Select Game – theLogBook.com

Raise your hand if you saw this coming: If you thought the O2/Videopac news was getting awfully quiet, think again – Philips is back on the scene, releasing new compilations of classic Videopac games through Steam. There are some cool things about this, and some not-ready-for-prime-time things about it, and this podcast discovers some of both in real time. The really interesting thing is what this may portend for future homebrew projects in the O2/Videopac realm. (38:47) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com Show Notes page: https://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/601-steamed-up/ Videopac Collection 1 on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2193100/Videopac_Collection_1/ Visit: theLogBook.com | theLogBook’s Patreon or Ko-Fi or Amazon Wishlist | theLogBook’s Redbubble Store Sponsored by: Ashley Thomas: The Nerdy Blogger! The theme song for Select Game is “Fat Cat Wants Tasty Fish” by Teleidofusion, via the Free Music Archive. Other music by Soft & Furious, also via Free Music Archive.

Everything old is new again! The latest directly from the developers of the potential new member of the Odyssey family, a look at Odyssey Retro’s potential risks, potential greatness, and very cautious and frank analysis of the system’s chances of actually happening at all. And if the thought of the O2 making a comeback is a surprise, the other piece of news will definitely be a surprise. (45:19) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com I strongly urge you to read the product crowdfunding page yourself and draw your own conclusions; English version can be viewed by way of the “idiomas” drop-down menu. Show Notes page: https://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/502-retro-what/ Visit: theLogBook.com | theLogBook’s Patreon or Ko-Fi or Amazon Wishlist | theLogBook’s Redbubble Store Sponsored by: Ashley Thomas: The Nerdy Blogger! The theme song for Select Game is “Fat Cat Wants Tasty Fish” by Teleidofusion, via the Free Music Archive. Other music by Soft & Furious, also via Free Music Archive.

You wanna retro that by me again? The shot heard ’round the Odyssey²/Videopac world. Is someone seriously trying to bring this hardware platform into the present, or allowing it to stubbornly stick to the past? There are so many questions yet to be answered…and this edition of the show is asking them. (21:48) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com Show Notes page: https://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/502-retro-what/ Visit: theLogBook.com | theLogBook’s Patreon or Ko-Fi or Amazon Wishlist | theLogBook’s Redbubble Store Sponsored by: Ashley Thomas: The Nerdy Blogger! The theme song for Select Game is “Fat Cat Wants Tasty Fish” by Teleidofusion, via the Free Music Archive. Other music by Soft & Furious, also via Free Music Archive.

Clothes maketh the game: The black background. The vanishing point logo with its very, very seventies font. The Helvetica lettering. Could anything ever replace the classic look of vintage Odyssey² packaging? Should anyone even try to come up with a new look? Hear from someone who tried, but apparently didn’t stick the landing. (10:25) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com Show Notes page: https://www.thelogbook.com/selectgame/501-a-new-look-for-the-Odyssey²/ Visit: theLogBook.com | theLogBook’s Patreon or Ko-Fi or Amazon Wishlist | theLogBook’s Redbubble Store Sponsored by: Ashley Thomas: The Nerdy Blogger! The theme song for Select Game is “Fat Cat Wants Tasty Fish” by Teleidofusion, via the Free Music Archive. Other music by Soft & Furious, also via Free Music Archive.

Anyone wanna make games for this machine? Third-party games were – and remain – a real rarity for the Odyssey² and Videopac. But who, aside from Parker Brothers and Imagic, should’ve stepped up to the plate? Another bite-sized edition of the internet’s only podcast with sync-sound action ponders who might have dared to create more games for the Odyssey². (10:43) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com No YouTube video for this one. Hopefully the video component of the show can make a comeback in 2021. Visit: theLogBook.com | theLogBook’s Patreon or Ko-Fi or Amazon Wishlist | theLogBook’s Redbubble Store The theme song for Select Game is “Fat Cat Wants Tasty Fish” by Teleidofusion, via the Free Music Archive. Other music by Kasatochi. Select Game, much like that train going through Dyer, will return.

Back In Action? Yes, Select Game is still here…and yes, Select Game still covers the Odyssey². A bite-sized edition of the internet’s only podcast with sync-sound action is here to let Odyssey² and Videopac (and Jopac and Radiola Jet…) fans know that there’s more to come. (10:21) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com No YouTube video for this one. If you’re interested in the Don’t Give This Tape To Earl podcast that explains more about what 2019 and 2020 have been like at Select Game headquarters, you can hear it here. The theme song for Select Game is “Fat Cat Wants Tasty Fish” by Teleidofusion, via the Free Music Archive. Select Game will return in The Living Daylights.

