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Author: Paul M Unser
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Welcome to the classroom of Professor Retro,
Each week I will post a lesson on a retro gaming topic, from the rise and fall of developers from the the past to what happened to retro gaming tech from the the past.
Each week I will post a lesson on a retro gaming topic, from the rise and fall of developers from the the past to what happened to retro gaming tech from the the past.
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Remember those God awful movie based nes games, you know the ones with bad graphics, poor controls and are just awful to play well on the first episode of "what happened " we are going to talk about the developer who released them, LJN
Doom is one of the most iconic first person shooter games. Here are some little known facts about Doom.
One of the most infamous multi carts for the NES was Action 52
Welcome to the second part of the lore of Five Nights at Freddy's
In this episode we go into FNAF VR and FNAF Security Breach
Welcome to this very complicated episode of the Retro Paul Show
Tonight you are graced with the presence of Halloween Alter Ego
Grendel Nightshade as he delves in to the time line
of Five Nights at Freddy's
Back in 1989 Nintendo released a series of games called Mother that was a whole new look at RPG games, however only one of the 3 games was
actually released in the both the states and Japan, this is the story of those games
So last time we talked about the evolution of the NBA 2K games from 99 to present
this time we take a deeper look at them with the infamous NBA 2K curse
similar to the Maden curse where anyone who appeared on the cover a Maden NFL game
either got traded, injured or was traded, well the same fate befell the NBA athlete that
appeared on the cover of a NBA 2K game, so lets talk about each one and what happened when
the curse stuck them.
In this episode we take a look at the history of Shareware, a concept that paved the way for sites like steam and game jolt and also gave us one of the most famous names in gaming today Epic Games
The rise of the internet that we know today started out with a more primitive form of electronic communications called the Bulletin Board System,
in this episode of Retro Docs, we will talk about the rise and fall of the Bulletin Board System
Welcome the first episode of The Retro Paul Show, and as the intro tells you, we look back into the past so you don't have to.
The topic for today's episode it Boogerman A Pick and Flick adventure, a 2D platformer made by Interplay and made originally on the Super Nintendo System and my guest is Josh a twitch streamer with Fabled Fiction.
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure is a 2D platform video game created by Interplay Productions and released for the Sega Genesis in 1994 and later on the Super NES in 1995. The Genesis version was also released on the Wii Virtual Console in North America on November 24, 2008 and in Europe on December 12, 2008. The game's lead character also appears as a playable character and the rival of Earthworm Jim in Interplay's ClayFighter 63⅓
Sources:
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure - Wikipedia
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One of the earliest games I can remember from the Apogee software and ID Software was a series of games called Commander Keen, a game where you play as a kid traveling though space wearing a Greenbay Packer Helmet.
This will be the last episode for the year of 2021, I have a few new topics ready to go for next year and so I want to say thanks for listening and hope to see you next year.
So you heard my review he is my interview with the developer
Well this one came to me out of the blue when the developer emailed me asking if I can review his homebrew NES game, Copper Jacket, after he saw one of my other videos in the NES DEV Discord Server and as of posting this, it is fully funded now but you can still jump in if you want a physical cartridge in either gold or silver.
Here is there Kick Start:
Copper Jacket: A Brand New Game for the NES by Monsoon Studios — Kickstarter
Here is part 2, in part 2 I got to interview Matt Hughson, the developer of Witch N Wiz and it was awesome to learn a bit more details on the game and it's development.
Here is the link if you want to check out all the releases:
witchnwiz.com
Welcome to part 1 of my review and interview of Witch N Wiz, a retro homebrew game for the NES by Matt Hughson. This is just the review of the game part 2 will have my full interview with Matt as well
Here is the link that has all the info on the releases and stuff:
witchnwiz.com
Back in the late 80's Atari put out a series of games that would eventually lead into a massive contest held at Atari HQ, but what happened to it.mIn this episode I talk about the history of Sword Quest, the game series that was way to ambitious for Atari to take on.
In 2002 a small company set out to create a fallout clone called static, in this episode we will talk about the game and find out why it was ultimately canceled
Welcome to the next Retro Docs Mysteries
This episode we dive deep into the legend that states that the SNES game the secret of evermore was supposed to be darker then it really is. In investigating the mystery I soon found my self going down a rabbit hole I through would never end.
Here are the links:
Secret of Evermore originally a horror game with a disturbing story? : gaming (reddit.com)
Rainwood Works: The original story behind Secret of Evermore.
Who is Ed Kann?
Scare Yourself Silly: "The Noise Coming from Inside Children" and the Lost Works of Ed Kann - The Ghost In My Machine
In this episode of Retro Docs, we are going to talk about the Nintendo Gamecube. The console that not only was the second console by Nintendo to not have a Mario title come with it but also that it's sales were so bad that they discontinued it really quick.
Also catch me with my Co-Host Dayton on my other podcast The Nostalgia Hunters Podcast here : https://open.spotify.com/show/4sk3UTxr0SAmkXHhJd0kkA
The Nintendo 64 all thought considered a commercial failure still is fondly remembered today as on of the greatest retro game console of all time













