The Vaporware Tales Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-vaporware-tales <p>Join host RD Kulik as he tells the tales of the most infamous stories of vaporware. What were the life changing products we never got to use and why. He will even go into a few stories of vaporware projects that did see the light of day, and why they should have probably been kept hidden from the public.</p> Public Forum Productions fb793853-c109-5ac5-98a8-40703b41a105 yes en-us Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:59:08 +0000 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:00:09 +0000 https://www.publicforumproductions.com/the-vaporware-tales-podcast/ https://img.transistorcdn.com/A-vklujGJKuuOzwWptgKLNpKEhMvNzQgvHBvbmaIa28/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ODkw/YmIzYjFlMzljMDUy/YWQ3YTlmNzBmNDdm/NTdkZi5wbmc.jpg The Vaporware Tales https://www.publicforumproductions.com/the-vaporware-tales-podcast/ episodic Public Forum Productions <p>Join host RD Kulik as he tells the tales of the most infamous stories of vaporware. What were the life changing products we never got to use and why. He will even go into a few stories of vaporware projects that did see the light of day, and why they should have probably been kept hidden from the public.</p> <p>Join host RD Kulik as he tells the tales of the most infamous stories of vaporware. RD Kulik No No The Intellivision Amico 2 2 2 2 The Intellivision Amico full 63b2d81646fc1264f6a9cc5c:6679d706dec87b5a95cec0c3:67de0cf766735b35480ca333 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d04429d2 The Intellivision video game console was a memory maker. Games that looked and played better than Atari and the backing of a major toy company. It just took a video game crash to wipe out any future for the Intellivision.

In 2018 Intellivision was ready for a comeback with the new Amico game console. The problem is, the Amico never arrived.

Join RD as he tells the tale of the future retro console that never was.

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In 2018 Intellivision was ready for a comeback with the new Amico game console. The problem is, the Amico never arrived.

Join RD as he tells the tale of the future retro console that never was.

Download the episode for free.

]]> Sat, 22 Mar 2025 03:00:00 -0100 Public Forum Productions Public Forum Productions 2599 The Intellivision video game console was a memory maker. Games that looked and played better than Atari and the backing of a major toy company. It just took a video game crash to wipe out any future for the Intellivision. In 2018 Intellivision was ready for a comeback with the new Amico game console. The problem is, the Amico never arrived. Join RD as he tells the tale of the future retro console that never was. Download the episode for free. The Intellivision video game console was a memory maker. Games that looked and played better than Atari and the backing of a major toy company. It just took a video game crash to wipe out any future for the Intellivision. In 2018 Intellivision was ready f No George Miller’s “Justice League: Mortal” 2 2 1 1 George Miller’s “Justice League: Mortal” full 63b2d81646fc1264f6a9cc5c:6679d706dec87b5a95cec0c3:67b00679d970510885c3340d https://share.transistor.fm/s/7c08459a Back in 2007 making a superhero team up movie was not a sure thing. This did not stop Warner Bros, along with Mad Max, Babe, and Happy Feet creator, George Miller from coming up with the first big super hero team up movie "Justice League: Mortal". A writer's strike later, an unknown cast, and a non-committed Australian government would be too tough a foe for Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and friends, and the movie would be lost before a single shot was taken.

Join RD as he goes over the script and wonders if we missed out on a potential super hero masterpiece.

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]]> Back in 2007 making a superhero team up movie was not a sure thing. This did not stop Warner Bros, along with Mad Max, Babe, and Happy Feet creator, George Miller from coming up with the first big super hero team up movie "Justice League: Mortal". A writer's strike later, an unknown cast, and a non-committed Australian government would be too tough a foe for Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and friends, and the movie would be lost before a single shot was taken.

Join RD as he goes over the script and wonders if we missed out on a potential super hero masterpiece.

Download the episode for free.

