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8-Bit Left 4 Dead

Free Left 4 Dead game for an NES emulator near you… coming in January. I’ll be there! I have an inkling it will come off looking like Gauntlet, but I don’t care.

Posted by on November 17, 2009 at 2:30 pm
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Kiki

vidtoastBelow is an interview by Leo Laporte with Kiki Stockhammer and Phillip Nelson.  In it Philip and Kiki (but mostly Kiki) talk about Kiki’s promotional work on Video Toaster for the Amiga and how she came to work with NewTek–the inventors of the famous software.  They also talk about  their latest efforts with the company which has a broadened vision in the television and film industry.  At one point,  the interview takes a turn and talks about Kiki’s involvement with the Star Trek-influenced band: Warp 11. There are some clips from their latest album!    To be perfectly honest, the main reason I’m posting this is that Kiki is F-ing hot. ;-)

Leo Laporte interview with Kiki Stockhammer & Phillip Nelson of Newtek

Posted by on November 1, 2009 at 9:07 am
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Bytejacker

Revision 3 has started a vidcast of indie game reviews, “bytejacker“. The format seems to be a full review of a cheap pay game, then they have smaller reviews of free indie games. The host can be a bit obnoxious, but not a show-stopper. They are four episodes into this, each episode is about ten minutes long. Some fun looking games in their latest episode.

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Posted by on October 17, 2009 at 10:16 am
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Retro Party: What I’m Bringin’ to the Retro Video Game Party Fall 2009

I thought we could start a post about what each of us will volunteer to bring to the 6th retro video-gaming party so we can minimize on dupe machines, consoles, games and whatnot.

I’m bringing:

  • 4 – 13″ Color TVs
  • 1 Black and White TV
  • Super Pong IV
  • Odyssey 4000 (Could use a color dial TV for this bad boy if anyone wants to bring one.)
  • Odyssey2 with ‘The Voice’. Games: Smithereens (the best of the voice games), U.F.O. and Sub Chase for sure.
  • Sega Genesis with 32X, Flight Stick with Afterburner and Probably SW: Arcade.
  • NES with some Rip Off Chinese games, some famicom classics and a few favorites. (Contra? Tecmo Super Bowl?)
  • Vectrex
  • Arcade:  Ms. Pac-Man or Tron.  Probably not both.
  • I may bring my Game Console stand too…
  • I’m going to bring a GBA SP and some controllers so we can play Pac-Man Vs.  (either on my Game Cube or Matt’s)

I think I’ll also do a podcast of the event.

Cross-posted to FB Event.

Posted by on September 28, 2009 at 12:12 pm
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A Look Back

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This old Computer Chronicles episode provides a nice look at the gaming industry as it was about to collapse. Some good games were still being made though. That Space Shuttle game was a work of art, considering it was made for the Atari 2600. The Pinball Construction Set was also extremely creative.

Fun fact: The original air date of that episode was on my 20th birthday. Phooey.

Posted by on September 7, 2009 at 8:40 pm
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