Monthly Archives: April 2015

Sprite Castle 010: Track and Field

This week’s game is Atarisoft’s 1984 port of Konami’s 1983 arcade classic, Track and Field. Is this game as bad as magazine reviewers made it out to be? Listen to this episode to find out!

If you would like to play along, you can find download links to emulators along with all the games played so far on Sprite Castle by clicking on the downloads tab at the top of the page. Next episode we will be covering Jumpman by Epyx.

Congratulations to Paul Ramos for being this episode’s King of the Castle! Listen to this week’s episode to find out how you can become the next King of the Castle!

[Show Links]

Link: C64c Keyboard Kickstarter
Link: Commodore Colored Keycaps
Link: Bitmap Brothers Book Kickstarter
Link: C64Warez.com (Utilities and more!)

New Game: Rent-a-Cop Crazy Hack!
New Game Update: Bruce Lee II (1.9)
New Game Update: Ultima IV (2.2)

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Sprite Castle is a proud member of the ThrowbackNetwork. Find more retro-themed podcasts by following @ThrowbackNet on Twitter. If you enjoy Sprite Castle, be sure to check out my other podcasts: You Don’t Know Flack, Rusted Metal, Throwback Reviews and No Quarter.

YDKF Episode 159: MAME

On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about MAME, the arcade game emulator. I talk about some of the different types of computer and devices I play MAME on (including things like PCs and the Raspberry Pi), some of the different controllers I use, and touch on some of the advantages of playing MAME on a computer over building a MAME cabinet. I think about half of this information has appeared in other episodes of YDKF, but I’ve had MAME on the mind and so this is what came out. The sub-theme of this episode is, “enjoy your hobby the way you want.”

Also check out these related YDKF episodes about MAME Cabinets, the iCade, the Raspberry Pi and my Emulation PC.

[Links]

Link: MonsterFeet.com
Link: Star Wars Teaser Trailer #2
Link: Star Wars Battlefront Trailer
Link: Alfred P. Murrah Blog Posts one and two.

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My other Podcasts: Sprite Castle, Throwback Reviews, No Quarter and Rusted Metal

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Sprite Castle 009: Donkey Kong Junior

Move over Daddy Kong, Junior is here to save you in the sequel to the original Nintendo smash hit Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior! Although the arcade version of Donkey Kong Junior was released all the way back in 1982, this excellent port was completed and released in November of 2014! Along with a complete review of the game I was able to get a few questions about the project answered by the coder himself, Mr. SID. Check it out!

If you would like to play along, you can find download links to emulators along with all the games played so far on Sprite Castle by clicking on the downloads tab at the top of the page. Next episode we will be covering Track and Field by Atarisoft.

Congratulations to Jeff aka @ScofflawStyle for being this episode’s King of the Castle! Listen to this week’s episode to find out how you can become the next King of the Castle!

[Show Links]

Link: NoQuarterPodcast.com
Link: Vintage Videogame Ads on Facebook and Twitter
Link: MonsterFeet.com
Link: TheAverageRunnerPodcast.com
Link: Reset 64 Magazine
Link: D64 Editor

New Game: Bruce Lee II
New Game: Ultima IV
New Game: Commando Arcade

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To see ads for this and hundreds of other classic video games, check out my Facebook page: Facebook.com/VintageVideogameAds

Sprite Castle is a proud member of the ThrowbackNetwork. Find more retro-themed podcasts by following @ThrowbackNet on Twitter. If you enjoy Sprite Castle, be sure to check out my other podcasts: You Don’t Know Flack, Rusted Metal, Throwback Reviews and No Quarter.

YDKF Episode 158: Tornadoes

It’s spring in the Midwest and that means it’s tornado season. On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about what it was like growing up in Tornado Alley and my experience with two devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma on May 3, 1999 and May 20, 2013.

[Links]

Link: TheAverageRunnerPodcast.com
Link: The Stoogeum
Link: Twister: Fury on the Plains (TLC Documentary/Youtube)
Link: May 20, 2013 News Coverage
Link: My Vacation Pictures

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May 4, 1999 — my mom’s neighborhood


May 20, 2013 — Moore, Oklahoma