The complete coverage of our last show is now placed on our Show Notes Mini-site: Click hereCome back each and every week to the show notes page to check out our coverage of each episode of the 8bit Extravaganza!
Labels: 8-bit show, Show Notes
Thursday, September 24, 2009
09-23-09 Show Notes: 8bit Extravaganza
Hour 1:
Big shoutout to our special guests & newest addition to the 8bitX Radio Network Average Joe Gamer!
Also tremendous thanks goes out to Danny Danger for his guest picks of the week out of the new releases!
Danny's Pick of the Week: Halo: ODST
Danny's Weak pick of the Week: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Our Pick of the Week: Zombie Apocalype
Our Weak Pick of the Week: Where's Waldo: Fantastic Voyage
Topic: Bosses & Enemies V
Minisite: http://www.8bitx.com/bosses/
We covered Mario 2 in this hour with 90% of the music from OC Remix's Mario 2 selection.
Hour 2:
We kicked it off with Steel Sterling spinoff comic reading, which contained one of the most gruesome visual depictions of violence I've ever seen... it was amazing!!
Creepy Craigslist came in from there, with a special list from IGN which creeped us out from Japan!!
Then we blew through Kung Fu's horde of enemies & bosses, and came into Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
We looked at the time and knew that we could finish the game's opponents in this time, but to give it proper credit and do the game justice we decided to take our time...
Bonus Coverage:
All kinds of fun stuff happening after the bell!!
We had the debut of a new segment, though of by the 8bit wife, "The worst of the Web". This would be the songs that didn't make it onto the show, and the worst one gets the instant-fail Price is Right button treatment!
This week was a myspace contestant who screamed "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!" over and over again in what is simply the worst song I've heard in a long, long time. Probably ever. You have to hear the podcast for the reaction.
Music was provided by many new bands found via myspace and also the usual suspects with the OC Remix, Minibosses, Neskimos, and the Dwelling of Duels. We ended the whole night with Duane & Brando's Mike Tyson's Punch Out via youtube!
Thanks to all those listening live and joining us in the chatroom.
Goodnight!
Big shoutout to our special guests & newest addition to the 8bitX Radio Network Average Joe Gamer!
Also tremendous thanks goes out to Danny Danger for his guest picks of the week out of the new releases!
Danny's Pick of the Week: Halo: ODST
Danny's Weak pick of the Week: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Our Pick of the Week: Zombie Apocalype
Our Weak Pick of the Week: Where's Waldo: Fantastic Voyage
Topic: Bosses & Enemies V
Minisite: http://www.8bitx.com/bosses/
We covered Mario 2 in this hour with 90% of the music from OC Remix's Mario 2 selection.
Hour 2:
We kicked it off with Steel Sterling spinoff comic reading, which contained one of the most gruesome visual depictions of violence I've ever seen... it was amazing!!
Creepy Craigslist came in from there, with a special list from IGN which creeped us out from Japan!!
Then we blew through Kung Fu's horde of enemies & bosses, and came into Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
We looked at the time and knew that we could finish the game's opponents in this time, but to give it proper credit and do the game justice we decided to take our time...
Bonus Coverage:
All kinds of fun stuff happening after the bell!!
We had the debut of a new segment, though of by the 8bit wife, "The worst of the Web". This would be the songs that didn't make it onto the show, and the worst one gets the instant-fail Price is Right button treatment!
This week was a myspace contestant who screamed "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!" over and over again in what is simply the worst song I've heard in a long, long time. Probably ever. You have to hear the podcast for the reaction.
Music was provided by many new bands found via myspace and also the usual suspects with the OC Remix, Minibosses, Neskimos, and the Dwelling of Duels. We ended the whole night with Duane & Brando's Mike Tyson's Punch Out via youtube!
Thanks to all those listening live and joining us in the chatroom.
Goodnight!
Labels: Kung Fu, Nes, Punch Out, Show Notes, Super Mario Bros 2
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Show Notes: 09-09-09 Edition!
The 8bit Extravaganza:
Bosses & Enemies III!!
The live performance by MrCultural in studio was amazing!! His tracks will be available for download this weekend (Sunday), so stay tuned to the 8bitX Podcast for that!
