In the 24th episode of Video Wizards, we travel to a time close to the “mark of the millennium”, as we find ourselves covering the autumnal months of September, October and November of 1998 for yet another very substantial seasonal spectacular. Arcade games increasingly lose floor space to slot machines and the ones that don’tContinue reading “VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 24: Autumn 1998”
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VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 17: Summer 1996
In this episode of Video Wizards, we ambitiously travel back to 3 months in one single episode: June, July and August, all in the year 1996. In this Olympic summer, arcade floors are dominated by 3D fighting games like Last Bronx, Star Gladiator and errr… Fighters’ Impact by Taito. SNK, meanwhile, represent two dimensions withContinue reading “VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 17: Summer 1996”
VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 4: May 1994
In the fourth episode of the Video Wizards Podcast we find ourselves in May 1994, where Capcom made a powerful statement in that they were still not done with making “belt scrolling” beat ’em ups, with both Alien vs. Predator and Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom making their mark. In this time period, theirContinue reading “VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 4: May 1994”