Phosphor Dot Fossils on YouTube

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Since 2018, Phosphor Dot Fossils has been revived as a series of YouTube videos, either focusing for (usually) 10+ minutes on a single game, detailing its history and the hows and whys of its game play and design, or focusing on a small number of related titles (perhaps an arcade game and its home console/computer ports). These are different from the Phosphor Dot Fossils videos previously available on DVD.  A new one drops every few days. Here is a list, by system/hardware platform, of the games covered so far.

Apple II

  1. Alien Munchies
  2. Apple Cider Spider
  3. Apple Vision / Little Brick Out
  4. Battle Of Hoth, The
  5. Battlezone
  6. Bellhop
  7. Borg
  8. Budgie Kong
  9. BurgerTime
  10. Burgertron
  11. Cavern Creatures
  12. Checkers by David Slate
  13. Congo Bongo
  14. Crossfire
  15. Cubit
  16. Dig Dug
  17. Dino Eggs
  18. Donkey Kong
  19. Dragonfire
  20. Dungeon Campaign
  21. Falcons
  22. Frenzy
  23. Frogger
  24. Galaxian
  25. Ghostbusters
  26. Gremlins
  27. Halley Project, The
  28. Jawbreaker
  29. Jingle Disk
  30. Lode Runner
  31. Lunar Leepers
  32. Monty Plays Scrabble
  33. Moon Patrol
  34. Mr. Cool
  35. Mr. Do!
  36. Ms. Pac-Man
  37. Night Stalker
  38. Oregon Trail, The
  39. Phaser Fire
  40. Pigpen
  41. Plasmania
  42. Pooyan
  43. President Elect
  44. Prisoner, The: Part 1, 2
  45. Project Space Station Part 1, 2, 3, 5
  46. Puck-Man
  47. Pulsar II
  48. Qix
  49. Questron
  50. Ribbit
  51. Robotron
  52. Shamus
  53. Skyfox
  54. Snoggles
  55. Space Navigator
  56. Space Rescue
  57. Spy’s Demise
  58. Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
  59. Storm Warning
  60. Super Bunny
  61. Super Puck-Man
  62. Super Taxman 2
  63. Super Zaxxon
  64. Taipan
  65. Tapper
  66. Taxman / Atarisoft Pac-Man
  67. Telengard
  68. Thief
  69. Threshold
  70. Tranquility Base
  71. Ultima / Ultima I
  72. Ultima IV: Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  73. Whomper Stomper
  74. Xevious
  75. Zaxxon

