Podcasts about fractalus

Spieleveteranen-Episode #400 (13-2025) Besetzung: Heinrich Lenhardt und Jörg Langer begrüßen Gaststar Julian Eggebrecht Aufnahmedatum: 19.03.2025 Laufzeit: 1:47:02 Stunden (0:00:15 News & Smalltalk – 0:38:50 Rescue on Fractalus) Klopf-klopf … wer steht denn da vor der Tonkabinenschleuse und will reingelassen werden? Zum Glück kein garstiger Jaggi, sondern Julian Eggebrecht, mit dem wir zu den Anfängen von Lucasfilm Games zurückkehren. Hauptthema ist nämlich ein altes Spiel, das vor rund 40 Jahren erschien und Julian einst so sehr beeindruckte, dass er einen Amiga-Nachfolger machen wollte. Return to Fractalus von Factor 5 ist nie erschienen, legte aber den Grundstein für Rogue Squadron. Was ist an Fractalus so faszinierend, wie funktioniert eigentlich Fraktalgrafik und war der Atari 800 nicht doch der bessere 8-Bit-Heimcomputer? Bevor wir solche Fragen erörtern, beginnt die Jubiläumsfolge traditionell mit veteranigen News, alarmierenden Spielberichten und heiterer Hörerpost. Unterstützt die Spieleveteranen und hört das volle Programm: https://www.patreon.com/spieleveteranen 0:00:15 News & Smalltalk 0:07:29 Gemischte News: Atari verwirrt mit Missile Command Delta, Black Mirror kehrt bald in die Spieleentwicklerszene zurück, Croc schnappt im Remaster wieder zu. 0:16:48 Was haben wir zuletzt gespielt? Assassin's Creed Shadows, Two Point Museum, Nintendo Alarmo. 0:31:06 Hörerpost von Matthias Fauth. 0:32:44 Wir begrüßen Gaststar Julian Eggebrecht, der neben einem Factor-5-Update auch eine Ergänzung zu unserer X-Out-Episode parat hat. 0:38:50 Das alte Spiel: Rescue on Fractalus 0:39:13 Lucasfilm kooperierte 1982 beim Start seiner Spieleabteilung mit Atari. Rescue on Fractalus war eines der beiden Debütspiele, deren Veröffentlichung gewisse Komplikationen hatte. Bonus-Link: David Fox über die Anfänge von Lucasfilm Games. 0:51:29 Der Spielablauf: Bei der Action-Flugsimulation suchen wir nach gestrandeten Piloten und können dabei eine unvergessliche Überraschung erleben. 1:03:36 Flotte Framerates und Fraktale: Die beeindruckende Technik von Fractalus war ganz auf den Atari 800 zugeschnitten. 1:14:42 Mit Return to Fractalus wollte Factor 5 den Klassiker 1989 auf dem Amiga fortsetzen. Julian erklärt, welche Probleme es dabei gab und wie aus dem Projekt letztendlich Rogue Squadron wurde. Bonus-Link: Die Fraktalgrafik-Demo im Intro von Masterblazer. 1:29:58 Historischer Pressespiegel und Veteranenfazit. 1:44:29 Abspann.