NES Games Covered: The Legend of Zelda & Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Mini-site: http://www.8bitx.com/bosses/
-BIG THANKS to Zelda Dungeon - the mini-site is fueled from information provided by Zelda Dungeon. This site is one amazing site, and really well done. A must visit for any Zelda fan!!
We owe you a Urban Champion title defense, as we got wrapped up in the Bosses & Enemies list from Zelda II, especially the bosses toward the end of the show.
Music (full track listing to come tonight):
OC Remix
Dwelling of Duels
MrCultural's Live Songs!
Radio Free Gamer:
This show was about some of the great communities and resources for free VGM!
We spoke about VGMDB, VGMix, Pterodactyl Squad, and RemixThaSauce.
For a full listing of tracks for free download click here
Bosses & Enemies III!!
The live performance by MrCultural in studio was amazing!! His tracks will be available for download this weekend (Sunday), so stay tuned to the 8bitX Podcast for that!
NES Games Covered: The Legend of Zelda & Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Mini-site: http://www.8bitx.com/bosses/
-BIG THANKS to Zelda Dungeon - the mini-site is fueled from information provided by Zelda Dungeon. This site is one amazing site, and really well done. A must visit for any Zelda fan!!
We owe you a Urban Champion title defense, as we got wrapped up in the Bosses & Enemies list from Zelda II, especially the bosses toward the end of the show.
Music (full track listing to come tonight):
OC Remix
Dwelling of Duels
MrCultural's Live Songs!
Radio Free Gamer:
This show was about some of the great communities and resources for free VGM!
We spoke about VGMDB, VGMix, Pterodactyl Squad, and RemixThaSauce.
For a full listing of tracks for free download click here
Labels: 8-bit show, Radio Free Gamer, Show Notes
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Show Notes: 8bit Extravaganza
Last night we had quite a few links to share, and here they are for a recap:
Double Dragon Dojo
Double Dragon II Shrine
Zelda Dungeon
WZMR Zelda Radio
Music Provided by:
The Adventures of Duane & Brando
Nerd Army
OC Remix
Dwelling of Duels
Big thanks to everyone who tuned in LIVE, and the bands/artists who create this amazing music! Let's not forget about the podcast audience, thank you guys too!
Without all of you this show would not be possible, and it's something we're eternally grateful for!
If you need to contact us for any reason: info@8bitx.com
Double Dragon Dojo
Double Dragon II Shrine
Zelda Dungeon
WZMR Zelda Radio
Music Provided by:
The Adventures of Duane & Brando
Nerd Army
OC Remix
Dwelling of Duels
Big thanks to everyone who tuned in LIVE, and the bands/artists who create this amazing music! Let's not forget about the podcast audience, thank you guys too!
Without all of you this show would not be possible, and it's something we're eternally grateful for!
If you need to contact us for any reason: info@8bitx.com
Labels: Show Notes
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Show Notes: History of Beat Em Ups Round 4
Our final show (for now) around Beat Em Ups talked about the Level 4/Mission 4 stages in a few of the games. Check the mini-site for the games we covered.
We had a blast and covered Double Dragon III, Streets of Rage, Final Fight, and did some live playing of Battletoads on the NES!!
Good Night!
We had a blast and covered Double Dragon III, Streets of Rage, Final Fight, and did some live playing of Battletoads on the NES!!
Good Night!
Labels: 8-bit show, Show Notes
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Show Notes: 8bitX - History of Beat Em Ups
Shaun created this great site, and I think we will use this site for quite some time.
http://8bitx.com/beatemups/
Hour 1:
For the first hour we went through the origins of the Beat Em Up genre, and we also heard the debut of Jake the Juice at the Movies segment!
Music: Double Dragon, Battletoads, and more from OC Remix, Neskimos, and some classic 8bit music from Kung Fu.
Hour 2:
2nd hour we saw the conclusion of 1/2 of the new Steel Sterling, and next week Scent of Blood!We also had a guest creeper on reading the Creepy Craigslist of the week, and the defense of Renegade as one of the top beat-em-ups ever as I played the game live on air.
Music: Bad Dudes, Double Dragon from Nerd Army, Neskimos, OC Remix, Final Fight OC Remix, and plenty more that escape me!