]]> Sat, 15 Feb 2025 04:00:00 -0100 Public Forum Productions Public Forum Productions 3002 Back in 2007 making a superhero team up movie was not a sure thing. This did not stop Warner Bros, along with Mad Max, Babe, and Happy Feet creator, George Miller from coming up with the first big super hero team up movie "Justice League: Mortal". A writer's strike later, an unknown cast, and a non-committed Australian government would be too tough a foe for Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and friends, and the movie would be lost before a single shot was taken. Join RD as he goes over the script and wonders if we missed out on a potential super hero masterpiece. Download the episode for free. Back in 2007 making a superhero team up movie was not a sure thing. This did not stop Warner Bros, along with Mad Max, Babe, and Happy Feet creator, George Miller from coming up with the first big super hero team up movie "Justice League: Mortal". A write No The Flying Car 1 1 6 6 The Flying Car full 63b2d81646fc1264f6a9cc5c:6679d706dec87b5a95cec0c3:66e5f28a1d94457f004fd8d0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/70629b0d Once mankind achieved powered flight, the need of a flying car was evident. Join RD as he looks at the over 100 hundred years history of the electric car.

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]]> Once mankind achieved powered flight, the need of a flying car was evident. Join RD as he looks at the over 100 hundred years history of the electric car.

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]]> Sun, 15 Sep 2024 04:00:00 +0000 Public Forum Productions Public Forum Productions 1829 Once mankind achieved powered flight, the need of a flying car was evident. Join RD as he looks at the over 100 hundred years history of the electric car. Download the episode for free. Once mankind achieved powered flight, the need of a flying car was evident. Join RD as he looks at the over 100 hundred years history of the electric car. Download the episode for free. No Confederate (Television Series) 1 1 5 5 Confederate (Television Series) full 63b2d81646fc1264f6a9cc5c:6679d706dec87b5a95cec0c3:66d3ba4adb729e0a534b3f49 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f37ea3e9 In 2017 "Game of Thrones" creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were at the top of the television world. Their global television hit was getting ready for its last season and everyone wanted to know what the duo planned as a follow up. Unfortunately that follow-up was a proposed television series about a modern Confederate States of America and the institution of slavery in today's world.

"Confederate" was a bad idea that was met with an immediate backlash and a quick private death. How could this happen in today's tv world and why would HBO allow this out to the public. Join RD as he looks at the history of "Confederate" and listen as he speculates on why the show never saw the light of day.

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]]> In 2017 "Game of Thrones" creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were at the top of the television world. Their global television hit was getting ready for its last season and everyone wanted to know what the duo planned as a follow up. Unfortunately that follow-up was a proposed television series about a modern Confederate States of America and the institution of slavery in today's world.

"Confederate" was a bad idea that was met with an immediate backlash and a quick private death. How could this happen in today's tv world and why would HBO allow this out to the public. Join RD as he looks at the history of "Confederate" and listen as he speculates on why the show never saw the light of day.

Download the episode for free.

]]> Sun, 01 Sep 2024 04:00:00 +0000 Public Forum Productions Public Forum Productions 2125 In 2017 "Game of Thrones" creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were at the top of the television world. Their global television hit was getting ready for its last season and everyone wanted to know what the duo planned as a follow up. Unfortunately that follow-up was a proposed television series about a modern Confederate States of America and the institution of slavery in today's world. "Confederate" was a bad idea that was met with an immediate backlash and a quick private death. How could this happen in today's tv world and why would HBO allow this out to the public. Join RD as he looks at the history of "Confederate" and listen as he speculates on why the show never saw the light of day. Download the episode for free. In 2017 "Game of Thrones" creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were at the top of the television world. Their global television hit was getting ready for its last season and everyone wanted to know what the duo planned as a follow up. Unfortunately that No Ovation 1 1 4 4 Ovation full 63b2d81646fc1264f6a9cc5c:6679d706dec87b5a95cec0c3:66bd43b2e4e8a94ee19bb970 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d6c7f985 The early 1980s saw the beginning of the home computer boom. The Apple II was dominating the market thanks to VisaCalc, the first spreadsheet computer program. Lotus 1 2 3 came in and started to challenge VisaCalc. Enter Ovation technologies and their true business software killer simply called Ovation.

The problem is Ovation never existed. It was a con. How could this have happened.

Join RD as he pieces together the story of Ovation and what their failure meant to the future of technological innovation.

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]]> The early 1980s saw the beginning of the home computer boom. The Apple II was dominating the market thanks to VisaCalc, the first spreadsheet computer program. Lotus 1 2 3 came in and started to challenge VisaCalc. Enter Ovation technologies and their true business software killer simply called Ovation.

