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Squirminator2k
24 Jan 2013, 05:09
This post is a little bit pluggy, but given the Team17-ish link I'm hoping it's just relevant enough to slide under the radar.
Some of you may be vaguely aware that I've spent the last year trying to get a webseries called [PortsCenter (http://portscenter.tv/)] off the ground. After a false start in 2011, we successfully Kickstarted our first season in September '12 and are know neck-deep in production.
The first episode, looking at the Game Boy Color port of Sensible Software's Cannon Fodder, drops Monday, January 28th.
The Amiga is more or less the backbone of our first season, and with that in mind we have two episodes planned which will look at titles by Team17. The first is a Platformer Grab Bag which will look at various ports of a number of platform games including Flashback, Another World and, of course, Team17's own Superfrog. That'll be our ninth episode, and is due to go live on March 25th.
Episode ten will focus entirely on ports of the Worms games, starting with the various console iterations of the original Worms and stretching forward all the way to Worms 2: Armageddon, Worms Revolution and beyond. We'll even cover Worms Pinball and Worms Blast if there's time. That one is, appropriately enough, due to drop on April 1st.
If you're interested, [here's the complete episode line-up for season one (http://portscenter.tv/episode-guide/)]. You can also [watch our 2011 pilot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX4iK2sbpPI)] which looks at the PSone port of id Software's Doom (note: that link takes you to the clean-language version which is safe for work and young ears, but there is a curse-laden version on the PortsCenter YouTube channel).
I've poured a lot of my heart and soul into making this show and turning something I've been fascinated about since I was a kid - video game ports - into something funny, entertaining and (hopefully!) informative. I hope come Monday you guys enjoy it too.

Muzer
24 Jan 2013, 13:45
Sounds genuinely interesting, definitely going on my "to watch" list.

Squirminator2k
25 Jan 2013, 08:51
Thanks! I filmed episode two on Thursday, and I'm shooting episode three today. Then spending the weekend editing them. Of course, they won't be going up for another one and two weeks respectively, but I like to keep ahead of the game.
I'm very proud of episode one.

Xinos
25 Jan 2013, 21:04
Looking forward to it finally starting.

Squirminator2k
12 Feb 2013, 18:49
Episode 3 went up yesterday (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE5CXlypVjw) (Warning: contains strong language) and despite being about the 1993 Kalisto game "Fury of the Furries" and its Pac-Man branded rerelease "Pac-in-Time" I still managed to get a Team17 mention in. Because I'm a genius.
Keen-eared viewers of Episode 2 might have noticed a piece of music used that sounded a lot like the title music to Arcade Pool, too. :)

philby4000
12 Feb 2013, 20:24
Enjoying it a lot so far!

Xinos
13 Feb 2013, 20:06
Me too, and I'm learning stuff! :eek:

Pooka
17 Feb 2013, 18:10
I've been watching this religiously. It's one of the best things Ben's done, I think.

Squirminator2k
19 Feb 2013, 08:50
You're just saying that because there's a Superfrog episode coming up.

Xinos
20 Feb 2013, 21:42
No episode this week? :(

Squirminator2k
20 Feb 2013, 23:21
Episode 4 should go up later tonight or some time tomorrow. I'd hoped to have the episode in time this week but I've been entertaining guests.

Squirminator2k
23 Feb 2013, 03:03
And here's episode 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K18A-DG19oc).

Xinos
23 Feb 2013, 03:13
Episode 4 should go up later tonight or some time tomorrow. I'd hoped to have the episode in time this week but I've been entertaining guests.
Entertaining them with the unreleased episodes of PortsCenter I bet :mad:
Anyway I just saw Episode 4, and I got to say I prefer it when you focus on just one game or IP so there's more of a story. I was surprised when the episode ended because I was expecting to learn more about each game.
Make longer episodes next season! :p

Squirminator2k
23 Feb 2013, 03:33
Yeah, I prefer it too. Episode 4 was basically a "head them off at the pass" episode - people are curious about stuff that makes it onto Xbox Live Arcade, PSN and the Wii Virtual Console, but there are seldom any stories to tell there. Sonic CD has the most interesting story of the five games I looked at, and even then it was "someone rebuilt the game from the ground up." That's more or less it.

Squirminator2k
20 Mar 2013, 21:26
Episode 7 is now live, and looks at the Amiga version of Mortal Kombat. Go watch it! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvhj_DeboH8)

Squirminator2k
17 Apr 2013, 10:46
Episode 10 is up and looks at a grab bag of 90s platformers, including Superfrog! You watch now yes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU5XG7fhRbs).

KRD
17 Apr 2013, 13:12
Great, varied episode, enjoyed it quite a bit. I loved Another World and James Pond back then.

Muzer
17 Apr 2013, 16:12
Sounds genuinely interesting, definitely going on my "to watch" list.
Told you I'd watch them! Only 3 months later than I added them to my mental list...
Very good, can't wait for more.

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