A Podcast about growing with a twin brother up In the 70s and 80s, at the dawn of video games, navigating family strife, punk rock, Star Wars obsessions, and
trying to understand the world while developing an inexplicable
love for everything “Atari”.
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In this podcast we discuss Atari computers and systems, new and old, review new games we collect, talk about all the systems, and the significance they had in our lives and the lives of others, and even talk about them in an historical context with the backdrop the times they were released, and how they are being used now.
We do all this in an effort to finally understand the answer to this existential question: what does it mean to have grown up in the generation of "the Vertical blank."
Credits:
Written, Engineered and Produced by Jeff Fulton @8bitrocket
With help from Steve Fulton @fultonbot
Branding by Daryl Litts @daryllitts
All content for Into The Vertical Blank is the property of Jeff Fulton & Steve Fulton and is served directly from their servers
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A Podcast about growing with a twin brother up In the 70s and 80s, at the dawn of video games, navigating family strife, punk rock, Star Wars obsessions, and
trying to understand the world while developing an inexplicable
love for everything “Atari”.
--
In this podcast we discuss Atari computers and systems, new and old, review new games we collect, talk about all the systems, and the significance they had in our lives and the lives of others, and even talk about them in an historical context with the backdrop the times they were released, and how they are being used now.
We do all this in an effort to finally understand the answer to this existential question: what does it mean to have grown up in the generation of "the Vertical blank."
Credits:
Written, Engineered and Produced by Jeff Fulton @8bitrocket
With help from Steve Fulton @fultonbot
Branding by Daryl Litts @daryllitts
Monthly update about the world of Atari.Atari Now! News and Homebrews, September 2025
https://www.reddit.com/r/atarinow/
Games Featured:Super 3D Maze 16https://store.steampowered.com/app/2751700/Super_3D_Maze_16/
Dash (2600) https://forums.atariage.com/topic/382967-dasher-a-new-64k-platformer/
Axercise (2600)https://forums.atariage.com/topic/381609-are-you-ready-to-axercise/
Intruders 2 (2600) https://www.facebook.com/groups/atariage/posts/10162880774035255/
Champ Games; Spiders Arcade, Tomahawk 777, Lucky Chasehttps://champ.games/f/boom-lucky-chase-and-tomahawk-777-added-to-the-online-store?blogcategory=Announcements
Svellas (7800, A8, 5200) https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-svellas_44457.htmlDemon Attack (7800 WIP) https://forums.atariage.com/topic/383751-sneak-peek-demon-attack-7800/
Pong Experiment (A8)https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-pong-experiment_44444.html
Street Fighter II (A8)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag3ihyOzlC8
Timber Man (A8) https://atarionline.pl/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=7976&page=1#Item_0
Wings of Death (Jag(https://forums.atariage.com/topic/380054-announcing-wings-of-death-for-the-jaguar/
Full Circle Rocketeer (Jag)https://www.patreon.com/rebootgames/shop/full-circle-rocketeer-caravan-edition-2187174
Timeloop (Lynx)https://drludos.itch.io/timeloop
Atari Dash (ST)https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-atari-dash_44356.html
Galactic Panic (ST)https://insert-studio-name.itch.io/galactic-panic
Defender 1.0 (ST)https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-defender_s30637.html
Thanks for support from:
Atari Legend,AtariBasement Atari Crypt BCB Coffee Boy, Daniel Beasley++,Barry BurkeyChris++Dave the VelociraptorED Possible,David L. Farquhar Jolt7800Tony LongworthDavid SchmidtDaniel StephensT1LTwesbrown18 VintNerd
All music, audio / video production. writing and game play by @8bitrocket and or @fultonbot unless otherwise noted. (c)8bitrocket Studios #Atari #IntoTheVerticalBlank #GenerationAtari
Into The Vertical Theme by Brian TravisTitle: Into The Vertical Blank theme Words & music by Brian Travis (c)(p)2021 Taste This Moment Music ASCAP http://www.briantravisband.com/
Out of the Vertical Blank Theme By Tony Longworth
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Into The Vertical Blank
A Podcast about growing with a twin brother up In the 70s and 80s, at the dawn of video games, navigating family strife, punk rock, Star Wars obsessions, and
trying to understand the world while developing an inexplicable
love for everything “Atari”.
--
In this podcast we discuss Atari computers and systems, new and old, review new games we collect, talk about all the systems, and the significance they had in our lives and the lives of others, and even talk about them in an historical context with the backdrop the times they were released, and how they are being used now.
We do all this in an effort to finally understand the answer to this existential question: what does it mean to have grown up in the generation of "the Vertical blank."
Credits:
Written, Engineered and Produced by Jeff Fulton @8bitrocket
With help from Steve Fulton @fultonbot
Branding by Daryl Litts @daryllitts
