SoulBlazer Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Say, uhmmm...if you download episode 33 *before 7:00AM CDT on Friday, June 24* but have *not* listened yet, please re-download it. There was a brief audio issue (not affecting the actual *content* of the show, unless you just can't have a show without "Love Theme From Addenda And Errata") that our wonderful sound engineer Hyde St. Pièrre fixed after it was brought to his attention. I was going to report that, but I see someone else beat me to it. No worries about missing that one little music bit, those things happen. (I know it wasn't YOUR mistake, just I'm very generous in forgiveness) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 New episode -- and contest -- today! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Fangboner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) And a duplicate! Yay! Edited July 5, 2016 by Inky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 New episode -- and contest -- today! And what a relevant contest it is we have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 Say, due to various circumstances beyond our control, the new Pie Factory Podcast will be delayed possibly by a week. However, we will be at Video Game Summit this coming Saturday in Villa Park, Illinois, and rumor has it we'll be making world record attempts on the Atari 7800 Space Duel and/or Asteroids Deluxe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 What, did you spill another... (SLAP) Ouch! How did you know what I was going to say? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 No damage has been done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 EPISODE 35 IS OUT! See what happens when Dauber and Inky take a week off? The episode gets longer, unlike Dauber's performance in this episode's games. The hosts also discuss Video Game Summit, pickups, and a new arcade. Oh...and did somebody say..."contest"? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 EPISODE 35 IS OUT! See what happens when Dauber and Inky take a week off? The episode gets longer, unlike Dauber's performance in this episode's games. The hosts also discuss Video Game Summit, pickups, and a new arcade. Oh...and did somebody say..."contest"? We also talk to Rob O'Tron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) I like the audio compliation that brought the clip show flashback of "this week in robotron". Oddly enough, there was a prototype of Robotron for the TI-99/4A *this month in TI-99/4A* Nice childish B&B giggle soundbyte at just the right time. Edited July 29, 2016 by S1500 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 So nobody's listening to the new episode about Omega Race and Tempest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 So nobody's listening to the new episode about Omega Race and Tempest? 24312680.jpg I will, just listening to the Bally Astrocast right now. Super-busy Monday for podcast when I thought everyone took the summer off. Dangit, now I wish I provided feedback about Tempest. I remember reading the criticism about it in a Consumer guide about the game, saying it was a "Quarter eater, even for the best", but it's still a favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 (edited) Inky, on 15 Aug 2016 - 09:17 AM, said:Inky, on 15 Aug 2016 - 09:17 AM, said: So nobody's listening to the new episode about Omega Race and Tempest? 24312680.jpg Listened to it at work....nice episode! Some feedback for you: TXK (the pseudo-sequel to Tempest) is STILL on the PlayStation store. I just checked right now. I bought the game a few months ago when I picked up a PS TV (the home version of the Vita) and you can play the game on the PS TV, or the PS Vita. It never came on a Xbox system. There were plans to port the game to the PS4, PC, and Android before Atari put the stop to that but the game got never yanked from the store. The game is really great, feeling like Tempest 2000 with a few minor tweaks and improvments, and the thumb stick on the controller gives a acceptable substitute for the rotary style controllers. Tempest is a game I played in the arcade a few times but never got far cause it's wicked difficult. It's one of those games I like but never loved due to that fact. Very unique game and still a lot of fun to play today. But the story I'd always hard behind Tempest is that while the programmer was trying to make the 3D Space Invaders game he was charged with he had a nightmare about spiders coming out of a hole and that gave him the gameplay idea. Omega Race is a game I never saw in the arcades and played for the first time on the Colecovision Flashback in 2014 when it came out. I've since played the Atari 2600 version in emulation hacked to be playable on a regular joystick and despite the graphics and sounds not being as good as the Colecovision version I prefer that port. The Colecovision controls don't handle as well and you're right about that game being a flicker fest! When you cover Gorf in the next episode be sure to talk about the whole mess behind the 'unauthorized' homebrew port to the Jaguar made a number of years ago. Those people who stay out of that forum cause they are allergic to flame wars will thank you for knowing the story finally. Edited August 15, 2016 by SoulBlazer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 If it makes you feel better, I got the Ayn Rand reference despite the fact that I have never read any of her books. (shame on me) Also, I