Episode 409: Game Manuals (Patreon)
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Today's post is actually only part one of this episode. Part two will be coming next week, in the form of the visual companion promised in the episode. (I'd post it now, but I'm off for another recording weekend and ran out of time amidst all the prep work.)
After all, this episode is about game manuals: The tactile physicality of them, the experience of reading them... basically, it's a highly visual topic being presented through audio. Which is challenging! But I think it is a fun conversation regardless, and once I have a chance to photograph and share the manuals we talk about, you'll be even more delightfully edified. Thanks again to patron Jeff Vlasek for instigating this discussion.
This week's conversationalists: Myself, Frank Cifaldi, Nadia Oxford, and Jason Wilson. Edits by Greg Leahy, and exceptional cover art by Step Sybydlo.
Music this episode:
- 11:50 - Snafu (Intellivision) BGM
- 20:10 - Dragon Warrior III (NES): Menu Theme
- 28:16 - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES): Overworld
- 41:17 - Metroid (NES): Ridley's Hideout
- 53:38 - StarTropics: Uncle Steve | Silent Service (NES): Title Theme
- 1:02:50 - Section Z (NES): Stage 1
- 1:15:39 - Kieta Princess Audio Cassette
- 1:26:26 - JJ & Jeff (TG-16): Field 6-2
- Closing - Kieta Princess Audio Cassette (continued)