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Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #WildernessCampaign #Retro A few years ago, Mike had a vision playing this game from his childhood.  But he just couldn't remember the name.  After many google searches (with descriptions like "Apple II game with necromancer castle"), he finally found it.  Wilderness Campaign!  This game is one of the first computer RPG games ever created.  Watch...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #Gorf #Retro Norb!!!  The legendary NorbCam is here!  The other "Watch Man" joins Mike and shows off his impressive Gorf arcade playing skills.  Who the heck is Gorf anyway?  What does he sound like?  Learn all that and more on this special show! YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.be/AiaFn0aM0wk 5 min. Gaming With Mike on YouTube:  https://www....

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #Robotron #Retro If someone says "yeah this game is just like Robotron", my friend Shane R. Monroe responds with "No...It AIN'T!!!".  This 5min review is for you, Shane.  But be warned...I suck! YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.be/3llcT_vSKzs 5 min. Gaming With Mike on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvke-gQ4wg...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #Venture #Retro If you were thinking this was going to be an adventure, you're mistaken.  But a Venture?  Yes!  Revisit this rare arcade game from the 80s that was as hard to find as buried treasure! YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.be/wW9gG6u0uLc 5 min. Gaming With Mike on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvke-gQ4wgZLVdfctzPZw7P-U...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #MadPlanets #Retro David Thiel joins Mike for another show about the glory days of arcade gaming.  This episode is all about the 1983 arcade game, Mad Planets.  In the successful wake of the Williams games like Robotron and Defender, David explains why it was important for him to find his own space shooter sounds that could stand on their own.  Especially with...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #WheelOfFortune #Retro Mike shows you a beautiful pinball game made by Stern Pinball.  Wheel of Fortune was a failure for making money on location, but Mike tells you why this game might be a gem to play, if you can find one! YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.be/EB35zbow-Ls 5 min. Gaming With Mike on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvke...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGameReviews #Space Invaders #VideoGames #ArcadeGames Back in 1978, Earth was attacked by invaders from space.  For 25 cents you could try and save the world.  Learn more about this game in just 5 minutes! YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.be/A1bUHT7USvc 5 min. Gaming With Mike on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvke-gQ4wgZLVdfctzPZw7P-UERFmN6TE If yo...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #SpaceInvaders #Retro In 1995, Earth was attacked by the Lunar Loonies.  We did survive, but how did the battle go?  Watch and find out! YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.be/ubO6jQKfDaA 5 min. Gaming With Mike on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvke-gQ4wgZLVdfctzPZw7P-UERFmN6TE If you like this video, please hit that Like button! Subscr...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #GameReviews #Arcade #DonkeyKong Welcome to 5 Min. Gaming With Mike!  A new show in the world of The Watch Men!  What do Donkey Kong and Christmas have in common?  Watch and find out! YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.be/XkaYFIKHxTk 5 min. Gaming With Mike on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvke-gQ4wgZLVdfctzPZw7P-UERFmN6TE If you like this vid...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #QBert #Retro Who hasn't heard of this lovable endearing video game character?  From his birth name, "Snots and Boogers", Q*Bert has come a long way.  The game was created by D. Ziner (Warren Davis), A. Tiste (Jeff Lee) and J. Walkman (David Thiel).  For this show, Mike talks with guest David Thiel about the history of this unique arcade game, fo...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #Fastbreak #Retro The Sonics are back!  In pinball, at least.  Back in 2008 the team was sold and to this day Seattle sadly doesn't host a professional basketball team.  But through the 1997 pinball machine NBA Fastbreak, the Sonics live on!  Sean Kemp.  Gary Payton.  Detlef Schrempf.  And even Jim McIlvaine.  You can play them all and hear famous pinball...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #DKRap #Retro This song has been called the "only song in history that sounds like vomit".  Does it sound like vomit to you?  Mike lip syncs along with this 90s classic from Donkey Kong 64! YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.be/ua68CVr3GTs 5 min. Gaming With Mike on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvke-gQ4wgZLVdfctzPZw7P-UERFmN...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #Boogerman #Retro Norb, I 'picked' this one for you!  