Into The Vertical Blank

Jeff Fulton & Steve Fulton
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  • VIDEO GAMES
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A Podcast about growing with a twin brother up In the 70s and 80s, at the dawn of video games, navigating family strife, punk rock, Star Wars obsessions, and trying to understand the world while developing an inexplicable love for everything “Atari”. -- In this podcast we discuss Atari computers and systems, new and old, review new games we collect, talk about all the systems, and the significance they had in our lives and the lives of others, and even talk about them in an historical context with the backdrop the times they were released, and how they are being used now. We do all this in an effort to finally understand the answer to this existential question: what does it mean to have grown up in the generation of "the Vertical blank." Credits: Written, Engineered and Produced by Jeff Fulton @8bitrocket With help from Steve Fulton @fultonbot Branding by Daryl Litts @daryllitts

  1. #151: Atari ST SHOW #1: Did Atari Knowingly Give Away Pirate Software? + ST News

    DEC 17

    #151: Atari ST SHOW #1: Did Atari Knowingly Give Away Pirate Software? + ST News

    In 1989 Atari Distributed a 4 disc game collection with new STs called “2- Great PD Games” that notoriously include some non-pd content. The Atari ST Show #1 we deep dive into the contents of these 4 disks and answer the question “Did Atari Knowingly do this?” We also look at the games and authors as a dive into the hobbyist history of the ST in the uSA. Plus, we take a brief look at a C library for developing STe games.  The Atari ST Show is brought to you by Into The Vertical Blank. Host Jeff Fulton (old man code). Notes: Download the Disk Collection: https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-20-great-public-domain-games_31449.html This is my first full length video post on Windows 11. It uses a combination of Kdenlivve and Shotcut, neither of which can hold a candle to Power Director in windows. For the next video I will create a dual boot and try Davinci Resolve on a different flavor or linux just for video editing (rocky Linux) The Front Cover of Start Magazine was chosen for the thumbnail not just for it’s excellent photo of the ST, but because it was the First issue and this is the first episode of the new series. “The term "Jack Attack Victim" is an informal phrase used to describe individuals, particularly employees, suppliers, or partners, who were negatively affected by the notoriously tough, ruthless, and aggressive management style of Jack Tramiel at both Commodore and later at Atari”  https://www.reddit.com/r/atarinow/ All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by @8bitrocket and or @fultonbot unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari Website: https://intotheverticalblank.com/ Reddit:   / atarinow   Itch.io: https://intotheverticalblank.itch.io/ Into The Vertical Theme by Brian Travis Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com...

    27 min

  2. DEC 2

    #150 : PC-Man And "The Spark" Of Childhood Wonder

    Teenager Greg Kuperberg wrote three fast-action arcade games for the IBM-PC in 1982 and 1983 (an almost impossible of feat at the time) and then took another path. In this rare examination of his work, we look at the legacy and inspiration of this "would-be" game programming auteur, who "moved-on" while at the top of his game. Links: -Tony Longworth: https://tonylongworth.bandcamp.com/music --Interview and Text Version: https://intotheverticalblank.com/2024/12/01/interview-greg-kuperberg/ --Retro365: https://retro365.blog/ --Retro365 - Orion Software: https://retro365.blog/2019/09/23/bits-from-my-personal-collection-the-original-ibm-pc-and-orion-software/?utm_source=chatgpt.com --Putnum Math Competition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition ---Time Out :https://www.macintoshrepository.org/66553-time-out --PC Assembly Language Step-By-Step: https://archive.org/details/pcassemblylangua0000hoff/page/286/mode/2up --8086 Code Examples: https://medium.com/@aleksej.gudkov/8086-assembly-code-examples-a-beginners-guide-3aeafd3fa808 --Assembly For World Domination: https://www.chibialiens.com/8086/platform.php#LessonP1 -Jamie Lendino: https://www.jamielendino.com/ https://www.reddit.com/r/atarinow/ Thanks for support from: Atari Legend, AtariBasement Atari Crypt BCB Coffee Boy, Daniel Beasley++, Barry Burkey Chris++ Dave the Velociraptor ED Possible, David L. Farquhar Jolt7800 Tony Longworth David Schmidt Daniel Stephens T1LT wesbrown18 VintNerd All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by @8bitrocket and or @fultonbot unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari #IBM #8088 #1982 #1983 #gregkuperberg Website: https://intotheverticalblank.com/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/atarinow/ Itch.io: https://intotheverticalblank.itch.io/ Into The Vertical Theme by Brian Travis Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony Longworth Into The vertical Blank On Blue SKY @8bitrocket.bsky.social Into The Vertical Blank on Mastodon @intotheverticalblank@techhub.social facebook https://www.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank

