Phosphor Dot Fossils on YouTube

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. Asteroid Field, The
  5. Battle Of Hoth, The
  6. Battlezone
  7. Bellhop
  8. Beneath Apple Manor: Special Edition
  9. Borg
  10. Brainteaser Blvd.
  11. Budgie Kong
  12. BurgerTime
  13. Burgertron
  14. Canyon Climber
  15. Cavern Creatures
  16. Checkers by David Slate
  17. Congo Bongo
  18. Crazy Mazey
  19. Crossbow
  20. Crossfire
  21. Crystal Castles
  22. Cubit
  23. Dig Dug
  24. Dino Eggs
  25. Donkey Kong
  26. Dragonfire
  27. Dungeon!: Part 1, 2
  28. Dungeon Campaign
  29. Eggs-It
  30. Falcons
  31. Frenzy
  32. Frogger
  33. Galaxian
  34. Ghostbusters
  35. Gremlins
  36. Halley Project, The
  37. Jawbreaker
  38. Jingle Disk
  39. Lode Runner
  40. Lunar Leepers
  41. Mars Cars
  42. Monty Plays Scrabble
  43. Moon Patrol
  44. Mr. Cool
  45. Mr. Do!
  46. Ms. Pac-Man
  47. Night Stalker
  48. Oregon Trail, The
  49. Phaser Fire
  50. Pigpen
  51. Plasmania
  52. Pooyan
  53. President Elect
  54. Prisoner, The: Part 1, 2
  55. Project Space Station Part 1, 2, 3, 5
  56. Project Space Station 2024 Replay Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  57. Puck-Man
  58. Pulsar II
  59. Qix
  60. Questron
  61. Ribbit
  62. Robotron
  63. Shamus
  64. Skyfox
  65. Snoggles
  66. Space Navigator
  67. Space Rescue
  68. Spy’s Demise
  69. Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
  70. Storm Warning
  71. Super Bunny
  72. Super Puck-Man
  73. Super Taxman 2
  74. Super Zaxxon
  75. Taipan
  76. Tapper
  77. Taxman / Atarisoft Pac-Man
  78. Telengard
  79. Thief
  80. Threshold
  81. Tranquility Base
  82. Ultima / Ultima I
  83. Ultima IV: Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  84. Whomper Stomper
  85. Xevious
  86. Zaxxon

