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dessgeega · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:01 pm Post subject:

yakumo, i really liked the footage of your neighborhood. i don't know if anyone else has said anything about it to you, but i think it would be great if you shot more of that sort of thing.
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Yakumo · . Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 31

Yeah, some of the guys over at ASSEMblergames want me to film more stuff like that. THere probably won't be any in volume 28 (due for download in January) but I'll do something for volume 29 in the snow (Hopefully we'll have some in January when I'll be filming it).

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Lestrade · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:27 am Post subject:

Yes, all the locale shots are great. Even the car trip through the inter-island tunnel was entertaining! Have you ever officially disclosed where it is you live?

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Lestrade · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:12 am Post subject:

I'll be able to find it! I'll be in Japan next spring, but not anywhere near there. It's a reasonably small place, isn't it? About 250,000 people or so, it seems. It looks warm! I would probably die. :-)

Yakumo · . Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 31

I have no idea about the population mainly because I don't care :p The city size is 224 KMsq. Shimonoseki is located at the westernmost of Honshu, the main island. About 680 miles southwest of Tokyo, 50 miles east of Fukuoka. In fact Korea is only 120 miles away !

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Lestrade · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:06 am Post subject:

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it's ok, that is south Korea. In Shimonoseki we have signs in Japanese, English and Korean.

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I've got only minor nitpicks about retrocore:
(Note that I really loved to watch it on my weekends)

Complacency in terms of video/audio quality. Too often noises or bad balance between music and speech. Also I'm not fond of the dissing of anything remotely western. And it's a bit too repetitive, too formal.

In a way it brings back the fun I had as a kid of looking at toy catalogs. Page after pages of goods and bright colors.. With some sort of categorization, but quite impersonal.

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But please, keep doing it the way you want it. That's the most important thing.

Yakumo · . Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 31

I'd like to know what you mean of too formal. I'm not having a go or anything but I'd be interest in knowing what you think is formal. As for the western game dissing I haven't done that (that I'm aware of) recently. I was brought up with the best from Japan when I was kid so a lot of the western stuff seems too shallow or ugly to me compared to the Japanese games I was playing. I guess I've just stuck with that. Of course there are many western made games I love (mostly European) such as the Turrican series, MSR, Project Gothem, Head Hunter and so on.

Yakumo

PS: what shows are you watching? I think since volume 20 the audio tracks have been pretty much OK. Then again I'm not watching the download versions that are greatly reduced in Quality from the DVD originals.
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Retro Core Volume 27 is out now for download but I suggest that you use the FTP or URL download options over at archive.org because the official FTP will be going on and off line for a week or so. It's off line right now as I right this. Here is a link to the Retro Core 27 page over at archive.org - http://www.archive.org/details/RetroCore_Volume27

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Lestrade · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:39 am Post subject:

Got it! I skipped ahead to the game store footage. Did that blue-and-white clad store employee see you, or did you manage to hide your camera in time?

Also, out of curosity: how do you shoot when you're in these stores? Do you shoot from the hip, or are you more obvious?

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Volume 28 is out now on DVD with the download coming on January 10th.

Taken from the Retro Core site

Happy New Year to all Retro Core viewer ! We kick off this brand new year with a look at the Virtual Console on the Nintendo Wii as well as the usual selection of Japanese game adds and the following games....
Dreamcast - Rent-a-Hero (Introduction only)
Dreamcast - Nanatsu No Hikan Senri No Bishou
Dreamcast - Death Crimson OX
Saturn - Death Crimson (Shite of the Month)
Saturn - Sonic R
Saturn - Nekketsu Oyako
GameBoy Advance - Ninja Cop
Super Famicom - F-Zero
Super Famicom - Akumajo Dracula
PlayStation - Burning Road
Master System - Shinobi
Mega Drive - Super Shinobi II (Game of the Month)
Mega Drive - Wardner No Mori Special
Mega Drive - Wacky Racers (What ever happened to....)
PC Engine - Mesopotamia
Arcade - ESPRADE
Mobile Phone - Street Fighter II, Ikari Warriors, Shana

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dessgeega · Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:57 pm Post subject:

mesopotamia is the shit.
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I am also very "potamia" as well.

Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:04 pm Post subject:

I like how you have two versions of Death Crimson on the show, but only one of them gets the coveted Shite of the Month award.

Speaking of which, I... I have to look away every time the SOTM title comes up. God, I'm getting sick just thinking about it....

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Lestrade · Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:47 pm Post subject:

Thank the heavens that isn't real feces. I think I still just have a natural aversion to toilets. Gross....

I'm going to download this tomorrow. Thanks for clearing up the Death Crimson issue.

dessgeega · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:29 am Post subject:

you have kiki kaikai on your phone and you didn't show us ;_;

also i'm pretty sure you completely and totally failed to describe the gameplay of ninja cop. it was nice to see it there, though!

and mesopotamia. which i've several times now considered buying before deciding that the kind of hard mesopotamia is is not the good kind of hard. it's completely amazing for what it is, though.

oh, and you're not nearly as bad at esp ra.de. as i was expecting you to be.
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The 2nd show of 2007 and what a packed show it is. Not only do we have the standard selection of Japanese game adds but also our very first Game Cube review !! Yes, it's about time Nintendo's Cube got a bit of Retro Core love after having the general public turn it's back to the little door stopper.

PC Engine - Alien Crush
Dreamcast - Evil Dead
Dreamcast - Magforce Racing
Saturn - Torico (MPEG Preview version)
Saturn - Code R
Saturn - Virtua Fighter 2
Saturn - Street Fighter Zero 3 (Game of the month)
PlayStation - Assault Suit Valken 2
PlayStation - Tobal No. 1
Super Famicom - R-TYPE III
Nintendo 64 - Sin & Punishment
Game Cube - Bio Hazard 4
Mega Drive - Elemental Master
PC - Streets of Rage Remake
Mobile Phone - Devils May Cry, Pentarium, Erementar Gerad

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dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:07 pm Post subject:

if you're going to be featuring gamecube games allow me to suggest hudson's recent remakes of its older intellectual properties? especially pc genjin, since i've never managed to get my hands on that one.
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Lestrade · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject:

Wow, this looks like a great line-up. I'm excited.

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I never did like Chun-Li's outfit in Street Fighter Alpha.
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Why not?
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I mean, it seems more pratical for fighting, I'll give it that. But I like how her Street Fighter costume has this blend of traditional (or stereotypical, if you want to call it that) Chinese dress with modern sensibilities (those bracers and boots!). Plus it's just pretty hot.
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Just a heads up to let you know that Retro Core 29 is now available for download at archive.org - http://www.archive.org/details/Retro_Core_Volume_29

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Lestrade · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:02 am Post subject:

Good episode, Yakumo. Sin & Punishment, yeah! But... how could you spell Bruce Campbell's name so incredibly wrong!?

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I spelt it wrong? Bugger! That will teach me to rush through things.

Well, I haven't been here for a while so I'm surprised to see the new look. Not to sure which I prefer at the moment though. Anyway, some news on new Retro Cores. Volume 30 will be out on the 10th for all to download. Here's a list of what's on it along with the very poor effort of a cover.

Retro Core Vol.30 takes a look at the defences between a real gamers arcade and a family arcade in Japan. Loads of great games shown so defiantly one not to miss.
Featured games include...
Card Captor Sakura and Last Hope for the Dreamcast
Pilotwings 64 and Extreme G2 for the N64
Hard Drivin' (Shite of the month), Gun Frontier and Quovadis 2 for the Saturn
Crying and Gain Ground on the Mega Drive
F-Zero GX (game of the month) for the Game Cube
Sengoku 2 for the Neo Geo
Paperboy on the Master System
D2 (What ever happened to...) Panasonic M2
and Ridge Racer Wide Screen for the Moblie Phone

That's not all the Retro Core action you'll get in March though. In the later half of the month I'll be releasing the Dreamcast Shooting Special II. I'll let the DVD covers tell you what's going to be featured.

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Lestrade · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:06 am Post subject:

Awesome!

And yeah, you didn't just misspell it, you rather butchered it!

I look forward to the shooting special. How long will it be?

