Podcast 026 - Matt Bok on Retro Gaming Tech Again
Matt Bok is back yet again for an extra long, extra special episode. (Check out episode 16 for our last discussion on retro gaming). Just in time for the holiday season, we discuss the Atari Flashback portable and the NES Classic Edition.
Show notes:
- AtGames - makers of the Atari Flashback systems
- NES Classic Edition
- Racing the Beam, a book about the amazing stuff that Atari developers were able to do with extremely primitive hardware.
- The RCA Studio II, an early cartidge-based system that I actually didn't know about until this podcast!
- Tempest 2000 on Atari Jaguar - a game that definitely needs a rerelease or a remaster or something.
- Ben Heck, the console hacker, has a book called Hacking Video Game Consoles
- The documentary we mentioned is called Atari: Game Over (also available on Netflix). Certainly the E.T. landfill legend is part of it, but the overall rise & fall of Atari is the subject of the documentary.
- The E.T. 2600 ROM hack, with some commentary on why it's not a terrible game, and was perhaps just ahead of its time
- I did a live stream of E.T. for 2600 on my on-again off-again show MSTCX.
- CORGS: The Columbus Ohio Retro Gaming Society
- Homestar Runner Atari 2600 home page - hover over the "email" button.
- The Kia Sorento / Tecmo Bowl commercial. Here's some background on Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl.
Want to be on the next episode? You can! All you need is the willingness to talk about something technical.
Theme music is "Crosscutting Concerns" by The Dirty Truckers, check out their music on Amazon or iTunes.