Take a look at this one-of-a-kind 90s adventure game for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo.  This game will either gross you out or make you laugh.  And it was well reviewed: "Gobs of Excitement.  Loads of Fun" from Hawke A. Biggun.  Dig it!!! YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.b...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #Asteroids #Retro But small alien ships are deadly!  That is the world of Asteroids.  The game Mike would spend his lunch money (a whopping $1) on after school.  The game that made him lose a contact lens.  The game the high school kids would hog.  Those stories and more in this episode! YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.be/sTXU_EbrjMs 5 min. Gaming Wit...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #TempleOfDoom #Retro Aaaahh!  There is nothing that compares to the digitized sounds of 80s arcade games.  Perfect to repeat over and over for constant laughs.  Mike plays Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (from Atari), an arcade game from the late 80s.  Can he defeat Mola Ram? YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.be/aYUt8R_EdhU 5 min. Gaming With Mike...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #VsMarioBros #Retro Thank YOU for listening and supporting my efforts to bring you video game reviews and discussion.  To celebrate 50 shows, we're going back to the very 1st adventure for Mario.  Who'd have thought this would be the beginning of a never-ending quest to save Princess Peach.  And the only time it ever cost 25 cents to try! YouTube link...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #MarbleMadness #Retro Mike loved playing with marbles as a kid.  And in the 80s, Atari created a new game where you rolled a marble through all kinds of obstacles and traps, trying to reach the goal.  The music from this game is just as memorable as the game itself.  Mike would find himself still humming the themes, long after he had to leave the arcade when th...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #Jumpman #Retro "Jumpman" on the Commodore 64 is one of Mike's 'untouchable' games.  Back in the early 80s, he played this for hours and hours at his Uncle's house in Wenatchee, WA.  With 30 levels in the game, he was always trying to reach them all.  Check out this great classic, and save Jupiter too! YouTube link to this show:  h...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #Sabotage #Retro Back in the '70s, Mike played my games on the Apple II computer.  His dad wasn't too interested in video games, but he got hooked on "Paratrooper".  Go back in time with Mike and take a look at this old gem. Play Night Raid Online:  https://www.playdosgames.com/online/night-raid/ YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.be/...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #LaserWar #Retro Return to base!  Return to base!  We're fight'n a Laser War!  David Thiel returns to comment and talk about the music and sound design he created for the 1987 pinball machine, Laser War!  Listening to the sounds of this game will transport you right back to the 80s.  Mike tries to get to the 1 Million Jackpot.  Can he do it?  YouTube...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #MoonCresta #Retro Back in the 80s, everyone wanted to have an arcade game at their business, because it brought in a lot of revenue each day from kids with quarters to burn.  The Selah Bike Shop, a tiny place in town, crammed one in the corner by the front door.  After school, Mike would hang out at the Bike Shop and watch other kids play Moon Cresta.  A tough...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #DigDug #Retro No Hans and Franz here.  Just Pooka and Fygar.  And boy do they get pumped up.  Over and over and over!  Watch Mike play Dig Dug, an arcade game from the 80s.  You just might be humming this game's funky musical theme after this show is over! 5 min. Gaming With Mike on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvke-gQ4wgZLVdfctzPZw7P-...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #BadCats #Retro This show is all about cats, good and bad.  Join Mike as he plays Bad Cats pinball, and talks about the cats in his own life.  Are they bad too?  YouTube link to this show:  https://youtu.be/8GwPDy2UuDs 5 min. Gaming With Mike on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvke-gQ4wgZLVdfctzPZw7P-UERFmN6TE If you like this video, please hit...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #PiratesOfTheCaribbean #Retro #4K David Thiel is back to talk about the challenges of creating pirate music for this pinball machine, when Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt's themes were not allowed.  And no voices or sound effects from the hit films either.  In other words, you have to make music and sound for this game, but you can't take anything from t...

Send us Fan Mail #VideoGames #Arcade #Pitfall #Retro Activision.  David Crane.  Pitfall.  The beginning of really good games for the Atari 2600.  The graphics in this game ran circles around Atari's own games, like the terrible Pac-Man port.  Mike talks about why this game is important in video game history.  Activision gets the credit for the beginning trend of ensuring developers received r...