And that, thankfully, wraps it up for this little Sega sidebar on the Othello Multivision. Not the most impressive lineup, if you ask me!
When I recorded this episode's outro, I made a ...
2021-06-09 11:11:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Before we can truly move along to Sega's momentous ’85 lineup, we first need to take care of some business back in 1983 and ’84. There were eight (technically nine) games released for the SG-10...
2021-06-02 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming in just under the wire, here's your second chunk of bonus content for the month: The fourth episode of Famiconversations. After a few episodes of warm-up, this time I downshift into low gear...
2021-05-29 18:56:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Another two-cylinder episode for 7800 this week, and another with the "reading ransom demands on public access TV circa 1989" hosting video quality. It'll get better next episode, I promise.
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2021-05-26 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Looks like Atari needs a little love, eh? It's been too long since we last looked in on the Atari 7800... though basically that's down to the fact that the Atari 7800 was kind of a wasteland for th...
2021-05-19 13:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes! It's a [booming voice] METROIDVANIA WORKS episode. I haven't done one of these in a while, but I need to dip my toe into the waters every now and again to maintain my iron grip on the Metroidv...
2021-05-12 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Here you go:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kzq7sww6co4ewsb/Sup...
2021-05-07 11:25:59 +0000 UTC View Post
And that's it for 1984... mostly. (I still need to tackle the Othello Multivision.) Pretty strong close to the year, and man is there a LOT of ground to cover in 1985! I'm going to take a break fro...
2021-05-05 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Whew, barely squeaked this one through before the end of the month. But here we are: The last of the setup episodes before I can really start to delve into to the Famicom and SG-1000 libraries. Tha...
2021-04-29 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
...in PDF form. And I should have standard Virtual Boy Works editions (in physical form) to send out to supporters, too.
2021-04-28 21:30:07 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we have the third of four overviews of Famicom's 1984 release lineup, all of which should seem fairly familiar at this point. I've talked about some version of all of these games before, ...
2021-04-28 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The first completed Virtual Boy Works edition off the presses is in hand! Or at least, the first the printers passed along.
And no, the 3D glasses are not just for effect. 2021-04-23 13:34:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings! It's time once again for April bonus content—the monthly PDF of collected cover photos.
I've decided to change up my approach to this project. The full-set photos are out, replac...
2021-04-22 21:46:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Today marks the seventh anniversary of this video project. Seventh! Wild. It's evolved a lot over time, and I've made plenty of false starts and failed experiments in that time. But I'm very happy ...
2021-04-21 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, we throw the mic back over to Sega and four more for ’84. Some impressive visual gimmicky happening here—once Sega manages to marry these visuals to equally strong gameplay, it'll be...
2021-04-14 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Whoops! I almost forgot to post this. The, uh, devil made me (almost not) do it.
Only three games in this NES Works Gaiden compared to the eight last time around, but that's because two of th...
2021-04-07 17:44:38 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! Welcome to a new month, and according to the business calendar, a new quarter. And old video games such as I cover here are Serious Business Indeed.
That said! I would like to contin...
2021-04-04 20:05:17 +0000 UTC View Post
And here's SG-1000's entrée into the year 1984, which, admittedly, is not amazing. Between two games held over from 1983 and two sequels to unremarkable 1983 releases, it's not really off on the b...
2021-03-31 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Before March goes out like a lamb (or however it is that the month traditionally makes its exit), here's the latest episode of the Famiconversations podcast. We'll be getting to the NES stuff in du...
2021-03-30 00:52:38 +0000 UTC View Post
While my focus this year (and probably next...) is on the Sega 8-bit library, I do want to dip a toe into the SG-1000's contemporary competition on Famicom to give a better sense of how the two pla...
2021-03-24 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
If you have seen Virtual Boy Works, you will be familiar with that's console's shitennou: Its "four heavenly kings," games so rare and expensive that you might as well forget ever owning a full set...
2021-03-17 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostGood evening, or whatever time of day it may be for you when you read this. This month's first bonus offering is up: The second chapter of this theoretical game packaging coffee table book. This ti...
2021-03-15 21:54:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Back to the regular Segaiden format here, with four (four!) arcade conversions or interpretations for SG-1000. Admittedly, not all of these games are winners—I'm looking at you, Pop ...
2021-03-10 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
While my intent for SG-1000 coverage was to tackle four games per episode, I ended up liking both Sindbad Mystery and Monaco GP so much I devoted a full episode to just the two of...
2021-03-03 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostNow that the Famiconversations podcast is a real thing that exists, I've begun planning the second episode—and I thought it might be interesting to bring some of the actual video...
2021-02-28 16:41:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we go!
The Famiconversations podcast has arrived (although you'll notice as you listen to the podcast that it does not, in fact, realize it is called "Famiconversations"). My goal ...
2021-02-27 23:24:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Things are still a little uninspiring in SG-1000 this week, but I promise that's about to change in a significant way. Very good things are ahead in the near future! For now, however, I'm afraid th...
2021-02-24 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostYour first patron-exclusive bonus upload is here: The Road to NES Works issue 1. This is a high-resolution (and edited) compilation of the daily image posts I've began publishing to Instag...
2021-02-21 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi all, I don't know if Patreon notifies you of these things, but I have adjusted and added Patreon tiers as planned. Here's how the new setup works:
A second batch of SG-1000 games for you here this week, happily moving away from games about guns... though I wouldn't exactly call these masterpieces for the ages. They're fine as bulk catalog fil...
2021-02-17 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post