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Game Player's Magazing Game Tapes = My Childhood
14 years ago
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Welcome to the Journal of OtakuMan24 Game Player. Hope you're ready for rants and ravings on video games and other miscellaneous topics. Once Upon A Time...
There was no internet.
You couldn't just browse YouTube for Speed Runs, look up walkthoughs, or chat with friends on messenger about game secrets and cool stuff.
But a long time ago, there was one way to do Walkthroughs and it was awesome:
These tapes were treasures of mine when I was little. I would watch this over and over, or just have the tape running in the background because it filled the air with video games. I'd have this tape on in the background when I was playing Game Boy, and it just made things so awesome.
The little jingle at the beginning, the video game music, and seeing the levels I could NEVER reach were always a treat for me. Watching these tapes now fills me with a sort of "Feeling", a feeling of retro gaming that I don't feel as often as I used to.
After finding this, I want to share it with all of you. Remember this tape is also VERY 80's. Thankfully, that should make it just more entertaining.
Enjoy!
Okay, on that last part with Amagon, you may be wondering "WTF was up with that sound?"
That was what was, back in the day, known as "Slo-Mo". The controller would constantly pause and un-pause the game rapidly (pressing Start again and again), which would allow for slow motion game play, making it easier to dodge rapidly moving fire and enemies. It didn't work on some games because for many games (and practically all games these days), "Pausing" the game brings up a sub-menu. This can take a few seconds each time the pause button is pressed, so pausing can slow the game down in some games.
But back then, it was Pause and BAM! Game stops. Maybe a little pause sound effect, but not much else.
And now you know...
There was no internet.
You couldn't just browse YouTube for Speed Runs, look up walkthoughs, or chat with friends on messenger about game secrets and cool stuff.
But a long time ago, there was one way to do Walkthroughs and it was awesome:
GAME PLAYER'S GAME TAPES FROM GAME PLAYER'S MAGAZINE!These tapes were treasures of mine when I was little. I would watch this over and over, or just have the tape running in the background because it filled the air with video games. I'd have this tape on in the background when I was playing Game Boy, and it just made things so awesome.
The little jingle at the beginning, the video game music, and seeing the levels I could NEVER reach were always a treat for me. Watching these tapes now fills me with a sort of "Feeling", a feeling of retro gaming that I don't feel as often as I used to.
After finding this, I want to share it with all of you. Remember this tape is also VERY 80's. Thankfully, that should make it just more entertaining.
Enjoy!
Okay, on that last part with Amagon, you may be wondering "WTF was up with that sound?"
That was what was, back in the day, known as "Slo-Mo". The controller would constantly pause and un-pause the game rapidly (pressing Start again and again), which would allow for slow motion game play, making it easier to dodge rapidly moving fire and enemies. It didn't work on some games because for many games (and practically all games these days), "Pausing" the game brings up a sub-menu. This can take a few seconds each time the pause button is pressed, so pausing can slow the game down in some games.
But back then, it was Pause and BAM! Game stops. Maybe a little pause sound effect, but not much else.
And now you know...
Like seriously, you totally win at the Internet.
Unless you count the DVD's that OPM gave out after the launch of the PS2
That Ninja Gaiden video makes the game look so easy... Man, was it hard game!