That's 100 greatest console video games between the years 1977-1987. I struggle to figure out how to shorten this Brett Weiss book's title and still convey its meaning. Anyway, more multimedia notes!
Fortress of Narzod (why isn't that the name of a metal band already?) for the Vectrex. What does this game look and play like? I want to know.
Pretty cool. Got to watch rebounding shots or end up shooting yourself.
I thought it was interesting that the devs for Freeway on Atari 2600 put in traffic patterns based on real highways. You can toggle between 8 of them such as: Bayshore Freeway, San Fran, and The Beltway, Washington, D.C. . I never noticed when I played it. Now I want to go play it again and see how each are different.
Frenzy for Colecovision, the sequel to Berzerk. I want to see gameplay. Why not a Classic Game Room review instead? Even better!
All this old school gaming got me thinking about when I bought my very first video game with my own money. I never did as a teenager because I was too busy buying photography equipment and scfi/fantasy books with my lawn mowing money; so, it must've been in the mid 90's when I finally had a little spending money. It might have been a Sega Genesis and Monopoly or Risk, which I played a lot with my friend Mark at the time.
Oo! And speaking of Colecovision, I just saw this Colecovision Flashback review by Gamester81 on youtube. I listen to him on the AllGenGamers podcast. Let's see what he says about the system I just bought.
Oh cool, he liked it except for the fact you can't use an original Colecovision controller on it. I don't care about that.
I should mention that Brett Weiss' book does seem to favor the Colecovision a little bit. The reason is that Brett mentioned it was the first system he bought as a kid, putting half the money down to get it as a Christmas gift along with the game Ladybug. I'll do the numbers breaking down how many games he chose for each system when I finish the book though to see if this is true or not, but so far he does seem to emphasize Colecovision and the later Atari consoles 5200 and 7800.
man vectrex games are so beautiful. I love vector based graphics. sure, some games emulate it these days, but the original ones, just had this GLOW.
There's an app in iTunes for Vectrex. If I ever get a tablet, I'll be on this like a raccoon on a dumpster (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vectrex/id543152783?mt=8 )
cool, I'll look that up.
Vector graphics really does have a nice look. I'd like to see some video made with it.
hmmmmmmmm 
How about Gaming Top 100: '77-'87?
Also, I think the dude playing Fortress of Narzod should create the band. He looks the part from what I saw in his reflection and the fact he sounds Scandanavian to me.
Brett Weiss' book title is so darn boring. I think I'm going to start making things up as better titles.
Yes, it's needs to be a German metal band. . . or maybe Polish like Behemoth.
How about From Bellbottoms to Big Hair: A Time Warp Journey Through the Human Arcade
Awesome but too long. One will come to me when I get ready to write the next blog.
Double Decade Dragon: Best Games '77-87
David Crane designed Freeway I believe. He also did Pitfall and A Boy and His Blob. I met him at E3 once.
I can't wait to go play A Boy and His Blob. If I met him, I'd get a signature for sure. Probably on Kaboom!.
liked the reviews. Been wondering when someoen would do a proper breakdown of thiese flashback offerings.
and if you thought the vetrex was awesome, check out the multicart games!
Love the hand acting. I've heard the multicart is the way to go with Vectrex. I also saw an app in the Apple store at (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vectrex/id543152783?ls=1&mt=8 ) This would look cool on a tablet.
Funny thing about All Gen is that I follow Pete and Gamester on Youtube but the couple of early episodes of All Gen I listened to I couldn't get into it. There was a guy named Happy something that would just bug me so I stopped.
Yea, Happy Console Gamer. He hasn't been on the show for a while now. He had to quit to do his movie and he never came back.