134 - Glib by Selchow and Righter

02/15/17 • 128 min

This week I'm covering Glib by Selchow and Righter, the only released adult word game for the Atari 2600! I would like to offer a huge thank you to Mike Montana, the son of Glib programmer Rich Montana, for talking with me on this episode! I apologize for some buzzing during the interview, it did not sound like that during the recording. Mike was extremely nice to me and I'm so glad that he contacted me about Glib, in addition to telling me about his part in the programming. I will also be publishing a write up about Glib that Mike did, with his blessing. Thank you again Mike! In two weeks I will be covering the homebrew game SCSIside/Ultra SCSIside, by Joe Grand. If you have any thoughts on this game, please send them to me at [email protected]. Thank you so much for listening! Pertinent Links Random Terrain - Glib No Swear Gamer 297 - Glib Scrabble tile distributions and score values (English) Don Sauter's Scrabble pages 8 Bit Workshop by Steven Hugg Arcade USA - Q*Bert Minicade by Basic Fun Check out Jose's awesome spreadsheet for the list of games I've already done, with links to the episodes! Thank you Jose! Proud member of the Throwback Network! Proud member of the Retro Junkies Network! Facebook page Twitter page Google + page My YouTube channel, for whatever reason Blog page WHAT A FORUM TOO Listen to the show on Stitcher! Subscribe to the show on iTunes, and leave a review! Reviews are nice! Listen to the show on Tune In! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By! The League of Extraordinary Podcasters

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133 - Q*Bert by Parker Brothers

Thanks for your patience for this new episode on Q*Bert by Parker Brothers. Q*Bert is a fantastic arcade game and has a great port on the 2600, as well as many other systems! I hope you enjoy the episode. Next up in 2 weeks will be Glib by Selchow and Wrighter, the only adult word game released for the 2600 (I guess Hangman and Word Zapper are word games, but in my opinion they're skewed toward kids). If you've played Glib and would like to share your thoughts on the game, please send them to me at [email protected]. Thank you so much for listening! Pertinent LinQ*s Tom Sloper's Sloperama Tom Sloper interview by Scott Stilphen Tom Sloper interview by CRV on Game Developer Research Institute's site Q*Bert on KLOV Random Terrain's Q*Bert page Atari Age thread about gap in pyramid Q*Bert 2600 arcade hack by RevEng The No Swear Gamer 295 - Q*Bert! SNES Podcast 4 - Q*Bert 3 with meeeeeeee Arcade USA Minisode - Q*Bert! Intellivisionaries Podcast 11 - Q*Bert, again with me! Kenner Q*Bert 5 pack figure auction Arcade USA Q*Bert Minicade by Basic Fun Atari 2600 Homebrew Facebook group

Check out Jose's awesome spreadsheet for the list of games I've already done, with links to the episodes! Thank you Jose! Proud member of the Throwback Network! Proud member of the Retro Junkies Network! Facebook page Twitter page Google + page My YouTube channel, for whatever reason Blog page WHAT A FORUM TOO Listen to the show on Stitcher! Subscribe to the show on iTunes, and leave a review! Reviews are nice! Listen to the show on Tune In! Please check out my other shows: Intarivisions Podcast Please Stand By! The League of Extraordinary Podcasters

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Protocast - Racer by Roklan Software

Welcome to the first Atari 2600 Game by Game Protocast. This series will focus on prototypes that do not have a part number. This episode features Racer, which was made by Roklan Software for Atari, but it never came out and is not in the part list. I've been wanting to start this for a while, but this episode is due to the fact that I was having trouble getting to the SCSIside research, so that episode will have to wait. Also, I picked this game and started research, but I had trouble getting the game on my Flashback portable. Later I found out that the rom from Atarimania will not work. But I started the research and I wanted to get something out this week, so here it is. My idea was to insert these episodes in between the main episodes; I normally don't get much (if any) feedback on prototypes (especially if you can't play them, I guess), so it wouldn't take long to put the episodes together. Like always, if you have thoughts on these prototypes, I will be happy to read or play it on a subsequent episode. Thank you for listening and for your understanding. Racer on DP Rarity Guide Racer overview on Atari Protos Racer photos and screen shots on Atari Protos Scott Stilphen's Racer video Original AA Racer thread AA Racer artwork contest thread AA Racer production bids thread AA Reserve Sale thread AA 2nd Racer prototype found thread Roklan Software on GDRI Antic Podcast - Ronald Borta interview by Kevin Savetz