Arcade

  1. Akka Arrh
  2. Alpha One
  3. Alpine Ski
  4. Amazing Adventures Of Mr. F. Lea
  5. Amidar
  6. Angler Dangler
  7. Anteater
  8. Arabian
  9. Armor Attack
  10. Asteroids
  11. Astro Blaster
  12. Astro Invader
  13. Astron Belt
  14. Bagman
  15. Balloon Bomber
  16. Bega’s Battle
  17. Berzerk
  18. Black Widow
  19. Blast Off
  20. Blasto
  21. Blue Print
  22. Bosconian
  23. Buggy Challenge
  24. Bump ‘n’ Jump
  25. Burgertime
  26. Canyon Bomber
  27. Carnival
  28. Change Lanes
  29. City Connection
  30. Coco Loco
  31. Congo Bongo
  32. Cosmic Avenger
  33. Crazy Balloon
  34. Crazy Climber
  35. Crazy Kong
  36. Cutie Q
  37. Datsun 280 ZZZAP!
  38. Death Race
  39. Deep Death
  40. Dig Dug
  41. Do! Run Run
  42. Domino Man
  43. Donkey Kong
  44. Donkey Kong: Pauline Edition
  45. Donkey Kong II
  46. Eggor
  47. Elevator Action
  48. Enigma II
  49. Eyes
  50. Fantasy
  51. Faster, Harder, More Challenging Q*Bert
  52. Fix-It Felix Jr.
  53. Frisky Tom
  54. Frenzy
  55. Frog & Spiders
  56. Frogger
  57. Funky Fish
  58. Galaga
  59. Galaxy Wars
  60. Gee Bee
  61. Gorf
  62. Grasspin
  63. Grobda
  64. Guided Missile
  65. Guzzler
  66. Hard Hat
  67. Horizon
  68. Hustle
  69. Hwy Chase
  70. Interstellar Lazer Fantasy
  71. Jr. Pac-Man
  72. Jungle King / Jungle Hunt / Pirate Pete
  73. Kangaroo
  74. Kick / Kickman
  75. King & Balloon
  76. Lady Bug
  77. Leprechaun
  78. Loco Motion
  79. Lode Runner
  80. Logger
  81. Lunar Lander
  82. Lunar Rescue
  83. Mad Alien
  84. Magical Cat Adventure
  85. Make Trax
  86. Mappy
  87. Marble Madness 2
  88. Monster Bash
  89. Moon Alien Part II
  90. Moon Cresta
  91. Moon Patrol
  92. Moon Quasar
  93. Moon Shuttle
  94. Motorace USA
  95. Mouse Trap
  96. Mr. Do!
  97. Mr. Do’s Castle
  98. Ms. Pac-Man
  99. Namco Classics Collection Volume 2
  100. Navarone
  101. Neo Turf Masters
  102. New Rally-X
  103. New York New York
  104. Pac-Man
  105. Pac-Man Plus / Popeye Pac-Man / Pirhana
  106. Pengo
  107. Pepper II
  108. Phoenix
  109. Phozon
  110. Pickin’
  111. Pirate Treasure
  112. Pooyan
  113. Popeye
  114. Professor Pac-Man
  115. Q*Bert
  116. Qix
  117. Quester
  118. R2D Tank
  119. Rally-X
  120. Ribbit!
  121. Robotron: 2084
  122. Route 16
  123. Satan Of Saturn
  124. Satan’s Hollow
  125. Shark Attack
  126. Sinistar
  127. Space Bugger
  128. Space Fever
  129. Space Invaders
  130. Space Panic
  131. Space Raider
  132. Space Zap
  133. Spectar
  134. Spiders
  135. Star Hawk
  136. Star Wars
  137. Streaking
  138. Super Astro Fighter
  139. Tank Battallion
  140. Targ
  141. Tapper / Root Beer Tapper
  142. Thief
  143. Time Pilot
  144. Tranquilizer Gun
  145. Tropical Angel
  146. Tube Panic
  147. Turtles
  148. Venture
  149. Xevious
  150. Warp Warp
  151. Wizard of Wor
  152. Zaxxon

Atari 2600 / VCS

  1. Aardvark
  2. Adventures Of Tron
  3. Air Raid
  4. Astroblast
  5. Beany Bopper
  6. Berzerk
  7. Blue Print
  8. Burgertime
  9. Coke Wins / Pepsi Invaders
  10. Congo Bongo
  11. Cosmic Ark
  12. Crazy Climber
  13. Crystal Castles
  14. Dark Cavern
  15. Demon Attack
  16. Dig Dug
  17. Donkey Kong
  18. Donkey Kong VCS
  19. Elevator Action (Atari prototype)
  20. Fire Fighter
  21. Fishing Derby
  22. Flash Gordon
  23. Funky Fish
  24. Galagon
  25. Galaxian
  26. Golf
  27. Gorf (CBS)
  28. Gorf Arcade
  29. Gremlins
  30. Gyruss
  31. Halloween
  32. Imagic Selector
  33. Infiltrate
  34. Jawbreaker
  35. Jr. Pac-Man
  36. Jungle Hunt
  37. Kangaroo
  38. Kickman
  39. King Kong
  40. Krull
  41. L.E.M.
  42. Lady Bug Arcade
  43. Laser Gates
  44. Mappy
  45. Megamania
  46. Meltdown
  47. Moon Patrol
  48. Moonsweeper
  49. Mr. Do’s Castle
  50. Ms. Pac-Man
  51. No Escape
  52. Official Frogger (Supercharger)
  53. Phoenix
  54. Pitfall!
  55. Planet Of The Apes
  56. Pole Position / Pole Positn
  57. Pooyan
  58. Popeye
  59. Pursuit Of The Pink Panther
  60. Robotron: 2084
  61. Q*Bert
  62. Q*Bert’s Qubes
  63. Qix
  64. Quick Step
  65. Rally
  66. Return Of The Jedi: Death Star Battle
  67. River Raid
  68. Robot City
  69. rubyQ!
  70. Save Mary
  71. Shark Attack / Lochjaw
  72. Shuttle Orbiter
  73. Skeleton+
  74. Sky Jinks
  75. Sonar
  76. Spacechase
  77. Space Invaders
  78. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
  79. Super Breakout
  80. Tapeworm
  81. Tapper
  82. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  83. Threshold
  84. Towering Inferno
  85. Tron Deadly Discs
  86. Turbo
  87. Venture
  88. Wizard Of Wor
  89. Zoo Keeper

