RetroBlast: A 90's gaming RetroSpective

[Anthony1]

Hey guys, I know that I haven't posted on here all that much over the years, but I still felt like I should let you guys know about this podcast, because it's actually very heavy on the TurboGrafx-16 (for at least the first few episodes).   So people here that truly love the TG-16 might enjoy it.

Basically, the podcast is a chronological look at my gaming life in the early1990's. If you really love 16-bit gaming, and especially early 90's 16-bit gaming, then you might find the podcast somewhat interesting. The first video game system that I bought with my own money was the TurboGrafx-16 in December 1989. The very first episode is mostly about my introduction to the TG-16. I also talk about the first two games I played on the TG-16, World Class Baseball and Keith Courage in Alpha Zones.

Check it out:

RetroBlast: A 90's gaming RetroSpective


It's only up on Soundcloud right now. I hope to get it on iTunes very soon, but I guess new podcasts must be approved before going on iTunes and it's a process that can take from 24 hours to 14 days, so not sure how soon it will be up on iTunes.

[Black Tiger]

I haven't listened to the podcast yet, but this is the best kind of retrospective: an individual's personal experience from bitd.

[Otaking]

Sounds interesting, I'll check it out thanks. 

[Anthony1]

First episodes are always a bit rough. I think I started off slightly nervous, but then settled down.. Hopefully will improve dramatically over the coming weeks. Had a few minor mic issues in the first episode, but basically just had to get it out there and move on to Episode 2.


Basically, I was like 19, 20 and 21 years old during the very early 90's, and although I started off as very casual, I soon got really deep into gaming during this time. Kinda became a gaming nut basically. I try my best to give an accurate take on that time, and what it was like to come at all this stuff when it was actually happening. I'm more interested in the feeling of the games (at the time), than whether or not these games hold up today.

[Sadler]

Just finished listening to it. I enjoyed it! I've never given World Class Baseball a fair shot, it was interesting hearing you gush about it. I'll have to take another look.

[Anthony1]

Sadler: Thanks for listening to the episode. Really appreciate it.

As for World Class Baseball, it was probably one of those situations of needing to be in that particular time and place to fall in love with it as much as me and my buddies did.

We had mostly been playing Bases Loaded on the NES, and to move from that, to World Class Baseball, was a giant leap forward. I stand by pretty much everything I said about the game, but I can easily see somebody playing it now and thinking it's just some crappy baseball game.

I still think the music is excellent, even today.

[Jibbajaba]

The podcast is now up on iTunes!

https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/retroblast-90s-gaming-retrospective/id1050871456?mt=2

[Anthony1]

Episode 2 is now up on Soundcloud and iTunes.


In this episode, I talk about Legendary Axe, Dungeon Explorer and Power Golf...


Check it out..

[KlytusImBored]

Listening to Episode 1 now. I'm really digging it so far. I can most definitely relate to pretty much everything so far although I guess I'm just a few years younger, which made a difference back in those days! This timeframe was absolutely my most formative years in gaming.

[Anthony1]

Listening to Episode 1 now. I'm really digging it so far. I can most definitely relate to pretty much everything so far although I guess I'm just a few years younger, which made a difference back in those days! This timeframe was absolutely my most formative years in gaming.

Sweet!

The early 90's was such a cool time to be really into gaming. I know everybody has their favorite "era" of gaming, but I really think the early 90's were the "Bee's Knees" when it comes to video gaming. There were so many different gaming systems back then. So many possibilities.

If you look at the cover of an EGM from like 1992 or 1993, just look at the very top of it, and how many different video game systems they had listed on there. There was just so much going on back then.

My podcast is pretty much dedicated to telling the tale of the early 90's gaming scene from my personal perspective. It's basically a celebration of early 90's gaming. At least that's what I'm trying to go for. I'm not anybody special in the gaming industry or anything, just a normal dude that was really hardcore into gaming in the early 90's. I also try to sprinkle in some regular life stories of stuff that was going on with me at the time.

[Anthony1]

Episode 3 is now up.

The Turbo love-fest continues with in depth discussions on Military Madness, Final Lap Twin and Bonk's Adventure.

[Anthony1]

Ok, guys, I probably won't bump this thread for awhile, because this is the last episode where I cover a TurboGrafx-16 game for awhile.

In Episode 4, I cover Bloody Wolf for the TG-16, but I also get into my decision to add a Sega Genesis to my stable.... ( yeah, I know... how could I ? lol )

I talk about my Genesis purchasing decision and the first two games I played on the Genny: Pat Riley Basketball and the pack-in game Altered Beast. 

At this point, I got pretty heavily into the Genesis, being that it was a brand new arrival and I was pretty hyped about getting a Genesis, but I will be covering some more TG-16 games in future episodes, but my Turbo love basically gets pretty well diminished at this point, and then the Super Nintendo is coming a little bit farther down the road.

So, I must admit that the TG-16 coverage will probably be quite diminished in the next several episodes, so I probably won't bump this thread anymore, at least not until there are episodes with a bunch more TG-16 coverage. I still think it's a decent listen, even without as much TG-16 coverage, but I hope maybe a few guys on this forum checked out some of the first 3 episodes, because they were pretty much 95 percent TurboGrafx related episodes...

Also, I would like to apologize for bumping this thread so much, I'm sure there might be some peeps that are like... "yeah, yeah, you have a podcast, nobody freaking cares".

I know that everybody and their mom's cousin has a podcast, but I still thought that some of the big time TG-16 fans might enjoy some of the first few episodes. My love of the TG-16 maybe didn't last very long during the early 90's, but it will always have a special place in my heart, being the first gaming system I actually bought with my own money.

[Sadler]

I've listened to your first 3 episodes and enjoyed them. I really like how you try to capture the era with music and movies! Did you ever get a chance to try anything newer? Any CD games or imports later on? If so I hope you cover them in later episodes!

[Anthony1]

Did you ever get a chance to try anything newer? Any CD games or imports later on? If so I hope you cover them in later episodes!

I never owned a TG-16 CD player back in the days.

However, a listener emailed me a question about the CD player that I think I will comment on in the next show (episode 5).

As for imports, there will be an interesting story coming in a future episode about imports.  I didn't know anything at all about imports, but then started buying more and more issues of EGM and started learning about the whole import scene, and then an interesting thing happened. I'm not sure how many more episodes that story is away from being told, as it happened in the Spring of 1991.

If you were able to enjoy the first 3 episodes, my recommendation would be to just keep listening, even if the TG-16 coverage is going to fall off pretty dramatically. I still think there will be some very interesting things to talk about in future episodes that will be worth listening to. Also, I will still be covering a few TG-16 games here and there.

I'm pretty sure in Episode 5 I will be talking about Splatterhouse and TV Sports Football (the game I actually bought a TG-16 for in the first place), so that might be kinda interesting. So basically stay tuned if you can, and if things get too boring for you then stop listening, but I think it will still be pretty interesting stuff.

[jtucci31]

Just listened to the first episode, I really liked it. I love World Class Baseball; I played quite a bit of it this summer. Looking forward to more!