Sorry that this video did not make its way into your sphere of experience over the weekend! I got a little caught up with other stuff. But you, my amazing patrons, have not been forgotten. I decided to take a break from Famimaga Video this time an...
2023-10-31 12:39:18 +0000 UTC View Post
You didn't think Friday the 13th was it for this year's Halloween season, did you? What the heck kind of Halloween would it be if I didn't cover Castlevania... or at least something Castlevania-adjacent? Honestly, now. 2023-10-25 11:25:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, somewhere in the world. (It's still morning here.) This weekend I have the next issue, as it were, of Famimaga Video. This is a weird one—it has a lot of cool stuff that breaks from the increasingly tired mainstays of th...
2023-10-22 12:45:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all, I posted this week's video a few days early, but I would hate for you to think I'm neglecting you today. So, here is a little bonus tape: An official super play VHS tape of the arcade version of Gradius III, which I have ripped a...
2023-10-18 12:33:23 +0000 UTC View Post
As you know, I shared this week's episode early to coincide with the actual Friday the 13th. So here's the bonus episode I normally would have shared over the weekend. This is it for Gakken TV Boy. And Alexander wept (with relief) for there were n...
2023-10-18 11:45:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, I'm posting outside of my usual schedule here. But, I mean, come on. How could I not? Please enjoy.
2023-10-13 15:29:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey. It's Ninja Gaiden. I don't need to say a lot here in this space, because I've said it all in the video. Set aside a chunk of your afternoon, and enjoy....
2023-10-11 11:50:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Another Famimaga Video this week—nothing super spicy to be found here, but it does at least give you the opportunity to sample the contemporary response to the advent of CD-ROM technology with its PC Engine CD-ROM2 preview. I'm afraid t...
2023-10-08 16:49:57 +0000 UTC View Post
OK, I didn't quite manage to get this one up yesterday, thanks in part to Amazon's "Same-Day Delivery" for the cables I was missing to capture live footage with meaning "first thing next day." Good thing they keep raising the price of Prime. I'd h...
2023-10-05 11:52:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I've normally posted my weekly video by now, but I'm running behind this week due to circumstances beyond my control. It should be up later today, but Everything Going On has finally caught up with me and I'm a bit behind the ball. I'll be back on...
2023-10-04 12:17:56 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, the flip side to the Ultima Mix LP I recently picked up and ripped. The video rips will resume next week!
Tracklisting:
1. Exodus: The Terrible (4:45)
2. A Peaceful Town (2:13)
3. Holy War (1:57)...
Oops, did I make fun of bad politics from worse politicians this episode? Well, blame Sega for starting it. There's probably a really interesting academic study to be conducted about the way terrible American politics creep their way into the pop ...
2023-09-27 12:47:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, here we go. The bonus video for this month—remember those? It's only been a month or so since the last, but it feels closer to a year on my end. A busy month, that is to say. But here, once again, we have... Gakken TV Boy?! Oh well. Don't ...
2023-09-23 13:47:31 +0000 UTC View Post
More Master System shenanigans this week with Alien Syndrome and Aztec Adventure. These games have more in common than simply starting with the same letter of the alphabet, despite one originating in the arcade and the other being an original home...
2023-09-20 13:11:45 +0000 UTC View Post
A little something different this week in terms of bonus content: Music! In addition to tracking down weird old video tapes about classic games, I've also been grabbing weird old albums related to classic games from time to time. This one, Ult...
2023-09-17 12:10:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I hope you're enjoying NES Works 1989, and I am happy to say that NES Works will continue going forward this fall and beyond. HOWEVER, every growing boy and girl and enby needs a little Sega in their diet, too. Segaiden's meander through the myste...
2023-09-13 10:30:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Good Sunday to ya. Here's another bonus upload—the next issue in the Famimaga Video series. Do you call a VHS tape an issue? This transmedia stuff is a semantic nightmare, I tell ya.
What's not a nightmare is the material covered ...
2023-09-10 13:15:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon! To those of you in Europe. Otherwise, hello. Please enjoy your weekly dose of video content. It's approved by doctors. Well, nine out of 10 of ’em.
This week brings us not one but TWO vintage arcade conversions from Konami,...
2023-09-06 12:08:11 +0000 UTC View Post![September Bonus #1: Famimaga Video Issue 4 [March 1989]](https://img5.illustratefans.com/storage/1/sh/cq/102843-019e8a33-e4a9-733f-a30e-89d177ab887a.jpg)
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to a new month. I'm kicking things off for September with the first weekly bonus item—another issue of Famimaga Video. It remains interesting (at least to me) to see the gradual evolution of games in ...
2023-09-03 15:02:41 +0000 UTC View Post
As you know by now, I don't love sports, and I especially don't love pro wrestling. And yet, I kept the snark to a minimum here and engaged with the material in a sensible, straightforward manner. I'm growing as a person... though I've still got a...
2023-08-30 10:48:43 +0000 UTC View Post
One last li'l extra for the month of August—another Famimaga Video. So much high-quality B-roll of games I will now be able to reference in my videos without actually having to play them! It's very exciting for me, a creator.
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1989 is off to a rip-roaring start already. Between Tecmo Bowl and Ultima: Exodus, that's a couple of really big titles hitting early on in the year. Well done, people who made video games for NES. You're doing us proud. Did us p...
2023-08-23 13:10:49 +0000 UTC View Post
The VHS uploads will continue until morale improves.
Yes, I'm afraid there's nothing to be done for it. I've uploaded another rip of Famimaga Video, which continues to be a wonderful window into the Japanese games market during a ve...
2023-08-20 14:49:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Confession time: As an avowed hater of American football, I find anything to do with the sport utterly insufferable. Hell for me is a Super Bowl party where I'm not allowed to slink off to a quiet, hidden corner and read or something. And yet... <...
2023-08-16 11:25:13 +0000 UTC View Post
A brief digression from Epoch here, as my modded TV Boy console finally arrived back from Sound Retro Co. and allowed me to embark on this: A six-game journey through one of the most utterly failed consoles ever to ship in Japan. The Gakken TV Boy...
2023-08-14 12:34:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, we've hit that point in NES history where we'll begin seeing lots of questionable filler content for the console courtesy (?) of Western devs and publishers. In this case, Hi Tech Expressions makes its NES debut by hiring Rare to produce a p...
2023-08-09 12:16:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon, friends! Or whatever time of day it may be for you. I have your first patron-exclusive video for August here—another VHS rip. This one is a treasure trove of material for my work, the first in a series of 45-minute video magazine...
2023-08-03 17:59:39 +0000 UTC View Post
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye... yes, this brief interlude of flirtation with Metroidvania Works has come to a conclusion as we reach the end of the 1980s with a pair of stone-cold classics: Gargoyle's Quest and Metal Ge...
2023-08-02 12:05:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morrow, friends. I hope the morning finds you well. If not, perhaps this video will turn the tides of fortune in your favor?
Anyway, penultimate episode of Metroidvania Works (the first decade) here, touching on two games that don't rea...
2023-07-26 12:44:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, it's another one of those rips of official Sega home longplay videos from the ’80s. I've done a horrible thing and picked up a LaserDisc player so I can digitize material from a different medium altogether. Is the video quality actually be...
2023-07-22 14:00:40 +0000 UTC View Post