Happy Birthday Metroid! Let's Play Some Metroid II [Nintendo Game Boy]
Today marks 38 years since Metroid landed on the NES. Instead of playing that, lets play the version I was most familiar with back in the day - Metroid II: The Return of Samus. I play for about 30 min, only the first few minutes have commentary.
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Atari-O-Ween: Venture & Mines of Minos (Atari 2600)
Time for some more Atari Halloween goodness, this time playing on the Atari 2600 a couple of games that won't be showing up on a compilation anytime soon:
Venture (Exidy; Port by Coleco)
Mines of Minos (CommaVid) - Most of the video is about this game, playing from start to finish.
Which of these games are your favorite?
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Playing DOOM 'Til I Die
Originally filmed back in November 2023, made to celebrate 30 years for both the Atari Jaguar and iD Software's DOOM, both of which launched in November 1993. The Jaguar version was developed by iD & John Carmack but released in April 1994. Either way, lets play DOOM on the Atari Jaguar until I die.
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How Better Marketing Could Have Helped The Atari Jaguar Avoid Failure
Nov. 23, 1993 - The Atari Jaguar was launched in New York City & San Francisco. This was accompanied by a strong marketing campaign in game magazines - but ultimately, consumers shrugged and waited for other consoles instead. Why did it Atari's effort fail? How should they have approached it? Could better marketing have done anything to result in a better outcome for this infamous 90s failure?
I get into the pre-launch as well as launch phases and proffer up suggestions for a better launch line-up that perhaps could have saved the Jag enough to reach better hardware in the Jaguar 2.
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Pinball News: Elton John & Elvira Blood Red Announced; Plus Some Other Upcoming IAAPA Titles
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-Elton John (Jersey Jack Pinball)
-Elvira House of Horrors Red Blood Edition (Stern Pinball)
-AtGames Legends 4K
-Pulp Fiction (Play Mechanix/Chicago Gaming Company)
-LAI Games video and coin pusher stuff coming to IAAPA 2023
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The IAAPA Europe Expo 2023 Preview; TGS 2023 Talk Livestream
https://arcadeheroes.com/ - It's time for more tradeshow talk! Join me as I discuss the IAAPA Europe Expo that starts tomorrow and the arcade stuff of TGS 2023 that just ended #arcade #tgs2023 #iaapa a
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Replacing A CRT With An Unico 26" Phoenix LCD
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https://arcadeheroes.com - I recently grabbed the Unico 26" 4:3 LCD panel. This has generated some controversy due to a big discrepancy in the announced specs (I discuss that at 19:30) but all that aside, what's the work like to pull out a CRT tube from an old Neo Geo MVS and replace it with the Unico LCD? #arcade #technology #videogames
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The Ultimate Atari Jaguar Graphics Showcase
32-bit this, 64-bit that...does it *really* matter? Not like marketing gurus in the 80s and 90s claimed it did. When it comes to that discussion, no other platform gets bashed about bits than the Atari Jaguar. To ignore the bit discussion and just show what the system could do - that's the real purpose here.
Most games were captured using my AverMedia Live Gamer Plus 2 Portable with my Jaguar connecting to HDMI through a composite-to-HDMI convertor. In a few instances, such as Jag CD games, I had to use an emulator as unfortunately my CD drive isn't very co-operative these days. I also may do a follow-up video this as I have missed things like the Virtual Light Machine (VLM) and interesting FMV games like Vid Grid. Perhaps if I can fix my JagCD (I tried Vid Grid on my JagGD as well as BigPEmu and no luck).