Back In Action! Now with 100% less Dalek vocalization. Is the Odyssey² up to the task of simulating the physics of pinball? And if it falls short…well, little multicolored dudes cracking electrical whips will do just fine, right? Sure they well! Also, we get to test-drive PackratVG.com’s amazing C7061 multicart to play Thunderball!, Pachinko!, and Ralph Baer’s Pinball prototype, while also checking out some of the multicart’s other features (such as its onscreen menu of 200+ games). Also: homebrew previews (Cold Case, Dungeon of Eternity, The Empire Strikes Back), the unveiling of the statue of Ralph Baer at Baer Square, and a little bit of cat scratch fever. (54:48) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com The theme song for Select Game is “Fat Cat Wants Tasty Fish” by Teleidofusion, via the Free Music Archive. Special thanks to PackratVG.com (and to developer Rene van den Enden) for the C7061 multicart, preserving the whole Odyssey² library in one convenient package! Get yours here. The lost history of the RCA Studio II: Merchandising Magazine, June 1979 – “Orbiting Math Game” and “Electronic Battle Charge”!? Merchandising Magazine, October 1979 – “Whirlybird” and “O.R.B.I.T.S.”? Links from this episode: Cold Case! and more from 2600 Connection PackratVG.com: Videopac/Odyssey² C7061 Multicart Select Game merch at Redbubble! theLogBook.com Patreon Studio build & set decoration wish list at Amazon.com theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) theLogBook.com Store

Exterminate!! Some podcasts should be heard and not seen, but now Select Game offers you the chance to do both! Well, due to an unidentified microphone-and/or/-software issue, that might be a stretch, as your host sounds a bit Dalek-ish for the first several minutes of the show. In this edition, more listener letters, game names that might have been (but weren’t), and playing the graphics-enhanced Videopac+ versions of Pick Axe Pete, Cosmic Conflict, and Attack Of The Ti — uh, I mean, Terrhawks. Because obviously, Terrahawks, right? Do the graphical enhancements improve the game? Also, how about that Flashpoint? (55:11) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com The theme song for Select Game is “Fat Cat Wants Tasty Fish” by Teleidofusion, via the Free Music Archive. Pick Axe Pete! PLUS! Cosmic Conflict! PLUS! The lost history of the RCA Studio II: Merchandising Magazine, June 1979 – “Orbiting Math Game” and “Electronic Battle Charge”!? Merchandising Magazine, October 1979 – “Whirlybird” and “O.R.B.I.T.S.”? Links from this episode: Magnavox Odyssey² Facebook Group Cold Case! and more from 2600 Connection Select Game merch at Redbubble! theLogBook.com Patreon Studio build & set decoration wish list at Amazon.com theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) theLogBook.com Store

Poppin’ Fresh D’OH!! Some podcasts should be heard and not seen, but now Select Game offers you the chance to do both! In this edition, we play P.T. Barnum’s Acrobats! and the Videopac-only Loony Balloon, we ask why the Jopac had to have square balloons in the former, and we trace both games to their arcade roots, complete with hilarious early voice synthesis…and balloons. So. many. balloons. (53:35) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com The rockin’ new theme song for Select Game is “Fat Cat Wants Tasty Fish” by Teleidofusion, via the Free Music Archive. Links from this episode: Select Game merch at Redbubble! theLogBook.com Patreon Studio build & set decoration wish list at Amazon.com theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) theLogBook.com Store Don’t Give This Tape To Earl (also available on iTunes)

A Deep Dive Into The Vaporware Realm! Who killed the Odyssey3? Was it a machine with underwhelming capabilities that would’ve been DOA? Or was it killed by its own heir apparent, the Odyssey4? Forget everything you thought you knew about the end of the Odyssey consoles. (53:53) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com The rockin’ new theme song for Select Game is “Fat Cat Wants Tasty Fish” by Teleidofusion, via the Free Music Archive. Who killed the Odyssey3, and when? Links from this episode: Odyssey3 photo gallery Front page of Arcade Express breaks the news a month before CES – December 1982 Electronic Fun With Computers & Games Game Workout: Odyssey3 – March 1983 Odyssey4/Intellivision IV Non-Disclosure Agreement drafts Odyssey4 Technical Notes Select Game merch at Redbubble! theLogBook.com Patreon Studio build & set decoration wish list at Amazon.com The all-new theLogBook.com Forums theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) theLogBook.com Store (holy crap, at the time this podcast drops, everything’s only a buck!) Don’t Give This Tape To Earl (also available on iTunes) Retrogram Podcast (coming in 2019)