Atari 5200

  1. Asteroids
  2. Battlezone
  3. Berzerk
  4. Blue Print
  5. Dig Dug
  6. Gremlins
  7. Gyruss
  8. Jungle Hunt
  9. Kangaroo
  10. Mr. Do’s Castle
  11. Ms. Pac-Man
  12. Pac-Man
  13. Rob’n Banks
  14. Space Invaders
  15. Venture

Atari 7800

  1. Asteroids
  2. Astro Blaster
  3. b*nQ
  4. Baby Pac-Man
  5. Beef Drop
  6. Dark Chambers
  7. Dig Dug
  8. Donkey Kong
  9. Dungeon Stalker
  10. Galaga
  11. Galaxian / UniWarS
  12. K.C. Munchkin
  13. Mario Bros.
  14. Midnight Mutants
  15. Moon Cresta
  16. Ms. Pac-Man
  17. Ninja Golf
  18. Pac-Man Collection: 40th Anniversary
  19. Pole Position II

Atari Home Computers

  1. Dig Dug
  2. Donkey Kong
  3. Gorf
  4. Jingle Disk
  5. Lode Runner
  6. Megamania
  7. Pac-Man
  8. Pac-Munch Jr.
  9. Pengo
  10. Pole Position
  11. Pooyan
  12. Qix
  13. Satan’s Hollow
  14. Shamus
  15. Telengard
  16. Vanguard

Bally Professional Arcade / Astrocade

  1. Astro Battle
  2. Cosmic Raider
  3. Crazy Climber
  4. Galactic Invasion
  5. Incredible Wizard
  6. Mrs. Candyman
  7. Muncher
  8. Space Fortress

Colecovision

  1. Alcazar: Forgotten Fortress
  2. Antarctic Adventure
  3. B.C.’s Quest For Tires
  4. Boulder Dash
  5. Bump ‘n’ Jump
  6. Burgertime
  7. Campaign ’84 Part 1, 2
  8. Carnival
  9. Choplifter
  10. Congo Bongo
  11. Cosmic Avenger
  12. Circus Charlie
  13. Dig Dug
  14. Donkey Kong
  15. Dragonfire
  16. Flicky
  17. Flipper Slipper
  18. Frantic Freddy
  19. Frenzy
  20. Frogger
  21. Galaxian
  22. Gorf
  23. H.E.R.O.
  24. Jeepers Creepers
  25. Jungle Hunt
  26. Ladybug
  27. Mouse Trap
  28. Mr. Do!
  29. Oil’s Well
  30. Pac-Man
  31. Pepper II
  32. Popeye
  33. Q*Bert
  34. Smurf: Rescue In Gargamel’s Castle
  35. Space Panic
  36. Tapper
  37. Threshold
  38. Tutankham
  39. Venture
  40. Zippy Race
  41. Zaxxon II

Commodore 64 / 128

  1. Baby Pac-Man
  2. Bagman Comes Back (homebrew)
  3. Black Hole 3-D
  4. Blue Print
  5. Boulder Dash
  6. Choplifter
  7. Dig Dug Revival
  8. Fix-It Felix Jr.
  9. JIngle Disk
  10. Kickman
  11. Mario Bros.
  12. Moon Patrol
  13. Moon Shuttle
  14. Moonsweeper
  15. Mr. Do’s Castle
  16. Munchkin
  17. Project Space Station
  18. Radar Rat Race
  19. Satan’s Hollow
  20. Space-Pilot
  21. Super Mario C64
  22. Tutankham (homebrew)

