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YDKF Episode 166: Horror Movies

On this very special Halloween edition of You Don’t Know Flack I traipse through my history with horror movies, starting with the first ones I watched as a youngster and ending with my thoughts on modern horror films. Happy Halloween!

PS: I recently moved my microphone and apparently I hit it a dozen times during this episode. Pretend a ghost did it.

[Links]

Link: You Don’t Know Flack 144: Halloween
Link: You Don’t Know Flack 135: Backmasking
Link: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Movie Clip)
Link: Monsters and Vampires (Book)
Link: Faces of Death is Fake
Link: Doug McCoy’s Autumnal Blog
Link: CTupa.com
Link: Teaching Cows (and Yourself) to Jump Hurdles

Thanks to Jeff Martin, Andy Willrath, Andy Smith, Jason Lee, Andy Green, and all my other old friends that I used to watch horror movies with.

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Sprite Castle 020: Little Computer People

More of a simulation than a game but no less fun, on this week’s episode we take a look at an innovative and unique title, 1985’s LITTLE COMPUTER PEOPLE by Activision.

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.

Congratulations to STEVE SCHIRRIPA for being this episode’s King of the Castle and for achieving SPRITE CASTLE ROYALTY! Listen to this week’s episode to find out how you can become the next King of the Castle! Be careful, the rules have changed slightly!

[Game Links]

Link: Little Computer People Manual

[Show Links]

Link: Sprite Castle Spreadsheet
Link: CTupa.com | Store
Link: Retro Computer Scene C64 High Scores
Link: C64 Auctioned for $25k
Link: Mega65 (FPGA)
Link: NoQuarterPodcast.com
Link: Lethargic’s Podcast

[Podcast Links]

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Sprite Castle’s E-Mail: SpriteCastle at GMail

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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, Throwback Reviews and Multiple Sadness. You can find links to all my shows at RobOHara.com/podcasts.

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Sprite Castle 019: Shamus

In this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shooter, you’ll face more spiral drones, robo-droids, and snap jumpers than you can shake an ion-shiv at in your quest to defeat the Shadow in this week’s game, 1983’s SHAMUS by Synapse Software.

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. On the next episode we will be covering 1985’s LITTLE COMPUTER PEOPLE by Activision.

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! Be careful, the rules have changed slightly!

[Game Links]

Link: Interview with Cathryn Mataga (ANTIC Podcast)
Link: Player/Missile Podcast (Atari)
Link: Shamus Box Cover
Link: Manual #1
Link: Manual #2
Link: Shamus Game Maps
Link: Shamus Online (GBC version)
Link: Shamus Online (DOS version)

[Show Links]

Link: Robb Sherwin (IFWiki.org)
Link: All About BBS Door Games
Link: Dope Wars (Online)
Link: Tai-Pan (Online)
Link: Sprint 1
Link: The Last Ninja +11D
Link: Caren and the Tangled Tentacles v1.1

[Podcast Links]

Sprite Castle’s Official Forum
Sprite Castle’s RSS Feed
Sprite Castle’s iTunes Feed
Sprite Castle’s Stitcher Feed
Sprite Castle’s Voice Mailbox: 405-486-YDKF
Sprite Castle’s E-Mail: SpriteCastle at GMail

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, Throwback Reviews and Multiple Sadness. You can find links to all my shows at RobOHara.com/podcasts.

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YDKF Episode 165: College

Summer’s over and class is in session! On this episode of YDKF I talk about the five (!) different colleges I’ve attended — not particularly technical in nature, but I thought you guys might want to know what I’ve been up to over the past month. The next two episodes will both be related to retro games, so hang in there!

[Links]

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You Don’t Know Flack’s Facebook Page
You Don’t Know Flack’s Voice Mailbox: 405-486-YDKF

To check out other podcasts I record including Sprite Castle, Throwback Reviews and Multiple Sadness, check out RobOHara.com/podcasts. There you can find iTunes and RSS feeds for all my shows.