Arcade

  1. Airwolf
  2. Akka Arrh
  3. Alpha One
  4. Alpine Ski
  5. Amazing Adventures Of Mr. F. Lea
  6. Amidar
  7. Angler Dangler
  8. Anteater
  9. Arabian
  10. Armor Attack
  11. Asteroids
  12. Astro Blaster
  13. Astro Invader
  14. Astron Belt
  15. Bagman
  16. Balloon Bomber
  17. Bega’s Battle
  18. Berzerk
  19. Black Widow
  20. Blast Off
  21. Blasto
  22. Blue Print
  23. Bosconian
  24. Buggy Challenge
  25. Bump ‘n’ Jump
  26. Burgertime
  27. Canyon Bomber
  28. Carnival
  29. Change Lanes
  30. City Connection
  31. Coco Loco
  32. Congo Bongo
  33. Cosmic Avenger
  34. Crazy Balloon
  35. Crazy Climber
  36. Crazy Kong
  37. Crossbow
  38. Cutie Q
  39. Datsun 280 ZZZAP!
  40. Death Race
  41. Deep Death
  42. Dig Dug
  43. Do! Run Run
  44. Domino Man
  45. Donkey Kong
  46. Donkey Kong: Pauline Edition
  47. Donkey Kong II
  48. Dr. Micro
  49. Eeekk!
  50. Eggor
  51. Elevator Action
  52. Enigma II
  53. Eyes
  54. Fantasy
  55. Faster, Harder, More Challenging Q*Bert
  56. Fix-It Felix Jr.
  57. Flicky
  58. Frisky Tom
  59. Frenzy
  60. Frog & Spiders
  61. Frogger
  62. Funky Bee
  63. Funky Fish
  64. Future Spy
  65. Galaga
  66. Galaxian
  67. Galaxy Wars
  68. Gee Bee
  69. Gorf
  70. Grasspin
  71. Green Beret (IREM)
  72. Grobda
  73. Guided Missile
  74. Guzzler
  75. Gyruss
  76. Hard Hat
  77. Horizon
  78. Hustle
  79. Hwy Chase
  80. Interstellar Lazer Fantasy
  81. Jr. Pac-Man
  82. Jungle King / Jungle Hunt / Pirate Pete
  83. Kangaroo
  84. Kick / Kickman
  85. King & Balloon
  86. Lady Bug
  87. Leprechaun
  88. Lock ‘n’ Chase
  89. Loco Motion
  90. Lode Runner
  91. Logger
  92. Lunar Lander
  93. Lunar Rescue
  94. Mad Alien
  95. Magical Cat Adventure
  96. Make Trax
  97. Mappy
  98. Marble Madness 2
  99. Mighty Monkey
  100. Monster Bash
  101. Moon Alien Part II
  102. Moon Cresta
  103. Moon Patrol
  104. Moon Quasar
  105. Moon Shuttle
  106. Motorace USA
  107. Mouse Trap (replayed in 2024)
  108. Mr. Do!
  109. Mr. Do’s Castle
  110. Ms. Pac-Man
  111. Namco Classics Collection Volume 2
  112. Navarone
  113. Neo Turf Masters
  114. New Rally-X
  115. New York New York
  116. Pac-Man
  117. Pac-Man Plus / Popeye Pac-Man / Pirhana
  118. Pengo
  119. Pepper II
  120. Peter Pepper’s Ice Cream Factory
  121. Phoenix
  122. Phozon
  123. Pickin’
  124. Pirate Treasure
  125. Pooyan
  126. Popeye
  127. Professor Pac-Man
  128. Q*Bert
  129. Qix
  130. Quester
  131. R2D Tank
  132. Rally-X
  133. Ribbit!
  134. Rip Cord
  135. Robot Bowl
  136. Robotron: 2084
  137. Route 16
  138. Satan Of Saturn
  139. Satan’s Hollow
  140. Savage Bees / Exed Exes
  141. Shark Attack
  142. Sinistar
  143. Space Bugger
  144. Space Fever
  145. Space Invaders
  146. Space Panic
  147. Space Raider
  148. Space Zap
  149. Spectar
  150. Spiders
  151. Star Hawk
  152. Star Wars
  153. Streaking
  154. Sundance
  155. Super Astro Fighter
  156. Super Pac-Man
  157. Superbike
  158. Tac/Scan
  159. Tank Battallion
  160. Targ
  161. Tapper / Root Beer Tapper
  162. Tempest
  163. Thief
  164. Time Pilot
  165. Tower of Druaga
  166. Tranquilizer Gun
  167. Tropical Angel
  168. Tube Panic
  169. Turtles
  170. Tutankham
  171. Venture
  172. Xevious
  173. Warp Warp
  174. Wizard of Wor
  175. Xevious
  176. Zaxxon
  177. Zoo Keeper

Atari 2600 / VCS

  1. Aardvark
  2. Adventures Of Tron
  3. Air Raid
  4. Asteroids
  5. Astroblast
  6. Beany Bopper
  7. Berzerk
  8. Blue Print
  9. Burgertime
  10. Chase The Chuck Wagon
  11. Coke Wins / Pepsi Invaders
  12. Congo Bongo
  13. Cosmic Ark
  14. Crazy Climber
  15. Crystal Castles
  16. Dark Cavern
  17. Demon Attack
  18. Dig Dug
  19. Donkey Kong
  20. Donkey Kong VCS
  21. Elevator Action (Atari prototype)
  22. Entity, The
  23. Fire Fighter
  24. Fishing Derby
  25. Flash Gordon
  26. Funky Fish
  27. Galagon
  28. Galaxian
  29. Golf
  30. Gorf (CBS)
  31. Gorf Arcade
  32. Gremlins
  33. Gyruss
  34. Halloween
  35. Imagic Selector
  36. Infiltrate
  37. Jawbreaker
  38. Jr. Pac-Man
  39. Jungle Hunt
  40. Kaboom!
  41. Kangaroo
  42. Kickman
  43. Killer Satellite (Supercharger)
  44. King Kong
  45. Krull
  46. L.E.M.
  47. Lady Bug Arcade
  48. Laser Gates
  49. Lock ‘n’ Chase
  50. Mappy
  51. Megamania
  52. Meltdown
  53. Moon Patrol
  54. Moonsweeper
  55. Mr. Do
  56. Mr. Do’s Castle
  57. Ms. Pac-Man
  58. No Escape
  59. Official Frogger (Supercharger)
  60. Pac-Man
  61. Phoenix
  62. Pitfall!
  63. Planet Of The Apes
  64. Pole Position / Pole Positn
  65. Pooyan
  66. Popeye
  67. Pursuit Of The Pink Panther
  68. Robotron: 2084
  69. Q*Bert
  70. Q*Bert’s Qubes
  71. Qix
  72. Quick Step
  73. Rally
  74. Return Of The Jedi: Death Star Battle
  75. River Raid
  76. Robot City
  77. rubyQ!
  78. Save Mary
  79. Shark Attack / Lochjaw
  80. Shuttle Orbiter
  81. Skeleton+
  82. Sky Jinks
  83. Sonar
  84. Spacechase
  85. Space Invaders
  86. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
  87. Star Voyager
  88. Super Breakout
  89. Tapeworm
  90. Tapper
  91. Tarzan
  92. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  93. Threshold
  94. Towering Inferno
  95. Tron Deadly Discs
  96. Turbo
  97. Turmoil
  98. Tutankham Arcade (2024)
  99. Venture
  100. Wizard Of Wor
  101. Zoo Keeper

