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Twitch Asylum Video Game Radio Episode #8

Post by raz0red » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:06 am

Our eighth podcast is now available! Download it here.

In our "discussion" segment we talk about the concept of "abandonware". What is it? What are the legal issues related to it? and what does it mean to gamers?

During our "Retro Respect" segment, we take a look back at the history of id software. During the segment we discuss how John Romero and John Carmack got interested in programming, their time together at Softdisk, the development of their most popular game franchises (Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3-D, Doom, Quake), and the conflicts that ultimately pulled them apart.

Our "Gaming Moments" this episode include Moto GP (360), 2006 FIFA World Cup (360), Brain Age (DS), Mario Kart (DS), Doom III (PC), and Oblivion (PC).

In our look at the news we discuss the ability to emulate newer firmware versions on a 1.5 PSP, a couple of new comedy-based adventure games that use the Source engine, and the ability to play Zork over the phone.
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Post by raz0red » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:39 am

Sorry about the delay. In the future, we shouldn't record on Sunday...

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Post by The Brass » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:31 pm

wow realy great podast again

I have never played any of the castle vania or the quake but i did learn something i had no idea that u could play deathmatch via online that long ago i thought it was a new thing but yea like always great episode
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Are you sure about that black pearl achievement?

Post by teal » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:42 pm

Perhaps you ought to check again....

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Post by The Brass » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:46 am

lol that was quick teal i guss he has nothing on u now
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Post by PristineSteam » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:07 am

Haha, good job!

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Post by The Brass » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:25 pm

when i get my 360 i cant wait to play all those puzzle games
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Post by crimsontwin » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:40 pm

Exellent new show guys, the new x-men game aint bad but it aint great either,
i only rented it for a few days, its real easy to finish 5-6 hours maybe
if you like x-men though its worth a rental but i dont think its worth the full purchase price,
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Post by raz0red » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:13 pm

Thanks all the kind words!
crimsontwin wrote:the new x-men game aint bad but it aint great either,
i only rented it for a few days, its real easy to finish 5-6 hours maybe
if you like x-men though its worth a rental but i dont think its worth the full purchase price,
I had heard the X-Men game was so-so. I will probably rent it to check it out though, I am in need of something a bit different on the 360. Man, these summer months are shaping up to be a bit bland. I guess the good news is that with the DS I will have a whole new library of games to discover...

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Post by R3V3N4N7 » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:36 pm

Great job with the history of id. I can remember watching my uncle play Doom and thinking it was awesome. My friend and I would play Quake 2 non-stop.
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Post by msaeger » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:22 pm

The retro respect segment was really interesting. I haven't played any of those games because I don't like that style/type so I did not know the history behind them.

I will have to check out the commander keen stuff though.

Oh yeah mario 3 had the over head map screen so how could nintendo have stolen the idea from commander keen ?

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Post by raz0red » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:12 pm

msaeger wrote:Oh yeah mario 3 had the over head map screen so how could nintendo have stolen the idea from commander keen ?
Doh! You are completely right. For some reason I was thinking about Super Mario World not Mario 3. But, yeah, they definitely stole the idea from SM3. I feel so lame... :oops:

I didn't know the history either until I read the book. Being a software engineer who has been in way too many startups, it is always interesting for me to hear how development teams start, how they deal with marketing, etc. Id seemed to be successful in spite of not having a real business sense. In a lot of ways they got lucky to hook up with Apogee and get into the Shareware market. But, I have a feeling if it wasn't Apogee, it would have been someone else, because they were doing truly innovative things at the time.

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Post by LimitZer0 » Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:46 pm

Great show... I loved the retro respect portion.

I had no idea shareware made that much money back then. :shock:

I played and loved just about every PC game that was mentioned... I guess I'm old. :(

I would love to hear more about all the older game companies in future shows. Especially Origin... Wing Commander is one of the best games ever!!!

Anyway, keep up the great work...

I first started listening to podcasts a few months ago, I was listening to tons of shows and now I only listen to two... I won't mention the other but you guys are one of them. :wink:

Someone beat my Hexic score so I can play it again!

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Post by PristineSteam » Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:10 pm

Thanks for the comments! I'll have to work on that Hexic score. Right now I'm stuck on level 7 of Zuma, too, and need to finish that off. Origin / Wing Commander is a good idea for a show.

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Post by The Brass » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:11 pm

this is a long ass wait for the next podcast
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