Dudley of Yesterzine
PC Format Issue 33 - Yesterzine 27 - Calibrate your review sensors
updated
And then further distracted by the genesis of the series, from a startling sequence of coincidences to how you may have played it on Intelivision. Sort of.
Elsewhere the 32X struggles to reach the number of games implied by its name and a titanic battle for control begins...
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Find more of Dave @ZilogandMoto
Find more of HdE (and me) @doomedcolonist
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : There's actually rareish variants of at least the Mega Drive and NES variants since Micro Machines changed their logo. The one in the thumbnail is the newer, more common one.
Elsewhere, why did the Cube launch in Japan at literally the worst possible time, do the 3 launch games measure up and which old enemy is on hand to bail Nintendo out?
Sasha Mastodon - https://topspicy.social/@SharkaBytes@oldbytes.space
Sasha Twitter - https://x.com/SashaScanlines
Subscribe to Between the Scanlines : patreon.com/SashasRetroBytes
Important Thumbnail help by @GouldFishOnGames
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : The Cube was called the Dolphin in development. If you look closely at the Wave Race section you'll notice the tutorial is in "Dolphin Park" and this is also why the most famous emulator is called this.
00:00 Intro
02:53 Nintendo launch a Cube
07:15 A magazine with no Machine
14:46 Luigi's Mansion
20:54 Wave Race Blue Storm
26:53 Super Monkey Ball
35:17 Back Page - Between the Scanlines
Meanwhile Sega bribe their Christmas customers with a special edition and scrabble to try and make up for one of their many, many mistakes but do they risk just making things worse?
Voices :
@WhatHoSnorkers
@BookishBrits
@ctrlaltrees
@GouldFishOnGames
@BloggosPow
Super Polygon Grand Prix : store.steampowered.com/app/2459860/SPGP_Super_Polygon_Grand_Prix
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : Having JVC's deadly skies as the lead issue 2 review is even worse than it looks. The game was never released and multiple of the developers have said it wasn't even close to finished. Our footage from SEGAnetwork is actually the Playstation version and can be seen here youtube.com/watch?v=vDIYI7lxuAo . At best Saturn+ reviewed that, at worst? They simply guessed.
(And yes, Play magazine closed shortly after this episode aired, I do apologise)
00:00 Intro
02:03 Christmas Nights
07:33 Saturn + : What the bloody hell happened?
23:58 Let's try that again : Daytona USA CCE
35:06 Back Page : Super Polygon Grand Prix
Plus Music, Comics, Videos, and the man that links all 3, why your local comic shop looks the same as every other local comic shop, how an internationally famous DJ started with an entirely different Top 10 and the cover tape exclusives that weren't.
Rik interview : commodoreformatarchive.com/rik-henderson-how-we-made-commodore-power-magazine
Timberwolf : @TimberwolfK
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
00:00 Intro
02:14 Cisco Heat
12:07 Commodore Power - The Story
28:22 The Cover Tape
37:36 The Back Page - Commodore Format Archive
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : Commodore Format would ultimately be the last major C64 mag, right into 1995. Only 5000 copies of the last issue were printed.
Elsewhere, the pioneers of licenced music in games, is the free cover game worth the price and what are the best 100 Amiga games ever?
Bloggo's Pow : youtube.com/@UCwofPGaHiLofD7U63nOiIzg
WhatHoSnorkers : youtube.com/@WhatHoSnorkers
Timberwolf : youtube.com/@TimberwolfK
That video on Stunt Car Racer : youtube.com/watch?v=hcmSBwLKVOY
Amiga Power The Album : https://www.010101-music.nl/releases.html
Gouldfish : youtube.com/@UC5Ee7qQWiSZDcdTnXB6fBfw
CoverDisk Fact Off : youtube.com/watch?v=5aVwev6uFb4
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
#AmigaPower #Amayga #Amayga2024
00:00 - Intro
02:29 - Amiga Power - The Top 100
07:27 - Bombuzal
14:09 - AP of Legend
21:02 - Renegade and video game music
31:23 - Supercars 2
33:27 - Moonshine Racers
38:53 - The Back Page - Gouldfish on Games
Secret Fact for Scrolling : F-Max is a joke by AP. When they discovered they were unable to sell the back page for an advert, traditionally the most expensive page and the reason our end section is called that, they created a fake product to feature instead. They got away with it for 4 months.
