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Sprite Castle 026: Archon

C64_Archon[1] The eternal battle between the light and the dark takes place here in this week’s 1984 game from Electronic Arts, ARCHON.

Download the game in .D64 format HERE.
Download ringtones from the game HERE.

Congratulations to MICHAEL D’ANGELO, this episode’s King of the Castle! (Two weeks in a row — congrats, Michael!) Listen to this week’s episode to find out how you can become the next King of the Castle! Remember, I need the song title and its relationship to this episode!

Last episode’s secret song was Ratt – You’re in Love

[Game Links]

Link: Box
Link: Manual
Link: YouTube

[Show Links]

Link: SID Adventures
Link: Retro Commodore – Scans
Link: Multipaint
Link: Music Studio 2.2
Link: Last Ninja Musicology
Game: Slime Deluxe
Game: Spaceman Splorf: Planet of Doom
Game: Hessian
Game: Chobin II
Game: Beppe Kid
Game: Mystic Mansion

[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

[Related Links]

Link: Facebook.com/VintageVideogameAds (Facebook)
Link: Throwback Network (WWW | Facebook)
Link: You Don’t Know Flack (Podcast)
Link: Throwback Reviews (Podcast)
Link: Multiple Sadness (Podcast)
Link: RobOHara.com/podcasts (List of Podcasts)
Link: Master Feed for all my podcasts (iTunes | RSS)

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YDKF Episode 171: UFOs

Day13_Phone (119) Episode 171 is all about UFOs. On this one I talk about the books, television shows, and movies that caused me to look skyward. I also talk about some UFO reports, events, and my own personal sighting. The truth is out there — and in here!

[Links]

Alien Autopsy: YouTube
Gray Alien Interview: YouTube
Haiti UFO Sighting: YouTube

You Don’t Know Flack’s Official Forum
You Don’t Know Flack’s RSS Feed
You Don’t Know Flack’s iTunes Feed
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 025: Radar Rat Race

One blue mouse, one blue mouse, see how he runs, see how he runs in this 1982 game published by Commodore themselves, RADAR RAT RACE.

Congratulations to MICHAEL D’ANGELO, 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! Remember, I need the song title and the relationship to this episode!

Last episode’s song was Bananarama – Cruel Summer

[Game Links]

Link: Box
Link: Manual
Link: YouTube

[Show Links]

Link: Reset Magazine #8
Link: 1541 Diagnostic Cartridge
Link: Hugo Hunt
Link: Rock Maze
Link: Boulder Dashes
Link: Slime!
Link: Professional Lode Runner

[Podcast Links]

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YDKF Episode 170: Arcade Guts

170 In this week’s episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk about arcade guts — what you’ll find inside most machines. This episode is split almost evenly between “Loading Time” chatter and actual content, so get ready for some rambling!

[Links]

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 024: Karate Champ

Kick, punch, it’s all in the mind! On this episode of Sprite Castle, we kick things up and break ’em back down with the 1985 Data East game KARATE CHAMP.

Congratulations to JIZABOZ and AARDVARK, the first official co-Kings of the Castle! Listen to this week’s episode to find out how you can become the next King of the Castle! Remember, I need the song title and the relationship to this episode!

[Game Links]

Link: Box Artwork (ONE | TWO)
Manual: Archive.org
YouTube: Let’s Compare Karate Champ

[Show Links]

Link: High Voltage SID Collection
Link: SOASC (SIDs in MP3 format)
Link: FLAK (YouTube)
Link: GameByGamePodcast.com
Link: Upper Memory Block Podcast (DOS)
Link: VirtualC64 v1.4.2 (Mac OS)
Link: Archon (Browser/Online MultiPlayer
Link: C64 Visual Compendium Second Edition (Bitmap Books)
Link: Blasteroids 101%
Link: BreadBox64.com
Link: Karate Champ Lawsuit

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Sprite Castle 023: Labyrinth

David Bowie (as Jareth, the Goblin King in Labyrinth) said, “Everything I’ve done, I’ve done for you.” In honor of David Bowie and this wonderful movie that so many of us grew up loving in the 1980s, I decided to shuffle things around and bump Lucasfilm Games’ 1986 game LABYRINTH: THE COMPUTER GAME to the top of the list. I also take some unwarranted pot shots at PC-88 users for no particular reason. I’m sorry, PC-88 people. Come back!

Congratulations to DAVE MOTOWYLAK 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! Remember, I need the song title and the relationship to this episode!

[Game Links]

Link: Box Art (MobyGames)
Link: Manual (PDF)
Link: Walkthrough (YouTube)

[Show Links]

Link: Virtual C64 1.4.1 (C64 Emulator for MacOS
Link: Yape 1.0.8 (C +4 Emulator)
Link: 10 Liner’s Contest
Link: C64 16k Cart Game Competition Extended
Link: RetroPie, C64 Start in BASIC
Link: 2015 SEUCK Winners Announced
Link Little Knight Arthur Released 30 Years Later
Link: Frogger Arcade Release Prototype

[Podcast Links]

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(Note: my webhost went down as I was uploading this episode, and as a result, the last few minutes were cut off. A new copy was uploaded, so if yours sounds weird toward the end, re-download it!)

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YDKF Episode 169: Cruises

In Episode 169 of You Don’t Know Flack, hot off our vacation I kick off 2016 by talking about cruises: how they work, what to expect, and some of the things you can expect to find on a cruise. Not terribly retro, but I hope you’ll find it interesting and entertaining. The next episode will be all about the inside of arcade games, so hang in there for that one. In this episode’s Loading Time I talk about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Martin Luther King Day, and the Love Boat.

[Links]

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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YDKF Episode 168: The AP Story

In this episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk about the time I was interviewed by an AP reporter about my collection of classic games. The article ran in hundreds of newspapers, led to dozens of phone calls, got me a free TI-99/4a collection, and a cursed plaque.

[Links]

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 022: Return of the Jedi

So it’s not Star Wars Battlefront, but it’s the next best thing! On this week’s episode of Sprite castle, we take a look at Domark’s arcade conversion of Atari’s classic Star Wars arcade game, 1987’s RETURN OF THE JEDI.

Congratulations to JOSEPH SCHIRRIPA 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! Remember, I need the song title and the relationship to this episode!

[Game Links]

Link: Manual (Games Database)
Link: Box Art

[Show Links]

Link: Retroinvaders C64 Printable Calendar
Link: SX64 to DX64 Conversion
Link: Commodore Free: Issue 90!
Link: Rev’n’Ge Magazine Issue #44
Link: C64 Television on Twitch
Link: Scene World Video Reviews
Link: YouTube 10 Hour SID Marathon
Link: DC2N: Datasette to USB
Link: WAV-to-PRG Update
Link: C64 2015 Software Pack!

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YDKF Episode 167: IBM PC

While the Commodore 64 will always be my favorite child, the IBM PC is certainly the hardest working. In this episode I talk about my history with IBM computers, from our first PCjr back in 1984 through the first 386 I purchased in 1994. I also talk about some of my favorite games from that era and that stupid talking parrot program that came with the original Sound Blaster.

[Links]

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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Author Archives: robohara

Sprite Castle 026: Archon

YDKF Episode 171: UFOs

Sprite Castle 025: Radar Rat Race

YDKF Episode 170: Arcade Guts

Sprite Castle 024: Karate Champ

Sprite Castle 023: Labyrinth

YDKF Episode 169: Cruises

YDKF Episode 168: The AP Story

Sprite Castle 022: Return of the Jedi

YDKF Episode 167: IBM PC