Credit and links to a few videos I used below to show examples. Watch much more gameplay than the quick tease I provide by clicking below:
Livewire (Bello Games): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXuGaaruW-8
Jumping At Shadows (Reboot - PUSH THE BUTTON): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lamEqUOwW-U
Towers II video (Songbird Productions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ypdRjfd14c
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Arcade & Pinball Updates: Golden Tee 2023/2024; Jurassic Park Pin 30th; DDR A3; Raccoon Rampage
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1:13 - Golden Tee PGA Tour 2023/2024 [Incredible Technologies]
6:27 - Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Edition [Stern Pinball]
16:21 - Raccoon Rampage [UNIS]
18:56 - Dance Dance Revolution A3 For Round1USA
20:11 - Supercharged Shuffle for Dave & Busters
23:30 - New promo for Sega's Drone Racing Genesis
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Enter The Gungeon: House of the Gundead - Full Arcade Game! (Real Hardware)
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https://arcadeheroes.com - A direct capture from the real, bonafide arcade machine for the new Enter The Gungeon: House of the Gundead by Griffin Aerotech, Dodge Roll and Devolver Digital.
Captured using a laptop and an AverMedia Live 2 Plus. The game itself runs off an HP PC with custom Windows shell. #gamingvideos #enterthegungeon #arcade
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Atari's Character Bench: Who Is Mascot-worthy?
Who is Atari's mascot character? Join me for a deep dive into a question that pops up once in a while in Atari circles but it was also a question on the minds of Atari management back in the 90s. They tried to come up with a new character - when they had a bunch of characters to choose from already. Who were those characters? Would any be worthy of carrying the brand on their shoulders, like Mario carries Nintendo or Sonic carries Sega? Join me to find out!
Timecodes:
0:36 - The Tramiels look for a new mascot
1:20 - Rare pics of Oswald
2:00 - What makes a good mascot?
3:21 - Are mascots even necessary?
4:47 - Where are my favorites like Paperboy, Peter Packrat and Xybots?
5:53 - Atari's first character - Deep sea diver/shark hunter
7:12 - Outlaw
7:54 - Atari Pinball machines
9:26 - Commander Martin Champion
12:11 - Knight/gnome from Adventure
13:48 - Tor & Tarra from Swordquest
14:55 - Adventurers from Dark Chambers
15:43 - Oliver from Centipede
16:45 - The Archer from Millipede
17:42 - Yar from Yars' Revenge
19:10 - The eyes from Haunted House
20:23 - Charley Chuck from Food Fight
21:19 - Major Havoc
22:57 - Bentley Bear from Crystal Castles
26:27 - Robot 1984 from I, Robot
28:05 - From Atari Inc to Atari Corp.
29:20 - Nine Iron Ninja from Ninja Golf
30:03 - Louie from Scrapyard Dog
31:00 - Trevor McFur
31:31 - Atari Karts
32:30- Fight For Life
33:14 - The Modern Atari - Atari SA
33:51 - Berzerk (Evil Otto)
33:34 - Bubsy
36:51 - In Summary
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The Bowl Expo 2023 Preview Livestream
https://arcadeheroes.com/ - It's time for another arcade-related trade show, this one happening in Orlando, FL, giving us a chance to see what's in store for arcades this summer and fall. Join me as I preview what will and what will likely, be on hand at this show. #arcade #pinball
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Talking About The "Pinball Boom"
https://arcadeheroes.com - Here I discuss this article over at The Economist (https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/05/14/pinball-is-booming-in-america-thanks-to-nostalgia-and-canny-marketing), and where I see the "Pinball Boom" happening. #pinball #gaming #growth
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The Amusement Expo 2023 Preview Livestream