*Note: forgot to add the DOD folder to the show, which is why no DOD on this weeks' show!!
Next Week: History of Beat Em Ups continued!
Thanks for listening!
Shaun created this great site, and I think we will use this site for quite some time.http://8bitx.com/beatemups/
Hour 1:
For the first hour we went through the origins of the Beat Em Up genre, and we also heard the debut of Jake the Juice at the Movies segment!
Music: Double Dragon, Battletoads, and more from OC Remix, Neskimos, and some classic 8bit music from Kung Fu.
Hour 2:
2nd hour we saw the conclusion of 1/2 of the new Steel Sterling, and next week Scent of Blood!We also had a guest creeper on reading the Creepy Craigslist of the week, and the defense of Renegade as one of the top beat-em-ups ever as I played the game live on air.
I challenge anyone who deems Renegade as a terrible game to prove to me that you've actually #1 played the game on an NES and #2 lasted more than 2:00.
Contact me: 8bitextravaganza@gmail.com
We also went through some Bad Dudes and compared the NSF files vs the NES sound directly. Boss battles were aired and commentated upon as they went down, 3-3 on the air!Contact me: 8bitextravaganza@gmail.com
Music: Bad Dudes, Double Dragon from Nerd Army, Neskimos, OC Remix, Final Fight OC Remix, and plenty more that escape me!
*Note: forgot to add the DOD folder to the show, which is why no DOD on this weeks' show!!
Next Week: History of Beat Em Ups continued!
Thanks for listening!
Labels: 8-bit show, Show Notes
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Show Notes: 8bit Extravaganza - Zelda 1 vs Zelda 2
[images from this great article on 8bit levels in Little Big Planet]
Funny how we identify the first in the series as Zelda 1 not just Zelda....
I personally opened the show with my bias toward...Zelda 2. I don't know why exactly but this game struck a chord with me. It could be the dramatic opening, the art, the music, the way you leveled up and achieved new attacks, or the mysteries that needed solving, but the game had me. I fell in love with the game.
The audience mostly went with the original Zelda. How can you argue? It's amazing revolutionary gameplay, the way it spawned the open world adventure genre, and incorporated traditional role-playing elements seamlessly into the story, all while challenging the player to stick with it to the very end.
They setup the Nintendo Hotline from the game, but it was free to give Zelda players tips. From there they noticed people calling about more games and started charging.
Zelda 1 vs Zelda 2 is very much like comparing apples to oranges, but Zelda 2 always will be my favorite of the 8bit era.
Music: Goodness I was all over the place. Nesimos, DOD (virt, Ryan8bit), OC remixes (djpretzel, scott peeples, Rabbit Joint, countless others I'm sorry), Koji Kondo, and lots of the original sound from the games!
[images from this great article on 8bit levels in Little Big Planet]Funny how we identify the first in the series as Zelda 1 not just Zelda....
I personally opened the show with my bias toward...Zelda 2. I don't know why exactly but this game struck a chord with me. It could be the dramatic opening, the art, the music, the way you leveled up and achieved new attacks, or the mysteries that needed solving, but the game had me. I fell in love with the game.
The audience mostly went with the original Zelda. How can you argue? It's amazing revolutionary gameplay, the way it spawned the open world adventure genre, and incorporated traditional role-playing elements seamlessly into the story, all while challenging the player to stick with it to the very end.
They setup the Nintendo Hotline from the game, but it was free to give Zelda players tips. From there they noticed people calling about more games and started charging.Zelda 1 vs Zelda 2 is very much like comparing apples to oranges, but Zelda 2 always will be my favorite of the 8bit era.
Music: Goodness I was all over the place. Nesimos, DOD (virt, Ryan8bit), OC remixes (djpretzel, scott peeples, Rabbit Joint, countless others I'm sorry), Koji Kondo, and lots of the original sound from the games!
Labels: 8-bit show, Show Notes
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Show Notes: 6-03-09
Radio Free Gamer (RFG):
Radio Free Gamer's debut was great! The show went really well and about an hour and a half got recorded until Justin's internet decided his show was over at that point. Excellent songs from the DOD and NEW GSO recordings never heard ANYWHERE else!
