Jeremy Parish

November bonus #2: The end of Microvision (Game Boy Works Gaiden #16)

Whew, this was supposed to have been up over the weekend, but life just will not give me a break. Sorry about that! Here is the final episode of the Microvision retrospective series that probably no one has been clamoring for. I'll make sure next month's bonus episode is a little more interesting...

NES Works Gaiden #71: Bug Hunt / David's Midnight Magic / Lode Runner

The XEGS saga continues! Slowly! I won't be dwelling on this system for too many consecutive episodes in a row... I'm really trying to avoid unnecessary psychic damage these days. But here's a li'l toe-dip in the pond: Another piece on the XEGS library and its history.

NES Works Gaiden 70: Atari XE Game System & Missile Command

I've been sitting on this one for a few years, and working on the NES Era books (Vol. II on sale now through December 1!) has finally nudged me into action. Yes, it...

November Bonus #1: Game Tech Video Vol. 13

Hey friends. It's another VHS tape rip. God, we're so close to the end of Game Tech Video I can almost taste it. This series has gotten pretty long in the tooth, which is an absolutely astounding thing for me to feel considering how much of these tapes involve historic footage of interesting gam...

NES Works Gaiden #69: Water Ski & Super Skateboardin' [7800]

I'd say "good morning," but, well.

Nevertheless, I do have a new video for you this morning. I hope it will bring some small glimmer of light into an otherwise bleak day. Onward the Atari 7800....

NES Works Gaiden #68: Tank Command - Impossible Mission [7800]

Well, I guess it's about time that I get back to covering the Atari 7800, now that I have the means to properly capture footage for it. We gotta wrap up 1988's releases, and that means stepping into some slightly unpleasant territory. Yes, we're talking the terribly and terribly expensive Tank Co...

October bonus #3: Game Tech Video Vol. 12

Hey! Here's another Game Tech Video! This series is getting kinda long in the tooth and keeps hammering the same bad jokes! But... this episode is worth keeping. Skip to the end! There's an interesting behind-the-scene segment on the creation of some Namco Famicom TV commercials. I mean, this vid...

October bonus #2: Game Boy Works Gaiden 15 (Microvision 3)

Wow, that's a lot of serial numbers in the title of this episode, huh. I should probably find a more elegant approach to naming these.

So here we have the next-to-last Microvision retrospective; after next month, I will cheerfully move along to more vibrant and fertile grounds for my bonus ...

October bonus #1: Star Trek II LaserDisc preview (4K rip)

After about 15 months of living in a stage of stressful chaos, I think my life is finally settling down a little... at the very least, my most important recording equipment has a permanent setup, and all of the VHS tapes and LaserDiscs I need to rip are accessible again and close at...

NES Works 146: Fester's Quest

It's the pumpkin spice latte of the YouTube world: Horror-themed commentary about old video games. In this case, the horror comes from the preposterous difficulty level of Fester's Quest. Like, what the actual hell, man? I used cheats to get to the end of this recording because I am 2024-10-23 11:45:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Game Boy Works V2 #05: Castlevania: The Adventure

It just wouldn't be October without a Castlevania video around here. Fortunately, I had one coming up in the queue for evaluation... or rather, reevaluation. Yes, it's Castlevania: The Adventure, a game I last tackled about a decade ago. I would like to say that time has so...

NES Works 145: NFL & Sky Shark

This week brings us one of those episodes that filled me with dread when I saw it looming on the production schedule. How on earth am I supposed to find 10 minutes of discussion about these forgettably workmanlike releases, I wondered. But then, I started digging into their creation and�...

NES Works 144: Air Fortress & Sesame Street ABC

Coming in a little hot this week—I'm not sure the 4K version of this episode has fully processed yet. That's because my copy of Air Fortress has mysteriously gone missing, and I spent the evening and morning trying to find it for photographic inclusion here. No luck! But I'm takin...

September bonus #3: Microvision continues (GBWG 14)

Whew! Gosh! Squeaking in under the wire again! The audio on this one is a little patchy because I recorded it on-site at Portland Retro Gaming Expo. It's really weird how my portable mic sounds great during panels but terrible in hotel rooms. I even fussed with sound dampening and reverb mitigati...

September bonus #2: Making of Game: Ghost in the Shell LD rip

Another l'il treat for you, and this one is pretty awesome. Or at least I think so. I recently came across this LaserDisc on a Japanese auction site that caught my attention; it appeared to be a making-of special on the PlayStation game Ghost in the Shell. Surely that couldn't be right, I thought...

Portland Retro Gaming Expo!

You know, it really bugs me when people call PRGE "Purge." We are not in the business of culling nerds! But I am in the business of talking to my fellow nerds, and I'll be doing that this weekend... or so goes the plan. I've had to delay my travels by a day due to the hurricane—every outbound f...

NES Works 143: Faxanadu

Wow! Gosh! Sorry this upload is half a day late. I spent the morning playing medical chauffeur for my significant other, and then I spent the rest of the day trying to catch up with work.

Anyway. It doesn't matter. The important thing is that this Faxanadu video is here now. ...

September Bonus #1: Game Tech Video Vol. 11

Man, the Game Tech Video series really just screams "It was a different era!", huh? I mean, aside from the fact that these are video cassette tapes sold at retail to tell you about upcoming video game releases—definitely not a modern-day concert—there's also a lot of unsavory st...

NES Works 142: Jordan Vs. Bird & The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

This is one of those episodes where I fell into an interesting connection through sheer coincidence, and people will mistakenly think I'm much better at planning these things out than I actually am. My on-camera opening line actually connects with the thread of commentary that closes out the epis...

A proper explainer for The NES Era

I've put together a little promo video for The NES Era Vol. I. Don't worry, I won't be pushing this thing forever... eventually, the presale period will end, and I'll be done.

In the meantime! 2024-09-13 01:53:08 +0000 UTC View Post

NES Works 141: King's Knight & The Adventures of Dino-Riki

I may have fudged some release timing for this episode. It's possible that one of these games is actually a September 1989 release even though the chronology is still in August (I've seen different dates given online). But here's the thing: The longer I produce NES Works, the less compelled I fee...

The NES Era has arrived

My latest book, which offers a holistic photographic overview of Japanese console games from 1979 through October 1985 (you know, when Japanese consoles first reached the U.S. via the NES) is now available for preorder at LRG.

This is a proper, traditional coffee table book focused on ima...

NES Works 140: Castlequest & The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle

Last week we had Defender of the Crown, where you invaded and defended castles; now here are two more games where you invade castles. Well, you definitely do in the case of Castlequest. The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, I dunno. Nothing about that reads as "castle" to me, especially ...

August Bonus #4: Game Boy Works Gaiden — Microvision episode 1

There are still a few minutes left in August where I am, so I'm declaring this one a victory. Maybe next time I'll actually have time to write something interesting here!

Happy New Outro Promo Card Day

For all who celebrate.

August Bonus #3: Game Tech Video Vol. 10 [Nov. 1988]

Another Game Tech Video VHS rip for you today. But mostly for me. I'm trying to get these things indexed to the best of my ability so that I'll have access to these rich resources when I need relevant B-roll for my videos. Sadly, these VHS magazines didn't survive into the Heisei er...