The 4th edition of what is now referred to as "Season 2" of the 8bit Extravaganza is in the books and this was the first EVER 2 hour show for the 8bit Extravaganza!
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The Matchup: (1) Legend of Zelda vs (8) NES Play Action Football
The battle of bikes took place in the 5th block of the 8bit Extravaganza, but the audience resoundingly took Excitebike in the this matchup pushing once again two internally developed NES titles against each other.
With that the show aired on Kutztown University Radio on 88.3 FM, 1670 AM, Service Electric Cable Channel 24, Hometown Utilicom Cable Channel 44.
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The Show
We are sticking with the "Previously on 24" idea to recap the previous show since it give the audience a chance to catch up to the hilariousness in under 2 minutes, typically. This one I actually edited on Wednesday while riding in the car back from work as a coworker drove up the turnpike.The Matchup: (1) Legend of Zelda vs (8) NES Play Action Football
Song 1:
The Legend of Zelda is one of the most amazing games ever created due to the fact when it was created it was the first free roaming video game ever. The choice was open to the player as there was no set path like in sidescrolling games of it's day. The game defied categorization as it pulled from many elements of other games, but was an entire new experience itself. The soundtrack was completely amazing as once again each different scenario in the game had music to accompany it. A masterpiece.
On the other hand we have NES Play Action Football which had cool features, an unique isometric view, and actual players and teams from the NFL, also a game which featured 10 players on each side with no flickering on the screen as well as Nester to announce who won and lost after the game. Even with all these features NES Play Action Football never really took off for whatever reason, probably the view, but in this battle really stood no chance against the Legend of Zelda.
On the other hand we have NES Play Action Football which had cool features, an unique isometric view, and actual players and teams from the NFL, also a game which featured 10 players on each side with no flickering on the screen as well as Nester to announce who won and lost after the game. Even with all these features NES Play Action Football never really took off for whatever reason, probably the view, but in this battle really stood no chance against the Legend of Zelda.
Winner: Legend of Zelda via Chatroom
The Matchup: (4) Tecmo Super Bowl vs (5) Marble Madness
Song 2:
Tecmo's sequel to the awesome Tecmo Bowl was one of the best games of all time according to NEScentral and a game which may be a contender to take out the Legend of Zelda.
The song was found randomly on the internet by a punk style band and is one of the coolest songs about a game I've heard in a long time.
Song 3:
Tecmo's sequel to the awesome Tecmo Bowl was one of the best games of all time according to NEScentral and a game which may be a contender to take out the Legend of Zelda.
The song was found randomly on the internet by a punk style band and is one of the coolest songs about a game I've heard in a long time.
Song 3:
And it's opponent, hailing from the Czech Republic this is Marble Madness. Another simple innovative game where you control a marble through an obstacle course/maze, the overwhelming love of this game destroyed Tecmo Super Bowl in a landslide victory with a complete shutout in the live chatroom!
Winner: Marble Madness via Chatroom!
The Matchup: (3) Excitebike vs (6) Pro Wrestling
Song 4
Excitebike is one of the most beloved original NES titles created by Nintendo, and we had a rendition of the victory song from Excitebike created on Mario Paint.
Song 5:
And taking on Excitebike is another NES title created by Nintendo for the NES, the button mashing, wrist-straining, limosuine riding, styling, profiling......Pro Wrestling. We had a man on an electric guitar re-create the sounds of the game in near perfect fashion for this battle.
In the end people's loves of riding bikes overwhelmed the wrist straining master of the wrist lock as Excitebike downs Pro Wrestling in the chatroom.
Winner: Excitebike via Chatroom
In the end people's loves of riding bikes overwhelmed the wrist straining master of the wrist lock as Excitebike downs Pro Wrestling in the chatroom.
Winner: Excitebike via Chatroom
The Matchup: (2) Paperboy vs (7) Friday the 13th
Song 6:
Paperboy was a great game for the NES which was a favorite of mine, and we found Paperboy Peaperboayh OC_ReMix for your listening pleasure. At this time Mike McGovernale called up with his pick which we'll discuss right now.
He decided to choose Friday the 13th. I saw him in the chatroom rallying for such an outcome and when he called the hotline I demanded to know why.