Be sure to catch the podcast for this episode: http://radiofreegamer.8bitx.com
8bit Extravaganza (8bitX)
1st Hour we recapped E3, and all the reporters did an amazing job!
The reporters we had were:
Brandon - Sony
Kevin K - Xbox
Rob - Arcade
Jeff - PC
Andre - Post Game Analyst
I was scheduled to do the Nintendo coverage but for time constraints I was bumped. We covered allot of Nintendo in the analysis and Andre gave the following grades:
Microsoft: B+
Sony: C
Nintendo: C (except the last 10 mins of the keynote so B-)
In the 2nd Hour another legenday Creepy Craigslist which involved a dog house & stuffed hamsters that you'd have to read to believe! The return of Steel Sterling, this time his tour of the country takes us to the Dakotas, and introduces us to a racist-ass asian named Wong....
Music was great as we featured Metroid Metal & Minibosses with Metroid since Metroid Other M is coming to the Wii!
Thanks for listening!!
-8bitX Staff
Radio Free Gamer's debut was great! The show went really well and about an hour and a half got recorded until Justin's internet decided his show was over at that point. Excellent songs from the DOD and NEW GSO recordings never heard ANYWHERE else!
Be sure to catch the podcast for this episode: http://radiofreegamer.8bitx.com
8bit Extravaganza (8bitX)
1st Hour we recapped E3, and all the reporters did an amazing job!
The reporters we had were:
Brandon - Sony
Kevin K - Xbox
Rob - Arcade
Jeff - PC
Andre - Post Game Analyst
I was scheduled to do the Nintendo coverage but for time constraints I was bumped. We covered allot of Nintendo in the analysis and Andre gave the following grades:
Microsoft: B+
Sony: C
Nintendo: C (except the last 10 mins of the keynote so B-)
In the 2nd Hour another legenday Creepy Craigslist which involved a dog house & stuffed hamsters that you'd have to read to believe! The return of Steel Sterling, this time his tour of the country takes us to the Dakotas, and introduces us to a racist-ass asian named Wong....
Music was great as we featured Metroid Metal & Minibosses with Metroid since Metroid Other M is coming to the Wii!
Thanks for listening!!
-8bitX Staff
Labels: 8-bit show, Radio Free Gamer, Show Notes
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Show Notes: Neskimos Night
[Well didn't mean to play mostly NESKIMOS stuff, but hell goes like that sometimes.]
Hour 1: Tons of Bionic Commando & Punch Out music to commemorate the new releases and one of the best Creepy Craiglist we've ever had! Ended on some awesome Final Fantasy 7 music from OC Remix and the Black Mages.
Hour 2: Kev C tells his amazing tale of his flight from Kansas nearly crashing into the ground... Will loses temper at California's case against video games, Punch Out & Bionic Commando. Will AGAIN loses temper, this time at Game Informer magazine.
Music: LOTS of Neskimos, played some Black Mages, Voices of the Lifestream, other OC Remixes, and a request of Double Dragon II & Shadowrun.
[Well didn't mean to play mostly NESKIMOS stuff, but hell goes like that sometimes.]
Hour 2: Kev C tells his amazing tale of his flight from Kansas nearly crashing into the ground... Will loses temper at California's case against video games, Punch Out & Bionic Commando. Will AGAIN loses temper, this time at Game Informer magazine.
Music: LOTS of Neskimos, played some Black Mages, Voices of the Lifestream, other OC Remixes, and a request of Double Dragon II & Shadowrun.
Labels: 8-bit show, Creepy Craigslist, Show Notes
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Show Notes: Most Influential 8-bit games
[Renegade is a must play!]
I don't think the listeners in the chatroom grasped the entire idea just yet. Here are the results from the show and I'll explain in a second.
Rules:
Game must be on NES or Sega Master System
We broke it up by game genre to make it a little easier.
Platformer:
Mario 3 (4 votes)
Mario 1 (3 votes)
Megaman* (3 votes)
Ninja Gaiden (2 votes)
Metroid (1 vote)
Yo Noid! (0 votes) - but the game was discussed!
Wrath of the Black Manta (0 votes) - mentioned on air!
*Megaman version was not specified by the voters
Now how can you vote Mario 3 over Mario 1 for influence!? Obviously people were voting for their favorite game. No mention of Blaster Master, Bionic Commando, or the Legend of Kage.