The problem is Ovation never existed. It was a con. How could this have happened.

Join RD as he pieces together the story of Ovation and what their failure meant to the future of technological innovation.

Download the episode for free.

]]> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 04:00:00 +0000 Public Forum Productions Public Forum Productions 2463 The early 1980s saw the beginning of the home computer boom. The Apple II was dominating the market thanks to VisaCalc, the first spreadsheet computer program. Lotus 1 2 3 came in and started to challenge VisaCalc. Enter Ovation technologies and their true business software killer simply called Ovation. The problem is Ovation never existed. It was a con. How could this have happened. Join RD as he pieces together the story of Ovation and what their failure meant to the future of technological innovation. Download the episode for free. The early 1980s saw the beginning of the home computer boom. The Apple II was dominating the market thanks to VisaCalc, the first spreadsheet computer program. Lotus 1 2 3 came in and started to challenge VisaCalc. Enter Ovation technologies and their tru No The Apple Car 1 1 3 3 The Apple Car full 63b2d81646fc1264f6a9cc5c:6679d706dec87b5a95cec0c3:66aab9440e7acc51c991e007 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1807d6b0 Apple is a company that makes products that change our world. The Macintosh, the iPhone, and the Apple Watch came to be the leaders of their respective product categories.

What happened when Apple tried to disrupt and alter the automobile market. Project Titan happened.

Join RD as he looks at the history of the failed product from one of the world's biggest companies, the Apple Car.

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]]> Apple is a company that makes products that change our world. The Macintosh, the iPhone, and the Apple Watch came to be the leaders of their respective product categories.

What happened when Apple tried to disrupt and alter the automobile market. Project Titan happened.

Join RD as he looks at the history of the failed product from one of the world's biggest companies, the Apple Car.

Download the episode for free.

]]> Thu, 01 Aug 2024 04:00:00 +0000 Public Forum Productions Public Forum Productions 2600 Apple is a company that makes products that change our world. The Macintosh, the iPhone, and the Apple Watch came to be the leaders of their respective product categories. What happened when Apple tried to disrupt and alter the automobile market. Project Titan happened. Join RD as he looks at the history of the failed product from one of the world's biggest companies, the Apple Car. Download the episode for free. Apple is a company that makes products that change our world. The Macintosh, the iPhone, and the Apple Watch came to be the leaders of their respective product categories. What happened when Apple tried to disrupt and alter the automobile market. Project No Star Wars Episode IX: Duel of the Fates 1 1 2 2 Star Wars Episode IX: Duel of the Fates full 63b2d81646fc1264f6a9cc5c:6679d706dec87b5a95cec0c3:66949728f90fae68fe62f736 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5bbfd02d Back in 2012 Disney bought Lucasfilm and promised the public a new Star Wars sequel trilogy. For the third, and final movie, "Jurassic World" writer/director Colin Trevorrow was going to make it.

Then Colin Trevorrow was let go.

Shortly after the not well recieved "Rise of Skywalker" was released, the script for Colin Trevorrows Episode IX was leaked.

Join RD as he breaks down what happened with Star Wars Episode IX and looks at Trevorrow's script and tries to see if we almost got a good end to the Skywalker Saga.

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]]> Back in 2012 Disney bought Lucasfilm and promised the public a new Star Wars sequel trilogy. For the third, and final movie, "Jurassic World" writer/director Colin Trevorrow was going to make it.

Then Colin Trevorrow was let go.

Shortly after the not well recieved "Rise of Skywalker" was released, the script for Colin Trevorrows Episode IX was leaked.

Join RD as he breaks down what happened with Star Wars Episode IX and looks at Trevorrow's script and tries to see if we almost got a good end to the Skywalker Saga.

Download the episode for free.

