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Mark plays... Zaxxon (Arcade)

A link to a great comparison video by http://www.youtube.com/user/GamingHistorySourcehttp://youtu.be/a9FDaHxVrCEZaxxon, I believe this is one of the first isometric arcade games out there. It was...

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Mark plays... Robotron 2084 on Original Xbox (Xbox Live)

Playing a hidden gem on the original Xbox 'Robotron 2084' a port of the original arcade game on microsoft's first venture onto the online gaming market on the original Xbox. The game has an 'enhanced'...

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Mark plays... Robotron 2084 on C64 (dual joystick mode)

This mode does exist in this C64 version and also on the Atari 8-bit version of the game!The C64 port of the game shown here running on a PAL C64G (the German Aldi version with the C128 CPU) playing...

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Replay 2012 - the Journey

It starts...Uploaded over Über crappy wifi! LOL So no HD and more when we return home. NOTICE:"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for...

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Replay 2012 'the weekend' / the expo

Replay Expo 2012 - a gaming event that was held at 'Event City' close to the Trafford centre in Manchester (UK). This video tries to capture how we experienced 'the Manchester Replay 2012-experience'...

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Buggy Boy - C64 vs the Arcade (Quick and Dirty)

Buggy Boy on the C64 is pretty good, there are some excellent ports on the Atari ST and the Amiga as well but back in the day I played the C64 version a lot. Actually played my little Buggy Boy demo...

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Joy-it Mini Android PC Gameplay and Emulation - a preview of an Ouya-esque...

I was blown away by the performance of this 75 Euro Mini Android 4.0.4 stick sporting a 1Ghz CPU and 1Gb of RAM. It also has 4Gb of internal storage and the capacity to run a MicroSD stick with a...

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Mark plays... SmashTV (Arcade)

This video was inspired by SteveBenway playing this game his Amiga, in the comments were quite a few comments on the missing dual joystick action and I thought I'd give the Arcade original a whirl....

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Mark Plays... Black Widow (Arcade)

Black Widow is one of these shooters that has two joysticks to control the game the left one for movement and the right one for firing. It almost looks like Geometry Wars with a big Spider's Web yet...

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Mark plays... Space Dungeon (Arcade)(1981 Taito)

Space Dungeon is one of these shooters that has two joysticks to control the game. The left one for movement and the right one for firing. It is very similar to Robotron 2084 or SmashTV.Well worth...

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Mark plays... Boggy'84 (MSX & Arcade)

A nice little platformer with gameplay somewhat remeniscent of that of Burgertime & Mappy. It was brought out on the MSX platform in Japan and also had an Arcade version out in Japan. In this clip...

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Mark Plays... Ridge Racer V (PS2)

Ridge Racer V - is the 5th game in the Ridge Racer series on the Playstation line of consoles. This actually was one of the launch titles the PS2 was graced with and it is quite similar to Ridge Racer...

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Mark Plays... Mad Riders (PC)

A great Quad / ATV arcade racing game published by Ubisoft and developed by Techland. It's available on both PC and Xbox 360, as well as PS3. I like it a lot, it's wacky and over the top, and defies...

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Mark Plays... Dragon Saber (PCEngine/TG16)(NTSC)

The sequel to Dragon Spirit, a game by Namco falling into the shmup category. Released in 1991 about 3 years after the 1st game. The cool bit about this game is that it actually has a two player mode...

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Mark Plays... Zaxxon (IBM-PC/MS-DOS)(CGA)(1984)

Sega Enterprises released the game Zaxxon on various platforms, they also happened to release it on the old IBM-PC in 1984. I think it was best played with a joystick but as I don't happen to have one...

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Arcade Repair Tips Volume 4 DVD

The arcade and pinball machine world is one filled with great individuals with big hearts.Arcade Repair Tips has built a library full of helpful resources for troubleshooting and maintaining arcade...

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Play Expo 2013 / Replay 2013 (Manchester UK)

Custardo aka Erwin, the wife (aka magically floating camera aka cameragirl) and myself went to Manchester (UK) for a couple of days to enjoy the Replay / Play Expo gaming event held at Event City near...

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Mark Plays... Trog (NES)(NTSC)

Trog is a classic arcade game released in 1990 by Acclaim. You are a dinosaur collecting your eggs, protecting them against the cloned Trog cyclops. I couldn't show the excellent multiplayer mode in...

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Mark Plays... Soul Calibur II (J)(Original Xbox)

In this video I demonstrate my special (multi console) Soul Calibur II Fight Stick and play the Japanese game on my original Xbox console. Heck, I even try to pronounce the Japanese name for it. It is...

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Mark Plays... Champ Games (MS-DOS/PC)

ChampGames / Champrogramming / Champ programming was a game developer from the US founded by John W. Champeau. Robert Cole was in charge of sound design. They produced quite a few wonderful ports of...

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