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On this installment of Midwest Super Pixel Pros, we play Tailgate Party. A new(ish) NES game that utilizes the Power Pad to engage in a video game version of the classic yard game Corn Hole and uses actual bean bags! We then demonstrate our track and field prowess with World Class Track Meet. Show is recorded at Grand Forks Best Source Studios. For studio information, visit www.gfbestsource.com #nes #nintendo #tailgateparty #powerpad #cornhole #grandforksbestsource #stadiumevents #worldclasstrackmeet #GFBS
We have a follow-up to a 1986 classic here, in deed if not in name: Life Force, the sequel to Konami's Gradius. Well, sort of. It's complicated. But since we never saw the actual Gradius II on NES, this will have to do. Life Force makes use of the same excellent power-up system as Gradius with some refinements, including a new weapon option, new handling of Options, a revamped shield, and perhaps most importantly a far more forgiving respawn system upon the player's inevitable demise. Along with these improvements, Life Force also incorporates two-player simultaneous action and introduces a unique dual-format scrolling system seen nowhere else in the Gradius series. It's quality fare, and a real technical and gameplay highlight for the NES... a feat that becomes all the more impressive when you consider how it had to be scaled back from the Famicom release to work within the constraints of U.S. cartridges. Video Works is funded via Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! Plus, exclusive podcasts, eBooks, and more! Production notes: NES and Famicom footage in this episode was captured from @Analogue Nt / Nt Mini / Nt Mini Noir via RGB out. Standard definition video upscaled to 720 with xRGB Mini Framemeister and @Retro Tink 5X. There is a small amount of visual distortion in certain vertically scrolling sequences that the latest Retro Tink firmware update appears to address.
This action packed game turns your home into an exciting stadium! With the performance of the Power Pad, this will dare you to increase your phsyical ability and surpass your athletic goals. SHOW NOTES NES Advantage NES MAX Street Fighter 1 Sid Meier's Pirates! R-Type NES Conversion PC-Engine Master System Games Fantasy Zone Alex Kidd Space Harrier Wonder Boy OutRun AfterBurner --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nestalgia/support
The holiest of NES holy grails arrives this week: Stadium Events by Human Entertainment and Bandai. This game is worth relatively little in its European release, and has almost zero value in its reissued "World Class Track Meet" version. But stumble across the original U.S. release and you've basically paid for your retirement. Special thanks to Steve Lin for allowing me to include actual photography of this rarity here. For contrast, the backup feature: Winter Games, a complete botch job of the PC sports classic by Epyx. It has no intrinsic value, either as a game or as a collector's item. Video Works is funded through Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! And be sure to check out the Retronauts podcast (http://www.retronauts.com), where I (and many others!) tackle a much wider array of classic gaming topics each week.
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We dive into Life Force and World Class Track Meet this month. Plus, listen as we fail spectacularly at Who Wants To Be A Nintendoaire.
In episode 30 we look at "World Class Track Meet" and "Super Mario Bros." for the NES. We run through and discuss the game.
Greg and Rob discuss: PoopReport (www.poopreport.com), DJ Boris Yeltsin, "Witness Protection Program," combating childhood obesity in West Virginia schools with Dance Dance Revolution, World Class Track Meet and the Power Pad for the Nintendo Entertainment System, two-base kickball, silent ball, a get-rich-quick scheme (capture Osama bin Laden), Hamas, jigsaw puzzles, a psychotic seventh grade science teacher, wine and beer at Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, and Weird Paul Petroskey (www.weirdpaul.com). 24 minutes - www.paunchstevenson.com