Video Works by Jeremy Parish Podcast
1) Segaiden #037: The Ninja & Pro Wrestling
When did the lie that girls don't play video games gain credence in America? I remember seeing little nerds of all genders in arcades in the early 1980s, so that fallacy must have taken hold around th...Show More
2) Segaiden #035: Great Ice Hockey & Astro Warrior
An unlikely star emerges in this week's Master System episode: The Sega Sports Pad. Required for (but not bundled with!) Great Ice Hockey, this analog-ish trackball controller ultimately didn't have m...Show More
3) Segaiden #034: Action Fighter & Black Belt
A pair of games based on popular media works? Well, almost. Action Fighter clearly draws its inspiration from 1970s James Bond and his transforming Lotus Esprit, but unlike James Bond 007 for Multivis...Show More
4) Segaiden #033: F-16 Fighting Falcon / Transbot / World Grand Prix
I thought the main feature this week would be TransBot, a pretty OK shooter based on a pretty good arcade game that rectifies the failings of Orguss for SG-1000 while basically swiping the concept who...Show More
5) Segaiden #032: Choplifter / My Hero / Teddy Boy
Three episodes into the Master System run and already we have some familiar sights—but understandably so, since each of these games comes to Master System from arcades. So, while we may have seen Chop...Show More
6) Segaiden #031: Fantasy Zone & Ghost House
Sega leads off its non-pack-in Master System lineup with a solid conversion of an arcade masterpiece and a respectable original title: Fantasy Zone and Ghost House. While the former suffers some compr...Show More
7) Segaiden #030: Sega Master System / Hang On / Safari Hunt / Snail Maze
Well, here we go. I've already covered Sega's first console, the SG-1000, in comprehensive (if retrospectively inaccurate at times) details. Now, here we have the sequel: The American adaptation of th...Show More
8) NES Works #105: Zelda II - The Adventure of Link
We end NES Works 1988 here with a game that (probably) actually shipped before December 1988 in scarce quantities. Aw, it's Nintendo's very first high-demand holiday rarity! They certainly would retur...Show More
9) NES Works #104: Bomberman / Robowarrior / Othello
A lot of shenanigans happening with the NES timeline here at the end of 1988, a situation that I'll explore more next episode. For now, it's worth noting that this episode brings us: Two games that m...Show More
10) NES Works #103: Castlevania II - Simon's Quest
It's the most wonderful time of the year: Time for a Castlevania retrospective. As NES Works 1988 winds down, Halloween 2022 seems like the perfect time for a proper look back at Castlevania II: Simon...Show More