ANTIC Episode 104 - You're Gonna Label Me a Failure In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…Kay plays with Pokey the AI chatbot some more, Kay's cat tries to smack Randy in the head, we discuss what happens if we don't meet our interview goals (hint: Randy will be labeled a failure), and we bring you all the Atari 8-bit news from the last month of 2023 READY! Recurring Links  Floppy Days Podcast  AtariArchives.org  AtariMagazines.com  Kay's Book “Terrible Nerd”  New Atari books scans at archive.org  ANTIC feedback at AtariAge  Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge  Interview index: here  ANTIC Facebook Page  AHCS  Eaten By a Grue  Next Without For  Links for Items Mentioned in Show: What we've been up to The genealogy program Max Derhak mentioned when he was interviewed in 2014 was just found - http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-adam-trace_42271.html  Antic Magazine v1n3, v1n4 and v1n5 (Aug, Oct and Nov 1982) software - https://www.atarimagazines.com/software/software.html  Space War source - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358800-apx-space-war-source-code-for-you/  Wade's podcast link - https://inverseatascii.info/  Kay's 2023 Wrapped - https://www.patreon.com/posts/kays-2023-95465097 Kay's Juiced.GS articles - https://archive.org/search?query=identifier%3Asavetzarticle_*  Recent Interviews ANTIC Interview 436 - Rodrigo Castro, Atari in Chile  News Digital Eclipse announces Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story - https://www.gamesasylum.com/2023/12/06/digital-eclipse-announces-llamasoft-the-jeff-minter-story/ VCF East 2024: Dean Notarnicola - http://www.vcfed.org  It's Alive! - RM800XL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_5IXmZHu_Y  Archer Maclean A8 Defender and Stargate:  https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2023/12/defender/  https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2023/12/stargate-2/  Altirra 4.20 released - https://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html  Homemade 300 baud modem - JohnPolka AKA Mark - https://www.southernamis.com/forum/general-discussions/homemade-300-baud-modem-from-the-80s  2023 Advanced PCB Remake For the 800XL -- Revision 1.1 - reifsynderb - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/357302-2023-advanced-pcb-remake-for-the-800xl-revision-11/  Forgotten Gems: Lucasfilm's Rescue on Fractalus! At IGN:  https://www.ign.com/articles/forgotten-gems-lucasfilms-rescue-on-fractalus  ANTIC Interview 37 - David Fox, Lucas Arts/Rescue on Fractalus  New FujiNet HighScoreEnabled Games! - Tom Cherryhomes - https://forums.atariage.com/topic/358628-new-highscoreenabled-games/  Pokey - https://chat.openai.com/g/g-t3fdHnbbK-pokey-the-atari-guru  Tenebra 2 ported to Atari 8-bit (tip of the hat to Philsan): Video: https://youtu.be/Owg8E8ZyGNU   Download: https://h4plo.itch.io/tenebra-2  Enjoy 2024 New Years Disk - https://ppsberlin.de/ppsberlin/downloads/new-years-disc/58-nyd2024  Jerry White's Poker Solitaire 2024: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359008-jerry-whites-poker-solitaire-2024/  http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-poker-solitaire-2024_42465.html  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeGwMqngN08  Upcoming Shows Vintage Computer Festival SoCal - February 17-18, 2024 - Hotel Fera Events Center, Orange, CA - vcfsocal.com  Interim Computer Festival SPRING - March 23rd and 24th, 2024 - Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://sdf.org/icf/  Midwest Gaming Classic - April 5-7 - Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/  VCF East - April 12-14, 2024 - Wall, NJ - http://www.vcfed.org  Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 13-14 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/  VCF Europa - April 27-28, 2024 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/  VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/  Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info  Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21,  2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/  Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/   Silly Venture SE (Summer Edition) - Aug. 15-28 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-se   VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - NEW VENUE TBD - http://vcfmw.org/  Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29, 2024 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/  Silly Venture WE (Winter Edition) - Dec. 5-8 - Gdansk, Poland - https://www.demoparty.net/silly-venture/silly-venture-2024-we  Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html  Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/  YouTube Videos From Bill Kendrick: Peter Dell (JAC! / WUDSN guy) recent demo videos - ​​https://youtube.com/@jacofwudsn  Lumacode Easy HDMI for Retro Computers - YARC Yet Another Retro Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ7hEoClJ3A  Making of Time Wizard - a game for Atari 8-bit computer - amarok - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB6YIItiB8Q its development. The ATARI Christmas Massacre - Rebuilding an 810 from shattered pieces - Retro is the new black - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S17Kfs0jblw  SWP ATR8000 : The most expandable, versatile disk interface available for the Atari! - Vintage Gaming Memories - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f47l2FTiSN0  The story of the Atari 800XE, why did Atari release this model? - GeSpy Builds Stuff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObKY4O4O14  The Granddaddy of Atari Computing - the Atari 800 -  the power of vintage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH5UAh5Rt_U  New at Archive.org  https://archive.org/details/boardwatchmagazine https://archive.org/details/maplin-electronics-vol-5-iss-17/mode/2up?q=Atari https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_dataprodatariM09080108207AtariAtari400800_212178 https://archive.org/details/atari_video_dvd1/  New at GitHub https://github.com/TobyLobster/multiply_test https://github.com/pedgarcia/tection https://github.com/HolgerJanz/BW-DOS https://github.com/jking11/Cattlezone Feedback Book -  Smoke-Mirrors-Rise-Serial-Antipreneur   

Video game violence begins to make operators uneasy 3DO plans to shake up console biz Federal investigation into Nintendo dropped These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in February 1993.  As always,  we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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Star Wars is here!     https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-02/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater         https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Vernost         https://books.google.de/books?id=vBaRlzJ2LKkC&lpg=PP1&hl=de&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q=vernost&f=false        https://youtu.be/oLmFwsZsS7U     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_on_Fractalus!      Video game violence issue returns     RePlay Feb. 1993 pg. 101     Gary Brose - Seattle Funplex  https://www.patreon.com/posts/gary-brose-79660873      3DO business model revealed     https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-02/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer     https://youtu.be/yxF1_wg2d_Q Sega announces Genesis 2     https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n49/mode/1up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis#Variations NEC wants to kick your butt with the Virtual Cushion     https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n67/mode/1up        https://consolevariations.com/variation/accessory/nec-pc-engine-virtual-cushion And on the SNES CD front     https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n43/mode/1up      Namco brings bar code battling to Gameboy     https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n65/mode/1up        https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Barcode_Boy CD burners become affordable     https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-02_OCR/page/n17/mode/1up     https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-02_OCR/page/n37/mode/1up Court squashes AMD 486 roll out     https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-02_OCR/page/n41/mode/1up         https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-12-fi-19170-story.html        https://archive.org/details/pc-review-16/page/20/mode/1up?view=theater     https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-02_OCR/page/n39/mode/1up      Notebooks come of age at COMDEX     https://archive.org/details/1993-02-compute-magazine/page/n185/mode/1up?view=theater      FTC drops case against Nintendo     https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-02/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater Sega settles Magnavox suit     Play Meter Feb. 1993 pg. 3 German software leasing may be coming to an end     https://archive.org/details/AmigaJoker199302/page/n7/mode/1up European law to fill software protection gaps     https://archive.org/details/AmigaJoker199302/page/n39/mode/1up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Programs_Directive Sonic is coming to TV     https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n216/mode/1up         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Sonic_the_Hedgehog     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(TV_series)     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(Archie_Comics) Virtuality adds flight sim     https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-53/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuality_(product) Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play. 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First released on the Atari 8 bit platform, this later CoCo 3 exclusive has the best cockpit graphics. But can it push the smooth framerate of the original?