https://arcadeheroes.com/2023/03/25/amusement-expo-2023-preview/ - It's time for another arcade trade show, this one happening in Las Vegas and giving us a chance to see what's in store for arcades this summer. Join me as I preview what will and what will likely, be on hand at this show. #arcade #pinball #vegas
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Pinball Talk: Foo Fighters, The Godfather, Galactic Tank Force & Pulp Fiction
https://arcadeheroes.com/2023/02/27/march-is-pinball-season-updates-from-stern-jersey-jack-american-pinball/ - There are a bunch of new pinball games coming to the market so lets discuss them, including:
1:12 - Foo Fighters (Stern Pinball)
2:40 - The Godfather 50 years (Jersey Jack Pinball)
5:23 - Galactic Tank Force (American Pinball)
7:35 - Final Resistance (P3 Multimorphic Pinball)
9:06 - Pulp Fiction (Play Mechanix Pinball & Chicago Gaming)
#pinball #gamingnews #thegodfather
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Arcade Releases Jan/Feb 2023: Throwback! Jai-Alai Heroes; Storm Rider 2; Drone Racing Genesis & More
https://arcadeheroes.com - Catching up on some arcade news here, I take some time to look at the latest coin-op arcade releases, including two new titles from Sega. #arcade #sega #gamingnews
Throwback! Jai-Alai Heroes (Astro Crow Games) - 0:40
Storm Rider 2 (Sega Amusements) - 6:57
Drone Racing Genesis (Sega Amusements) - 10:20
Ice Cold Beer Remake (Taito/Retro Arcade Remakes) - 13:58
Talking JAEPO 2023 (Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade, Batsugun Exa Label, etc) - 19:50
Location Test: QB Throwdown (Bay Tek) - 28:12
Location Test: Hyper Cross (IGS/Sega) - 30:26
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Atari 50th Anniversary Collection - The 1h+ Review
https://arcadeheroes.com - Here's one of the most pedantic reviews you'll possibly come across for @DigitalEclipse 's Atari 50th Anniversary Collection. A true love letter to Atari, this collection features games from every platform (minus the ST/TT) Atari produced, with 25 of those games coming from coin-op arcades. I take a look at those along with the consoles - timecodes below
#atari #review #classicgaming
Intro - 0:11
Digital Eclipse - 0:57
Where are games like Paperboy(i.e. why are there two Ataris)? - 2:24
Atari History Section - 7:22
My personal interest/history with Atari - 8:18
Getting into the games - ARCADES - 11:07
My favorite Atari arcade games - 25:32
Reimagined Atari Games - 26:20
Playing Vctr Sctr - 33:18
The Atari 2600 VCS - 37:42
The Atari 5200 SuperSystem - 41:26
The Atari 7800 ProSystem - 45:11
The Atari Lynx - 51:34
The Atari 800/XEGS - 54:19
The Atari Jaguar - 58:10
Final wrap-up, DLC talk - 1:11:07
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Closing My 2nd Arcade Location - A Post-Mortem
https://arcadeheroes.com - Sometimes you win, often you lose when it comes to business risks. Where I've been operating an arcade business since 2008, there were some factors that caused me to expand and open a second location in 2020. That operated for two years before I decided to throw in the towel. Here I lay out why I started and ultimately why I closed it. #business #arcade #gaming
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What Were My Best & Worst Arcade Games In 2022?
https://arcadeheroes.com - With 2022 having passed into memory, it's time to look at the numbers - specifically how much money did my top 5 and how little money did my bottom 5 arcade games make during the 2022 calendar year? These come from two different locations, the second of which (Ogden), I closed at the end of 2022. #arcade #business #gaming
Games discussed include Cruis'n Blast, Maximum Tune 5DX+, House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn, and Luigi's Mansion Arcade among others.
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2022 Arcade Year-In-Review
https://arcadeheroes.com/ - This is a week late but we're still close enough to 2022 for to count, I guess. Let's talk about the news that went down in arcades & pinball in 2022 and what you're looking forward to in 2023!