Emerson Arcadia 2001

  1. Alien Invaders
  2. Jungler
  3. Robot Killer

Fairchild Channel F

  1. Checkers
  2. Dodge It
  3. Pac-Man

Handhelds

  1. Fix-It Felix Jr.
  2. Pac-Man (v3.0 OLED version)
  3. Pole Position (World’s Tiniest Arcade)
  4. Rally X (World’s Tiniest Arcade)

IBM-PC running DOS

  1. Akalabeth
  2. Battlezone
  3. Bert & The Snake
  4. Chomps
  5. Dig Dug
  6. Jingle Disk
  7. Lode Runner
  8. Moon Patrol
  9. Oregon Trail: Deluxe Version
  10. Pac-Man (Atarisoft)
  11. Pole Position II
  12. Q*Bert
  13. Rally-X
  14. Robotron: 2084
  15. Scrabble Part 1, 2
  16. SimCity
  17. Snack Attack 2
  18. Telengard
  19. Wheel Of Fortune
  20. Zaxxon

Intellivision

  1. Atlantis
  2. Beauty & The Beast
  3. Bump ‘n’ Jump
  4. BurgerTime
  5. Carnival
  6. Christmas Carol vs. the Ghost of Christmas Presents
  7. Congo Bongo
  8. Demon Attack
  9. Dig Dug
  10. DK II Arcade
  11. Donkey Kong
  12. Dracula
  13. Frog Bog
  14. Lady Bug
  15. Lock ‘n’ Chase
  16. Loco-Motion
  17. Masters Of The Universe: The Power of He-Man
  18. Mouse Trap
  19. Night Stalker
  20. Pac-Man
  21. Pole Position
  22. Popeye
  23. Q*Bert
  24. Shark! Shark!
  25. Space Armada
  26. Super Cobra
  27. Tutankham
  28. Venture
  29. White Water
  30. Worm Whomper
  31. Zaxxon

Nintendo Entertainment System

  1. Burgertime
  2. Defender II
  3. Devil World
  4. Dig Dug
  5. Donkey Kong
  6. Dr. Mario
  7. Galaga: Demons Of Death
  8. Golf
  9. Pac-Man Championship Edition
  10. Q*Bert
  11. Ultima: Quest Of The Avatar
  12. Wrecking Crew

Nintendo Game Boy

  1. Asteroids
  2. Battleship
  3. Baseball
  4. Boulder Dash
  5. Dig Dug
  6. Elevator Action
  7. Elevator Action EX
  8. Dig Dug
  9. Galaga / Galaxian
  10. Lock ‘n’ Chase
  11. Lode Runner
  12. Lunar Lander
  13. Marble Madness
  14. Mr. Do!
  15. Q*Bert
  16. Q*Bert (Game Boy Color)
  17. Qix
  18. Space Invaders (Game Boy Color)
  19. Super Mario Land
  20. Yars’ Revenge

Odyssey2

  1. Alien Invaders – Plus!
  2. Computer Golf
  3. Dark Dungeon
  4. Flash Point (Odyssey3)
  5. Pick Axe Pete
  6. Robot City
  7. Type & Tell
  8. UFO

Playstation

  1. Crazy Balloon 2000
  2. Gatchaman: The Shooting Game
  3. Lode Runner
  4. Nichibutsu Arcade Classics
  5. Space Invaders
  6. Xevious 3-D/G+

TI-99/4a

  1. A-Maze-ing
  2. Alpiner
  3. Hunt The Wumpus
  4. Hustle
  5. Munch Man
  6. TI Invaders
  7. Tunnels Of Doom

Windows

  1. Aven Colony Part 1, 2, 3
  2. Centipede Recharged
  3. Candy Creeps
  4. Dune 2000: Part 1, 2, 3
  5. Dune 2000: Tenaya Map
    Part 1    , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
  6. Mars Horizon Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  7. Space Paranoids
  8. Surviving Mars Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
  9. WeatherStar 4000 Simulator
  10. Universe Sandbox 1 2

Other

  1. A Visit to Arkadia Retrocade
  2. Atari Video Music
  3. Blake’s 7 (Oric-1)
  4. Night Stalker (Mattel Aquarius)

CGE 2003

CGE 2005

CGE 2007