Podcasts about japanese game developers

This week on the podcast, we chat with John Szczepaniak, author of ‘The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers.' John shares his journey documenting previously untold these stories, interviewing legends like Ryuichi Nishizawa and Kouichi Yotsui. And some insights from developers behind classics like Streets of Rage 2, Illusion of Gaia, and Metal Gear Solid. Contents: 00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories  32:47 - John Szczepaniak Interview Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books - https://www.bitmapbooks.com Get 3 months of ExpressVPN for FREE: https://expressvpn.com/retro We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Our Upcoming Events: RetroMessa, Sandefjord, Norway 17-18th August: https://www.retromessa.no/  Passione Amiga Day, Spoleto, Italy: https://passioneamigaday.it/en/home/ Show notes: Bitmap Brothers Collection 2 for Evercade: https://tinyurl.com/558tr4wv Nintendo's Gashapon toys can be used as controller replacement parts: https://tinyurl.com/3ptxra8t Access the bad ending on Streets of Rage on one player: https://tinyurl.com/4d3ujn48 Lemmings arcade recreated: https://tinyurl.com/4frcvx5p Hoonigans for Game Boy: https://tinyurl.com/bdfbhawr

Anybody up for a fright? This episode we are looking at 3 of the earliest horror video games I can find. Over this journey we will look at different programmatic ways to instill fear, how platforms can affect the route to terror, and even dig up the mystery of the first horror game.   Selected Sources:   http://www.twenex.org/ - Sign up for an account and play Haunt   https://www.zx-gaming.co.uk/games/monstermaze/default.htm - Escape from Rex and his maze!   The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers, by John Sczepaniak

There was no encyclopaedia nor fleshed-out database of video games in 1999. There were barely even any reliable or comprehensive lists of video games. Not until Jim Leonard decided he needed to build one. He called it https://www.mobygames.com/ (MobyGames), and 22 years later it's the de facto source for credits, screenshots, and other general information about video games. It is the "IMDB of video games". This is its story. My thanks to the people who contributed to this story: Jim Leonard blogs https://trixter.oldskool.org/ (at Oldskooler Ramblings) and tweets http://twitter.com/MobyGamer (@MobyGamer). John Szczepaniak's Untold History of Japanese Game Developers trilogy is https://amzn.to/3A2fzMA (on Amazon). There's also re-edited, prettified version called https://readonlymemory.vg/shop/book/japansoft-an-oral-history/ (Japansoft) available from Read-Only Memory. Clint Basinger runs the excellent https://www.youtube.com/Lazygamereviews (Lazy Game Reviews) YouTube channel, where he explores and discusses retro games and technology. Matej Jan blogs about pixel art and retro games at https://www.retronator.com/ (Retronator). He's also developing https://pixelart.academy/ (Pixel Art Academy), an adventure game for learning how to draw. These days John Romero is COO at https://romerogames.com/ (Romero Games), a triple-A game studio he co-founded with his wife (and company CEO) Brenda. Their most recent title is https://www.empireofsingame.com/ (Empire of Sin). Tomer Gabel is now a software architect and consultant. You can find out more about him and his work via his https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomergabel/ (LinkedIn) and https://twitter.com/tomerg (Twitter) profiles. Thank you to my Patreon supporters for making this episode possible — especially my producer-level backers Carey Clanton, Wade Tregaskis, Seth Robinson, Rob Eberhardt, Simon Moss, Scott Grant, Vivek Mohan, and Joel Webber. To support my work, so that I can uncover more untold stories from video game history, you can make a donation via https://paypal.me/mossrc (paypal.me/mossrc) or subscribe to https://www.patreon.com/lifeandtimesofvideogames (my Patreon). (I also accept http://lifeandtimes.games/commission/ (commissions) and the like over email, if you're after something specific or just don't want to deal through those platforms.) My first book, The Secret History of Mac Gaming, is getting republished in October 2021 (this month!) by Bitmap Books in an "Expanded Edition", featuring a revised layout and design, more images, additional written content, and new sections including a timeline and icon gallery. Head to https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/the-secret-history-of-mac-gaming-expanded-edition (Bitmap's product page) for more details.  My second book, meanwhile, Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet, has just been copyedited and will soon be going through design and typesetting phases. It'll be out around Q2 2022, but you can preorder https://unbound.com/books/shareware-heroes/ (from Unbound).