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Just a heads up to let everyone know that the downloads are ready - http://www.archive.org/details/Retro_Core_Volume_30 It's a little late but at least I got it out on the right date Smile

There's a nice video viewer now on he download page. It's still in the beta stages however so it may not always work plus the quality is no where near as good as the download show. It's just for previewing purposes.

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Lestrade · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject:

Downloadin' as we speak/type.

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Retro Core 31 is now ready for download over at archive.org Here is the direct URL to the page - http://www.archive.org/details/Retro_Core_Volume_31

Includes the following games

Dreamcast - Trigger Heart Exelica

Dreamcast - Karasu

Nintendo 64 - Dual Heroes

Game Cube - Robocop

Sega Saturn - Nanatsu Kaze No Shima Monogatari

PC Engine - Ninja Warriors

PC Engine Super CD- Golden Axe (Shite of the month)

PC Engine Super CD - Valis IV

Super Famicom - Ganbare Goemon (Game of the month)

Play Station - Ridge Racer Revolution

Play Station - Smash Court

Mega Drive - Vectorman

Mobile Phone - Sonic the Hedgehog (Real Sega version)

Mobile Phone - Battle Garegga

Mobile Phone - Sokyugurentai

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dessgeega · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:02 am Post subject:

we don't take kindly to trash-talking ninja warriors around these parts.

granted the pce version is nowhere as good as the mega cd version which is nowhere as good as the arcade version.
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Lestrade · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject:

GameCube Robocop? I will download 'n' watch this soon!

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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Interesting show! Your enthusiam for the subject matter really comes across!

Where are you from originally? You sound like you're from either Newcastle or Scotland, but it's hard to tell since you've absorbed such a heavy Japanese accent on top of that. It's one of the most unique voices I've ever heard.

You should have that as your quote- 'One of the most unique voices in videogame journalism'. It'd technically be true!

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The time has come although I wish it hadn't. Retro Core Volume 32 is the final Retro Core for the foreseeable future. I just no longer have the time to produce the show anymore now that I've become a father. Still, it's been a great 3 years and within that Time Retro Core has covered over 390 games.
In the final volume of Retro Core we take a look at the PC Engine and it's games. There are many PC Engine games that are also featured on the Mega Drive. Retro Core compare 4 of them side by side as well as taking a look at some of my personal favorite games in my collection. As well as that we've got Japanese game adds and the following games.

Dreamcast - Sakura Taisen 3 (Special Promotion movie)
Dreamcast - Shenmue 2 (Special Promotion movie)
Dreamcast - D2
Arcade - Wild Riders
Sega Saturn - Need For Speed
Sega Saturn - Burning Rangers
Sega Saturn - Duke Nukem' 3D
Sega Saturn - NiGHTS into Dreams (Game of the month)
Sega Saturn - Hyper Dual
Mega Drive - Aero Blasters
Mega Drive - Golden Axe
Mega Drive - Valis III
Mega Drive - Zero Wing
PC Engine - Aero Blasters
PC Engine CD - Golden Axe
PC Engine CD - Valis III
PC Engine Super CD - Zero Wing
PC Engine Arcade CD - Garoundensetsu Special (Fatal Fury Special)
PC Engine - Final Soldier
PC Engine - Space Harrier
PC Engine - Download
PC Engine - Paranoia
PC Engine - Ninja Spirits
PC Engine - Pop'n Twinbee
PC Engine Super CD - Psychic Storm
PC Engine Arcade CD - World Heroes 2
PC Engine Super CD - L-DIS
PC Engine Super CD - Shubibiman 3
PC Engine CD - Horror Story
PC Engine Super CD - Ranma 1/2
Mobile Phone - Shutokou Battle Evolution
Mobile Phone - Star Wars mobile Pod Racer
Mobile Phone - Ridge Racer Wide Screen
Mobile Phone - Cotton Magical Night Dreams

DVD out now (Double DVD set) and download coming on May 10th

Yakumo
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Lestrade · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:42 am Post subject:

Nooooooooo! Retro Core will be missed, but congratulations on fatherhood.

This episode looks to be the best yet, and includes a whole bunch of games I would have loved to see. Thanks for the ride, Yakumo! Keep us apprised of any future projects, please.

P.S. Now that RC is complete, will you be offering any kind of package deal for the whole series (or volumes)?