August Bonus #2: Game Tech Video Vol. 9 (Patreon)

Published:

2024-08-23 20:54:51

Imported:

2024-08

Content

Another Game Tech Video VHS rip full of game coverage from 1988, including popular mainstream stuff and offbeat weirdness alike. This episode's lead feature is a Konami retrospective inspired by Snatcher. Beautiful. Just watch out for the (1) fighting game tournament whose gimmick entrants don't quite manage to successfully walk the line between "goofy drag event" and "whoopsie I did a li'l transphobia." I stress that this video is a product of its time and culture, but I don't love that part and am only uploading it intact (along with the "8-bit girls get nekkid again" segment at the end) because the point of this exercise is to post out-of-print media as-is. There's plenty of worthwhile material here to make up for the rough bits, though! I continue to be intrigued by the lost Famicom roguelike, and there's a lot of preview content for games that were a little too niche for Famimaga Video to bother with. So... one of those classic mixed bags. The iffy parts begin at 8:28 and 40:50, for reference.

Files

GTV: Game Tech Video Vol. 9 [Oct. 1988] VHS Rip

Some real ups and downs in this episode of Game Tech Video. On the one hand, you have a big Konami feature that looks back at the company's past works in service of a Snatcher preview—that rules! And there's an in-depth look at that canceled Famicom roguelike, amazing. On the other hand, the editors continue to overestimate the quality and appeal of their live-action event sequences with those strange Famikonto "comedy" sketches and a documentary look at a live game tournament where their team dresses in drag but doesn't quite manage to navigate that situation entirely in good taste. So you may wanna skip the segment from 8:28-11:41. And maybe skip the softcore porn at 40:48, too. 0:28 - Intro 2:00 - Maker's File: Konami 4:15 - Adventure Preview - Snatcher 5:16 - Nostalgic Konami Famicom Overview 8:28 - Mr. X's Ultimate Technique 11:41 - Famikonto 12:23 - Track & Field II commercial 12:38 - Gall Force 3 commercial Direct Info from the Publisher 13:22 - Dungeon Wandering 14:19 - Final Fantasy II PC Engine New Software Outlook 17:36 - Dragon Spirit 18:42 - Legendary Axe 19:19 - Gaia no Monshou 20:16 - Alien Crush 21:16 - Appare! Gate Ball 22:25 - Sadakichi Seven: Hideyoshi no Ougon 23:10 - Dungeon Explorer 24:10 - Famikonto 24:48 - Famicom Wars commercial 25:18 - Sony Walkman commercial 25:48 - Sophie interlude / Preview Corner 25:57 - Kaiju Monogatari 27:50 - Might & Magic 28:29 - Pro Yakyuu? Satusjin Jiken 29:49 - Fantasy Zone II: Tears of Opa-Opa 30:46 - Cobra Command 31:16 - Space Harrier 32:10 - 8 Eyes 32:50 - Mega Man 2 33:41 - Knight Rider 34:01 - Matou no Houkai 34:16 - Donald Duck 34:35 - Sangukoshi 36:40 - United States Presidential Race 37:00 - The Black Bass II 37:19 - Vegas Dream 38:18 - Gambler Jiko Chuushinha 39:19 - Next Issue Preview & Sophie Outro F1 Hero - Strider - Dandy - Hoops - Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing - Tōhō Kenbun Roku - Alien Syndrome - Saiyuki World 40:48 - Some kind of smut, I dunno 41:24 - Ending Screen: Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa 42:16 - Ending Screen: Super Dodge Ball 44:02 - Index of Titles Recorded from a JVC S-VHS deck via S-video. Please feel free to use excerpts from this video for your own work... all I ask is a link back or in-video source credit attribution.