Atari 5200

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

Atari 7800

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

Atari Home Computers

  1. Burgertime
  2. Caverns of Mars
  3. Dig Dug
  4. Donkey Kong
  5. Frogger II: Threeedeep!
  6. Gorf
  7. Jawbreaker
  8. Jingle Disk
  9. Lode Runner
  10. Megamania
  11. Pac-Man
  12. Pac-Munch Jr.
  13. Pengo
  14. Pole Position
  15. Pooyan
  16. Qix
  17. Satan’s Hollow
  18. Shamus
  19. Sir Pac-Man
  20. Spy’s Demise
  21. Telengard
  22. 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. Donkey Kong X2016+
  16. Dragonfire
  17. Flicky
  18. Flipper Slipper
  19. Frantic Freddy
  20. Frenzy
  21. Frogger
  22. Frogger II: Threeedeep!
  23. Galaxian
  24. Gorf
  25. Guzzler
  26. H.E.R.O.
  27. Jeepers Creepers
  28. Jungle Hunt
  29. Keystone Kapers
  30. Ladybug
  31. Matt Patrol
  32. Mouse Trap
  33. Mr. Do!
  34. Mr. Do’s Castle
  35. Oil’s Well
  36. Pac-Man
  37. Pepper II
  38. Pooyan
  39. Popeye
  40. Q*Bert
  41. Smurf: Rescue In Gargamel’s Castle
  42. Space Panic
  43. Tapper
  44. Threshold
  45. Tutankham
  46. Venture
  47. Zippy Race
  48. 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. Random Pac
  20. Satan’s Hollow
  21. Space-Pilot
  22. Super Mario C64
  23. 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. Berzerk (Coleco)
  2. Fix-It Felix Jr.
  3. Pac-Man (v3.0 OLED version)
  4. Pole Position (World’s Tiniest Arcade)
  5. 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. Rhamus
  17. SimCity
  18. Snack Attack 2
  19. Telengard
  20. Wheel Of Fortune
  21. 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. Lode Runner
  18. Masters Of The Universe: The Power of He-Man
  19. Mouse Trap
  20. Night Stalker
  21. Pac-Man
  22. Pinball
  23. Pole Position
  24. Popeye
  25. Q*Bert
  26. River Raid
  27. Robot Rubble
  28. Shark! Shark!
  29. Space Armada
  30. Super Cobra
  31. Tutankham
  32. Venture
  33. White Water
  34. Worm Whomper
  35. 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. Gaplus
  9. Golf
  10. Pac-Man Championship Edition
  11. Pac-Mania
  12. Q*Bert
  13. Qix
  14. Ultima: Quest Of The Avatar
  15. 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. Pac-Man Advance (GBA)
  16. Q*Bert
  17. Q*Bert (Game Boy Color)
  18. Qix
  19. Space Invaders (Game Boy Color)
  20. Super Mario Land
  21. 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

Vectrex

  1. Berzerk
  2. Clean Sweep
  3. Spike

Windows

  1. Aven Colony Part 1, 2, 3
  2. Centipede Recharged
  3. Candy Creeps
  4. Chili’s Burgertime
  5. Dune 2000: Part 1, 2, 3
  6. Dune 2000: Tenaya Map
    Part 1
    , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
  7. Flora and Fang: Guardians of the Vampire Garden
  8. Mars Horizon Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  9. Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle Chomp Champs
  10. Space Paranoids
  11. Surviving Mars Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
  12. Surviving Mars 2024 replay Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
  13. WeatherStar 4000 Simulator
  14. 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)

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