Elsewhere, Is Jimtendo's beloved Simpsons game a nightmare, how to get a film crew arrested, who are the Door Man and Ghost Girl and who are the real SNES experts?
Rosie : youtube.com/@UCGDTjXnyGM5flG6Xk6fiMAg
Breaking Bad Influence S1 : youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxnekvAfrfo5xLFtlKfS7iETP3y5tPNas
Bloggo's Pow : youtube.com/@UCwofPGaHiLofD7U63nOiIzg
Zilog and Moto : youtube.com/@UCDmkUiCpaKsEdvZpxsT7lvg
Super Jimtendo : youtube.com/@UCgX4GfqPRTRBDG0UufIN2Xg
Jim on Bart's Nightmare : youtube.com/watch?v=vylswFNxUMM
Thumbnail elements by Holly Molly via Vecteezy, used with permission.
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
I'll show you all 19 entries and 13 games and you can download them all free at smspower.org/Competitions/Coding-2024
See 2023's line up at youtu.be/wtaDY79qoK4
See the previous winners at youtube.com/watch?v=433wQEnzq4k from @8BitBoyUK
Note since this was originally put together many of the small bugs and issues have of course been fixed. most notably for me in the video.
- Sushi Nights doesn't crash.
- Land on my Base now has fuel.
- Maxim's VGM Player now supports the FM chip
- Goblin Kart Rescue now has sound and a bunch of bugfixes/UI improvements.
The answers to all this and more as we revisit the magazine that outlived its inspiration by 20 years, play an interactive comic and discover what the Playstation 2's biggest exclusive was...
The Sega Guys : youtube.com/@UCfd2NkDC0S5B6nh3k0ChptQ
Turbo Out Run youtube.com/watch?v=4KqhHGCRmkY
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : The missing Sega arcade feature, and we may come back to it was King of Route 66, effectively the "18 Wheel Pro American Trucker" we have at home, slightly complicated by the fact both are Sega arcade games. 18 wheel incidentally was converted to PS2/GC by XGRA developers "Acclaim Cheltenham", which was going to be the segue.
00:00 Intro
02:49 XIII
11:18 GTA comes to XBox
14:58 We have Mario Kart at home
22:52 We have Wipeout at home
33:41 Back Page : Turbo Out Run
Elsewhere, the French do an adventure game and they may have found some kindred American spirits to go into partnership with. Also, Archer Maclean gets annoyed and the fate of the game the Falcon was designed to play.
Rees : youtube.com/ctrlaltrees
2600+ vid : youtube.com/watch?v=vYURhEuQX7s
Thumbnail Atari ST Image : Bill Bertram CC By SA 2.5
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : As you've probably guessed, all 6 of the machines I implied were fictional are in fact real 8-bit micros, including the Corvette which is Russian.
00:00 Intro
01:56 Ween (Known as The Prophecy in North America)
09:06 The Global Video Game Crash
26:29 Lynx Round Up
36:19 Back Page - Ctrl-Alt-Rees
Meanwhile Sinclair launch a new machine, everyone replaces their keyboard, we pay £45 to plug in a printer and we mount a defence of one of the most infamous software releases of all time.
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Music : Retro Video Game Hotfix
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Music : Retro Video Game Hotseat
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Music : Retro Video Game Hotwired
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Music : Retro Video Game Hotzone
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : You can actually still buy the Zip compi1er, including the manual, as attentive watchers of the ad breaks in this years Sub5000TV already know.
