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Archive for the '8 Bit' Channel

8 Bit and Beyond Episode #8 - Scary Games That Don’t Begin with Superman 64

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

In celebration of Halloween, Tim and John discuss some of their favorite scary games.

Intro music from Ghostbusters 2 (NES)

 
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8 Bit and Beyond Episode #7 - XBox 360 Extravaganza

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

In this episode John explains why you haven’t heard an 8 Bit Podcast in a while. It has something to do with Gen Con, Booth Babes and a high level thief!

John finally buys an XBox 360 so we have decided to dedicate this episode to that wonderful console!

We talk about all sorts of 360 games inlcuding:

  • Gears of War
  • Crackdown
  • Mass Effect
  • Marvel Ultimate Alliance
  • Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  • and more!!!

Intro music from Super Mario RPG (SNES)

 
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8 Bit and Beyond #6 - Games we’re playing, Retro gaming and the Nintendo Wii

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Welcome to episode 202 of 8 Bit and Beyond. In this episode Tim and I talk about the games we are currently playing, then we review two classic NES games and finally we take an in depth look at the Nintendo Wii. I unexpectedly rant against Electronic Arts towards the end of the show… beware. Also check out the web comic that goes alongside this episode

  1. We have a website: www.8bitandbeyond.com
  2. Games we are playing
    1. John
      1. Final Fantasy 12
      2. North and South
      3. Legacy of the Wizard
      4. Wii Sports
    2. Tim
      1. Wii Sports
      2. Super Mario Brothers 2
      3. Castlevania
      4. Ice Climber
    3. Retro Gaming
      1. North and South
        1. Sid Meier’s Pirates
        2. Kingdom Under Fire
        3. Sid Meier’s Civilization
        4. Sid Meier’s Gettysburg
      2. Legacy of the Wizard
    4. Wii Breakdown
      1. XBOX 360
      2. Playstation 3
      3. Two Worlds
      4. Gamecube
      5. Wii Sports
      6. Trauma Center 2nd Opinion
      7. WarioWare Inc.
      8. Super Paper Mario
      9. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
      10. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007
      11. John’s EA Rant
      12. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
      13. NES Track and Field
      14. Fifa 2008 Wii
      15. My Sims

The musical tracks used for this episode were taken from Legacy of the Wizard (NES) and North & South (NES).

 
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8 Bit and Beyond #5 - Previews, Sega Saturn and Kid Icarus

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

John and Tim team up for Season 2 of 8 Bit and Beyond.

  1. Previews
    1. Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn
    2. Wild Arms V
    3. Mass Effect
    4. Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
    5. Two Worlds
  2. Sega Saturn
    1. NIGHTS into Dreams
    2. Lunar: Silver Star Story
    3. Virtua Cop 1 and 2
    4. Magic Carpet
    5. Panzer Dragoon
    6. Guardian Heroes
    7. Gex
  3. Kid Icarus
 
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FFoCaG Bonus Ep #5 - Ultimate Spider-Man, Comic and Game

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

John is still in Spain, go figure. So Tangent and Arcane Guyver fill in to give us their opinions on the Ultimate Spider-Man comic and PS2 Game. It sounds like they liked it, but don’t take my word for it, download it and check it out. While you’re at check out a couple of screen grabs…

Ultimate Spiderman 1

Spidey does a surprise spring attack with his weblines.

 

Ultimate Spider-man 2

Bring on the Bad Guys - Venom and Electro!

 
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FFoCaG Bonus Ep #4 - Netdevil’s Scott Brown and Keith Baker

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

While John was still in Spain, we made a conference call for him to talk to Netdevil’s Scott Brown and Keith Baker* about their MMORPGs. NetDevil’s first title, Jumpgate, broke ground in the MMO space for both action gameplay and a space combat setting. Built by a development team of less than 6 people, Jumpgate was well received by the gaming press at its launch in 2001. NetDevil is currently maintaining Jumpgate worldwide.

Netdevil's Auto Assault

NetDevil followed up Jumpgate with Auto Assault in conjunction with publishing partner NCsoft, a worldwide leader in online games. Auto Assault offers a post-apocalyptic game world, combining fast action gameplay with role-playing elements, using vehicular combat for a different “spin” on MMO gaming.

Netdevil's Warmonger

Work is under way on another unannounced major MMO title, as well as numerous other projects, including Warmonger, the first step in NetDevil’s pursuit of a vision that will change the way shooters are played.

Text and images are ©2007 NetDevil, Ltd. and are used with permission. All Rights Reserved.

