ATARI BYTES

This week on Atari Bytes, we're burnin' down the house! Well, burnin' down a skyscraper anyway. Also, technically, we're... Read more

Well, 2017 has firmly affixed itself to our calendars, much like a parasite feeding on our very souls. So! Do we hide in... Read more

EPISODE 70 invites you to be a star and to get your RAID on! STAR RAIDERS is here! This 1982 Atari game was the first to... Read more

This week, I'm swinging in on a vine as Planet Funk Con sinks into the quicksand below and I land on the other side to r... Read more

In episode 186, we're playing FLASH GORDON, the 1983 Twentieth Century Fox game inspired by the golden age comic book ch... Read more

HAPPY NEW YEAR! You could ring in 2019 watching a ball drop, while drenched in expensive champagne and kissing your favo... Read more

We came. We saw. We kicked its...Well, you know. In 1984, GHOSTBUSTERS left an indelible, Mr. Stay Pufft-sized, footprin... Read more

If they only knew. If only Elliott and those soft-hearted scientists knew. In 1982, extra-terrestrials invaded Earth - b... Read more

Q*Bert! He was adorable, wasn't he? Sure he was. But man, he was a little guy with issues. Can't really blame him though... Read more

Good grief! This week's episode is Atari's 1983 game SNOOPY & THE RED BARON! High flying adventure with Snoopy AND s... Read more

It's Halloween! (As this episode drops). Here's a little pod-treat for your goodie bags, you little goblins. I'm joined ... Read more

WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN... Seriously. Do it. Do it now. Okay, sit down, you look ridiculous. This week on the podcast, we ... Read more

The bomber in Activision's 1981 game KABOOM! is mad. How do we know? The exclamation point in the title, obviously! That... Read more

Go suck an egg! Sorry...meant go lay an egg. No, that's not right.  Oh! Right. In episode 207, we're playing the 1987 At... Read more

Episode 183 flutters in on cute-as-a-bug little wings with FIRE FLY, a 1983 offering from Mythicon. Is this game where y... Read more

The exclamation point in the game title is well deserved! This week on the podcast, we look at Pitfall!, a 1982 game fro... Read more

Well, we wanted to find signs of alien life, and now we're being conquered by our new alien overlords. Yet another reaso... Read more

Episode 198 is PELE'S SOCCER, Atari's tribute to one of the greatest athletes of all time: Brazilian soccer star PELE. T... Read more

In Cosmic Space Patrol, "roid rage isn't a failing, it's a job requirement. On a routine patrol, your ship is beset by a... Read more

IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A PLANE! IT'S A PODCASTER! Er, I mean, IT'S SUPERMAN! That's an easy mistake to make. This week's game... Read more