00:00 Intro
01:19 Deus Ex Machina
09:25 Your Spectrum - A snapshot of 1985
26:09 The Spectrum +
30:33 Back Page : Cassette 50, the Zip Compiler and WhatHoSnorkers
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Blue Force - youtube.com/watch?v=TKJDJ8Ot0hg
The DOSCember list!
youtube.com/watch?v=kPtytEHOZlg - What were XMS, EMS and Conventional memory and why did the PC have them?
youtube.com/watch?v=hB4-EiIbXJM - Floppy Archeology: a Cache of Early 80s 5.25" PC Floppies
youtube.com/watch?v=ERMr1Rosq0s - Playing DOS Games On An Enormous Industrial Computer!
youtube.com/watch?v=rBezA0r3F1E - MS DOS games I always wanted to try.
youtube.com/watch?v=okbctisE0g8 - Compaq Presario 5522 Part 2 - Hacking Compaq QuickRestore.
youtube.com/watch?v=ZvImnFC1jQY - Can I Put DOS on a ROM for Tandy 1110HD?
youtube.com/watch?v=4i6Sopj_160 - Dune 2 | Commanding before Conquer
youtube.com/watch?v=cUd-cQIcO9Y - 3 intriguing DOS gaming discoveries.
youtube.com/watch?v=UmzGlApCQrQ - Play DOS Games On A Steam Deck - This Week In Retro 149
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : Tsunami didn't last long, just a few years in the mid-1990s. Police Quest and Blue Force creator Jim Walls moved on to Westwood where in a departure from cop games he was involved in *takes notes* Blade Runner.
#Doscember #doscember2023 #pc
00:00 Intro
02:07 Shadow of the Comet
13:46 Ringworld Revenge of the Patriarch
26:29 The Back Page Doscember and Sub5000
Elsewhere we look at the comprehensive and no doubt bright future for Sega consoles in the latter half of the 1990s.
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : In my defence with the 3rd/4th Madden game confusion in the video, this is a mistake Mega also make, giving entirely the wrong year for the first one.
Almost like they're really similar or something.
#genesis #sega #megadrive
00:00 Intro And 1993
03:10 McDonalds Treasure Land Adventure
13:20 The Top 10 of 1993
29:52 Sega's Future
36:30 Back Page : Sub5000TV
First though we need to deal with the task of selecting the best game from the SNES's first year in the UK and number 7 might surprise you. And F1 comes to the Japanese SNES in a game that might looks strangely familiar...
Rosie's Video : youtube.com/watch?v=chj7OTAfwU0
Bloggos' Channel : youtube.com/@BloggosPow
The Big Red Arrow Club : youtube.com/@UCX3omdwXO_o2VIaiILWHjzA
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : Despite knowing nothing about beat em ups, that is me playing SF2 in 60hz. I got all the way to M Bison before being utterly pummelled into the floor. That is my US Sonic and Japanese SNES in the thumbnail too and yes, the choice of 2 non-UK mismatched regions is also deliberate.
00:00 Intro - 1993, the best year?
04:06 Human Grand Prix
14:52 Game of the Year 1993
22:41 Road Runner Death Valley Ralley
34:04 : Back Page - The Big Red Arrow Club
But which is better? There's only one way to find out.
Originally included in Yesterzine Episode 22 - Crapping Hell it's Your Mum!
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
#topgear #lamborghini #snes
Download the Cover DVD! : archive.org/details/pcg-231-da-1011
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : Unreal was the last Epic "Megagame", the company changed name to simply Epic games the year after its launch.
00:00 Intro and Background
05:22 What order is a magazine written and demo overview
10:30 Deus Ex
11:53 Unreal
13:59 Half Life Uplink
17:32 Disc Round Up
23:30 Let's talk about Sims
28:44 Garbage Truck Simulator 2011
35:04 Back Page - Amiga Addict
#DeusEx #halflife #eurotrucksimulator2
We take a look at Dizzy's lesser known appearances, from exciting Pac-Man's lawyers to exciting Toobin's lawyers to annoying friend of the channel RoseTintedSpectrum.
Originally included in Yesterzine Episode 32 - Supermarket Brown
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
#Dizzy #codemasters #cpc
And so are we, we look at Retro Gamer issue 1, what makes it special, what's different to today and how much of it could have been written yesterday. Plus why is issue 1 more expensive than issue 249?
