In 1982, did Data Age got a LOCK on the submarine adventure genre? Or does this game suck the AIR out of gaming fun? We’re playing AIRLOCK. Well, mostly we’re cursing AIRLOCK. There’s a nice story though… SHORT STORY: AIRLOCKED AND LOADED – A STEVE STETSON, 1980’s SUPERSPY ADVENTURE Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Reformat” and “Pinball Spring”.  Thanks to Sean Courtney for the “Storytime” theme.  Find out more about this show, my other show IT’S... Read More

You may be noticing this episode showing up in your feed a bit earlier than usual. Good grief! What’s happening? We’re trying something new with the release schedule. Instead of one omnibus episode on the 15th, we’re going to cut the fun into two parts and release them separately, on the 10th and 20th of the month. If we like it, we’ll keep doing it. If we don’t, we won’t.  In episode 78, we’ve got Schulz Museum Curator Benjamin Clark back on the show to talk about the new book out in November, “Charles M. Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts... Read More

With the game NO ESCAPE!, episode 316 is escapist fun you can’t escape from! Well, you could just not listen, I suppose. But you wouldn’t do that, would you? Would you?!?!? We’re playing this 1983 title from iMagic. Goddesses! Guys named Jason! Getting stoned! It’s all here! Original Short Story from Me: Yourself and Nowhere to Go From There – A Play So. Many. Exclamation. Points. Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Reformat” and “Pinball Spring”.  Thanks to Sean Courtey... Read More

Beep! Beep! Move it…to episode 315 of ATARI BYTES! We’re playing CommaVid’s unreleased 1983 title RUSH HOUR. Honk if you love games! Bad Poetry Corner: GET OUT OF MY WAY! Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Reformat”, “Take a Chance” and “Pinball Spring”.  Thanks to Sean Courtney for the “Storytime” theme. Go to the ATARI BYTES page on patreon.com to support this show here.  The website www.carnivalofgleecreations.com has every thing you need for this show, my othe show, IT’S A... Read More

The podcast is HUGE this month! We’ve got not one, but TWO, er…Peanuts? Peanuts kids? Peanuts gang members? Both Melanie Kohn, who was Lucy in several of the specials from the seventies, as well as the film “Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown” AND Duncan Watson who was Charlie Brown in that film and several specials are here. TOGETHER! I hid the footballs. Then we’ve got “The Snoopy Show”, S2, episode 5, another “Random Strip of the Month” and a “Peanuts by Schulz” short titled “It’s Just No Good”. Thanks to Kevin... Read More

This episode croaks on arrival. In 314, we’re “playing” (Sort of) CommaVid’s unreleased demo for something maybe called FROG that the programmer dug out of an old box after twenty years and chucked out to the masses without a care…much like this podcast is produced. Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Reformat” and “Pinball Spring”.  Thanks to Sean Courtney for the “Storytime” theme. Support the show at the ATARI BYTES page on patreon.com here. Supporters... Read More

Does episode of 313 get a strong hold on your heart as we play Commavid’s 1983 space game STRONGHOLD? Listen and decide for yourself! Original Short Story: THE INEVITABILITY OF HISTORY Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Reformat” and “Pinball Spring”. Thanks to Sean Courtney for the “Storytime” theme. Support the show at patreon.com here.  Go the webite wwww.carnivalofgleecreations here for all your podcast needs for ATARI BYTES and my other show IT’S A PODCAST,CHARLIE BROWN.... Read More

It might still be summer, but SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION in episode 76!  Yay….? This month we’ve got the BRAND NEW Apple TV+ special just released on August 12 – LUCY’S SCHOOL. The kids crave an Endless Summer. Can Lucy deliver? Then because numbers are hard, we skip over episode 3 of THE SNOOPY SHOW and watch episode 4 instead. Guess I should have gone to Lucy’s School.  Plus, we’ve got a “Peanuts by Schulz” episode and another Random Strip of the Month.  Do we have any other capitalized segment titles? You’ll just have to listen and find... Read More

In episode 312, we’ve got tunnel vision, focused only on bringing you a doozy of an episode! This time, it’s the 1983 CBS Electronics game TUNNEL RUNNER, a ground-breaking, immersive 4D experience. Okay, actually, they call it it 3D. We added the fourth D for “DAMN!” Original Short Story: TUNNEL VISION Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Pinball Spring” and “Reformat”.  Thanks to Sean Courtney for the “Storytime” theme. Support the show at the ATARI BYTES page on... Read More

Call the Orkin man! (Gratuitous Orkin Man shout out. Send me a check.) In episode 311, I’m sorry to tell you, you’ve got termites. And not just any termites. Giant, space-faring, killer nest-building termites. It’s COSMIC SWARM, the 1982 title from CommaVid. Termites all over the darn place. And you, friend, must destroy them. Fight that creepy crawling feeling you’re experiencing right now thinking about giant bugs and get to work. Bad Poetry Corner: BATTERED BY THE COSMIC SWARM Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take... Read More