
Oscar's Trash Race by Atari
04/06/22 • 118 min
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Welcome back to the podcast everyone! I hope you all are well, and I very much appreciate all the kind words and patience. Today we start the 5 digit Atari part numbers with Oscar's Trash Race, a product of Atari and the Children's Computer Workshop, a tiny little division of Sesame Street. This is the first in a series, so there's lots to talk about. I hope that you enjoy it. Coming up in 2 weeks is Private Eye by Activision. If you have feedback for Private Eye that does not include the Hall and Oates song, please send it to me at [email protected] by April 18th. Please make sure you listen to the end of the podcast for a very special Sesame Street game related contest, sponsored by friend of the podcast Richard Grounds. Thanks Richard! I'll post a separate entry for the contest in a few days, but you can send your entry as soon as you hear the episode. Once again, thank you for your patience, your kindness, and of course, for listening. Extra special thanks to my beautiful wife Sarah for getting this ball rolling again. 💖
Oscar's Trash Race on Random Terrain
Oscar's Trash Race on Atari Protos
Oscar's Trash Race on Atarimania
Children's Computer Workshop on Muppet Wiki
CGE 2012 Atari Programmers panel
Preston Stuart interview, Electronic Fun with Computers and Games March 1983, page 40
Atari Age "Loaner Cartridge" thread, shows perhaps final version of Oscar
AA OTR 10-20-82 WIP thread OMGWTFBBQ
OTR Prototype pictures on Atari Compendium
Unreleased static screen version pictures on Atari Compendium
Posts from Guy Hutchinson's Big Bird Bridge blog about Sesame Place:
Detail from Computer Gallery computers
Closeup of Computer Gallery age logo
Sesame Place (Images of Modern America) by Guy Hutchinson on Amazon
Welcome back to the podcast everyone! I hope you all are well, and I very much appreciate all the kind words and patience. Today we start the 5 digit Atari part numbers with Oscar's Trash Race, a product of Atari and the Children's Computer Workshop, a tiny little division of Sesame Street. This is the first in a series, so there's lots to talk about. I hope that you enjoy it. Coming up in 2 weeks is Private Eye by Activision. If you have feedback for Private Eye that does not include the Hall and Oates song, please send it to me at [email protected] by April 18th. Please make sure you listen to the end of the podcast for a very special Sesame Street game related contest, sponsored by friend of the podcast Richard Grounds. Thanks Richard! I'll post a separate entry for the contest in a few days, but you can send your entry as soon as you hear the episode. Once again, thank you for your patience, your kindness, and of course, for listening. Extra special thanks to my beautiful wife Sarah for getting this ball rolling again. 💖
Oscar's Trash Race on Random Terrain
Oscar's Trash Race on Atari Protos
Oscar's Trash Race on Atarimania
Children's Computer Workshop on Muppet Wiki
CGE 2012 Atari Programmers panel
Preston Stuart interview, Electronic Fun with Computers and Games March 1983, page 40
Atari Age "Loaner Cartridge" thread, shows perhaps final version of Oscar
AA OTR 10-20-82 WIP thread OMGWTFBBQ
OTR Prototype pictures on Atari Compendium
Unreleased static screen version pictures on Atari Compendium
Posts from Guy Hutchinson's Big Bird Bridge blog about Sesame Place:
Detail from Computer Gallery computers
Closeup of Computer Gallery age logo
Sesame Place (Images of Modern America) by Guy Hutchinson on Amazon
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