First released on the Atari 8 bit platform, this later CoCo 3 exclusive has the best cockpit graphics. But can it push the smooth framerate of the original?

Im Rahmen der Recherche für den Podcast zu Zak McKracken führten Chris und Gunnar ein Gespräch mit David Fox, einem der ersten Angestellten von LucasFilm Games, der in seiner Zeit dort unter anderem an Spielen wie Rescue on Fractalus, Labyrinth oder Maniac Mansion beteiligt war. Thema der Unterhaltung war Zak McKracken – seine Innenansichten in den Design-Prozess haben unseren Podcast zu dem Thema deutlich bereichert. Auszüge aus dem Gespräch waren dort bereits zu hören. David ist ein lebendiger Gesprächspartner und ein interessanter Zeitzeuge, daher haben wir das komplette Interview noch als eigenen Podcast aufbereitet. Das Gespräch wurde in englischer Sprache geführt; Fox spricht aber deutlich und ist gut zu verstehen. Viel Spaß! Sprecher: David Fox, Christian Schmidt, Gunnar Lott. Audioproduktion: Lars Rühmann, Christian Schmidt Titelgrafik: Paul Schmidt Intro, Outro: Nino Kerl (Ansage); Chris Hülsbeck (Musik)

ANTIC Episode 74 - Name Wars In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Computer Podcast… Kevin (er... Kay) and Randy have a name fight and, as usual, we bring you all the Atari 8-bit news that’s fit to print. READY! Recurring Links  Floppy Days Podcast  AtariArchives.org  AtariMagazines.com  Kevin’s Book “Terrible Nerd”  New Atari books scans at archive.org  ANTIC feedback at AtariAge  Atari interview discussion thread on AtariAge  Interview index: here  ANTIC Facebook Page  AHCS  Eaten By a Grue  Next Without For  What We’ve Been Up To Atari Party Dec 19 - https://www.facebook.com/groups/281252672436874  Kay’s 2020 Post-Mortem - https://www.patreon.com/posts/2020-post-mortem-45658000  Retrotink zero-latency HDMI converter - https://www.retrotink.com/product-page/2x-mini  Sid Meier’s Memoir - https://amzn.to/3oyobG4  BASIC games Kay recovered - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/315354-a-few-basic-games-i-recovered/  SIO2PC-USB case - https://www.vintagecomputercenter.com/product/sio2pc-universal-interface-case , https://atariage.com/forums/topic/313161-atarimax-sio2pc-and-sio2pc-usb-cases/#comments  Recent Interviews  ANTIC Interview 401 - John F. White: Writing Strategy Games On Your Atari Computer & Superquerg  ANTIC Interview 402 - The Famous Computer Cafe  News  Fractalus 1.0 Released - https://www.lsdwa.com/blog/2020/12/18/fractalus-1-0-released/  ACE80 cart run at Vintage Computer Center - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/312362-ace80-ace80xl-dt80-pre-order/  Tfhh list - http://www.van-radecke.de/STUFF/tfhh_HW_info.pdf  Mystery cart - https://www.facebook.com/groups/floppydays/permalink/2840376299554125/  Fresh interview with Mark Reid, Author of Getaway - https://www.everythingamiga.com/2021/01/a-conversation-with-mark-reid-author-of-getaway.html  Rob’s 2016 interview with Mark - http://playermissile.com/podcast/ep019.html  A-Train Systems A-TRACK - model railroad electronics and control - https://www.a-train-systems.co.uk/getatrack.htm  History and Features of the Original Atari A-TRACK Version - https://www.a-train-systems.co.uk/projects.htm#atHistory  'FLOP' Magazine - http://flop.atariportal.cz/index.en.php  Atari800MacX v5.5.0 - https://github.com/atarimacosx/Atari800MacX/releases/tag/Release_5.5.0  Authentic Reproduction ATR8000 Interest - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/312890-authentic-reproduction-atr8000-interest/#comments  Invitation to play in the new season of the HSC, first round starting now! - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/60-8-bit-high-score-club/  Real 16KB RAM game compo from Sikor Soft - Sikor on AtariAge - https://atariage.com/forums/topic/315158-real-16kb-ram-game-compo-from-sikor-soft/  Atari 8-bit on hackaday - https://hackaday.com/2020/12/30/alien-inspired-cyberdeck-packs-vintage-atari-800xl/  https://github.com/eizen6/6502portable  AspeQt on a Raspberry Pi how-to - https://13leader.net/AspeQT2RasPI.pdf  Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry Paperback – December 14, 2020 by Howard Scott Warshaw - https://amzn.to/3mjSC0u  http://www.atariwomen.org  Shows Upcoming Shows where you might see Atari computers (or Atari people): April 9, 10 & 11, 2021: Vintage Computer Festival East 2021 (VCF East)  VCFSE June 11-13 http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com/  KansasFest July 19-25 https://www.kansasfest.org  August 7 & 8, 2021: Vintage Computer Festival West 2021 (VCF West)  Event page created by Chicago Classic Computing - http://chiclassiccomp.org/events.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fm5hf7PCQj0yXBxXvj9J8Mp8GDwD2w1bfD_qktpPOnNYNoQUmN_EpgB8  Event page created by Floppy Days - https://www.facebook.com/VintageComputerShows/  Event page on Vintage Is The New Old - https://vintageisthenewold.com/vintage-is-the-new-old-releases-new-events-calendar/  YouTube videos this month Atari Quirks and Solutions - Thomas Cherryhomes - https://youtu.be/3lPsd0FkNss  Thomas Cherryhomes - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwP6ehTJXvcI-JOWTEwnyGQ U1MB and SpartaDOS X with FujiNet and a whole series of videos around FujiNet FujiNet Disk Copy - Vintage Computer Center (Gavin Haubelt) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YovR3mrCmQ0&t=731s  Building the FujiNet - Vintage Computer Center - Parts 1-5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqKOGyEjYec  SDrive-Max videos - Vintage Computer Center - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOp5f6eC-yh4cLnxfw2yrxQ  FlashJazzCat (Jonathan Halliday) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4nx-i-2K34RDHyDn06i7Ng Atari XEGS with UAV, VBXE, U1MB, and PokeyMAX, Various videos on repairing and upgrading a 600XL New at GitHub https://github.com/codingbychanche/atariParallelDataTransfer  Bill Lange’s Exploring Atari Action https://github.com/billlange1968/ExploringAtariAction to accompany https://exploringaction.blogspot.com  New at Archive.org New collection “Atari Computer Disk Images” https://archive.org/details/ataridiskimages  Antic magazine renewal letters https://archive.org/details/1986.07-antic-renewal https://archive.org/details/1986.05-antic-renewal  https://archive.org/details/rearc_atr-8000-newsletter-august-1984-08-swp-inc-us/mode/2up  Chalk Board Inc's Power Pad Programming Kit manual https://archive.org/details/power-pad-programming-kit-chalk-board-inc/mode/2up  Strategic Simulations, Inc. 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Thanks for bearing with us as we took the month of June off. It's great to finally be back, and we're looking forward to so many more great games this year! First off, it was so fun to finally go back and play these two games. Reminded us of why we started MOLMF in the first place. Secondly, we spent some extra time this episode talking about what's going on in the country (and world) today, and what we're doing to address some of those issues personally—hopefully you appreciate the transparency.Thanks for coming along the the ride. We'd love to hear your thoughts on it!We start off talking about why we took a month off and what we want to do differently going forward, then we eventually get into the development and gameplay of both games (25:30). We have our first ever commercial (53:45), then of course we play a lovely round of "What's The Beer/Drink? What's The Song?" (58:00), and end things talking about what else we've been playing (65:15), and what we'll by playing next month for our 50TH GAME!!!! Get psyched. Here's the website to the Black Game Developers website we mentioned, as well as Salman Shurie's Twitter, and our past interview with David Fox.  As always, if you in any way enjoyed this episode, feel free to rate and review it in iTunes or wherever else you're listening to it. Thanks for helping to spread the word!And of course, you can always find us at the following places: Website: www.MenOfLowMoralFiber.com Twitter: twitter.com/MOLMFpod Instagram: instagram.com/MenOfLowMoralFiber Email: MOLMFpod@gmail.comAnd if you have a minute, go check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/molmf