Coverdisc on Archive.org - archive.org/details/retro-gamer-1
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : The lost articles that were written for the RG19 that never was did get published in a disk magazine called "Retro Survival".
#RetroGamer #SNES #genesis
00:00 Intro
03:14 A Tour of Issue 1
14:23 The Coverdisc
19:05 The Top 100 Games ever
35:28 Back Page : Retro Gamer 250
Originally included in Yesterzine Episode 24 - Fighting Through Idiots
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
#amiga #sensiblesoccer #housemarque
Visit Rich : youtube.com/@UCk5l1eoSz8H3Xu9RDRERRZg
Visit Snorkers : youtube.com/@UCmKA-MiHwHpuawrhPBsWzJg
Visit Timberwolf : youtube.com/@UCETNVSW8wEE5CcjMrn_N60g
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : The Pinball specific name for Apogee/3D Realms was "Pinball Wizards" but used only for Balls of Steel, released after the company name change. It has a Duke Nukem table in it.
#residentevil #dukenukem #playstation
00:00 Intro and the Magazines grow up
04:18 Resident Evil
20:09 Apogee / 3D Realms / Id / Duke Nukem
35:22 Back Page - Sir Richard Pitchard
Very.
Originally included in Yesterzine Episode 27 - youtube.com/watch?v=jLMU-hcDi78
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Background Music : gbmmusic.uk
We do though, meet a legend at the height of his powers, look at the gaming landscape circa 1997, play an adventure game from the 3rd greatest exponents of the art and attend the launch of SNK's difficult 2nd album.
Momentvm on Youtube : youtube.com/@UCXOla-i4vJDiufO_S1S1WNQ
Momentvm on Bandcamp : momentvm.bandcamp.com/album/disk-driven
Momentvm on Spotify : open.spotify.com/album/5kGSeFFML9d2isimz48Ftt?si=_PsHxNlnR6uKSIxFAbBKXQ&nd=1
Watch Snorkers - youtube.com/@WhatHoSnorkers
Watch Bloggo - youtube.com/@UCwofPGaHiLofD7U63nOiIzg
Watch Rx - youtube.com/@UCqRvDBYIeyPlpw_dEIXWSSg
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : Yes seriously, A muted trailer for GTA 5 trips the copyright bot but including a full 20 seconds of the Beatles is just fine.
00:00 Intro and 1997 State of the Union
10:17 Broken Sword 2 (PC)
19:42 An interview with Ken Kuturagi
32:34 The Hyper Neo-Geo 64 and Round Trip/Roads Edge
39:58 The Back Page - Momentvm
Rob's Retro Gambles - Venus the Fly Trap - youtube.com/watch?v=yn278SxVJro
That episode of Kick Start - youtube.com/watch?v=zObFwxq8LB4
Watch Snorkers - youtube.com/@UCmKA-MiHwHpuawrhPBsWzJg
Watch Timberwolf - youtube.com/@UCETNVSW8wEE5CcjMrn_N60g
Watch Lee - youtube.com/@UC5WFTrin8VTv397vQIA8mcA
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Facts for Scrolling :
The Venus and Zool comparison isn't spurious, they're programmed by the same person, George Allan. Switchblade 2 (in the intro) is also one of his.
I actually knew the pronounciation of Barry Leitch ahead of time, because someone clearly only described it audibly for Super Cars. In the credits for that game it's misspelt "Barry Leech"
If you have Lotus 3, try "Gamesmaster" in RECS to play the course used for a challenge on that show.
00:00 - Intro, the history of The One
02:51 - Venus The Fly Trap
11:46 - Magnetic Fields - Early years
23:14 - Magnetic Fields - Lotus Games
35:51 - Magnetic Fields - The Post Lotus Years
42:10 - Back Page - Horizon Chase Turbo / Barry Leitch
#Amayga #Amiga #theone
Doomed Colonist Twitch : twitch.tv/totally_unoriginal_hde
Doomed Colonist YouTube : youtube.com/@UCragaoFUzeeYVlU4H6uX1lQ
Doomed Colonist Twitter : twitter.com/HdE_playsgames
Get Amtix (2021) : patreon.com/amtixcpcmagazine/membership
Get Crash (2020) : patreon.com/crashmagazine/membership
Get Zzap 64 (2020) : patreon.com/zzapmagazine
Get Zzap Amiga : patreon.com/zzapamiga
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact For Scrolling : There's a 2nd Miami Vice game, a shooter for PSP only produced in tie in with the movie 20 years later. It didn't get that much better a reception.
