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And that, thankfully, wraps it up for this little Sega sidebar on the Othello Multivision. Not the most impressive lineup, if you ask me! 

When I recorded this episode's outro, I made a dismissive remark about someday covering the Epoch Super Cassette Vision, since it was a post-Famicom console and therefore falls under the purview of Video Works. But actually, after thinking about it, that seems like a pretty good idea, given that there's some interesting history packed in there. So good an idea, in fact, that I've rounded up a system and all but four SCV games in the month since recording the host segments...

Anyway. Here's an updated overview of the video plan for most of the rest of the year:

  • JUNE: Patron request fulfillment jam
  • JULY/AUG: Wrapping Game Boy Works 1990
  • SEPT/OCT: Wrapping SG-1000
  • NOV/DEC: Continuing NES Works 1988
  • 2021: Mix of Famicom 1985, Master System 1986-88, NES Works 1988, and, yes, Super Cassette Vision.

Now I just need to find a working Casio PV-2000 and its games! Ha ha! Ha! Ha... sigh.

Files

Othello Multivision retrospective pt. 2: Shaken (not stirred) | Segaiden #014

Well, I survived. I made it all the way through the Othello Multivision's library. If you thought the first four games were unimpressive, that's only because you had no idea what Tsukuda Original had up its sleeve for 1984: Yet another mahjong game, a glacial Xevious clone, and Video Works' very first (of many...) horse race-betting sim. But at least there's a somewhat inventive golf title and a solid conversion of a beloved (albeit crazy difficult) James Bond game. This episode's titles: • San Nin Mahjong • Challenge Derby • Okamoto Ayako no Match Play Golf • Space Armor • James Bond 007 Video Works is funded via Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! Special thanks to Omar Cornut for his assistance with this episode!

Comments

Branwen Shoop

Horse racing simulations exist to lower your standards enough to prepare you for a life of losing your shirt and cultivating a taste for Old Crow. Also: I spent a couple of hours the other day looking for ANY mahjong game that ISN'T riichi mahjong, and other than 2 or 3 early-90s Windows releases, apparently video game versions of aaaany other version of mahjong don't exist??!? At least seeing a 3-player version has a little novelty to it.

Steve Martin

Jeremy, I'm sure you've caught it by now, but you called the James Bond game a Milton Bradley one instead of Parker Brothers.