TCW Podcast Episode 108- Adventuring with LucasArts Part 1   We look at LucasFilm games, AKA LucasArts.  Not the company as a whole, but their influence on adventure games.  Not only were they instrumental in advancing adventure games, they were able to affect the industry as a whole.  We look briefly at the formation of the company, and get into some of their early projects.  A young contractor, Ron Gilbert, joined the team by helping to convert some early games to the Commodore 64.  Gilbert was later the driving force in creating an adventure game that was not full of deaths, saves, and no-win states.   Commodore 64 Ballblazer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPk6sAHFGXg Atari XL/XE Rescue on Fractalus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kNxy6UIX_k Labyrinth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Aje3ceClA Grumpy Gamer: https://grumpygamer.com/teenage_lobot Ways to die in King's Quest I Remake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Oo9IJGXGA King's Quest III Redux: http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/kq3/download/download.html Maniac Mansion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7oUArcVis0 Ron Gilbert - Maniac Mansion Postmortem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNpjGvJwyL8 Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPEocH6Am6w Indiana Joes and the Last Crusade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ivNLD75rAU Classic Games Postmortem: LucasFilm Games' Loom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1aVDael-KM Loom Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps1N2GS378g Why Adventure Games Suck: https://grumpygamer.com/why_adventure_games_suck The Secret of Monkey Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpIUxjGfkXg   A special congratulations to our giveaway winners! Bob Perrin Maks Beugelsdijk @DRPGBook   New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's book is available for order through CRC Press and other retailers: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1   Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love    Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

On this episode of The Atari 5200 Podcast... Fatigue from the holidays and cold and flu season can't stop the crew of this podcast! But it came pretty close.  This episode we cover the two games that were created by Lucasfilm Games, Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractalus. Steve and Capt. Bob compare sniffles, Pete's inner game geek is let loose upon the world, Glen is off doing other amazing stuff, and David tests out his new recording equipment. Which is why about 10 minutes into the episode he mysteriously disappears. Which strangely works out. Because these are two games that we can talk about all day, but they must be played and experienced to be truly appreciated. And for the first time, Show Notes! Follow the links below to learn more about Lucasfilm Games. Fueled on nothing but enthusiasm, holiday burnout, and NyQuil, is this episode of The Atari 5200 Podcast! https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kwpd7v/the-rise-fall-and-rebirth-of-lucasarts-adventure-classics-883 https://www.pcgamer.com/10-fascinating-facts-about-the-history-of-lucasarts/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LucasArts And the article that was the most help: https://www.usgamer.net/articles/i-actually-was-hunting-ewoks-lucasfilm-games-the-early-years And here's the story from someone who was there! http://www.langston.com/LFGames/