#cpc #amstrad #miamivice
00:00 Intro and Newsfield Publishing
05:27 Miami Vice - The Proto-GTA?
13:05 Into the Eagles Nest
25:16 Breakthru
33:22 Back Page - Doomed Colonist.
I'll show you all 7 and you can download them all free at smspower.org/Competitions/Coding-2023
See the previous winners at youtube.com/watch?v=433wQEnzq4k from @8BitBoyUK
Back Page : kickstarter.com/projects/nostalgianerd/barcadia-arcade-bar
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact For Scrolling : For the first time we don't cover, or indeed mention the gaming heaven. The highest scoring game in this issue is the cover game Finally Fantasy 3 (or 6).
#nintendo #snes #supernintendo
00:00 Intro
00:14 December 1994 - The Virtual Boy
05:10 Syndicate
18:35 Fury of The Furries / Pac-In-Time
27:46 Animaniacs
36:08 The Back Page (Barcadia)
OkGamerGirl : @okgamergirl
Sharka : @SharkaBytes
Daph : @ItsCrapContent
James O'Grady : @WhatHoSnorkers
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : There is another reason Test Drive 2 uses a cardboard box, it's not licenced from Sega. Ballistic thought they could get away with it and by all indications seem to. Although by the next year Accolade were releasing Combat Cars directly, licenced and without them.
#sega #megadrive #genesis
00:00 Intro
01:28 Emulation, FPGA and Hardware, a tangent.
05:27 Gaming Heaven : Popils
12:42 Gaming Hell : Turbo OutRun
27:26 The Duel - Another option.
36:27 Back Page : OKG and Announcement.
Unlike them, I sometimes play games and I know the real 7 problems. Here they are.
#retrogaming #yesterzine #retrogamingcommunity
Elsewhere, Amiga Computing crown the best driving game of all time and it's one I'm very familiar with. We litigate the case.
RoseTintedSpectrum : youtube.com/@UCGDTjXnyGM5flG6Xk6fiMAg
James O'Grady : youtube.com/@UCmKA-MiHwHpuawrhPBsWzJg
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus fact for scrolling : It's weird how short lived everyone in this issue is. Cope-Com did 2 games, Exocet (Hell Raisers) only 5. Even ARC only lasted a year. Somehow Geoff Crammond, a man working on his own mostly in assembler has to most prolific output of the episode.
00:00 Intro
02:46 Gaming Heaven : Battle Squadron
11:38 Sir Geoff Crammond and Stunt Car Racer
20:05 The News Section
23:08 Gaming Hell - Hell Raisers
29:59 Back Page : Digitiser
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Spoilers below
Sonic The Hedgehog : £10 delivered - uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=ssegmasg309b&categoryName=master-system-software&superCatName=gaming&title=sonic-the-hedgehog-boxed&referredFrom=search&queryID=16d6103f49e3e57427589df7e58ef581&position=1
Enduro Racer - £8 delivered - uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=ssegmasg176b&categoryName=master-system-software&superCatName=gaming&title=enduro-racer-boxed&referredFrom=search&queryID=af53c81f77107f3a7a6805f26e8c6702&position=1
Battle Out Run - £12 delivered - uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=ssegmasg132b&categoryName=master-system-software&superCatName=gaming&title=battle-out-run-boxed&referredFrom=boxsearch&queryID=ad468290e736bdbc484cb35fedb14584&position=3
Super Monaco 2 £6 delivered - uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=ssegmasg125b&categoryName=master-system-software&superCatName=gaming&title=ayrton-senna%27s-super-monaco-gp-ii-boxed&referredFrom=boxsearch&queryID=5db9f53eb06bb7556af59003dbf36bce&position=1
Castle Of Illusion £7 delivered - uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=ssegmasg144b&categoryName=master-system-software&superCatName=gaming&title=castle-of-illusion-starring-mickey-mouse-boxed&referredFrom=boxsearch&queryID=4c9efb06f7a8f277453e883cb9c3a020&position=2