    33 min

  3. NOV 9

    #149: Atari Now! November 2025

    Atari now! Notes here Atari Now! November 2025 https://www.reddit.com/r/atarinow/ Atari Now, News and Homebrews. See full notes here: Thanks for support from: Atari Legend, AtariBasement Atari Crypt BCB Coffee Boy, Daniel Beasley++, Barry Burkey Chris++ Dave the Velociraptor ED Possible, David L. Farquhar Jolt7800 Tony Longworth David Schmidt Daniel Stephens T1LT wesbrown18 VintNerd All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by @8bitrocket and or @fultonbot unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari Website: https://intotheverticalblank.com/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/atarinow/ Itch.io: https://intotheverticalblank.itch.io/ Into The Vertical Theme by Brian Travis Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony Longworth Into The vertical Blank On Blue SKY @8bitrocket.bsky.social Into The Vertical Blank on Mastodon @intotheverticalblank@techhub.social facebook https://www.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank

    38 min
  4. #148 Atari Now! October 2025 News and Home brew for all Atari systems

    OCT 5

    #148 Atari Now! October 2025 News and Home brew for all Atari systems

    #atari #atari8bit #atari2600 #atarist #atari5200 #atari7800 #atarijaguar #atarilynx #atarivcs #atarirecharged Atari Now! October 2025 News and Home brew for all Atari systems https://www.reddit.com/r/atarinow/   Notes: https://intotheverticalblank.com/2025/10/05/148-atari-now-october-2025-news-and-home-brew-for-all-atari-systems/ 0:00 Opening  0:50 Atari News 24:48 Atari Home Brew  36:45  Closing  Mentioned in this episode: Adventure of samsara Akalabeth AWA Anthology Drone Patrol Polybius Bubsy-4d Vectrex RM 800XL Apollo 6000 Old Skool Gamer Magazine Silicon Underground Tetris Forever The Realm of Riesig 2600 Bell of the Dragon 2600 Gridlock 2600 Mars Defender 2600 Lore Lords Gladiators 2600. ABBUC Contest EatMore Atari8bit Yachtze Classic Atari8bit PengoGOCrazy Atari8bit Gemini Atari8bit Block it Atari8bit 1K ATASCOIID Atari8bit Assimilate Atari8bit Center Atari8bit Woodworm Atari8bit Witshift Atari8bit Hard Snake Atari8bit Kobo800 Atari8bit Schränker 4 Atari8bit Elite Beta Atari8bit Street Fighter II v.099g Atari8bit Retro Lemon Shop Fallen Kingdom Atari8bit Block'Em Sock'Em Atari5200 Scramble Atari 7800 Robot Rumble Redux Atari 7800 Mouse Trap + Mouse Line Atari 7800 Yoomp! V1.1 Atari ST Hero Fantasy Atari ST Miracle Boy In Dragon Land demo v.078 Atari ST Jumping at Shadows Atari Jaguar Chapters (00:00:00) - Opening(00:00:50) - Atari News(00:24:51) - Atari Home Brew(00:36:45) - Closing

    39 min

  5. SEP 29

    #147: People Not Things: The Enigma Of Chris Crawford

    Game Developer Chris Crawford recently declared his lifelong work a "failure". In this Video, we deep dive into Crawford, his legacy, and why we think h is wrong. End Of An Era https://www.erasmatazz.com/personal/self/end-of-an-era.html Chris Crawford's web site: https://www.erasmatazz.com/ Dragon Speech: https://youtu.be/VwZi58u1FjI Gossip Documentation: https://www.atariarchives.org/APX/showdocs.php?cat=unknown_gos Play Siboot Here: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Trust_and_Betrayal_-_The_Legacy_of_Siboot_1987 Features the song "Nomad" by Tony Longworth. Thanks for support from: Atari Legend, AtariBasement Atari Crypt BCB Coffee Boy, Daniel Beasley++, Barry Burkey Chris++ Dave the Velociraptor ED Possible, David L. Farquhar Jolt7800 Tony Longworth David Schmidt Daniel Stephens T1LT wesbrown18 VintNerd All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by @8bitrocket and or @fultonbot unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari Website: https://intotheverticalblank.com/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/atarinow/ Itch.io: https://intotheverticalblank.itch.io/ Into The Vertical Theme by Brian Travis Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony Longworth Into The vertical Blank On Blue SKY @8bitrocket.bsky.social Into The Vertical Blank on Mastodon @intotheverticalblank@techhub.social facebook https://www.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank

    48 min

  6. SEP 3

    #146: Atari Now! September 2025

    Monthly update about the world of Atari. Atari Now! News and Homebrews, September 2025 https://www.reddit.com/r/atarinow/ Games Featured: Super 3D Maze 16 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2751700/Super_3D_Maze_16/ Dash (2600) https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382967-dasher-a-new-64k-platformer/ Axercise (2600) https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381609-are-you-ready-to-axercise/ Intruders 2 (2600) https://www.facebook.com/groups/atariage/posts/10162880774035255/ Champ Games; Spiders Arcade, Tomahawk 777, Lucky Chase https://champ.games/f/boom-lucky-chase-and-tomahawk-777-added-to-the-online-store?blogcategory=Announcements Svellas (7800, A8, 5200) https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-svellas_44457.html Demon Attack (7800 WIP) https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383751-sneak-peek-demon-attack-7800/ Pong Experiment (A8) https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-pong-experiment_44444.html Street Fighter II (A8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag3ihyOzlC8 Timber Man (A8) https://atarionline.pl/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=7976&page=1#Item_0 Wings of Death (Jag( https://forums.atariage.com/topic/380054-announcing-wings-of-death-for-the-jaguar/ Full Circle Rocketeer (Jag) https://www.patreon.com/rebootgames/shop/full-circle-rocketeer-caravan-edition-2187174 Timeloop (Lynx) https://drludos.itch.io/timeloop Atari Dash (ST) https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-atari-dash_44356.html Galactic Panic (ST) https://insert-studio-name.itch.io/galactic-panic Defender 1.0 (ST) https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-defender_s30637.html Thanks for support from: Atari Legend, AtariBasement Atari Crypt BCB Coffee Boy, Daniel Beasley++, Barry Burkey Chris++ Dave the Velociraptor ED Possible, David L. Farquhar Jolt7800 Tony Longworth David Schmidt Daniel Stephens T1LT wesbrown18 VintNerd All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by @8bitrocket and or @fultonbot unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari Into The Vertical Theme by Brian Travis Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony Longworth Into The vertical Blank On Blue SKY @8bitrocket.bsky.social Into The Vertical Blank on Mastodon @intotheverticalblank@techhub.social facebook https://www.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank

    46 min

  7. JUL 23

    #145: What The Heck Is The Vertical Blank Anyway?

    In this piece we play the long versions of our two songs, mixed with a segment from our movie "The Best *#@! Christmas Ever: An Atari 8-bit Journey Into The Vertical Blank" To lay out just what The Vertical blank means to us and why we use it as the metaphor for the retro gaming hobby. Video version here: https://youtu.be/qudbVpMUCWI     Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank   Thanks for support from: BCB, Atari Legend, Atari Crypt -https://ataricrypt.blogspot.com/ ED Possible, Tony Longworth Daniel Beasley++, Barry Burkey David Schmidt, Dave theVelociraptor Jolt7800 wesbrown18 Daniel Stephens Chris++ All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by @8bitrocket and or @fultonbot unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari Into The Vertical Theme by Brian Travis Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony Longworth Into The vertical Blank On Blue SKY @8bitrocket.bsky.social Into The Vertical Blank on Mastodon @intotheverticalblank@techhub.social facebook https://www.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank

    8 min

  8. JUL 20

    #144: Atari 800, Blue Max, and the Zen of Vintage Computing

    Atari 800, Blue Max, and the Zen of Vintage Computing A crack the seal, an essay, a something, whatever this is. Late night fuel support appreciated but not demanded: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intotheverticalblank Thanks for support from: BCB, Atari Legend, Atari Crypt -https://ataricrypt.blogspot.com/ ED Possible, Tony Longworth Daniel Beasley++, Barry Burkey David Schmidt, Dave theVelociraptor Jolt7800 wesbrown18 Daniel Stephens Chris++ All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by @8bitrocket and or @fultonbot unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari Into The Vertical Theme by Brian Travis Title: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/ Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony Longworth Into The vertical Blank On Blue SKY @8bitrocket.bsky.social Into The Vertical Blank on Mastodon @intotheverticalblank@techhub.social facebook https://www.facebook.com/intotheverticalblank

    11 min
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A Podcast about growing with a twin brother up In the 70s and 80s, at the dawn of video games, navigating family strife, punk rock, Star Wars obsessions, and trying to understand the world while developing an inexplicable love for everything “Atari”. -- In this podcast we discuss Atari computers and systems, new and old, review new games we collect, talk about all the systems, and the significance they had in our lives and the lives of others, and even talk about them in an historical context with the backdrop the times they were released, and how they are being used now. We do all this in an effort to finally understand the answer to this existential question: what does it mean to have grown up in the generation of "the Vertical blank." Credits: Written, Engineered and Produced by Jeff Fulton @8bitrocket With help from Steve Fulton @fultonbot Branding by Daryl Litts @daryllitts

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  • Creator
    Jeff Fulton & Steve Fulton
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    204
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    Into The Vertical Blank

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