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Sprite Castle 027: Adventureland

Warm up your typing fingers and jump into the wonderful world of Scott Adams’ adventures with the first text adventure ever released for home computers, ADVENTURELAND.

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 its relationship to this episode!

Last episode’s secret song was Tom Petty – Free Falling

[Game Links]

Link: Box
Link: Manual
Link: YouTube
Link: Browser Version (iFiction.org)
Link: Adventureland Walk-Through
Link: An Adventure In Small Computer Game Simulation
Link: Matt Chat 79 w/Scott Adams (YouTube)
Link: Matt Chat 80 w/Scott Adams (YouTube)
Link: Matt Chat 81 w/Scott Adams (YouTube)
Link: Get Lamp interview with Scott Adams (YouTube)

[Show Links]

Link: My Text Adventure, Hangar 22 (Play in Browser)
Link: Robb Sherwin’s Interactive Fiction Games
Link: iFiction.org
Link: The Last Ninja Musicology: Cancelled
Link: Commodore Free #91
Link: CBMXfer 0.41
Link: LumaFix64
Link: Castles of Dr. Creep on Steam Greenlight
Link: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Update
Link: Frogger II – Three Deep +4D
Link: Petaco’5 Pinball Collection
Link: Avenger (1987) w/trainer

[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 173: Movie Theater Memories

Batman (1976)Inspired by Doug McCoy’s new podcast (In The Theatre), I decided to share some of my own movie theater memories as well. In this episode you’ll hear about my first viewing of Star Wars, that time Grandma caused us to see Supergirl on Thanksgiving Day, and the time some girl threw up behind us during Cloverfield, among other exciting stories.

[Links]

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.

YDKF Episode 172: Car Audio

In Episode 172 of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about car audio, from the crappy components I purchased at flea markets and installed in my first cars to the $2,400 system I had installed in a small vehicle that caused me to damage my hearing. Good times!

[Links]

pyANS: Raspberry Pi ANSI Art Scroller

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.

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.

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]

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 170: Arcade Guts

170In 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]

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.

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

[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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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]

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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(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!)

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]

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.