Q*Bert's Qubes on Random Terrain

Q*Bert's Qubes on KLOV

Computer Entertainer May 1985 on Atari Compendium

Atari Archive Kid Vid article 2/13/85

Scott Stilphen's interview with Todd Marshall, LOTS of great links here

Q*Bert's Qubes on Atari Protos

Thunktronix store on Etsy

Arcade USA Q*Bert's Qubes

No Swear Gamer 689 - Q*Bert's Qubes

No Swear Gamer - Q*Bert's Qubes gameplay

Brian Fulton blog post about Top Dog Arcade and Zack Periwinkle's in PA

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

1043, Condor Attack!

Hi there! Today's game is a bit late, is it worth waiting for? Have a listen to Condor Attack by Ultravision and find out for yourself. Big thanks go to Rob @Atarispot on Twitter, who helped me with the research into this game and company. Next up is the big 200th episode, which will feature Q*bert's Qubes by Parker Brothers and a PlusCart contest courtesy of Doug. But first, I need a vacation. The 200th episode will be out on April 21st, so if you have feedback for Q*bert's Qubes, please get it to me by April 18th. I hope you all have a wonderful Passover and Easter, and I thank you very much for listening.


Condor Attack on Random Terrain

Arcade Express October 10 1982 on Atari Compendium

Video Game Update November 1982 on Atari Compendium

Irving Rill obituary

Leonard Herman's Video Game Business cards

Condor Attack longplay by RickyC

InfoWorld January 17 1983 issue

Ultravision on the Video Game Console Library site

Thunktronix on Etsy, Purveyors of Fine 8-Bit Crafts

Eric talking about me and the podcast (in French) on No Two Mornings Are Alike on Radio Canada

Harry and Nick's RCA Studio 2 Game by Game Podcast