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This week is another very special episode from Kyle and Lucas who are joined by returning guest and friend of PSVG Mr. David Fox (LucasArts, Maniac Mansion, Thimbleweed Park) to discuss all things VR. Some of their favorite experiences, what the future holds and some industry insider information from David. Links from David: Good overview of OC6 roundup: https://youtu.be/ANWhG_Vm9wI Talespin Farmer’s Insurance Oculus Quest hand tracking demo https://youtu.be/PMrlWjgFwNA War Remains, https://www.warremains.com  Ubisoft VR escape rooms https://www.ubisoftescapegames.com Fan-created Rescue on Fractalus in VR, https://www.lsdwa.com/projects/fractalus/vr/  Lucasfilm/Hughes Mirage Project https://youtu.be/oLmFwsZsS7U   Consider supporting the show at patreon.com/psvg Visit our discord at https://psvg.blog/discord Thank you to our wonderful Patreon Producers - Sean Capri, Edwin Calo, Barry Cathcart, Chris M., Kyle Haiman, Benny Liu, Nick Metzger, Caroline Underwood, Delvin Cox, Grrouchie Serge, Justin Pickerd, Nathan Thomas, Ryan Craig, Paul Calicoat, Sean Capri, Hayley Nicole Miller AND Joel Da Professor Switch Voss.  

Fun convo' discussing the beginning of the MTV generation, the golden years of MTV, and how they were the most influential force in the 80's. Can you remember the first music video you ever saw on MTV. And for bonus points, can you name all of original MTV VJ's? Go to our Facebook page @poprockspodcast Our Instagram is @poprockspodcast Our Twitter is @podcast_rocks Our Email is poprockpodcast@gmail.com

Bethesda's own Sean Baptiste comes on the show to talk to us about the games that changed us including his own favorite Rescue mlon Fractalus! Feel the impact, ARGonauts! Sean Baptiste of Bethesda joins us to discuss the games that "changed us" in retro gaming history. We got some great stories with games such as Battletoads, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and even Rescue on Fractalus. PLUS we have responses from listeners like you! The news this week has us look at the addition of Kabal and D'vorah in Mortal Kombat 11, and the "dekonfirmation" of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo. We also look at a fixed camera angle mod for Resident Evil 2 Remake as well as Super Mario Bros. 2 and Kirby's Adventure added to Nintendo Switch Online. The Stage of History looks at some super impactful games with Final Fantasy VI and Shadow of the Colossus. Robert then sees war in a different way with Spec Ops: The Line in Obscura. Be sure to nab our latest game code giveaways, and stick around for another round of Random Select. Who could David be this time? Kabal dashes and gasses his way into Mortal Kombat 11 cast The Resident Evil 2 remake with fixed camera angles looks retro cool Super Mario Bros. 2, Kirby’s Adventure heading to Nintendo Switch Online Rescue on Fractalus! Video from 1984 press conference Got a question, comment, or suggestion for the show? Email us or send a tweet! Check out our Patreon to help support the show and get cool perks along the way. Also, join our Discord room to chat all things retro gaming. See you there! Follow David | Follow Robert We are partnered with Don't Feed The Gamers! Be sure to check them out for fan-focused gaming content.  

When we talk about the beginnings of online community, we often discuss The WELL, which launched in 1985. It’s easy to forget that some people, like our guest on this episode, were building digital communities well before that. Randy Farmer co-created Habitat, recognized as the first graphical virtual world. Over the last 30 years, he has helped companies like Lucasfilm, Electronic Arts, Linden Lab, Yahoo! and Answers.com to design better community products. On this episode, we discuss: Randy’s online community building efforts in the 1970s The importance of Habitat, and its recent revival Yahoo!’s acquisition of Flickr and what went on behind the scenes Big Quotes “You get prepared, do the thing, and then you talk about the thing. This pattern has been the basis of my career in understanding how humans interact socially and how computers can facilitate it.” -@frandallfarmer “I believe reputation systems have a key role to play in helping improve discourse between people. I don’t mean just cleaning it up and making it nice. I mean actually helping us have reasonable discussions that produce some output even if it ends up being multi-sided.” -@frandallfarmer “One of the reasons I think Twitter specifically has so many problems is it had no single context. It has infinite contexts. It becomes difficult to even use the same words, the same way. People are broadcasting, acting as if they’re having conversations, they’re not really having conversations. They’re talking past each other.” -@frandallfarmer “I don’t believe there’s a single truth. One of the things that’s interesting is that every time someone talks about fake news, I can’t get a handle on what fake news actually is. I can’t tell it apart from some of the stuff I see in the mainstream which leaves out important details or tells only one side of some story. It’s like, well, is that fake news? What is news?” -@frandallfarmer About Randy Farmer Randy Farmer has built online social systems almost continuously since high school in the 1970s, ultimately working at companies such as Lucasfilm Games, 3DO, Electronic Arts and Yahoo! He co-founded several startups, where he helped pioneer foundational technologies including avatars, virtual currencies, the JSON protocol, web apps, newsfeeds, futures and promises, amongst many others. Randy’s most recent was Suddenly Social, which made real-time multi-user mobile games, who’s server tech was ultimately open sourced as Elko II. He is co-author of “Building Web Reputation Systems” (O’Reilly Media). He presently calls himself a social media product strategy consultant, advising dozens of companies on how to design and operate social-powered applications, from websites to mobile apps to games. As a side project, Randy leads a ragtag team on the Neohabitatproject, bringing back the first MMO/virtual world, Lucasfilm’s Habitat, after 30 years, as 100% open source. Related Links This is an incomplete list of related links from this episode. Once we have finished our transcript, this list will be updated. Randy’s LinkedIn profile Wikipedia page for Habitat, co-created by Randy, recognized as the first graphical virtual world “Building Web Reputation Systems” by Randy and Bryce Glass NeoHabitat, the relaunch of Habitat The WELL, a pioneering online community Wikipedia page for LucasArts, for which Randy developed Habitat Tucker: The Man and His Dream Jenna Woodul, the first Chief Community Officer Richard Bartle, co-creator of MUD Scott Moore, co-host of the Social Media Clarity podcast Quantum Link, the online service that became AOL Rescue on Fractalus! and Koronis Rift Steve Case, AOL founder The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment Alex Handy, Habitat fan and Neohabitat team member Neohabitat on Github “Yahoo! Buys Photo Sharing Site Flickr” by Jim Hu for CNET Wikipedia page for Glitch, an online game designed by Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn Waxy: How Yahoo Weaponized My Work Change My View Reddit How community flagging works on Discourse Randy’s Wikipedia page Building Web Reputation Systems, the companion blog to the book Randy co-authored Cachepix, a solution for those who would like to download their photos from popular image hosting services, which Randy is working on Transcript View transcript on our website Your Thoughts If you have any thoughts on this episode that you’d like to share, please leave me a comment, send me an email or a tweet. If you enjoy the show, we would be so grateful if you spread the word and supported Community Signal on Patreon. Thank you for listening to Community Signal.

