Jeremy Parish

November exclusive: Epoch Cassette Vision pt. 3 (Patreon)

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2022-12-03 17:41:13

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2026-06

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Yes, I realize it's no longer November.

I had a little more trouble recording footage for this episode than expected, because some of the footage doesn't involve video games but rather electronic games. A subtle but critical difference! There is no such thing as direct feed of a Game & Watch unit, I'm afraid. I finally managed to come up with lighting and angles that read pretty clearly on-camera. I'm not 100% satisfied with how it looks, but it's most of the way there and definitely gets the point across. So please enjoy this bonus and look forward to another later this month. Thanks for you support!

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Not two but three—THREE!—games this episode. This might be exciting if not for the fact that one of those amounts to a barely tweaked version of a game we've seen before, which originally debuted years before Cassette Vision existed. Props to Epoch for scraping as much content out of that one bit of program code as possible, I suppose. Far more exciting are the non-baseball titles here, Battle Vader and PakPak Monster. While both blatantly rip off popular arcade games, both also demonstrate that distinctive Epoch quirkiness, compensating for the console's lack of horsepower by introducing some unconventional gameplay tweaks. Both games also have deep roots in Epoch's own pre-Cassette Vision history. Well, maybe not "deep," exactly. But notable. Production notes: Video Works is funded via Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! Plus, exclusive podcasts, eBooks, and more! Cassette Vision footage recorded from original hardware, modded for S-Video output by Christa Lee of Sound Retro Co. Super Cassette Vision footage recorded from original hardware via legacy RGB cable. NES/Famicom footage captured from @analogueinc Nt Mini; SG-1000 footage recorded from Analogue Mega Sg Video upscaled to 720 with Micomsoft's xRGB Mini Framemeister; arcade footage captured from MiSTer when possible, with thanks to @MiSTerAddons.