* and yes, that’s the Keith Baker of Eberron fame who’s now working as a creative director for Netdevil. For more information…http://www.netdevil.com.

 
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FFoCaG Bonus Ep #3 - Interview with Creators of Justice League: Heroes

Monday, February 12th, 2007

On his holiday break, John was supposed to interview some of the creators of the Justice League: Heroes game but got tied up in family commitments and JJ and Victor filled in for the interview.John, JJ and Victor reviewed the game in a seperate 8 Bit show.
 
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FFoCaG Bonus Ep #2 - Review of Justice League: Heroes

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

While John (Knight Ranger) was back stateside this past holiday break, he got together with JJ (Working Man) and Victor (Tangent) to play and review Justice League: Heroes from Snowblind Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive.Plus, JJ and Victor got to talk to some of the staff responsible for the development of the game.

We also talked to Kari Wahlgren who did the voice for Zatanna in the game.

 
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FFoCaG Bonus Ep #1 - Interview w/ Songbird Productions

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Working Man busts into Knight Ranger’s room and comandeers the 8 Bit podcast for an interview with Carl Forhan of Songbird Productions, a video game producer for the Atari Jaguar and Lynx gaming systems.

Songbird also has the publishing rights to Tangent’s new favorite game, Heroes Incorporated

 
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8 Bit and Beyond #4 - Castlevania

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

Even while away Knight Ranger continues to send in updates….

Show notes? We don’t need no stinkin’ show notes!

Actually, if you want the show notes you’ll need to email Knight Ranger and ask him what’s up with that. We were lucky the podcast made it through customs.

Stay tuned for a special guest-hosted 8Bit in the near future.

 
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8 Bit and Beyond - 8 Bit Smackdown

Sunday, September 17th, 2006
Tim and John face each other in one of the first video games we can remember…   

It might be awhile before we get another episode from 8 Bit and Beyond while John is studing in Spain

This might tide you over and bring back fond (or horrific) memories of one of the first real video games.

Read the directions. They’re pretty complicated. Working Man had trouble.

Go here…
 

8 Bit and Beyond #3 - Attack of the Crickets!?!

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

The long awaited 3rd episode, John (Knight Ranger) and Tim (Squire Lad) are…attacked by crickets??? Tune in and find out what happens…

  1. Fan Mail
    1. Sarah from doesmygeek.com
      1. Super Mario World
        1. Yoshi!
  2. Uses of the Mario liscence
    1. Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, and 3 (NES)
    2. Mario Party
    3. Mario Kart
    4. Marion Tennis
    5. Mike Tyson Punch Out
    6. Mario Baseball
    7. Super Mario Strikers
    8. Super Smash Brothers
    9. Super Mario 64
  3. What is your favorite Nintendo franchise/game?
    1. Castlevania 2
    2. Super Mario 64
  4. Art style
    1. Cartoon vs. Realism
  5. More Games!
    1. Paper Mario
    2. Super Mario RPG
    3. Dr. Mario
    4. Super Mario World 2
    5. Yoshi’s Story
  6. The Nintendo 64 controller
  7. Deus Ex: The Conspiracy
  8. Deus Ex: The Invisible War
  9. Tim’s dreams of going to E3 are shattered
 
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8 Bit and Beyond #2

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

After Tim reveals his top-secret plans, John (Knight Ranger) and he enter to covert world of the video game spy genre…

Hosts: John (Knight Ranger) and Tim (Squire Lad)

  1. Introduction
    • Housekeeping
    • The espionage genre – characteristics
      • Movie inspired story line
      • Objective based missions
      • Stealth
      • Level characteristics
      • Game play elements
      • Number of players
      • 1st vs. 3rd person perspective
  2. Break
    Fist Full of Comics
  3. Syphon Filter (PS1)
    • Game specs
    • Lineage
    • Story
    • Presentation
    • Graphics
    • Sound
    • Replay
  4. Break
    • Syhpon Filter sample music
  5. WinBack: Covert Operations (PS2)
    • Game specs
    • Lineage
    • Story
    • Presentation
    • Graphics
    • Sound
    • Voice acting sample
    • Replay
  6. Break
  7. Other games in the espionage genre
 
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8 Bit and Beyond #1 - Pilot Episode

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

They’ve been green-lighted for their own show! In the pilot episode, John (Knight Ranger from the Inner Circle) and Tim, a new hero to the FFOC site, discuss console video games from the early 8-bit generation to the current and upcoming platforms.

 
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