Sports:
Mike Tyson's Punch Out (4 votes)
Blades of Steel (2 votes)
Tecmo Bowl (2 votes)
Tecmo Super Bowl (2 votes)
Baseball Stars (2 votes)
Super Spike Volleyball (1 vote) - yes!
Now I cannot be mad at the Super Spike Volleyball game mention & vote which made a vague reference to DOA Beach Volleyball, but I really believe Tecmo Super Bowl is the most influential game for football off all time. This was the game that every feature most Madden games have, and it's still played to this day with updated rosters. That being said I think that Tecmo Bowl is a better game, but that isn't what the topic of the day is, and I didn't do a good enough job of making that clear to the listeners.
Next up was beat em up, and it was clear as day I didn't break it down well enough for people to understand what the idea was.
Beat Em Up:
TMNT 2 The Arcade Game (2 votes)
Battletoads (2 votes)
Double Dragon (2 votes)
Renegade (2 votes)
Urban Champion (2 votes)
Double Dragon II (2 votes)
Turtles 3 (1 vote)
Now we saved the discussion in the chatroom by trying to explain, to no avail, that this wasn't for your favorite game. TMNT 2 was a wonderful game, but nobody could explain why it was influential outside of the marketing campaign for the pizza hut ads. Battletoads had some great innovations & amazing feel to the game but again, where was the influence in later games? Both of these games were influenced from games like Renegade & Double Dragon who broke the ground & paved the way.
We will try again with RPGs and other genres of games in a few weeks. In the meantime check out the podcast for this episode.
Stay tuned & thanks for listening!
-8bitXstaff
[Renegade is a must play!]I don't think the listeners in the chatroom grasped the entire idea just yet. Here are the results from the show and I'll explain in a second.
Rules:
Game must be on NES or Sega Master System
We broke it up by game genre to make it a little easier.
Platformer:
Mario 3 (4 votes)
Mario 1 (3 votes)
Megaman* (3 votes)
Ninja Gaiden (2 votes)
Metroid (1 vote)
Yo Noid! (0 votes) - but the game was discussed!
Wrath of the Black Manta (0 votes) - mentioned on air!
*Megaman version was not specified by the voters
Now how can you vote Mario 3 over Mario 1 for influence!? Obviously people were voting for their favorite game. No mention of Blaster Master, Bionic Commando, or the Legend of Kage.
Sports:
Mike Tyson's Punch Out (4 votes)
Blades of Steel (2 votes)
Tecmo Bowl (2 votes)
Tecmo Super Bowl (2 votes)
Baseball Stars (2 votes)
Super Spike Volleyball (1 vote) - yes!
Now I cannot be mad at the Super Spike Volleyball game mention & vote which made a vague reference to DOA Beach Volleyball, but I really believe Tecmo Super Bowl is the most influential game for football off all time. This was the game that every feature most Madden games have, and it's still played to this day with updated rosters. That being said I think that Tecmo Bowl is a better game, but that isn't what the topic of the day is, and I didn't do a good enough job of making that clear to the listeners.
Next up was beat em up, and it was clear as day I didn't break it down well enough for people to understand what the idea was.
Beat Em Up:
TMNT 2 The Arcade Game (2 votes)
Battletoads (2 votes)
Double Dragon (2 votes)
Renegade (2 votes)
Urban Champion (2 votes)
Double Dragon II (2 votes)
Turtles 3 (1 vote)
Now we saved the discussion in the chatroom by trying to explain, to no avail, that this wasn't for your favorite game. TMNT 2 was a wonderful game, but nobody could explain why it was influential outside of the marketing campaign for the pizza hut ads. Battletoads had some great innovations & amazing feel to the game but again, where was the influence in later games? Both of these games were influenced from games like Renegade & Double Dragon who broke the ground & paved the way.
We will try again with RPGs and other genres of games in a few weeks. In the meantime check out the podcast for this episode.
Stay tuned & thanks for listening!
-8bitXstaff
Labels: 8-bit show, Influential Games, Show Notes
![DJ Zing's Site [DJZing.com]](http://www.8bitx.com/Centrifugal_Force_Logo.jpg){kind=logo}