We start off talking to David about how he first got to Lucasfilm Games, then at 7:15 we get into what it was like working at the company, as well as the inner workings and development of the SCUMM engine. Then at 10:30 we talk about the first few games that David was the designer, project leader, and a programmer on (Rescue on Fractalus!, Labyrinth, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders). At 21:45 we ask David about what it was like going from a programmer to the Director of Operations for LucasArts.We jump ahead and get into Thimbleweed Park at the 30:30 mark (BEWARE: SPOILERS AFTER THIS POINT), and then get into some of David's overall career work and themes throughout at 48:30. At the end, around 54:30, David enlightens us with his own personal rendition of "What's the Beer? What's the Song?" for Thimbleweed Park, and of course offers a few recommendations for us as well.For instance, make sure you check out Family Confidential, David's wife Annie's podcast: http://familyconfidential.com/And of course there's David's previous project Rube Works as well: https://www.rubegoldberg.com/education/rube-works-game/Hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did!Also, if you have a minute, feel free to check out our Patreon video over at: https://www.patreon.com/molmfAnd thanks again to all of our fantastic patrons who've already jumped in.Otherwise, you can always find us at the following locales:Website: www.MenOfLowMoralFiber.com Twitter: @MOLMFpod Instagram: @MenOfLowMoralFiber Email: MOLMFpod@gmail.comCheck out our MOLMF merch too!And if you have a minute, go check out our Patreon: patreon.com/molmf

