In the world of Metal, acts like Marilyn Manson and Limp Bizkit carve new paths, where Hip-Hop artists find themselves at a crossroads. With home gaming becoming the more emphasised side of our hobby, Sony’s PlayStation is going especially strong, with Cool Boarders, Destruction Derby 2 and the Japanese release of the seismic Final Fantasy 7, while Europe is gearing up for the release of the Nintendo 64. And then there is Cruis’n World by Midway. This is set off by Sunsoft’s oddball parody fighting game Waku Waku 7 and the crowd pleasing, jaw dropping spectacle cab of Model 3 powerhouse SCUD Race. Capcom and Arika’s first 3D entry in their leading fighting franchise, Street Fighter EX, is presented to the masses, while the Osaka giants also get a bit experimental with their first CPSIII game: Red Earth. But in these bright and colourful sanctuaries, there’s still a lot of video game fun to be had, with head to head combat and driving being the running themes. In this episode of Video Wizards, we travel to January 1997 to witness the sad slow demise of the arcades in Western Europe, with cabinets getting replaced by slot machines in all but the last remaining dedicated gaming halls. Posted by videowizardspod Posted in Podcast Episodes Tags: abc, adk, alpha denshi, aruze, atari, atari 2600, atari vcs, battle of the planets, bosconian, boxing bambino, burger time, commodore, data east, death wish 2, def leppard, donkey kong jr, falcon crest, galaga, game & watch, grandmaster flash & the furious five, hall & oates, halloween (film), haunted castle, iron maiden, judas priest, jump bug, kim wilde, kinderbios, kraftwerk, kurtis blow, lady bug, midway, ms pac-man, namco, nintendo, pc, phd, rex battenberg, rock-ola, sega, skyy, space duel, space dungeon, stargate, stevie wonder, swamp thing, taito, tempest, the human league, the jam, the police, the sequence, the stranglers, top cat, treasure island, vic-20, williams, xtc, zaxxon, zx81 Leave a comment on VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 13: February 1982 VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 12: January 1997 Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Android, Google Podcasts, Player FM or via RSS. Intro (AVRO’s Kinderbios), by Clous van Mechelen (featuring Jody Pijper), 1981Īnd finally: our special thanks to Andy Hofle. Theme for The Equalizer, by Stuart Copeland, 1985.I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) – by Hall & Oates, 1981.Spirits in the Material World – by The Police, 1981.Don’t You Want Me – by The Human League, 1981.Screaming for Vengeance – by Judas Priest, 1982.Run to the Hills – by Iron Maiden, 1982.Level 2 Mid-Point – by ? for Jump Bug, 1981.Act 1: They Meet – by Chris Rode for Ms.Main Theme – by ? for Burger Time, 1982.TV Theme Style (The Winner) – by Colin Thomson, 2018.Show theme tune: NEON CITY, composed by Ed 「イートレム」 Tremblay for Mudprints Music and licensed exclusively to The Video Wizards Podcast, ©2019 Mudprints Music, all rights reserved. Other top billing arcade games of the era we discuss on Episode 13, L-R: Burger Time, Ms. And movie theaters are blessed by the well performing cult flicks Swamp Thing and Death Wish 2.Īll this, some shocking memories of gruesome accidents and much, much more is what you’ll find in this new episode of the Video Wizards podcast! But the music charts bring the goods this time, with a lot of diversity and musicianship on full display. Much like Video Wizard Ben in 1982, both gaming at home and the Hip-Hop genre of music in its recorded form are still in their relative infancy, with gaming consoles not being a widely adopted commodity in Europe yet and the home computer boom just barely waiting around the corner in the former’s case and record labels adopting a wait-and-see kind of attitude in the latter’s case. And then there is the pioneering, but rather mad Jump Bug by the fledgling Alpha Denshi. Gaming’s first diva appears in the form of a yellow orb with a red bow and a beauty mark and chef Peter Pepper has ingredients coming after him in Burger Time by Data East. In this month, SEGA make a splash with the visually striking axonometric space shooter Zaxxon while Atari revisits Asteroids in a tethered fashion for Space Duel. In this episode, the Video Wizards travel back further in time than they ever have, all the way to February 1982.
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