darth-azrael in # megacon • 4 hours ago • 1 min readMegaCon 2019 (Friday)A walk through the dealer room Friday afternoon at MegaCon 2019 in Orlando, Florida. This video was recorded by me and is hosted at Daily Motion here:darth-azrael in # retrogaming • yesterday • 2 min readStreets of Rage (Sega Genesis)Next to platform games, side-scrolling beat-'em-ups were one of the most popular genres of the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Streets of Rage, Sega's answer to Capcom's Final Fight, was one of the biggest.…darth-azrael in # megacon • 2 days ago • 1 min readMegaCon 2019: Q&A With David TennantDavid Tennant is probably best known as the tenth Doctor in Doctor Who. Of course he has also appeared as Barty Crouch, Jr. in Harry Potter and most recently as Crowley in Good Omens among numerous…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 3 days ago • 2 min readWCW Mayhem (PlayStation)WCW Mayhem is a wrestling game that was released in 1999 for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64. It was also released the following year for the Game Boy Color. In a number of ways, it was innovative…darth-azrael in # space • 5 days ago • 1 min readSpaceX Falcon 9: CRS-17 LaunchLaunch of the seventeenth Commercial Resupply Services mission on board a Falcon 9 rocket as seen from my back yard. Originally scheduled for May 3rd, the launch was delayed and took place on May…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 8 days ago • 1 min readMagicSoft (1984)As far as I'm concerned, the Wizardry and Ultima series still represent some of the best Role-Playing Games ever made. The nice thing about computer based RPGs was that you could expand and modify…darth-azrael in # space • 13 days ago • 1 min readSpaceX Falcon 9 Launch (2019-02-21)A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center on February 21st, 2019 carrying a privately-funded Israeli moon lander, an Indonesian communications satellite and a U.S. Air Force…darth-azrael in # music • 17 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - Music the Gathering - Part 12 (Battle Raven)Music The Gathering performs 'Battle Raven' at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. This video was recorded by me and is hosted at Daily Motion here: ▶️ Daily Motiondarth-azrael in # comic • 21 days ago • 2 min read50 Cent Comics - X-Men #2Next up in the batch of comics I picked up for 50 cents each at MegaCon 2019 is X-Men #2. There are several X-Men #2s of course and this would be the one from 1991 when they added a second X-Men…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 25 days ago • 2 min readEpyx Fast Load (Commodore 64)The Commodore 64 in addition to being an excellent computer for its time was also an incredible games machine. The one significant drawback it had was long load times. Being a computer and using a…darth-azrael in # music • 27 days ago • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - Music the Gathering - Part 11 (Fathom the Bowl)Music the Gathering perform 'Fathom the Bowl' at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. Here they are also doing another one of their games where they act out things the audience…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 29 days ago • 2 min readHitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Infocom)Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an interactive fiction game based on the book of the same name. This was Infocom's 14th release and it followed the general pattern of other similar games that…darth-azrael in # music • last month • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - Music the Gathering - Part 10Music the Gathering performing at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. I am not familiar with this song and I missed the name... This video was recorded by me and is hosted at…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • last month • 2 min readBeverly Hills Cop (Commodore 64)Beverly Hills Cop, based on the movie of the same name with Eddie Murphy, was developed by Tynesoft and released in 1990 for several home computer platforms, including the Commodore 64. This was a…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • last month • 2 min readChampionship Joystick (Super NES)While the trend may have started any earlier, the NES solidified the change from joysticks to control pads, at least in the home arena. 16-bit consoles continued this trend. While there were a…darth-azrael in # music • last month • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - Music the Gathering - Part 9 (Rolling Down to Old Maui)Music the Gathering performs "Rolling Down to Old Maui" at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. This video was recorded by me and is hosted at Daily Motion here: ▶️ Daily…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • last month • 2 min readBatman: The Caped Crusader (Commodore 64)Batman: The Caped Crusader was developed by Ocean and released by Data East in North America in 1988. The game features both action and puzzle solving. While you have to beat up some bad guys…darth-azrael in # music • last month • 1 min readBrevard Renaissance Fair 2019 - Music the Gathering - Part 8 (Courtin' In The Kitchen)Music the Gathering performs "Courtin' in the Kitchen" at the 2019 Brevard Renaissance Fair in Melbourne, Florida. Sometimes their songs are accompanied my games or other acts. In this case the are…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • last month • 3 min readThe Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemThe Super Nintendo was the first video game system I had relatively near its release date. I had an Atari 2600 but not until December 1983 which was six years after its original release. I had an…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • last month • 2 min readAmidar (Atari 2600)Amidar was released as an arcade game by Konami in 1981. As this was near the height of the popularity of the Atari 2600, it's unsurprising that it received an Atari 2600 port the following year.…