The Lion King £8 delivered - uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=ssegmasg166b&categoryName=master-system-software&superCatName=gaming&title=disney%27s-the-lion-king-boxed&referredFrom=search&queryID=f7f185234af0d9c9f2a34d52231e1e27&position=1
G-Loc - £7 delivered - uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=ssegmasg187b&categoryName=master-system-software&superCatName=gaming&title=g-loc-air-battle-boxed&referredFrom=boxsearch&queryID=c600fcdb8d3881e4d0d06724de1d5f1f&position=4
Basketball Nightmare £8 delivered - uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=ssegmasg130b&categoryName=master-system-software&superCatName=gaming&title=basketball-nightmare-boxed&referredFrom=boxsearch&queryID=115c54fd780563cf9ffe982a336a0489&position=1
Marble Madness £10 delivered - uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=ssegmasg233b&categoryName=master-system-software&superCatName=gaming&title=marble-madness-boxed&referredFrom=boxsearch&queryID=e90b85bd44480e6af6d4ddbbba926718&position=2
Shanghai £10 delivered - uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=ssegmasg299b&categoryName=master-system-software&superCatName=gaming&title=shanghai-boxed&referredFrom=boxsearch&queryID=323cbca3f2607506f75d0ed62dd69e20&position=2
Crash Dummies £12 delivered - uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=ssegmasg213b&categoryName=master-system-software&superCatName=gaming&title=incredible-crash-dummies-the-boxed&referredFrom=boxsearch&queryID=1d83f57f7e645a6d0fbd2eadbc880260&position=6
As of writing this, Crash Dummies, Shanghai and Super Monaco were out of stock. They all make frequent appearances and you can click an "email me" link to be alerted.
#mastersystem #sega #sonicthehedgehog
00:00 Intro and MS Buyer's Guide
02:12 Sonic The Hedgehog
03:26 Enduro Racer
04:36 Battle Out Run
05:28 Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco Grand Prix 2
06:57 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
07:57 The Lion King
09:31 G-LoC
10:25 Basketball Nightmare
12:13 Marble Madness
13:07 Shanghai
14:29 The Incredible Crash Dummies
15:51 Wrap up and the bit you skipped to just to see the list.
And then we look at the buyer's guide. What were people buying 30 years ago and crucially, how much did it cost?
Sub5000TV - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqPaeYdiNYylZW0lChp9RgANgPsdfG5vf
Doscember - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbVlrZKonomU9z_4uqJGaou7qzEBraNpQ
Another World article - fabiensanglard.net/another_world_polygons/index.html
The Beverly Hills "Long" play - youtube.com/watch?v=sLAXBwuLL3s
The movie itself - youtube.com/watch?v=ion2pf_wcbA
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
00:00 Intro
01:39 A lesson in PC Graphics
04:30 Gaming Heaven : Another World / Out of This World
12:24 The 1992 PC Buyer's Guide
26:09 Gaming Hell : The Taking of Beverly Hills
32:24 The back Page
Bonus Fact For Scrolling : Did you notice? Both Another World and Beverly Hills start without you having any input in the proceedings, both will kill you quickly if you don't touch the controller and both of them will kill you instantly and repetitively.
Weird that 2 games so different otherwise share traits which, especially in the case of the first one, are really not common.
#doscember #pc #anotherworld #magazine
As the trial concludes we play Strider (twice), a Sonic the Hedgehog game you never bought and teh most obscure post of possibly the least obscure game.
