It’s time to hop in a modded Dolorian back to the golden age of video games and talk about the Atari 2600 on this Yars’ Revenge podcast. My guest, Atari enthusiast CJ aka @CardiacDrop, and I discuss 2600 cover art, dispensing with ageism, games that used to come with manuals, comic books, guidebooks, maps, and extras, bringing your own imagination to the game, “few rules and a tremendous play space” in design, the difference between action and adventure, the objective of an endless game, the story of the vengeance of Yars for Razak IV against the infamous Qotile, Howard Scott Warshaw and his Easter Egg, how Yars’ Revenge got its name, playing Yars’ at launch, the strength of retro games that were forced to design within specific limitations, E.T. infamy, the North American Video Game Crash, the VCS, the fate and future of Atari, the matter of exclusives, and why you should still play 2600 games for yourself. Enjoy our Yars’ Revenge podcast!
Links:
https://www.atariage.com/comics/comic_page.php?MagazineID=48&CurrentPage=1
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Red formerly ran The Well-Red Mage and now serves The Pixels as founder, writer, editor, and podcaster. He has undertaken a seemingly endless crusade to talk about the games themselves in the midst of a culture obsessed with the latest controversy, scandal, and news cycle about harassment, toxicity, and negativity. Pick out his feathered cap on Twitter @thewellredmage, Mage Cast, or Story Mode.
