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#31
Last week was a pretty big week for my little video game show. Not going to say much as to why, because I'm a bit scared I'll jinx things. Suffice to say, after a LOT of hard work, things may finally be about to pay off.

For now though, I'll just share the latest video. Which is a review of BURGERTIME for the NES.



Here's a direct link to the review:
https://youtu.be/E_sIAhMFIWY
#32
'Ow do, folks.

I don't know if anybody's seen this, but I've recently been roped into helping a sentient cup of tea out with his YouTube channel recently.

Yes. You read that sentence right. He's apparently decided to give mankind the benefit of his immense wisdom during the current crisis, or some guff. Folks seem to be asking him some really important questions, and he encourages audience participation. So I figure you guys might fancy having a look.

Here's his latest (direct link below image.)



https://youtu.be/DhVmdvOoJFw
#33
New video is up!

In this one (which was an absolute PIG to edit together and kept getting pushed all over the place thanks to my busy rock star lifestyle of late) I look at Arc System Works' conversion fo Irem's VIGILANTE for the Sega Master System.

Piccy-bits:


Linky-pooz:
https://youtu.be/ocDB7YItZgg
#34
Off Topic / Re: activities of the trapped
19 April, 2020, 10:12:49 PM
Archived on YouTube, eh?

You do see some funny stuff on that YouTube.

For example, a sentient cup of teaavailing the entire human race of his boundless wisdom during our time of crisis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfxdy5c0tAc

I have *no idea* who comes up with this stuff.
#35
Books & Comics / Re: Lockdown comics
18 April, 2020, 07:34:17 PM
Just a quick heads-up that I've made a comic free to read for anyone who wants it.

This one's had an airing in the past in the Multiverse anthology that was sold at Cardiff Comic Con in 2014, and then again in the pages of Paragon. People seem to get a laugh out of it, so I figure it's maybe a good choice to put out there. I hoep it gives folks something to smile about, even if only for a little while.

Special thanks to Davey Candlish and Dan Harris (of Lou Scannon / Attic Studios fame) who both agreed to let me share it publicly. You can find it on my lettering blog, here:

https://letterpunk.wordpress.com/2020/04/18/bored-during-lockdown-have-a-free-comic/

Also, if anyone has a chuckle at it, please do feel free to share the link around wherever you like. Quite sincerely, I just hope it cheers a few people up.
#36
Quote from: Tiplodocus on 18 April, 2020, 05:24:31 PM
Ah well, if you have a new Spectrum, is it worth doing an extended episode that covers the 8-bit 2000ad games? I really enjoyed listening to the history of them on the recent Thrillcast - would be great to see them in action (unless the YouTube version of the Thrillcast showed gameplay).

I'll probably not be doing anything quite like that, as those sorts of videos can be VERY time consuming. And, for the time being, I've got to think carefully about how I split my time between doing these video reviews and lettering comics. But if there's demand for 2000AD themed content, I can certainly scribble that in the ol' notebook!

As for this comment:

Quote from: Tiplodocus on 18 April, 2020, 05:24:31 PM
Btw: I bought and played SUBSURFACE CIRCULAR On the basis  of the review upthread. It was great... And what an ending!

You have NO IDEA what a shot in the arm this is to read! You're actually the first person to tell me they've bought anything off the basis of one of my reviews. And that's made all the sweeter by the fact that the Subsurface Circular review has been a source of major angst in the past. To date, it's one of my least popular, and earned a slew of early insta-dislikes from people who couldn't deal with the fact that I was suddenly uploading gaming content.

Glad to hear you enjoyed the game - it's certainly something different! And if you enjoyed that, there's an upcoming review scheduled for later in this block of videos that I think you might like...
#37
Quote from: Tiplodocus on 16 April, 2020, 02:17:08 PM
Enjoyed the Jetpac review. But it also left me aching to see Sabrewulf and Knightlore in action again.

