This was a Video Game History series I did a few years ago, before joining the Retro Asylum crew. As there has been a number of requests to bring it across to Retro Asylum.. that is what I have done. So sit back and enjoy. I really do believe it is still one of the most comprehensive video game histories around. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxj2yb-ZPns
Final Fantasy VII played on a real PAL PlayStation. This is being recorded as part of the CGA preservation project, so there's no voice over or anything - only gameplay footage.
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Paul "The Drisk" Driscoll returns to take a look at a much forgotten PlayStation classic by Gremlin.
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Atari was ruling the home console roost with their Atari VCS... But other companies would come out with their own consoles to join them. This episode covers the brilliant rival console machines such as the Intellivision, ColecoVision and Vectrex machines.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVrWTJDkqF0
After an 18 year hiatus Dave Perry roared back to the retro gaming scene at Revival 2017. Join Paul Davies as he and the Revival audience hear all about Dave’s career and adventures as a true icon of a UK video gaming generation.
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We at Retro Asylum Towers were very excited when we got our hands on the new piece of modern retro gaming kit in the form of the C64 Mini. Watch as show host Chris O'Regan attempts to play C64 games and fails very badly. During this video there are tips given on how best to use it, including recommendations on alternative controllers and how to run games on it that did not come with the C64 Mini.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZOGJZ2e8Mo
In this episode of the UK’s award winning retro gaming podcast, Matt Wilsher & Mad's Kristensen are joined by Mark Hardisty (author of A Gremlin In The Works) to dig deep into Gremlin Graphic’s past to tell the story of how Ian Stewart and Kevin Norburn formed a premier software house from recruiting customers of their retail store Just Micro.
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Final Fantasy VII played on a real PAL PlayStation. This is being recorded as part of the CGA preservation project, so there's no voice over or anything - only gameplay footage.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmfV6sSrBGE
Ultimate Play the Game (now known as Rare) were the premiere video game developer in the 1980's and their first games outshone the competition by a country mile. One of the most celebrated titles was Knight Lore, an action adventure game with a heavy emphasis on puzzle solving as well as dexterous platform jumping.
In this episode of Games of Praise we take a look at the ZX Spectrum version as we delve deep into the castle that holds the antidote to Sabreman's lycanthropy problem.
This is an archive of a stream that was aired on 4th November 2018 at 8pm GMT on this Twitch stream:
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Gradius has been a long running series of games that can trace its roots back to 1981 with the arrival of Scramble. In 2001 Konami, with the assistance of Mode21 Ltd created Gradius Galaxies or Advance, for it had two names depending on which territory you bought it from.
This episode of Games of Praise features Gradius Galaxies and was streamed on 9th September 2018 at 8pm BST from this channel:
http://twitch.tv/theretroasylum
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ic4UVcyLLU