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Sprite Castle 007: 4th and Inches

Ready, set, HUT! On episode seven of Sprite Castle, I play Accolade’s 1986 classic football game 4th and Inches. Or as people in Europe call it, “American Football.”

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 Druid by Firebird.

Congratulations to Rob Snyder 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: 4th and Inches Manual (Stadium 64)
Link: Zombi Terror
Link: Gamebase 64 v13 Released (!)
Link: Virtual C64 (C64 Emulator for Mac)
Link: Stereo SIDPlayer on Youtube
Link: Dragon’s Lair on C64

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Sprite Castle 006: Break Street

Forget Breakin’, forget Beat Street… this week’s game is it’s 1984’s Break Street by Creative Software! Get your parachute pants on and get ready for some vicious street battles.

If you would like to play along, you can find links to download Vice (a Commodore 64 emulator) along with all the games played on Sprite Castle by clicking on the downloads tab at the top of the page. Next episode we will be covering 4th and Inches by Accolade.

Congratulations to Aaron Schnuth for being this episode’s King of the Castle! Listen to this week’s episode to find out how you can become a future King of the Castle!

[Game Links]

Break Street Box Scans: MobyGames
I uploaded the game’s theme song to Soundcloud.

[Show Links]

DL Nelson and Scott Sackett’s podcast Better than Fiction

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Sprite Castle 005: California Games

This week’s game is awesome, radical, and totally tubular — it’s 1987’s California Games by Epyx! Also on this episode I talk about how you can become the honorary “King of the Castle” each episode. Listen closely!

If you would like to play along, you can find links to download Vice (a Commodore 64 emulator) along with all the games played on Sprite Castle by clicking on the downloads tab at the top of the page. Next episode we will be covering Break Street by Creative Software.

[Game Links]

California Games Manual: Project64 and Archive.org

[Show Links]

IndieRetroNews review of UK1541

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YDKF Episode 157: Printer Extravaganza

Listen. I know this sounds like a terrible idea for a show. It’s not as bad as it sounds, I promise. Just wait until you hear about all the fun I used to have printing things out with Print Shop!

[Links]

Link: Print Shop! They still make it!
Link: TheLogBook write up about Springboard’s Newsroom
Link: Paul Slocum’s Dot Matrix Synth
Link: My book Commodork
Link: Vintage Volts (GREAT retro site and guy!)

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Our Epson FX-80, sitting between a PC and our Franklin Ace 1000.


Note the Rambo printout behind my head (1987). This is the large wood desk my dad built that I mentioned in episode 156.

YDKF Episode 156: Every Computer I Have Ever Owned

Okay, so it’s not really every computer I’ve ever owned, but it’s every computer I’ve ever owned and actually used. My fellow hoarders understand the difference.

[Links]

Link: Lawsuit: Apple Computer vs. Franklin Computer

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YDKF Episode 155: Cassettes

Seasons Greetings, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! On the first You Don’t Know Flack of 2015 I talk about my history with cassette tapes. C’mon, it’s not as boring as yet another 24 hour Christmas Story marathon.

[Links]

Link: MakeyMakey.com
Link: Rusted Metal Podcast
Link: Holiday Special Podast
Link: 2-XL Robot

Link: Super Secret Cassette Link

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YDKF Episode 154: Emulation PC

On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk about my latest attempt to get an emulation PC up and running in my living room. I run through the parts I bought, the front end I settled on, and some of the work it took to get things up and running. I’ll probably end up writing and posting a more detailed “how to” article on my website, but this episode is a good overview as to what I did to get things up and running.

[Links]

Link: GastricSteps.com
Link: YDKF Episode 122: MAME Cabinets
Link: YDKF Episode 104: Console Copiers

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YDKF Episode 153: MTV

If you remember hearing (or saying) “I want my MTV,” then this episode is for you! In episode 153 of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about the classic era of MTV, from August 1st, 1981 when the channel began until the Real World, Road Rules, and all those other reality shows ruined everything. I talk a bit about Headbanger’s Ball, Yo! MTV Raps, and discuss some of the other shows that appeared on MTV over the years.

[Links]

Link: iGrewUpStarWars w/Rob O’Hara
Link: Pinballz Arcade
Link: Museum of the Weird

Link: Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” (1984 VMAs)
Link: Nirvana “Hi Axl!” (1992 VMAs)
Link: Michael Jackson/Slash “Billy Jean” (1995 VMAs)
Link: Vanilla Ice destroys a set
Link: MTV’s Remote Control

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YDKF Episode 152: Star Wars Video Games

In this episode I talk a bit about my visit to Rancho Obi-Wan before jumping in with lasers blazing and talking about as many Star Wars video games, computer games, arcade games and pinball games as a guy can in 75 minutes. I don’t cover ’em all, but it turns out there are hundreds of them so I did my best.

[Links]

My blog review of Rancho Obi-Wan
Link: iGrewUpStarWars.com
Link: MobyGames list of Star Wars games

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YDKF Episode 151: Theme Parks

Visiting Disneyland for the first time last month put me in the mood to tell old stories about theme parks.

[Links]

The best Disney-themed podcast out there: Drunk on Disney
Another Guy Hutchinson podcast: Adventure Club Podcast

Video: Springlake Amusement Park
Video: Frontier City
Video: White Water Bay
Video: Weird Al’s Skipper Dan
Video: Disneyland Walk-thru (2+ hours)

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