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The IAAPA 2022 REVIEW - Talking The Latest Arcade Games
https://arcadeheroes.com/ - A month after the IAAPA 2022 event took place, I'm here to discuss in detail what new arcade games appeared and answer your questions about what I saw and played. It's a ton of games so buckle up...here's a list of some of them:
Arcana Heart 3 xtend (exA-Arcadia)
Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade VR (LAI Games)
Bond 007 (Stern Pinball)
Box BlitzX1/Hit The Green (Kalkomat)
Bridge Man (Coastal)
Bumper (Slim Luke Games/Coastal Amusements)
Carnival Cups Crane (Touch Magix)
Carnival Cups Street (Touch Magix)
Crazy Rafting (Wahlap/Sega Amusements)
Dead Heat Unleashed (Bandai Namco Amusements)
Dinosaur Era (Coastal Amusements)
Donut Dodo Do! (exA-Arcadia)
Drone Racing Genesis (Sega Amusements)
EXA ARC-1 Cabinet
Fast & Furious Arcade (Raw Thrills)
Football Frenzy (VRStudios/Creative Works)
Galaxy Ranger (Ace/Coastal)
Gold & Mace (Boxblaster VR)
Guns ‘N Roses: Not In This Lifetime (Jersey Jack Pinball)
Halo: Fireteam Raven Assault Model (Raw Thrills)
Hawt Pink Club Cabinet w/Bad Ass Babes Kiss
Jitsu Squad (exA-Arcadia)
MegaBlaster & SpaceWarp 66 Linked (Touch Magix)
Minecraft Dungeons Arcade Series 2 (Raw Thrills)
MotoGP VR (Raw Thrills)
NFS Heat Takedown (Adrenaline Amusements)
Pac-Man Chompionship DX (Bandai Namco Amusements)
Playbox 4-player (Playmind)
Sailor’s Quest VR (UNIS)
Shinorubi Pink Label (exA-Arcadia)
Sniper Strike II (Amusement Source Intl.)
Spongebob VR Coaster (Rilix)
Step ManiaX DLX (Step Revolution)
Storm Racer 2 (Sega Amusements)
Synth Riders (VRsenal)
Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica (exA-Arcadia)
Toy Story 4 (Jersey Jack Pinball)
Qube (Triotech)
Virtual Rabbids: THe Big Ride Ultra HD (LAI Games)
Warlords Remake (Atari/Retro Arcade Remakes)
Zombie Bowling (Amusement Source Intl)
Zombie Land (Coastal)
Zombieland Headshot Fever (VRsenal)
Other things:
Augmented Reality Darts (501 Fun/Sega)
F1 Racer (Unsure of the company and the exact product name but it was quite impressive)
FlashPads (Battle Company)
Game of 1000 Boxes
Ghostbusters VR Academy (Hologate)
Limitless VR (Creative Works)
Sisyfox ball game (Sisyfox)
Spree Interactive
Springboard VR
QBIX (INOWIZE)
ValoArena
VARLive
VR360
Zombie game on Hyperdeck
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Cruis'n Blast Signed By Eugene Jarvis Raffle Giveaway!
https://arcadeheroes.com/ - As promised, it's time to giveaway Cruis'n Blast on Nintendo Switch, signed by the man, the myth, the legend himself, Eugene Jarvis of Raw Thrills and formerly Midway. Best of luck to contestants!
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The IAAPA 2022 Preview Show
https://arcadeheroes.com/ - The biggest tradeshow of the arcade arena is upon us, so here I am walking you through what we know - and what we can guess - as to the new arcade games that will be there. Taking place in Orlando from November 14th-18th, IAAPA is where all of the latest and greatest games in the arcade business are unveiled.
Companies among the discussion include:
Andamiro, LAI games, Raw Thrills, Sega Amusements,
Is Virtual Reality The Next 'Savior of Coin-op?'
https://arcadeheroes.com - I've promised to do this for a while now, despite VR stuff not really catching a lot of attention on the blog. There's a ton of in-industry hype about it though, so let's talk VR and why I'm skeptical about it.
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Should Arcade Businesses Be Using Arcade1ups?
https://arcadeheroes.com - In recent news, there are more for-profit businesses out there who are relying on Arcade1ups to fill their spaces. Should business owners be doing this? A real arcade operator dives into the question where he'll probably ruffle some feathers.
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