In this episode we hop into our Valkyrie space fighters and shoot up some Jaggie saucers to review LucasFilm's, "Rescue on Fractalus!" and we'll go full tilt on one of Kieren's budget game, "Advanced Pinball Simulator". Show Notes News Kieren's "Atari 8-bit Vs. Arcade" videos Kieren's "A-Z of Atari 2600 Games: Volume 1" book, at Amazon US and Amazon UK Kieren's video tutorial on the AtariMax Max Flash Cart "Let's Go Dizzy! The Story of the Oliver Twins" book Jaguar Sector III & Lynx Sector groups on Facebook Sacramento Indie Arcade, April 8th, West Sacramento, CA pro(c) ATARI magazine, issue 11 (h/t The Real Bounty Bob) Tape Preservation Project, at atari.area "A8CAS" project at SourceForge "Keep those XL's/XE's humming" (home of "WAV2CAS", "CAS2WAV", and "XEX2CAS") at Ernest R. Schreurs' website Rescue on Fractalus! Published by Atari Corp (1987) Epyx (1984, US) & Activision (1985, UK) Developed by Lucasfilm Ltd. David Fox (programmer) Loren Carpenter (programmer) Charlie Kellner (graphics) Gary Winnick (graphics) James St. Louis (graphics) Douglas "Crock" Crockford (graphics) Peter Langston (sound, and team lead) Charlie "Dragon" Kellner (sound) Info: Rescue on Fractalus!: "Rescue on Fractalus!" entry at MobyGames "Rescue on Fractalus!" (XE Cart) entry at AtariMania "Rescue on Fractalus!" (Epyx (US) disk) entry at AtariMania "Rescue on Fractalus!" (Activision (UK) disk & tape) entry at AtariMania "Behind Jaggi Lines" entry at AtariMania "BALLBLAZER and Rescue on Fractalus! The Lucasfilm Computer Division Games Project is born - A very brief personal history", at Peter Langston's website Atari/Lucasfilm Games Press Kit, at Peter Langston's website "Rescue on Fractalus! video from 1984 press conference", at David Fox's website "Tomorrow's Promise" article at ElectronDance website "Changing Lives: David Fox" interview (part 1) & "Changing Lives: David Fox" interview (part 2), at ElectronDance website "Atari Unveils Lucasfilm Games - Star Wars company touts 'edge of the art' sound, graphics" InfoWorld article (June 4, 1984), at Google Books "The Making of Rescue on Fractalus!" Retro Gamer article (November 2007), at David Fox's website (PDF) Review of "Rescue on Fractalus!" at Super Adventures in Gaming (2013) Fractals and fractal landscapes: "Fractal landscape" at Wikipedia "Fractal" at Wikipedia "Benoît Mandelbrot, The Father of Fractals", a "Big Brains. Small Films." IBM documentary video Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Lucasfilm Computer Division, LucasFilm Games / LucasArts: "Loren Carpenter" at Wikipedia Loren's 1980 "Vol Libre" fractal landscape computer-generated film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, "Genesis Effect" scene (mountain split at 1m 49s) "Genesis Effect" scene with Industrial Light & Magic commentary Miscellanea: "Jump Scare" article at TV Tropes "Rescue on Fractalus!" at TV Tropes "The Influence of the UNIX Operating System on the Development of Two Video Games" Bell Communications Research paper, at Peter Langston's website (PDF) Legacy: Unfinished 7800 "Rescue on Fractalus!" prototype, at AtariAge "Koronis Rift" at Wikipedia "The Eidolonn" at Wikipedia "Fractalus" (currently alpha) for Windows "Fallen Angels" for Jaguar, at AtariAge forums Downloads: XE Cart Epyx (US) disk Activision (UK) disk & tape Where to Buy: B & C ComputerVisions Best Electronics Other Reviews and Info: ANTIC Podcast Interview #37: David Fox 7800 Game by Game podcast: "The Prototype Games!" Advanced Pinball Simulator Published by Codemasters (1989) Developed by The Oliver Twins: Philip & Andrew Oliver (designers) Hassan Mehmet (Atari code) Terry Lloyd (Atari graphics) David Dunn (Atari sound) Info and Downloads: "Advanced Pinball Simulator" entry at AtariMania "Advanced Pinball Simulator" info & story at Oliver Twins' website Other Reviews and Info: ChinnyVision review of various ports of "Advanced Pinball Simulator" "Advanced Pinball Simulator", Amstrad CPC reviews, at MobyGames "Advanced Pinball Simulator", ZX Spectrum reviews, at MobyGames "Advanced Pinball Simulator", Commodore 64 reviews, at MobyGames

Welcome to another fun filled episode of RGDS Let's Play "Rescue On Fractalus" Today Darren "Daz" Cater takes us through this great sci-fi classic. You can follow me on Twitter @RGDSPodcast, check out my Facebook page www.retrogamingdailyshow.com or thr new and improved blog at https://rgdspodcast.blogspot.com/ , RGDS is also now available on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/retrogamingdailyshows-podcast/id954142242 Or the RSS feed http://retrogamingdailyshow.libsyn.com/size/2 Also please take a few moments to check out our amazing sponsors Use promo code "RGDS" for a 5% discount at www.retrotowers.co.uk Use Promo code "RGDS"(PM abeadscstart on facebook) and get a 10% discount. Abeadscstart on Facebook. Plus don't forget to check out our friends over at http://gamesyouloved.com And last but not least head on over to http://www.playexpo.net the greatest retro gaming show on the planet Read more at http://retrogamingdailyshow.libsyn.com/#zRlO67C00RahFMpR.99

Douglas Crockford: Galahad And The Holy Grail, Burgers! Douglas Crockford worked in Atari's Game Research Group under Chris Crawford. There he created a variety of demos -- including Ballsong and Crockford's Trench -- and games. He created Galahad And The Holy Grail, which was published by Atari Program Exchange in summer 1982; and Burgers!, which was published by APX in winter 1983. After Atari, he worked at LucasFilm where he worked on Atari games including Rescue on Fractalus! and Koronis Rift. This interview took place on July 16, 2016. Teaser quotes: "For most of what we wanted to accomplish it was not possible to do things correctly. So it was all about cheating." "If they hired an executive and he wasn't working out, it was too much trouble to fire him, so they would assign him to special projects." Crockford's web site: http://crockford.com Galahad And The Holy Grail in the summer 1982 APX catalog Burgers! in the winter 1983 APX catalog Crockford's games at AtariMania Wikipedia on Crockford: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford

In this first episode discussing recently remastered LucasArts classic Day of the Tentacle, we talk about the influence of adventure games generally and the reputed mis-reporting of games being dead, as well as talking about the format of this game in particular. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Note: Brett keeps referring to Monkey Island 2 and Secret of Monkey Island kind of interchangeably. We regret the error. Sections played: Hard to say! But we both tried to get to where Laverne drapes herself in the flag, about three hours of play. Podcast breakdown: 0:33      Intro and segment 1 41:50    Break 1 42:17    Segment 2: intro to game, usability, format 1:24:10 Break 2 1:24:41 Segment 3: next time, FF9 follow-up, Hitman follow-up, outro   Issues covered: Hosts' early history with adventure games, playing text adventures on a 200 baud modem, calling hint lines, how to get hired at LucasArts, "death of the adventure game," exploring new directions for the genre, nostalgia factor and moving on from adventure games in 1993, usability issues in adventure games, grognard capture (and the audience base), exploration and getting into the head of the designer, player vs simulation, keeping the adventure game alive and evolving it this millennium, user-facing features and a request for reader input, wish fulfillment in your adventure games, immediacy of power fantasy in 1993, enthusiast press and what they focus on, Gold Guy animations, opening credits, building on existing technology vs building new technology (and the 3D revolution), no Star Wars games at LucasArts, art style for DoTT to preserve a look rather than lose it through low resolution, sparseness of initial playable environment -- tutorialization? or just lucky..., expanding the possibility space, puzzle threads, repetitive dialog as hints and lack of that in the inventory items, puzzles as quests but without a supporting journal or log, clarity or consistency of object or puzzle state, figuring out the weird constraints of time travel, level design thoughtfulness, a mechanical misstep that induces a lot of repetitive play, fighting the game, a jigsaw puzzle where you're not sure you have all the puzzle pieces, film references, choice of language and what's important to reinforce themes, maintaining consistent vision and the difficulties that team size present. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Double Fine Productions, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Secret of Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Defenders of Dynatron City, Tim Schafer, Zork, Sierra On-Line, King's Quest, Space Quest, Infocom, Advent.exe, The Wizard and the Princess, On-Line Systems, Mystery House, King's Quest, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Daron Stinnett, Aric Wilmunder, Ray Gresko, Steve Dautermann, Starfighter, Curse of Monkey Island, Escape from Monkey Island, Jonathan Ackley, Larry Ahern, Final Fantasy IX, Resident Evil, Myst, The 7th Guest, Phantasmagoria, Gabriel Knight series, Police Quest series, Manhunter series, Doom, Ultima Underworld, Ultima IX Ascension, Sean Clark, The Dig, Mike Stemmle, Minecraft, Dave Grossman, Ron Gilbert, Sam and Max Hit the Road, Humongous Entertainment, Freddi Fish, Pajama Sam, Putt-Putt, Spy Fox, Wadjet Eye, Emerald City Confidential, Blackwell series, Sam and Max Freelance Police, Kevin Bruner, Telltale Games, Dan Connors, Obi-Wan, The Walking Dead, Wallace and Gromit, Uncharted, Tomb Raider, Brütal Lëgend, Psychonauts, Dead Space, Pixar, Metal Gear Solid, Wayne Cline, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, Haden Blackman, Vince Lee, Rebel Assault, X-Wing, TIE Fighter, Larry Holland, Fractalus, Habitat, Peter Chan, Broken Age, Minecraft: Story Mode, Majora's Mask, Daniel Johanson, Josh Arman, Jon Hassan, Doctor Who, Jason Schreier, Hitman (2016), Echochrome, Remember Me, Don't Nod, Life Is Strange, David Cage, Mirror's Edge. Next time: Another 3 hours or so of the game! Look on Twitter to see what's what. @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Peter Langston, LucasArts Peter Langston was a founding employee at the game development company LucasArts, part of the team that created the Atari 8-bit games Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractalus. Peter composed Song Of The Grid, the memorable theme to Ballblazer. He also created the classic mainframe game Empire, and Oracle, the precursor to the Usenet Oracle (now called Internet Oracle.) Check his web site at langston.com for an interesting collection of papers, scans of LucasArts articles, and related material. This interview took place on January 16, 2016. Teaser quotes: "I remember at one point, some magazine said that LucasFilm has the ... best computer graphics in the game industry. And Alvy Ray Smith said that the games industry had the worst computer graphics that LucasFilm had ever done." Links Peter's Web site: http://langston.com/LFGames/ Internet Oracle: http://internetoracle.org Empire on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Classic Peter Langston on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Langston David Fox interview: http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-37-david-fox-lucas-artsrescue-on-fractalus

David B. Fox, one of the original employees at Lucasfilm Games Division, joins us this week to talk about the first game he developed there called Rescue on Fractalus!  We learn about how the Games Division got started, how the game almost didn't get made, and some of the firsts that this game brought to gaming.  We even learn about how George Lucas himself contributed to make the game more than it was originally designed to be.  For links to some of David's projects, visit the show notes at www.omgnexus.com

Hello, you are listening to Antic, the Atari 8-bit computer podcast.  I am Randy Kindig, one of the co-hosts, and I’m bringing to you today an interview episode with the author of one of the best games ever released for the Atari 8-bit computer line.  That would be David Fox, one of the authors of Rescue on Fractalus.  David shares his memories of developing that iconic game, working for LucasFilm (later LucasArts), publishing a book about Atari graphics and much more.  Please enjoy.   This interview was conducted March 18, 2015 via Skype.   Teaser Quotes:   “Every time someone does a LucasArts or LucasIflm retrospective, they find me and they ask me to do stuff.  Happy to talk to them because it's fun!”   "The original 2 games that we did, which were Rescue and Ballblazer, were intended to be kind of throw-away games."   "Thank you George (Lucas).  He knew about story telling in a way that I didn't and it was really great to have his feedback on that."   "And I think Star Raiders also kind of inspired me to do Rescue, to do Rescue on Fractalus"   Links interview with David Fox from Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game Programmers interview with David Fox on ElectroDance, Words on PC Gaming Computer Animation Primer By David Fox and Mitchell Waite, published 1984 The Making of Rescue on Fractalus from Retro Gamer #44 David Fox at Wikipedia David Fox on LinkedIN David’s website twitter: @DavidBFox info on David's recent game, Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Game David's Rescue on Fractalus! page David's Ballblazer page Thimbleweed Park game development blog Recent video interview on Sup Holmes David’s YouTube playist of Lucasfilm/LucasArts presentations, interviews, talks