Universal appeal! From his groundbreaking work in hypothesizing and studying black holes, to his famous electronic voice, the late, great Professor Stephen Hawking left his mark on the world, and it’s only fitting for the Odyssey² and Videopac to pay tribute. (35:48) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com Time is running out! Pre-order your Odyssey² pin today! Links from this episode: GoFundMe: Utah or bust Odyssey² homebrews at Good Deal Games, including K.C. Escapes! Select Game merch at Redbubble! theLogBook.com Patreon The all-new theLogBook.com Forums theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) Chiptune cover songs by Kasatochi (free downloads, including the Select Game soundtrack) theLogBook.com Store (get my latest book, WARP!1!) Don’t Give This Tape To Earl (also available on iTunes) Coming later this year on Select Game…

This game rocks! Long before Minecraft and Terraria, Pick Axe Pete was hitting the mother lode on the Odyssey²! The storied history of your podcast host’s all-time favorite, plus an exciting new product announcement and more! (48:29) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com You can pick your nose, or you can pick your axe, but it’s not recommended to pick your nose with an axe. Links from this episode: GoFundMe: Utah or bust Odyssey² homebrews at Good Deal Games, including K.C. Escapes! Select Game merch at Redbubble! theLogBook.com Patreon The all-new theLogBook.com Forums theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) Chiptune cover songs by Kasatochi (free downloads, including the Select Game soundtrack) theLogBook.com Store (get my latest book, WARP!1!) Don’t Give This Tape To Earl (also available on iTunes) Didi na Mina Encantada! The “real” Didi (actor/comedian Renato Aragão). The winners. Maze 9 starts to get…interesting.

Festive Firepower! Return with us to find out what was under the tree in Christmas ’83, as well as test-driving a lost, unreleased game that’s now up for grabs as a reproduction cartridge. (40:21) Select Game will return in The Living Daylights February 2018. Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com Original NAP Attack Of The Timelord! sales sheet (click to embiggen) Special thanks to Scott Bolderson Links from this episode: Classic Consoles Center, including Robot City Odyssey² homebrews at Good Deal Games, including K.C. Escapes! Old School Gamer Magazine, featuring a new interview with Ed Averett Original NAP Smithereens! sales sheet (click to embiggen) Special thanks to Scott Bolderson Select Game merch at Redbubble! theLogBook.com Patreon The all-new theLogBook.com Forums theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) Chiptune cover songs by Kasatochi (free downloads, including the Select Game Season One soundtrack) theLogBook.com Store (get my latest book, WARP!1!) Don’t Give This Tape To Earl (also available on iTunes)

Much More Munching! Previously on Buffy Select Game, the courts took K.C. Munchkin! off the shelves. But did the Odyssey²’s cute blue muncher stay out of the limelight? Awww hell no – K.C. is still in circulation today. As in, literally, today. (31:20) This episode was intended to drop before PRGE, but real life intervened, as it is wont to do. Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com K.C. both scratches and sniffs K.C. Returns main menu K.C. Returns to myriads of mazes K.C. Returns to WIN K.C. Escapes to patch things up K.C. Escapes to your shelf Links from this episode: Official K.C. Munchkin Site Odyssey² homebrews at Good Deal Games, including K.C. Escapes! Old School Gamer Magazine, featuring a new interview with Ed Averett CRISPR FAQ CRISPR entry at Wikipedia K.C. Returns to escape! Select Game merch at Redbubble! theLogBook.com Patreon The all-new theLogBook.com Forums theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) Chiptune cover songs by Kasatochi (free downloads, including the Select Game Season One soundtrack) theLogBook.com Store (get my latest book, WARP!1!) Don’t Give This Tape To Earl (also available on iTunes) K.C. Returns to resequence your DNA!

Winking Frogs! Gather ye quarters while ye may…you’ll need them to save up for Super Cobra, Frogger, and Turtles! on the Odyssey² and Videopac. Also homebrew news galore. Winking froggies included, some assembly required. (36:03) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com Links from this episode: Graham Thomasson’s Crash Course in Videopac G7000 programming 2600connerction.com Playable versions of all of the Parker Bros. games are available on the Odyssey² Multicart via PackratVG.com John Reder’s Handy Pick Hank! Select Game merch at Redbubble! theLogBook.com Patreon The all-new theLogBook.com Forums theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) Chiptune cover songs by Kasatochi (free downloads, including the Select Game Season One soundtrack) theLogBook.com Store (get my latest book, WARP!1!) Don’t Give This Tape To Earl (also available on iTunes)