(Part 2 of 2)
#mastersystem #sega #segamastersystem
00:00 Intro
00:48 Strider
03:48 The Flintstones
07:19 Super Kick Off
10:03 Word Class Leaderboard
12:47 Sonic's Edusoft
15:57 Strider 2
19:12 Olympic Gold
22:15 Winter Olympics Lillehammer 94
26:41 Fifa International Soccer
(Part 1 of 2)
#mastersystem #sega #segamastersystem
00:00 Intro
03:56 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade The Action Game
06:30 PaperBoy
09:32 Gauntlet
11:37 Impossible Mission
14:08 Ace of Aces
16:42 Heroes of the Lance
19:07 Mercs
21:40 Ms Pac-Man
To help, 2 licences. One I've already called a 7/10 game and one getting a kicking that surprises even me. And why do I refuse to play the other reviewed game?
Zilog and Moto : youtube.com/watch?v=sRcRYIuTOHY
Sub5000TV? Stay tuned to Twitter and Mastodon. @yesterzine and yesterzine@topspicy.social
With the voice of Bloggo's Pow
youtube.com/@UCwofPGaHiLofD7U63nOiIzg
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : Depending on who you talk to, there's about 267 UK games in all. Robocop 3 would be included in that but the 2 Smurfs games would not. This also weirdly counts Master Games 1 (a compilation of Super Monaco / Columns and World Cup) as a separate thing but not the various forms Hang On got released in.
I don't make the rules.
This episode : KGB on Amiga et al
This episode : Indycar Racing 2 on PC.
This episode : Kronolog on PC.
Join us as we find out how that turned out and enjoy a gaming heaven by Ocean based on a movie licence. And a gaming hell by Ocean based on a movie licence. Also, how much should you price a compilation of 4 £2.99 games at? The answer may shock you!
Zilog and Moto : NBA All-Star Challenge - youtube.com/watch?v=XNlfKK_wGAs
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
00:00 Intro
01:18 Gaming Heaven - Addams Family Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt
09:00 Gaming Heaven 2 - Super James Pond
10:02 Cover Feature - An 8-bit magazine in 1993
19:52 Gaming Hell 1 - Cool World
25:58 Gaming Hell 2 - Super Sports Challenge
37:19 Back Page - Formula Retro Racing
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : At some point Codies and Ninty made up, many of their games have made Nintendo systems legally since.
This episode : Secret Command on the Master System.
Elsewhere the gaming heaven is as remarkable for its hardware as its software and the gaming hell represents possible redemption for a publisher we've seen before in this same slot.
Larry Bundy Jr : youtube.com/c/larry
Larry's twitter : twitter.com/LarryBundyJr
- Larry's channel has the full version of his episodes on.
See Bloggo at youtube.com/c/BloggosPow and twitter.com/bloggospow
See Rx at youtube.com/c/BookishBrits and twitter.com/ShadowFalcon
The full unaired episode - youtube.com/watch?v=afVGTU-XKwQ
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : By coincidence a game by an entirely different Dave Perry appears in the magazine, Earthworm Jim. That Dave went on to found streaming company Gakai whose technology became the backbone of Playstation Now.
00:00 Intro
01:38 Gaming Heaven - Pete Sampras Tennis (Mega Drive)
10:39 Games World - The Magazine
27:42 Gaming Hell - Who Shot Johnny Rock (PC)
35:24 Back Page - More Fun Making It and Outro
Meanwhile a TV series whose format means it couldn't possibly become a game, becomes a game, twice.
Temporal Discussion Podcast : knightmarepod.co.uk
Temporal Discussion Twitter : twitter.com/knightmarepod
Knightmare Official : knightmare.com
Paul Boland's Original games : knightmare.com/fanzone/fan-projects/puzzles-and-games/games-factory.html
Dungeoneer : store.steampowered.com/app/700730/Dungeoneer
Nippon Safes Inc Codes (Amiga and ScummVM Amiga version)
Doug: Wa Ri Ki Ra I Ho
Donna : Na Ra Ki Ra Ra Wa
Dino : Ne Ri Ho Ra Ra Ki
GenesisTemple - The big Italian Adventure - genesistemple.com/the-big-italian-adventure-the-history-of-dynabyte-software
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : If you do like the look of Knightmare on Amiga then hunt out a game called Captive by the same guy. It is going to look familiar.
