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I am BEYOND excited for my guest this week. I sat down with Warren Davis, the creator of the iconic arcade game Q*bert. We talk about how he got started in the industry, his career and his recently released book all about his time in the games industry.

Buy Warren's Book HERE

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🦃 It’s 1983, and we’re spending Thanksgiving in July at the Saturday Supercade. Join us as we take a cue from Q*bert and pals and try to stay on topic as they learn how to build a Q home in a Q land.  

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🎙 Guests:  

Chad Young (The Horror Movie BBQ, TPIF: Thank Pod It’s Funny, @horrormoviebbq).  

Tom Coombs (The Pop Daddy, @thepopdaddy).  

Jayme Kilsby (@brainexploderrr).  

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💬 Topics & Tangents:  

1. We all tried to remember who brought up the Q*bert special last year while talking about A Thanksgiving Tale, and we were all wrong.  

2. Even Kangaroo got a Saturday Supercade segment eventually.  

3. Peter Cullen was the first voice of Mario in the Donkey Kong segment.  

4. The Kingdom Chums: Little David’s Adventure, an animated retelling of David and Goliath featuring Billy Bowles (Q*bert) as a stuffed lion come to life.  

5. Pauline and her return in Super Mario Odyssey.  

6. We accidentally introduce Chad to Spookley, the Square Pumpkin.  

7. They gave the snakes arms!  

8. Viper has a Mae West voice, which leads into a tangent about Quasi at the Quackadero.  

9. Chief Q*Eagle reminded me of Randall Cunningham’s name in Tecmo Super Bowl.  

10. Saturday Supercade’s extensive use of the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library.  

11. Home Movies: “Don’t Put Marbles in Your Nose.”  

12. Mike guests on TPIF: Thank Pod It’s Funny to discuss the Perfect Strangers Thanksgiving episode, Wild Turkey.  

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📼 Retro Commercial Break:  

John Wanamaker’s 1988 Thanksgiving Sale.  

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🎤 And Now, These Messages:  

Tis the Podcast.  

“Saturday Supercade,” “Q*bert,” and “Thanksgiving for the Memories” © 1983 Ruby-Spears Productions.  

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Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  
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On this episode of the Video Game Tango podcast, we discuss which game we would love to be able to play for the first time again, and which game character we would saddle up with for the end-times!

While Segaiden has covered every SG-1000 release through the end of 1984 at this point, there's technically still a set of games for the system that need to be touched on. Eight (or technically nine) unique releases for SG-1000 appeared in 1983 and ’84, under a non-Sega publisher, branded for release on a different console. Nevertheless, they're a part of SG-1000 history, as each of them runs on the system with no fuss.

Yes, this episode we look at the SG-1000's semi-official clone, the Tsukuda Original Othello Multivision. With eight unique carts and one built-in ROM, it's worth exploring... but only barely. These games are generally of MUCH lower quality than Sega's own releases. In this episode, we explore:

• Othello
• Q*Bert
• Guzzler
• Space Mountain

Buckle in. It's a pretty bumpy ride.

Special thanks to Omar Cornut for his assistance with this and the next episode!

ATARI BYTES 271 revisits an old friend. A twitchy, large-nosed, profanity-obsessed friend who just won't just hold still for goodness sakes. We all have a friend like that. If you're not sure about that, it's probably you.

It's Q*BERT'S QUBES, the 1983 follow-up to the adorable arcade-er (I'm trying to make that a word. Help me out. I'll be rich!). Is the game fun cubed, or just for squares, man?

This week's short story: NOT THE CUBES YOU EXPECTED

Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs "Take a Chance", "Reformat" and "Pinball Spring".

Thanks to Sean Courtney for the Storytime theme.

www.carnivalofgleecreations.com has all the show notes, social media, info you need about ATARI BYTES here, and about my other show IT'S  A PODCAST, CHARLIE BROWN here. 

The website also has info about books I've written, like HELL'S CEREAL: VERY SHORT STORIES FORTIFIED WITH ESSENTIAL SYLLABLES, here, with links to a few of the places you can order them.

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Andy, Michael, and Scott celebrate Thanksgiving by discussing three more festive Turkey Day episodes including Q-Bert, Frasier, and The Goldbergs.

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Strap in for our most profane episode yet (or not, as we’ll explain). It’s time to talk about Gottlieb’s biggest arcade hit - Q*bert! Find out how this game by Warren Davis and Jeff Lee became a pop culture sensation. How did this isometric exercise become so @!#?@! good? What are some alternative uses for 9-inch floppy disks? Are air fryers magic? Also on this episode we discuss the Superman II game that never was, how Wal-Mart is responsible for giving us fishing and candy cabs, Mr. Boston, Apollo 11, and squid balls.

Strap in for our most profane episode yet (or not, as we’ll explain). It’s time to talk about Gottlieb’s biggest arcade hit - Q*bert! Find out how this game by Warren Davis and Jeff Lee became a pop culture sensation. How did this isometric exercise become so @!#?@! good? What are some alternative uses for 9-inch floppy disks? Are air fryers magic? Also on this episode we discuss the Superman II game that never was, how Wal-Mart is responsible for giving us fishing and candy cabs, Mr. Boston, Apollo 11, and squid balls.

During this year's Portland Retro Gaming Expo, we polled the crowd with a very important question: Which classic arcade game deserves a gritty modern-day RPG? The top 3 of the 4 choices we polled during the weekend are all in play, so it's totally not our fault that now you won't be able to stop thinking about breeding giant ostriches and hunting Q-Bert: The World Eater.

Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

Suggested Reading:

• The Official JRPG Trope Bingo Card 

In this episode Suave sits down with legendary DJ Qbert and they discuss a variety of topics from practicing your cuts, DJing, the video game of life, the upcoming Invader mixer. This is a great inside look to the mind of DJ Qbert, so if you didn't know him you definitely will by the end of this show.

Jake and Elwood perform the opening of the podcast after dropping Carrie Fisher in the mud. And everybody shoots at them. And Tucker McElroy has glue on his foot.

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On today's episode, I talk to comedy writer Daniel Kibblesmith. Originally from Chicago, Daniel has has done many cool comedy things in his career. This includes being a contributing writer for The Onion News Network, writing for Buzzfeed and ClickHole, producing exclusive videos for Funny or Die and The Best Show, co-authoring the humor book How to Win at Everything, and writing the amazing Twitter feed GOPTeens. And that's just a selection! Currently, Daniel is a writer on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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We're doing #MetroidMarch right by replaying the series's best. Like Metroid: Code Name: STEAM, Metroid: Q*bert, Metroid: Monster Hunter and the game many consider an all-time classic, Metroid: Jak and Daxter Collection.

Episode Timeline

0:00 - Intro
2:25 - Neverending PAX East fallout
14:50 - Metroid Prime
27:53 - Final Fantasy XIV/Triple Triad
29:20 - Q*bert Rebooted
37:24 - Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
52:53 - Jak and Daxter Collection
61:30 - Code Name: STEAM
71:35 - Last Call
74:10 - Outro

It's Taco Tuesday, and boy are our arms tired! On the menu this week: Blek, Q-bert Rebooted, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. Also this week, D.J.'s game of the year 2017, The Order 1886.