I've hit a bit of a bump in production at the moment, but I've been weighing up how realistic it is to cover some proper home computer content for a while now. Those games aren't on my review pile as yet, but now that I've got a swanky new ZX Spectrum Next, I might see if I can crack into them for a full-blooded Speccy flavoured review when the timing's favourable.
#38
Quote from: JamesC on 16 April, 2020, 09:16:08 AM
I have to say I really like the graphics though. The colourful blockiness just looks great to me - and there's some nice parallax scrolling going on too. Most importantly the enemy bullets are easy to see.

Glad you enjoyed the review, James!

It's one of those cases where I wish I could have had some proper experience of the original arcade machine to make a proper comparison. Something that I couldn't really get to the bottom of, even though I did go looking for it in my research, was whether the blocky look of the graphics was an intentional downgrade.

From what I gather, the Megadrive / Genesis was able to shift things around much quicker on screen if they were lacking in detail. And this game really does ramp its pace up to a fair lick at times - all without screen flicker or slowdown. That's always a big deal with 8 and 16 bit action games.

Really pleased I was able to get my hands on this one to cover. It's an unsung gem!
#39
Heads up, folks! In between lettering comics and managing family meltdowns during lockdown, I've been trying to get more stuff together for folks to watch if they feel so inclined.

So, here's the latest video on my gaming channel. This one's an oddity - a conversion of an old Namco coin-op that apparently never made it out of Japan, with a mythological feel. It's PHELIOS for the Sega Megadrive!



Cast your eyes over it here:
https://youtu.be/UQ9vjz3eql4
#40
Hallo, chums and pals!

I hope everyone's managing to hold on to their sanity during the coronapocalypse. Just ducking my head in to update this thread with news that I've just launched the third season of my Totally Unoriginal Gaming Show over on YouTube. So if any of you need something else to watch during isolation or an unproductive work-from-home day, here's the latest video. Herein I take a look at JETPAC, an old home computer classic, running on hardware that's ludicrously overpowered to run it.



You can watch it here:
https://youtu.be/5hDbUThqQQ0
#41
I've just belatedly uploaded the last video in this run. Being without a proper internet connection for almost three weeks threw a spanner in the works, but here's the latest - a review of ALTERED BEAST for the Sega Megadrive.



Here's the direct link:
youtu.be/TwuBdwLZdu0

Now that this block of content's done, I'll be taking a few months out. Still got some odds and ends to come, though!
#42
After MUCH grunting, heaving and exclamations of 'push! PUSH!' I've got another video up on the channel. This one's skewed more toward current gen gaming, but it still has an eye on the old days, as I take a considered look at the 2016 PS4 remaster of ASSAULT SUIT LEYNOS.

It's got big robots! Fighting! In space! And more explosions than you'd find in Michael Bay's out-takes!



You can watch it via this link:
https://youtu.be/1hpYtHouVXs
#43
A further update!

Quite unexpectedly, I happened across something I'd been after for a while. And there's a bit of talk of technical trickery I can use it for to do some stuff for the channel. Here's a link to a video I prepared for the show's Twitter account to explain in detail.

https://youtu.be/pIUJGS0rD8c
#44
Quick update!

The show now has a Facebook page. So if you're active over there, feel free to give it a follow. I'm scheduling posts over there, and while it's mainly being used as another outlet to hopefully get some fresh eyes on the videos, I'm also planning to add some behind the scenes stuff from time to time.

https://www.facebook.com/HdEs-Totally-Unoriginal-Gaming-Show-1263303373831808/
#45
Quote from: JamesC on 26 July, 2019, 01:31:33 PM
Pang's great - I had the Speccy version which I liked well enough at the time. No idea how it stands up.
Has anyone played the much earlier Speccy game (which I think Pang basically ripped off) Bubble Buster?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VH2hEOy0rO8

I'm not actually aware of Bubble Buster. But here's a fun trivia factoid: The ZX Spectrum version of Pang was actually my first choice to review ahead of the Gameboy version. But it just suddenly and abruptly stopped working!

I still want to squeak that one out at some point, though. It's a pretty good port.