00:00 Intro
01:12 Gaming Heaven : Nippon Safes Inc
14:40 Cover Feature : Knightmare games
26:08 Gaming Hell Intro and Edd the Duck 2
29:27 Gaming Hell International Rugby Challenge
33:19 Back Page The Temporal Discussion Podcast and Outro
And in the cover feature we finally answer the question "What is Retro?"
Gears of Games YouTube : youtube.com/c/gearsofgameschannel
Gears of Games Twitter : twitter.com/_GearsofGames_
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : The appearance of Ian Die Hard is deliberate. Bruce Willis never allowed his face in games at the time because of course games were evil but spending two hours on a 60ft screen shooting dudes is just good family entertainment.
00:00 Intro
05:04 Gaming Heaven : Grand Theft Auto Vice City
22:08 What is Retro?
30:53 Gaming Hell : Die Hard Vendetta
38:26 : Backpage Ad : Gears of Games
Buy Mecha8 - cotegamers.com/shop/en/accueil/125-mecha-8.html
Buy Mecha8 again but as a file - nanochess.org/store.html
Buy Mecha8 again but it's actually a pack of Penne Pasta - tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/254878482
Yesterzine purchased this game anonymously. Neither Cote Gamers nor OTG paid for, had influence over, contributed to or even knew about this review until I tagged them on Twitter went it went live.
But more interestingly we'll also investigate how a magazine came to give a game a perfect score and if there were pressures internal or external that might have led them to it. While overshadowed by these events the gaming hell might not be short of a hook itself.
See Bloggo at youtube.com/c/BloggosPow and twitter.com/bloggospow
See Gouldfish at youtube.com/c/GouldFishOnGames and twitter.com/TheGouldFish
See MoreFunMakingIt (Lee) at youtube.com/c/MoreFunMakingIt and twitter.com/morefunmakingit
See WhatHoSnorkers at youtube.com/c/JamesOGradyWhatHoSnorkers and twitter.com/JAMOGRAD
See Rx at youtube.com/c/BookishBrits and twitter.com/ShadowFalcon
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : There was a mobile reboot of Mayhem in 2014 but mobile being what it is that's even less obtainable now than the Wiishop emulated version.
We delivered.
#PSNumber2s
Get the game! - cotegamers.com/shop/en/accueil/124-dangerous-demolition.html
Yesterzine purchased this game and was not given any sort of discount, incentive or offer for this review. CoteGamers and Ludoscience will not see this review before you do.
But of course there are games. The gaming heaven is impressively complex and 10 years ahead of its time. The game hell is depressingly complex and 10 years behind its time...
Visit Jimtendo at : youtube.com/user/ewjim66
Call Jimtendo a nonce at : twitter.com/SJimtendo
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
00:00 Intro
01:12 Gaming Heaven - Legends of Valour
10:38 Cover Feature - "The best disks"
28:41 Gaming Hell - Bunny Bricks
35:24 Back Page - Super Jimtendo
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : Creatures dev Apex went onto to do something else even more infamous... but more on that next month.
#Amayga #Commaydore
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youtube.com/c/VakantscullArchives
youtube.com/c/morefunmakingit
youtube.com/c/matteusbeusRetroDev
youtube.com/c/BloggosPow
youtube.com/user/ewjim66
youtube.com/c/RetrogradeScene
youtube.com/c/GouldFishOnGames
youtube.com/c/DaphBlakesItsCrapContent
Music : Retro Video Game 12th Warrior
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Music : Retro Video Game Chicken Run
Composer, all tracks: Bjorn Lynne (PRS)
Publisher, all tracks: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
Licenced by Shockwave Sound
Bonus Fact for Scrolling : The UK was by no means the last market for the Dreamcast, Japan got games from Sega for another couple of years but Sega were already full tilt into releasing games on all the major formats by the time Dreamcast Magazine closed.
00:00 Intro
06:11 Freestyle Scooter
12:12 Conflict Zone (Content Warning)
21:36 Heavymetal Geomatrix
25:51 Evil Twin
29:57 Cannon Spike
35:49 Intrepid Izzy and Close
Is it good? Is it bad? WHAT IS IT?
With the voice of Rx : twitter.com/shadowfalcon