Download or listen to the podcast episode at atarijaguargamebygame.libsyn.com/s03-atari-50-the-anniversary-celebration

Wait, another Atari game compilation? Is there anything to distinguish Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration from all those that came before? Is it worth our time and money? Do these people even get why we so love Atari? Tempest 2000 answers these questions for us: "YES! YES! YES!"

This deep dive into Atari 50 walks through the entire experience, not just Jaguar, but reviewing "re-imagined," analyzing arcade games, perusing the platforms, and tackling the timeline. Some bugs are found, sure, but also a few delightful surprises.

Also included is feedback from Richard, Nick, and Editorb!

General Links

• jaguar.gamebygamepodcast.com
• gamebygamepodcast.com/1/jaguar on Gopher
• Jaguar Game by Game Podcast Store
• Podcast Episode Guide
• Michael Current's Awesome Atari History Timelines

Forums

• AtariAge
• atari.io

Game Links

• Game on Atari.com
• Game on MobyGames

Developer, Distributor, and Development

• Retro Gamer, September 2022 (Digital Eclipse)
• Retro Gamer, November 2022 (Atari 50)
• Musashi Motorola 680x0 CPU emulator
• Atari 50 1.0.3 patch information

Gameplay & Graphics Notes

• Digital Eclipse 3D printer designs
• SwordQuest Airworld history from Digital Press and AtariProtos.com. Also see The Retro Hour #384 which has more detail about Airworld, but wasn't directly used for research.
• Arcade 1Up Centipede Legacy cabinet
• Atari 5200 Millipede from AtariProtos.com
• AMDEK Color-I monitor
• BigPEmu

Cheat Codes

• GameFAQs
• Achievements

Reviews

• MobyGames reviews
• Metacritic reviews
• The Verge
• Video Game Critic
• Ars Technica on VCTR-SCTR

Other Media/Culture References

• Art of Atari by Tim Lapetino
• Been there, done that
• Neo/Matrix
• Amiga Boing Demo
• Wesley Crusher
• Pat Sajak/Buy a Vowel (and before you write in, yes, I know I technically only needed to buy two vowels)
• Byte Driver by Vector Hat (published by Thalamus Digital)
• Space Giraffe
• A certain 1984 Henry Thomas / Dabney Coleman movie
• "...on the rooftop of some apartment building with several of your trendy twenty-something friends..." (Nintendo Switch First Look)
• GI Joe SHARC (It's a submarine! It's an airplane! It's twice the vehicle for half the battle!)
• Once Upon Atari book and videos
• Atari: Game Over documentary
• Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more
• Nickervision/Adamvision: Missile Command Recharged (the original; there are two, which is confusing), Centipede Recharged, Black Widow Recharged
• If you have the means, I highly recommend it.

Podcast references

• Into the Vertical Blank interview with Mike Mika
• RetroRGB interview with Rich Whitehouse
• Club Drive
• Pie Factory

Personal Opinions

• Evercade
• ODROID-GO Advance Black Edition

Listener Feedback

• Masters of Doom
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• Homer's Triple Bypass

Storytime

• Zenith L1310C

Extra

• Apollo 11 landing

Next up: JaguarCD and Virtual Light Machine!