Everyone is the hero of their own story, but Activision's H.E.R.O. is the hero of every gamer's story (of a certain age). Phosphor Dot Fossils test flies H.E.R.O. on the #AppleII computer. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3JN...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: HERO (Apple II, 1984)

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Those recent close-ups of the moon didn't show everything - such as those brave souls with their Tandy Color Computers fending off intergalactic demons. Phosphor Dot Fossils looks at the CoCo's graphically elaborate port of Imagic's Demon Attack. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Pc...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Demon Attack (Tandy CoCo, 1984)

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How far underground can our search for ports of Dig Dug go? On this edition of Phosphor Dot Fossils, it's time to look at the Commodore VIC-20 version, to see if it faithfully upholds the game play or if something else is taking root. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoLN...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Dig Dug (VIC-20, 1983)

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You've stared at the constellation. You've seen me play the unreleased Atari 2600 port. Maybe you even know the arcade game. Now it's time for the Phosphor Dot Fossils test flight of Pleiades on the Emerson Arcadia 2001. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-To...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Pleiades (Arcadia 2001, 1983)

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I'm diggin' the brickwork in the port of Lode Runner for the semi-obscure Sega SG-1000 console, and though it's tough, this one's on track to be a Phosphor Dot Fossils favorite. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY2M...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Lode Runner (Sega SG-1000, 1984)

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Sometimes a Pac-Man by any other name is just as sweet, and sometimes the official licensed versions are real head-scratchers. Why did the Commodore VIC-20 port turn out the way it did? It's time for a Phosphor Dot Fossils quest for Pac-truth. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2C8...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Pac-Man (VIC-20, 1983)

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Are you attending Creation's Trek to Las Vegas, AKA Star Trek Las Vegas? So am I! With so many of us gathered at the same place at the same time, this is a perfect opportunity to offer a special deal on Bold Bubbles just for attendees. More info here: boldbubbles.com/pages/star-t... #STLV

It's a maze crawling with bugs, all of them out to consume you utterly. In the latest addition to Phosphor Dot Fossils, it's time to boot up the Tandy Color Computer and find out if this twist on the classic maze game has a Mega Bug ...or a mega feature. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH5n...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Mega Bug (Tandy CoCo, 1982)

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From prime time to game time, does the '90s syndicated sci-fi show Time Trax survive the transition to the #SNES? Is it just a TV tie-in fighting game? Time for a Phosphor Dot Fossils tune-in: see if Time Trax is a temporal anomaly, or one for the ages. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKX_...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Time Trax (SNES, 1994)

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The Gorfian invasion is happening again, and this edition of Phosphor Dot Fossils arms itself with the Commodore VIC-20 port of the arcade classic, finding that everything is intact except the robot laughter. Now with bonus Shatner! #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZvV...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Gorf (VIC-20, 1982)

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The Temple of Rom is loaded with danger and treasure. Death lurks around every corner. So do items that appear to be randomly-but-helpfully placed cups of coffee. Temple of Rom for the Tandy Color Computer is latest adition to Phosphor Dot Fossils. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XI5...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Temple Of Rom (Tandy CoCo, 1984)

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It's a perfectly serviceable (and tough enough) side-scrolling shoot-em-up for the #SNES ...but ultimately it's most famous for its infamous box art. Let's take Phalanx for a Phosphor Dot Fossils test flight to see what the actual game is like. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA17...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Phalanx (SNES, 1992)

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The Girl's Garden is full of flowers, no surprise there. It is also full of bees and...vicious bears? It's time for a Phosphor Dot Fossils breakdown of this unbearably cute but challenging game for the Sega SG-1000. #retrograming www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdCn...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Girl's Garden (Sega SG-1000, 1984)

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This is turning into the cursed summer of back-to-back Gofundmes. My delightfully floofy cat had a medical emergency. He is receiving care, there is a payment plan in place, it's still going to be four figures. Help me #SavetheKoosh here - gofund.me/b74ac6f74

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Route 16: it's worse than most morning commutes, the traffic is killer! An obscure arcade game gets an even more obscure home version on the Emerson Arcadia 2001. Phosphor Dot Fossils gives Route 16 a test drive. #retrograming www.youtube.com/watch?v=14-T...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Route 16 (Arcadia 2001, 1983)

