Video Wizards

A quarterly podcast about the #arcadegames of the 1980s and 1990s and their cultural context, by scene survivors Ben of @1creditclassics and @MKStayOnTarget.

[Video Wizards @videowizardspod]

Video Wizards return like the Jedi!

Join us for our most Star Wars episode yet, courtesy of Lucasfilm, Atari and Reagan, as we travel back to 1983's spring season in arcade games, world news and pop culture for 7.5 hrs of fun and nostalgic podcasting.

https://t.co/cxStfzJ31J

[Video Wizards @videowizardspod]

Our @MKStayOnTarget was invited to the Local Dutch Institute of Sound & Vision to talk about preservation of his game Schildmaid MX. And while he was there, he got a tour of the massive media vaults... and stumbled across the collected works of the Byte Busters!

[One Credit Classics @1creditclassics]

I still never got over this.

The one that got away.

[Video Wizards @videowizardspod]

Coming very soon to a podcast app near you... it's Video Wizards episode 32, all about the arcade games, world news and pop culture of the spring season of 1983!

https://t.co/FzCYCuUt2V

[Video Wizards @videowizardspod]

While we work on the materials for the full public release, here is the Patreon advance listen of part 2/2 of Video Wizards episode 32, all about the #arcadegames, world news and popular culture of 1983's spring season!

https://t.co/HHLfRFCips

[ᑎEOᑎ @neonarcadegrant]

Vampire Robot has posted rare B-roll footage of the Broadway Arcade in NYC from 1990.

Located at 1657 Broadway from the mid 1960s until it closed in Dec 1996, it was the destination to grab a game of late night pinball, including reported location tests from Stern and Gottlieb.

Check out his channel in the replies for more vintage footage, as well.

[Schildmaid MX out on all current consoles and PC @HitPStudio]

As you may know, we’re featured in the docu Press Start for Nostalgia by Bruno Ramos.

After real life premieres in both the Netherlands and Brazil, Press Start for Nostalgia will premiere on Youtube tomorrow. It's a worthwhile watch and not just because we're in it! 🔗👇

[One Credit Classics @1creditclassics]

@MKStayOnTarget @videowizardspod

[Michiel Kroder @MKStayOnTarget]

THAT’S MY @videowizardspod COHOST!

[Goh_Billy @GohBilly1]

You gotta spin to win. Various fighting game characters are on a roll. Thanks to my bro (@BlondetanamoBay ) for helping with this.

[iconoclast @iconoclast575]

curious how different this one is from the world version. the game we got is comically unfair, i'd imagine they'd have put some effort into the balance if it were going to survive more than a week in japanese arcades. (like X-MEN)

[Jaz Rignall @JazRignall]

Here's that SF II review, written by me, ol' helmet hair head. This was first SF II review, which we published as soon as we knew the machine had hit arcades (I'd played it earlier in the year at a coin-op show). We knew it'd be huge - but not idea it'd become a cultural phenom.

[Video Wizards @videowizardspod]

It's a

[Shane Lynch @iequalshane]

"Whoa, it's like 3D!" - even kids are impressed by super scaler games.

[Michiel Kroder @MKStayOnTarget]

There you go, a 1CC of Gunbird 2 (Dreamcast) on. “Child” level 😅 That wasn’t too bad, actually. Didn’t break a sweat and only played a few runs. I can confidently graduate to “Very Easy” now.

[Video Wizards @videowizardspod]

Our coverage of Double Dragon and its immense impact on the video game landscape. 🙏 R.I.P. Kishimoto-sensei

https://t.co/WhYuvYShio

[Michiel Kroder @MKStayOnTarget]

R.I.P. to a legend

[Video Wizards @videowizardspod]

@Alshie Good man.

[Video Wizards @videowizardspod]

@retrogamepapa You don't want to be breaking the law!