You Don’t Know Flack is a proud member of the ThrowbackNetwork. Find more Throwback podcasts by following @ThrowbackNet on Twitter.

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Sprite Castle 018: The Goonies

HEY YOUUU GUUUYS! This episode’s game is good — good enough for me — ah YA YA YA YA YA! Take control of Josh, Mikey, Mouth, Sloth, and the rest of the gang in through eight co-op levels in 1985’s THE GOONIES.

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. On the next episode we will be covering 1985’s THE GOONIES by Datasoft.

Congratulations to CODY HOFFMAN 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! Also congratulations to all the party attendees: Mike Van Hoose, Manfred Bauer, Steve Shirripa, Joseph Shirripa, Etienne Wettingfeld, Robert Ferguson, John Justice, and everyone else!

[Game Links]

Link: Goonies Box Artwork (Mobygames)
Link: C64-Wiki (includes walkthrough)
Link: Goonies Manual: Page 1 | 2
Link: Goonies Remake

[Show Links]

Link: Super Mario Bros. 30th Birthday
Link: SidTracker64
Link: cOS (New C64 Operating System)
Link: Godfather’s Pizza
Link: Greg Winters Artwork (Google Image Search)

[Podcast Links]

Sprite Castle’s Official Forum
Sprite Castle’s RSS Feed
Sprite Castle’s iTunes Feed
Sprite Castle’s Stitcher Feed
Sprite Castle’s Voice Mailbox: 405-486-YDKF
Sprite Castle’s E-Mail: SpriteCastle at GMail

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, Throwback Reviews and Multiple Sadness. You can find links to all my shows at RobOHara.com/podcasts.

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Sprite Castle 017: Montezuma’s Revenge

Snakes, spiders and skulls — oh my! After getting distracted for a few minutes by one-star Yelp reviews for Panchos Mexican Buffet, I get into this episodes adventure which is 1984’s MONTEZUMA’S REVENGE.

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. On the next episode we will be covering 1985’s THE GOONIES by Datasoft.

Congratulations to JIM FULLERTON 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: Amigos Podcast
Link: Chicken Lips Radio Podcast
Link: AMIV 2.0 | Video (Amiga to HDMI)
Link: Games That Weren’t
Link: Daffy Duck and the Great Paint Caper
Link: Nuclear Nick
Link: Awakening
Link: Kevin in the Woods
Link: Caren and the Tangled Tentacles
Link: Moonraker
Link: Quick Draw McGraw
Link: Yelp Reviews of Panchos
Link: Interview with Robert Jaeger (Digital Press)
Link: Montezuma’s Revenge Maps
Link: Montezuma’s Revenge Manual
Link: NormalDistribution (iOS/Android Version)

Sprite Castle’s Official Forum
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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, Throwback Reviews and Multiple Sadness. You can find links to all my shows at RobOHara.com/podcasts.

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Sprite Castle 016: MicroLeague Wrestling

Atomic elbows! Leg drops! Head smashes! OH YEAH! On this week’s episode of Sprite Castle we wrestle with the world’s most strategic wrestling game, 1987’s MICROLEAGUE WRESTLING.

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. On the next episode we will be covering 1984’s MONTEZUMA’S REVENGE by Parker Bros.

Congratulations to Tory Waddingham 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: Commodore Phone in Trademark War (TechEye.net)
New Game: Heroes & Cowards – The Pentagram of Power
New Game: FairyWell Crazy Hack
New Game: Motocross Simulator Crazy Hack
New Game: Bubble Dizzy Crazy Hack
New Game: Tiger Claw Crazy Hack
New Game: MegaTron
New Game: Flimbo’s Quest
New Game: Edge of time
New Game: Soldier of Fortune

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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, Throwback Reviews and Multiple Sadness. You can find links to all my shows at RobOHara.com/podcasts.

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