tried using the Booster Grip on Stargate for the 2600 (with the Booster Grip plugged in the 2nd port and joystick in the first hoping one of the buttons would register as pressing the button on controller 2), but it does not work. As far as I know, the Booster Grip only serves a function for Omega Race and no other game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) But the story I'd always hard behind Tempest is that while the programmer was trying to make the 3D Space Invaders game he was charged with he had a nightmare about spiders coming out of a hole and that gave him the gameplay idea. Another interesting tidbit about Tempest history that I don't believe was mentioned in the episode (apologies if it was and I just missed it) -- in an early version of the game, movement of the spinner control would cause the tunnel itself to rotate. During play testing some players reported that the rotating screen made them feel sick, so Dave Theurer changed it to the control scheme we know today, where, instead, the screen stays still and the player rotates around the top of the tunnel. Edited August 18, 2016 by Cynicaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 No, we missed it. Thanks for that detail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted August 29, 2016 Author Share Posted August 29, 2016 Episode 37, featuring Gorf and Professor Pac-Man, is out now! (And if you ever want to hear me get angry....well....listen.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Gorf ,Space Zap and Wizard of Wor always had the creepiest sound effects to me. It's just the right blend of tones and such to be hypnotic and disturbing. The voice only enhances it. Not the explosions or anything, but the multi-channel sweeping tones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 I love the part where Sean sings the ending theme tune just because he wants the episode/segment totally over. Heh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 (edited) Great episode as always guys! For the record -- I don't MIND if someone wants to call the SNES by that 'a-choo!' sound effect. I just won't USE it. I never called the system that, nor did any of my friends. But if someone wants to refer to it that way, it's cool. I even poked fun at this in a bumper that I did for Phil for the 7800 podcast a while back. As for saying Galaga, sorry -- I'm a old man and I can't unlearn how to say something I've been saying one way since the game first came out. I talk about this with another famous space shooter starting with G in the newest episode of the SNES Podcast. Yes, the woman in my avatar is Christina Hendricks. I made this as a joke a couple years ago and didn't plan to use this for this long but a lot of people have told me how much they like it, so I've left it. Most of them also say how distracting that the picture is. In regards to Gorf for the Jaguar -- the reason I said you guys should mention it is cause I don't know the whole story myself! I was hoping you'd fill me in. I've dug around in the topics there but can't find much about it. Most people who hang out there prefer to let the 'bad old days' stay gone and are understandably not eager to talk about it. From what little I pieced together, the port was done by someone who had a reputation in the community -- I believe he even got banned -- and of course was totally unauthorized. It's a very good port, by all accounts, arcade perfect, but I think there was some brouhaha about the selling of the game also. It had a very limited print run, there are 'copies' floating around also, and the game commands a high price when it goes up on EBay. Perhaps Shinto or Austin or another long time Jag user would know more. As for the voice in Gorf -- add me to the list of people who can't understand most of what it's saying! Where as I can make out the voice in games like Bezerk and Frenzy and Vanguard just fine. I also can't understand The Voice which the O2 games use, but I can understand the Intelivoice games just fine, so I don't know. I do hope that you cover Star Trek: SOS at some point, I love that arcade game, partly cause I'm such a big fan of the series. Edited August 29, 2016 by SoulBlazer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Great episode as always guys! Yes, the woman in my avatar is Christina Hendricks. I made this as a joke a couple years ago and didn't plan to use this for this long but a lot of people have told me how much they like it, so I've left it. Most of them also say how distracting that the picture is. I don't find it distracting, hypnotic maybe... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferghead Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 True story: I played in a band once with the Gorf Jaguar author. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 So I'm nowhere near the only one who doesn't check the Jaguar forums on here due to the excessive drama....over the Jaguar of all consoles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmt Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Gorf is in my top 10, glad to see it covered. I live by an arcade in Pelham, NH called "Pinball Wizard" and I go there to get my Gorf fix (among others). Last weekend, I was horrified to see the machine out of order because the stick had apparently snapped right off the base. I hope they can fix it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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