]]> Mon, 15 Jul 2024 04:00:00 +0000 Public Forum Productions Public Forum Productions 3875 Back in 2012 Disney bought Lucasfilm and promised the public a new Star Wars sequel trilogy. For the third, and final movie, "Jurassic World" writer/director Colin Trevorrow was going to make it. Then Colin Trevorrow was let go. Shortly after the not well recieved "Rise of Skywalker" was released, the script for Colin Trevorrows Episode IX was leaked. Join RD as he breaks down what happened with Star Wars Episode IX and looks at Trevorrow's script and tries to see if we almost got a good end to the Skywalker Saga. Download the episode for free. Back in 2012 Disney bought Lucasfilm and promised the public a new Star Wars sequel trilogy. For the third, and final movie, "Jurassic World" writer/director Colin Trevorrow was going to make it. Then Colin Trevorrow was let go. Shortly after the not wel No The Nintendo Play Station 1 1 1 1 The Nintendo Play Station full 63b2d81646fc1264f6a9cc5c:6679d706dec87b5a95cec0c3:667f8407b3a76d62dd9bac79 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e5d22d24 In 1991 Sony announced that the consumer electronics giant had partnered with Nintendo to create a CD-ROM device add on for the Super Nintendo System. The very next day Nintendo denied the partnership existed and moved forward with Sony's rival to create a new system.

Sony was not happy and decided it was time to compete with Nintendo and create their own stand alone system. Yet before Sony gave us the Playstation, they built the Nintendo Play Station, and that device disappeared into the vapor.

Join RD as he tells the incredible tale of the Sony/Nintendo Play Station and what happened after the two great Japanese companies had a very public falling out.

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]]> In 1991 Sony announced that the consumer electronics giant had partnered with Nintendo to create a CD-ROM device add on for the Super Nintendo System. The very next day Nintendo denied the partnership existed and moved forward with Sony's rival to create a new system.

Sony was not happy and decided it was time to compete with Nintendo and create their own stand alone system. Yet before Sony gave us the Playstation, they built the Nintendo Play Station, and that device disappeared into the vapor.

Join RD as he tells the incredible tale of the Sony/Nintendo Play Station and what happened after the two great Japanese companies had a very public falling out.

Download the episode for free.

]]> Mon, 01 Jul 2024 05:00:00 +0000 Public Forum Productions Public Forum Productions 2699 In 1991 Sony announced that the consumer electronics giant had partnered with Nintendo to create a CD-ROM device add on for the Super Nintendo System. The very next day Nintendo denied the partnership existed and moved forward with Sony's rival to create a new system. Sony was not happy and decided it was time to compete with Nintendo and create their own stand alone system. Yet before Sony gave us the Playstation, they built the Nintendo Play Station, and that device disappeared into the vapor. Join RD as he tells the incredible tale of the Sony/Nintendo Play Station and what happened after the two great Japanese companies had a very public falling out. Download the episode for free. In 1991 Sony announced that the consumer electronics giant had partnered with Nintendo to create a CD-ROM device add on for the Super Nintendo System. The very next day Nintendo denied the partnership existed and moved forward with Sony's rival to create No Trailer 1 1 Trailer full 63b2d81646fc1264f6a9cc5c:6679d706dec87b5a95cec0c3:6679d706dec87b5a95cec0c6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6900a9ac Coming soon from Public Forum Productions is host RD Kulik’s new podcast The Vaporware Tales. Join RD as he digs deep into the stories of the most famous projects and products we were promised, and never saw the light of day. In some episodes RD will go over a project that was thought to be lost as vaporware, and then it gets released unceremoniously.

Look for The Vaporware Tales wherever you find your favorite podcast.

Coming July 1st 2024

]]> Coming soon from Public Forum Productions is host RD Kulik’s new podcast The Vaporware Tales. Join RD as he digs deep into the stories of the most famous projects and products we were promised, and never saw the light of day. In some episodes RD will go over a project that was thought to be lost as vaporware, and then it gets released unceremoniously.

Look for The Vaporware Tales wherever you find your favorite podcast.

Coming July 1st 2024

]]> Tue, 28 May 2019 15:13:10 +0000 Public Forum Productions Public Forum Productions 80 Coming soon from Public Forum Productions is host RD Kulik’s new podcast The Vaporware Tales. Join RD as he digs deep into the stories of the most famous projects and products we were promised, and never saw the light of day. In some episodes RD will go over a project that was thought to be lost as vaporware, and then it gets released unceremoniously. Look for The Vaporware Tales wherever you find your favorite podcast. Coming July 1st 2024 Coming soon from Public Forum Productions is host RD Kulik’s new podcast The Vaporware Tales. Join RD as he digs deep into the stories of the most famous projects and products we were promised, and never saw the light of day. In some episodes RD will go o No