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2 September 2012 by Daniel Tolin


Starting this Monday, the third of September at 9pm Central, I will be hosting a weekly retro themed live game stream on our Twitch.tv channel named 8 Bits of Reality.

Every Monday at 9 I will be playing a classic 8, 16 or 32 bit slice of video game history live, and time-willing I will aim to play the game through to the end in a single session. Along with tackling old favourites such as Castlevania, Megaman, Mario, Zelda et cetera, I would also love to share some forgotten and obscure gems you may have never heard of, along with the odd attempt at games that should have stayed locked in the past for the rest of eternity.

To help me decide what games I should play each week, I will take title suggestions that you can leave in the comments, or you can send your suggestions on Twitter to @danjtolin, or e-mail me at dtolin@splitkick.com. I will take three or four of these suggestions each week and post a poll to see which people want over all.

So what are you waiting for? Vote on the poll for this week’s episode and I will see you there tomorrow at 9pm CST!

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September 2, 2012 at 10:00 pm #12656

Daniel Tolin

Starting this Monday, the second of September at 9pm Central, I will be hosting a weekly retro themed live game stream on our Twitch.tv channel named 8 Bits of Reality.

[See the full post at: http://splitkick.com/streaming-8-bits-of-reality/]

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September 3, 2012 at 12:19 am #12665

Aaron Phokal

Voted. Here are a couple other brainstormed thoughts:

Castlevania 3.

Just kidding. I would like to see Shadowrun, though I’m not sure how long it takes to beat either the Genesis or SNES versions.

Megaman 2 would be fitting, seeing as it appears in your title logo.

One of the original Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Populous would be interesting to witness, though definitely not try to “beat”.

Duck Tales, just because of the awesome music.

Also, sticking with real-retro, or do retro-looking-indie titles like “They Bleed Pixels” in the mix?

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September 3, 2012 at 1:13 am #12667

Daniel Tolin

I would love to do Castlevania 3 some day, as it is probably my favourite non-Metrovania title in the series. And both Shadowrun games are at least 20 hours.

Even if Megaman 2 doesn’t win this week, I guarantee it will come up again.

It’s funny you mention Populous, as the series has always held a very special place in my heart and my review of From Dust on Splitkick spent at least two paragraphs of gushing about Peter Molyneux’s opus (Fable ain’t got nothing on Populous yo).

And yes I want to go strictly 8/16/32 bit era games, though I will be playing random stuff on my other stream, Unspecific Gaming.

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September 3, 2012 at 7:57 am #12686

Ben Daniels

Can we get some Super Ghouls N’ Ghosts and Shadowgate up in this piece?

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September 3, 2012 at 10:31 am #12711

Jim Hunter

I’m going to suggest something crazy. Super crazy. Little Nemo: The Dream Master.

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September 3, 2012 at 12:11 pm #12715

Daniel Tolin

I wouldn’t be opposed to any of these ideas, even Little Nemo.

Along with Shadowgate I would also consider Deja Vu.

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September 3, 2012 at 6:48 pm #12733

Adam Bash

Little Nemo was amazing. I loved that game, despite how it was oddly ambiguous about why you rode some animals, and wore the skins of others.

Also, play Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers or Rockin’ Kats please.

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September 4, 2012 at 2:33 pm #12786

Jim Hunter

Don’t know how many folks tuned in last night, there were around 10 on when I joined, but it seems like it was a rousing success. What do you think Dan? I’m glad you finally made it past that dragon with a glitch.

PLAY ALL THE CAPCOM GAMES:
Strider, Bionic Commando, Duck Tales, Chip n’ Dale, Darkwing Duck, Little Nemo, Tale Spin, etc etc.

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September 4, 2012 at 3:11 pm #12789

Daniel Tolin

After watching it again I just killed him in the frames after I got hit, so no glitch. Even if I did get hit again I was in the right spot to fall back on the other block :D

Hopefully will have another post up later today or tomorrow announcing the success and putting the next poll up for episode 2!

Thank you to everybody who turned up and I hope to see you again next week!

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