Strange Brew! What has kept the Odyssey² alive into the 21st century? Not me talking about it, that’s for sure – it’s the homebrew programmers and their sometimes brilliant, sometimes frustrating additions to the Odyssey² and Videopac libraries. This month’s show examines a cross-section of homebrew titles, from the very first to the fairly recent. (35:55) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com Links from this episode: Aaron the Aant! via 2600connection.com Play Amok! on the Odyssey² Multicart via PackratVG.com Kill The Attacking Aliens via PackratVG.com Wildlife! via 2600connection.com John Reder’s Handy Pick Hank! John Reder’s UFO! Don’t Give This Tape To Earl (also available on iTunes) Select Game merch at Redbubble! theLogBook.com Patreon The all-new theLogBook.com Forums theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) Chiptune cover songs by Kasatochi (free downloads, including the Select Game Season One soundtrack) theLogBook.com Store (get my latest book, WARP!1!) Read the full interview with Bob Harris here. (Special thanks to Cav at Classic Gamer Magazine) Fabulous prizes!

Amazing Arcade Ports! Select Game is back after some downtime to take the Odyssey²…or really the Videopac…to the arcade, where we’ll play Popeye, Frogger, and Pong For Videopac & Odyssey²! Plus: Odyssey² homebrew news from MGC, and a whole new way you can help the site keep the lights on. (39:29) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com Links from this episode: Play Q*Bert online via Archive.org Play Popeye online via Archive.org Order Pong For Videopac & Odyssey²! from PackratVG.com What happened to my original Odyssey²? Find out on this month’s Don’t Give This Tape To Earl. From my blog: an Amazon Affiliate once more! (This way to the Store!) From the LogBook: Wonder Woman Season 1 Early draft of the Pong cover: actually…I don’t know why it’s made of fire. Select Game merch at Redbubble! theLogBook.com Patreon theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) Chiptune cover songs by Kasatochi (free downloads, including the Select Game Season One soundtrack) theLogBook.com Store (get my latest book, WARP!1!)

Balls! Select Game returns to cover several Odyssey² sports games: Bowling!/Basketball!, Pocket Billiards!, Electronic Table Soccer!…and a doomed attempt to play Football! And there may even be something about a trackball! Balls. (44:53) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com Apologies for two things in this edition of Select Game: first off, the unplanned, rambling on-the-fly substitution of a game in mid-show, and the fact that the games themselves can barely be heard. The recording for this episode has some issues…and it took some balls to go ahead and release it on schedule. Links from this episode: Play Bowling! / Basketball! online via Archive.org Play Pocket Billiards! online via Archive.org Play Football! online via Archive.org…hey, why didn’t I think of that? Play Electronic Table Soccer! online via Archive.org New Select Game merch at Redbubble! theLogBook.com Patreon theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) Chiptune cover songs by Kasatochi (free downloads, including the Select Game Season One soundtrack) theLogBook.com Store (get my latest book, WARP!1!)

Scintillating Second Season Starter! Select Game kicks off 2017 with your letters and e-mails, wondering where The Art Of Odyssey is, new Select Game swag, and 2016 me plays Blockout! / Breakdown! and Out Of This World! / Helicopter Rescue! (1:00:59) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com Experimental Video Segments My recording engineer for this podcast – it’s Puck! You know, I’d pay you $22.95 to get that box thing off my furry butt. Links from this episode: Play Blockout! / Breakdown! online via Archive.org Play Out Of This World! / Helicopter Rescue!! online via Archive.org New Select Game merch at Redbubble! MarkWHO42 podcast: VWORP! VWORP! and Away! theLogBook.com Patreon theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) Chiptune cover songs by Kasatochi (free downloads, including the Select Game Season One soundtrack) theLogBook.com Store (get my latest book, WARP!1!) Psi Corps – everywhere, for your convenience!

Deck the Halls! It’s the story of a serious sunburn, rainbow trout, a game room serviced by a single distributor, an attempt to will Odyssey² ports of arcade games into existence, and a lifelong obsession that culminated in…a marquee. And this podcast. (1:05:53) This podcast is dedicated to the memory of player two, Alison Green (1942-1987). Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com The Letter BONUS DOWNLOAD: Get the complete soundtrack from Season 1 of SELECT GAME as a free download from the Kasatochi sub-site! Links from this episode: Rock-Ola coin-ops at Phosphor Dot Fossils The unfinished TI99/4a Fantasy port at Phosphor Dot Fossils Arkadia Retrocade theLogBook.com Patreon theLogBook.com’s Facebook page (talk to us) theLogBook.com Store (get my brand new book, WARP!1!) So…I’m guessing “Cheri” is a code name or something? Well, me and my mom poured our hearts and quarters into this game. Not sure anyone else did. Yes, this is the marquee. This is Oberon – the ever-talkative “Obi” who sometimes elbows his way into the show.