With another month nearly done, it’s time for our look back on our YouTube happenings in May! First off, we want to give a big shoutout to our subscribers, those who have been with us for awhile, and those who just signed on. THANK YOU! We appreciate the support, as well as your likes and…
Tag: Activision Anthology
YouTube Highlights: April 2016
Greetings, fellow gamers and content creators! We’re happy to introduce here a new monthly feature on the site called “YouTube Highlights,” which is, well…all about highlights from our YouTube channel! For many months now, myself, The Duck of Indeed, and Hatm0nster have been hard at work making all sorts of gaming videos. As such, it’s…
Playing Games of the Past in the Present, or, Ready Player Two?
It’s easy to forget that the video game industry hasn’t been around forever. In terms of mass producing games, it hasn’t even reached the half-century mark. (I cite Pong [1972] as the first mass-produced game – the choice is debatable.) And in terms of its competitors in the “sports and leisure” Trivial Pursuit category, such…
YouTube Time: Activision Anthology (PS2) – H.E.R.O. (1984) – Nostalgic Notions
Part platformer (sort of), part dungeon crawler (sort of), the game H.E.R.O. (1984) actually tuned out to be kind of fun. Though it’s probably a little hard to tell that from my video below. I guess rescuing people trapped in mines is not my thing. Best to leave that to the professionals. This game marks…
YouTube Time: Activision Anthology (PS2) – Grand Prix (1982) – Nostalgic Notions
Merry Christmas, everyone! If you’re checking out our site today, and it would seem that you are if you’re reading this, then you’re a champ! And what better reward for any champion than a video about a classic video game! Okay…maybe I’ve had a bit too much eggnog, but I’m still happy to share with…
YouTube Time: Activision Anthology (PS2) – Freeway (1981) – Nostalgic Notions
When is Frogger not Frogger? When it’s the game Freeway! Okay, so it’s totally not Frogger, as nary a frog is to be found here. Instead Freeway is all about helping a virtual chicken cross a multi-lane highway. Yep. chickens and traffic in an Atari game. That’s Freeway in a nutshell. Or should I say…eggshell?…
YouTube Time: Activision Anthology (PS2) – Enduro (1983) – Nostalgic Notions
In life, there are games in which one races to become number one, and there are games in which one must be a decent enough driver to simply get to the finish line. Activisions’ Enduro fall into the latter camp, as in it, your goal is not to gain first place but rather to pass…
YouTube Time: Activision Anthology (PS2) – Dolphin (1983) – Nostalgic Notions
There’s nothing quite like happening upon a game that defies all reason. I’m willing to bet that more than once, during those classic gaming years of the early 1980s, a player started up an unknown game, only to be met with the question: “what the heck…??” Dolphin is one such game. It’s…different. Unique. Unlike any…
YouTube Time: Activision Anthology (PS2) – Commando (1988) – Nostalgic Notions
If you need a break from all your Halloween planning, why not check out our third Nostalgic Notions video! In this one, it’s all Commando, all the time. Well, most of the time…mostly. Actually, it’s really just me trying my darndest to get through the first wave of enemies. It’s fun, silly, and it borders on…
YouTube Time: Activision Anthology (PS2) – Beamrider (1983) – Nostalgic Notions
For my second Nostalgic Notions video, I made a valiant (yeah…”valiant,” haha) effort to save the Earth from a barrage of alien invaders in Beamrider. This scrolling shooter proved tricky for my old reflexes, but it was nonetheless interesting to take a look back at the beginnings of a genre that’s mostly gone out of…
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