073 · WINTER GAMES
The quest for the gold continues...And it's all here - the strategy, the challenge, the competition, the art and pageantry of Winter Games! FOR MORE NESTALGIA as well as show notes and links check out www.NEStalgiacast.com
Show notes
- Introductions - Espo
- September 1987 the 3d
| The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner | Square | Acclaim Entertainment | Unreleased | September 1987 | Unreleased |
| Deadly Towers | Lenar, Tamtex | Brøderbund | Unreleased | September 1987 | Unreleased |
| Double Dribble | Konami | Konami | Konami | September 1987 | 1988 |
| Lode Runner | Hudson Soft | Brøderbund | Unreleased | September 1987 | Unreleased |
| Raid on Bungeling Bay | Hudson Soft | Brøderbund | Unreleased | September 1987 | Unreleased |
| Ring King | Jastec, Neue Design | Data East | Unreleased | September 1987 | Unreleased |
| Sky Kid | Namco | Sunsoft | Unreleased | September 1987 | Unreleased |
| Spelunker | Tamtex, TOSE | Brøderbund | Unreleased | September 1987 | Unreleased |
| Spy Hunter | Sunsoft | Sunsoft | Unreleased | September 1987 | Unreleased |
| Sqoon | Home Data | Irem | Unreleased | September 1987 | Unreleased |
| Stadium Events | Human Entertainment | Bandai | Bandai | September 1987 | 1988 |
| Star Voyager | ASCII | Acclaim Entertainment | Unreleased | September 1987 | Unreleased |
| Stinger | Konami | Konami | Unreleased | September 1987 | Unreleased |
| Tiger-Heli | Micronics | Acclaim Entertainment | Acclaim Entertainment | September 1987 | January 17, 1990 |
| Winter Games |
- Development History - Espo
- Epyx
- Makers of Summer Games, Summer Games II, and World Games
- Made a ton of games for the Commodore 64
- Went bankrupt in 1989 before finally disappearing in 1993.
- Atelier Double with the NES port
- A sort of Shadow Developer like TOSE
- Epyx
- First Impressions - Everyone
- Opening Ceremony
- Tales from the Manual
- Confirms this is the 1988 Alberta Canada Winter Games
- Nice encouragement on page 19
- History of the Winter Games on Page 20
- Gameplay
- Bobsled
- Let’s talk about that UI
- Figure skating
- Painful Music - Espo
- Speed skating
- What exactly is the rhythm
- Freestyle skiing
- more precisely, the aerial skiing discipline, called "Hot Dog Aerials" in the game
- What was your best score? Could hardly get a 7
- Bobsled
- Additional Thoughts
- Modes not present in the NES version
- Luge, Biathlon, Ski Jumping, Apline Skiing
- Modes not present in the NES version
- Sequels and Spinoffs
- Ported to everything
- EGL (Mike, Sean, Joe, Sam)