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Rodents with radar? That's all we need. Whether you know it as Radar Rat Race or, as it is called on the Commodore VIC-20, VIC Rat Race, it's one rat race where it's very hard to come out ahead, in the latest edition of Phosphor Dot Fossils. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lGp...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: VIC Rat Race (VIC-20, 1981)

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. @thelogbook.bsky.social & I often joke that we start recording the VAM & a podcast breaks out. Well, this time we did it! We made an "OOPS! ALL VAM!" for our supporters. Listen at the link, & if you're not a paid member, you can sign up too! #StarTrek @roddenberrypod.bsky.social

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Once more unto the beedy beedy beedy breach! Buckle in with Buck Rogers one more time for more strafing runs on the Planet of Zoom. It's a Phosphor Dot Fossils flight test of the #Commodore64 port. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EU0...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Buck Rogers: Planet Of Zoom (Commodore 64, 1983)

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One of the most interesting scripts @thelogbook.bsky.social & I have covered thus far for #MissionLogGeneology is for The #JoanCrawford Show, where Joan is a successful lawyer, monumental for 1961. @larrynemecek.bsky.social had Earl on to discuss. #GeneRoddenberry #StarTrek #nerdlyfe buff.ly/lSsi5RV

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It's always a very dangerous thing, putting me and Larry on a live mic. But just this once, to re-introduce folks to the stuff we dig into on Gene-ology, we kept it down to about the length of a normal episode of The Trek Files!

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Being stuck in a maze with killer robots and electrified walls is nothing new, but that doesn't make K-Razy Shootout any less challenging on the Atari home computers. It's the latest game covered in Phosphor Dot Fossils. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncYi...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: K-Razy Shootout (Atari 8-bit computers, 1981)

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This edition of Gene-ology presents all-too-human memories of Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry from those who knew them, from this year's TrekTalks to benefit Hollywood Food Coalition. Listen here: www.missionlogpodcast.com/remembering-... Donate to TrekTalks here: www.trektalks.net

Long-lost, little-known, a rare #arcade classic is back in circulation, playable, and kind of instantly addictive. Did Mrs. Dynamite hit the arcades? Do you remember seeing it in the wild? Get ready for an explosive Phosphor Dot Fossils playthrough. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_k5...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Mrs. Dynamite (arcade, 1982)

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Big news, Trek family. 🖖 4 fantastic podcasts are officially joining the Trek Geeks family: 🎙️ therealpastorbrian.bsky.social 🖖 starfleetpod.bsky.social 💬 crusherconvo.com 🔒 secretfriendsunite.bsky.social More voices, more perspectives, more Star Trek for all of us. Go give them a follow. Engage!

Does it live up to the hype? Have the various console versions been a good place to practice? It's time for a Phosphor Dot Fossils flight with the original arcade version of Buck Rogers: Planet Of Zoom. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWna...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Buck Rogers: Planet Of Zoom (arcade, 1982)

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New episode! @bazgreenland.bsky.social and @thelogbook.bsky.social join Geoff to revisit and re-evaluate Dr Katherine Pulaski's arc in Star Trek: The Next Generation's second season. Maybe it's time to look back at the Enterprise's often overlooked other CMO. open.spotify.com/episode/3384...

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All those memes out there and no one's done this yet? Fiiiiine, I'll do it myself. Too soon?

Any home version of an arcade classic has quite a climb ahead of it to convince players it's the same game, but that works better if the game itself isn't changed. Atarisoft's Donkey Kong port for the #Commodore64 is the latest addition to Phosphor Dot Fossils. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEEn...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Donkey Kong (Commodore 64, 1983)

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If there was ever a textbook example of a game that couldn't be done justice on the #Atari2600, this is it - and yet somehow this new homebrew port more than gets it right. We take Champ Games' Zaxxon Arcade demo for the Phosphor Dot Fossils test flight. #retrogaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynjs...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Zaxxon Arcade (demo version) (Atari 2600, 2026)

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It's a game that not only asks you to dodge incoming fire (while dishing out plenty of firepower of your own), it helps you get out of the way - if you want it to. Phosphor Dot Fossils takes aim at the #Atari2600 homebrew Oh Shoot! #retrograming www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvqn...

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Oh Shoot! (Atari 2600, 2025)

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