S5:E7: The Ballad of The Arcade1UP Atari Legacy Centipede Machine

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10/17/22 • 71 min

Steve recently won a small hometown writing contest with a story about Star Wars in 1977. With the prize money he purchased an item he’s had his eye on for almost 2 years: The Arcade 1Up Atari Legacy Centipede cabinet. In this episode we go deep into the Arcade 1Up product, discuss its strengths and weaknesses and the invite Brian Bolding (AKA Ballistik Coffee Boy) in to talk about the Arcade1Up products, retrocades, gatekeepers, and our shared love for the 80’s.

Watch the video version of the Arcade1Up machine here: Arcade1up Atari Centipede Legacy Overview and Review - YouTubeRead Steve’s original Star Wars story here: EasyReader (onlinedigitaleditions.com)

Brian’s channel Ballistik Coffee Boy - YouTube

All music, video production. writing and game play by Jeff Fulton with help from Steve Fulton unless otherwise noted.

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S5:E6: Atari ST Halcyon Days of 1989 Part 3: Atari ST Gaming Gems

S5:e6 Atari ST Halcyon Days of 1989 Part 3: Atari ST Gaming Gems

Our favorite 1989 Console Style Games for the ST

We had an ST when most of the other kids near us had various consoles. We knew our machine could play superior RPGs, Simulations, and Adventure titles, but how did it hold up against the 8 and 16 bit console games of the day? Some ST console-like games were as good, some were not. We've chosen 20 console style games from 1989 for the ST to highlight and talk a little about, but before we get to those we’d like to highlight, let's first look at a list of the top 10 games in all genres from 1989, based on our ratings.

To make these lists we played every single game that has a 1989 release date in Atari Mania’s database, and ranked them based on Sound, Graphics, Game Play and Addictiveness, usings scores of 1-10, then averaged those scores to come up with a rating.

The following list is how the numbers worked out for a top 10. It’s all subjective + math, but we did play all of the games from the year to be certain we were ranking them against their contemporary competition.

Videos for this Podcast:Atari ST Gaming Gems #6 1989 Top 10https://youtu.be/dCBzOatNAng

Atari ST / STE Gaming Gems: Vol 7 - Top Console Style Games from 1989 https://youtu.be/rZ0qsS42av0

Games discussed in this episode:

Interphase
RVF Honda
Gauntlet 2
Midwinter
Seven Gates of Jambala (The)
Ultima V - Warriors of Destiny
Kick off Extra Time
SimCity .
Xenon 2 .
Stunt Car Racer
New Zealand Story
Super Wonderboy
Pipe Dream/Pipe Mania
Robocop
Blood Money
R-Type II
Rick Dangerous
Strider
Ivanhoe
Batman The Movie
Baal
Atomic Robo-Kid
JUG
Onslaught
Switchblade
Commando
Hawkeye
Skweek

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S5:E8: 75th Episode Free For All: Twin Brothers In Conversation

S5:e8 75th Episode Free For All!

In this episode, Steve and Jeff catch up on the state of their Arcade 1Up and AtGames systems, and discuss their current gaming and media time killers. They also discuss the state of the ST and 7800 ports they are working on and bring Ballistik Coffee Boy in for a further discussion of the latest additions to his home arcade.

Show notes:

AtGames Legends Takes Over My Home office!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcE4LkA874o

Arcade1up Atari Centipede Legacy Overview and Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQRH_mLoe1Y&t=7s

Atari XP "Aquaventure" Standard Edition Cartridge Shipped **NOT WORKING**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPc96yRccCs

Atari Makes Good On Atari XP Cartridge Mishap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB1f49hP7wU&t=118s

Two Brothers and their Atari ST

https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/two-brothers-and-their-atari-st/

BCB #72: Ridge Racer 5-in-1 Home Arcade by Arcade1Up (Gameplay & Overview) And: History of the Games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1UVyTILAUU&t=656s

Recorded, Mixed, Edited and Produced by Steve And Jeff Fulton

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