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Last weekend, Tom Lipschultz, SQPat, RadicalR, and I went on a shopping trip to Akihabara! Skip the Super Potato, we hit up the good ones! BEEP, Suruga-ya, and Traders 1 were our retro-PC gaming stores of choice.
This is our second version of this episode. We had a few issues in the original release, and we apologize for that. If you already endured the original recording with it’s issues, please relisten to the Wizardry section which was the most effected by the issues.This month we look at the the rather curious middle ground genre of the Japanese developed Western RPG. Since this episode is a little less design focused but with a greater emphasis on history than our own knowledge really allowed, we’ve courted Michelle Belmont from the retro gaming podcast Doors and Dungeons, and Tom Lipschultz, who worked on localizing 2 of the games here. Compared to normal we talk about much more than the usual five games, but we focus on The Black Onyx, Wizardry Labyrinth of Lost Souls, Ultima III Exodus (for NES and Famicom), King’s Field and Brandish: The Dark Revenant, and their different takes to the Japanese developed Western styled RPG.It is a bit of a departure in some senses from our normal episode, and much longer. We hope you enjoy it.0:00:00 Opening0:04:39 The Black Onyx0:18:39 Wizardry Labyrinth of Lost Souls0:40:06 Ultima III Exodus (for NES and Famicom)1:07:23 King’s Field1:28:34 Brandish: The Dark Revenant1:58:12 Wrap up and ending2:08:43 Secret Special AnnouncementWe referenced a Retronauts interview with Richard Garriot, you can find that here.You can find Michelle’s work here https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/doorsanddungeonsAnd her twitter here https://twitter.com/doordunpodcastYou can find Tom’s youtube Channel here And on twitter at https://twitter.com/wyrdwad_tomAnything we missed you wished we talked about? Any questions we raised but never answered? Feel free to contact us or leave a comment via any of the followingFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/platformsandpitfalls/Twitter - Rowan @link6616 or Blue @BluCrims or the show @platandpitEmail - platformsandpitfalls@gmail.comSubscribe to us via your favorite podcatcher by searching Platforms and Pitfalls or follow one of the linksRSS feediTunesThe opening and closing song Random thoughts by Audio Binger is used under an Attribution non commercial licence, find more great audio here http://www.audiobinger.net/Music used between each section is as follows.Black Onyx title themeWizardry Labyrinth of Lost Souls Boss battleUltima III Exodus Title themeKing’s Field Floor 1Brandish: The Dark Revenant RuinsBrandish (PC98) Ruins
PoPoLoCrois is the cutest, most endearing, sometimes dark, (and always hard to capitalize) fairytale RPG that you've quite possibly never played! Gather around the fireplace as Tom Lipschultz delights us with tales from PopoloCrois! (PoPoLoCrois?)
Join Michelle and special guest, Tom Lipschultz, as we collide with the quirky company Thinking Rabbit! We'll discuss time travel, Humphrey Bogart, murderous clowns, the Ottoman Empire, and 8 Eyes!