It's time to discuss The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (one of my favorite games of ALL TIME) as well as its new remake for Switch! Special thanks to John Szczepaniak for info that (I believe) came from his book The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0753FFL1P?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf Please contribute on Patreon if you really love this podcast, it would help greatly these days! https://www.patreon.com/doorsanddungeons

Support DQFM on Patreon at patreon.com/dragonquestfm This week, Austin and B.J. explore early JRPGs and also talk about the first Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior in the West). First, they discuss the different versions of the game. B.J. played the NES version when he was a kid, thought he beat it, but has been really been living a lie--he only got halfway through the game! We talk about the graphics, music, and why we think the game wasn’t initially successful in the States. Austin played the mobile version and is replaying it right now. He talks about the various pros (and cons) related to playing the classic game on mobile. The Quick Save function is a very nice addition that makes playing DQI easier. He also really, really, REALLY dislikes the torches mechanic in the game. Be sure to listen to him repeat this fact, like, a dozen times. They also talk about the Gameboy Color version, which neither has played yet...although, B.J. plans on playing the GBC version whenever he goes through the Erdrick Trilogy. Publicly shame him for not playing the Edrick Trilogy yet. But do it nicely. Lastly, we discuss early JRPGs and even try to track down what’s really the first. And what really defines a game as JRPG anyway? Plus, we talk about the book The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers by S. M. G. Szczepaniak, which shares some interesting stories from those early days of Japanese gaming. You can find links to some of the things we talked about in the show right here: Link to the book: https://amzn.to/2WfVFyz The Dragon and Princess: https://www.giantbomb.com/the-dragon-princess/3030-42510/ Dark Age of JRPGs: http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2013/04/dark-age-of-jrpgs-dragon-princess-1982.html --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dragonquest/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dragonquest/support

Comme toujours l’actualité du shmup anime ce nouveau numéro du podcast Shmup’Em-All avec au programme l’arrivée de Zuntata sur Spotify, la sortie du troisième et dernier volume de The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers, la sortie sur Xbox One de Dangun Feveron, FINALBOSS qui donnera des vapeurs sur Steam en 2018 ou Milestone qui … L’article Podcast Shmup’Em-All #64 – NINTENDOMINATION est apparu en premier sur Shmup'Em-All.

Notre avis sur Splatoon (Wii U) de Nintendo et Kung Fury : Street Rage (PC, Mac, Linux, iOS et Android) d'Hello There AB, un compte-rendu de l'édition 2015 du Stunfest, un brouillon de rature sur l'histoire de Toru Hidaka ex-Enix (issue de The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers par S.M.G Szczepaniak) et le reste de l'actualité de la semaine

Le programme : 00:00:00 Introduction et debriefing du podcast précédent 00:07:26 LA question du podcast (Nintendo sur PC-88) Crédits sonores : Splatoon - Tutorial Theme (par Toru Minegishi / Nintendo) 00:11:40 Notre avis sur le jeu Splatoon développé par Nintendo et disponible sur Nintendo Wii U. Crédits sonores : Fire Emblem If~ひとり思う(par Aqua (Lynn) / Nintendo) 00:39:04 L'actualité de la semaine : Les annonces du Nintendo Direct (avec Fire Emblem IF, Monster Hunter X, Monster Hunter Diary Poka Poka Airu Village DX et Bravely Second: End Layer) XSEED Games annonce la localisation de nombreux titres dont Trails of Cold Steel I & II Yuzo Koshiro a rejoint l'équipe de Monster Boy and the Wizard of Booze Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist annoncé pour cet été sur Playstation 4 et Xbox One Le Steam Controller sera disponible le 16 octobre Les dernières informations sur Street Fighter V Uncharted : La Collection Nathan Drake le 7 octobre sur PS4 Dark Souls III fuite avant l'E3 Fallout 4 annoncé sur PC, Xbox One et PS4 00:57:01 Le suivi de l'actu : avec Bean Dreams (iOS) 01:01:58 Compte-rendu de l'édition 2015 du Stunfest avec notre invité Tmdjc Crédits sonores : Kung Fury : Street Rage - True Survivor (from Kung Fury) (par David Hasselhoff) 01:18:14 Notre avis sur le jeu Kung Fury : Street Rage développé par Hello There AB et disponible sur PC, Mac, Linux, iOS et Android. Crédits sonores : Dragon Quest IV : L'Épopée des élus - Battle for the Glory (par Koichi Sugiyama / Square-Enix) 01:38:58 Brouillon de rature sur l'histoire de Toru Hidaka (issue de The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers par S.M.G Szczepaniak) 01:57:46 LA réponse à LA question 02:00:46 Le plus musical #145 - Actualité Avec Shin, Alphonse, Myke, Pippo et Tmdjc