I became apparent that Mike has never actually played Friday the 13th. Yes Jason is more badass then Paperboy, but in Friday the 13th for the NES you are trying to survive Jason. This game is not difficult because the designers of the game want it so, it's difficult because of horrid design. Continuing to discuss this with Mike led me to start to hate his very existence, so as the audience heard I had to declare him a DOPE.
Thus the DOPERULE was called in to deal with such a matter. (It was pointed out that last week I declared Friday the 13th a sleeper to win the whole tournament and then DOPERULED it)
Paperboy was a great game for the NES which was a favorite of mine, and we found Paperboy Peaperboayh OC_ReMix for your listening pleasure. At this time Mike McGovernale called up with his pick which we'll discuss right now.
He decided to choose Friday the 13th. I saw him in the chatroom rallying for such an outcome and when he called the hotline I demanded to know why.
I became apparent that Mike has never actually played Friday the 13th. Yes Jason is more badass then Paperboy, but in Friday the 13th for the NES you are trying to survive Jason. This game is not difficult because the designers of the game want it so, it's difficult because of horrid design. Continuing to discuss this with Mike led me to start to hate his very existence, so as the audience heard I had to declare him a DOPE.
Thus the DOPERULE was called in to deal with such a matter. (It was pointed out that last week I declared Friday the 13th a sleeper to win the whole tournament and then DOPERULED it)
- DOPERULE: When a caller makes a choice in the field of 64 that is in the opinion of the host an idiotic decision, the host can overturn this choice. The host gets 1 DOPERULE per show.
- EXECUTIVE CHALLENGE: A caller can challenge the last ruling, the vote then goes to the chatroom where we tally the votes and the winner is determined.
Song 7:
Friday the 13th had a good OC Remix that included clips from the movies so we played Panic at Camp Crystal Lake.
The Matchup: (2) Paperboy vs (3) ExcitebikeBlock 5 Final 4:
(1) Legend of Zelda vs (5) Marble Madness
and
(3) Excitebike vs (2) Paperboy
The Matchup: (1) Legend of Zelda vs (5) Marble Madness
(1) Legend of Zelda vs (5) Marble Madness
and
(3) Excitebike vs (2) Paperboy
The Matchup: (1) Legend of Zelda vs (5) Marble Madness
This matchup left me pulling my hair out. The early vote from the chatroom came in and the impossible was hapenning. Marble Madness had a 2 vote lead on the Legend of Zelda and I was speechless as Mets Bennett chose the Czech Republic video game over one of the best games in the history of the NES.
The audience had spoken. All the notes I had prepared for Zelda, all the remixes and work of Shigeru Miyamoto are out the window. On this show the 8bit Extravaganza the game Marble Madness was about to put the Legend of Zelda out of the tournament.
Thankfully Angel gave some sanity as he voted for Zelda, as did Zack, and Rob Pierce as he brought up the great point that, "Come on the cartridge was gold!"
So Zelda with an extremely late rally comes back and squeaks by Marble Madness to move on in the tournament.
Winner: (1) Legend of Zelda via hotline
The audience had spoken. All the notes I had prepared for Zelda, all the remixes and work of Shigeru Miyamoto are out the window. On this show the 8bit Extravaganza the game Marble Madness was about to put the Legend of Zelda out of the tournament.
Thankfully Angel gave some sanity as he voted for Zelda, as did Zack, and Rob Pierce as he brought up the great point that, "Come on the cartridge was gold!"
So Zelda with an extremely late rally comes back and squeaks by Marble Madness to move on in the tournament.
Winner: (1) Legend of Zelda via hotline
The battle of bikes took place in the 5th block of the 8bit Extravaganza, but the audience resoundingly took Excitebike in the this matchup pushing once again two internally developed NES titles against each other.
Final Matchup Block 5
(1) Legend of Zelda vs (3) Excitebike
(1) Legend of Zelda vs (3) Excitebike
The Matchup: (1) Legend of Zelda vs (3) Excitebike
The end for Excitebike was like we all want it, quick and painless. This was in the end a mismatch in the favor of Zelda, as Excitebike was a quick game with one goal and the only depth to the game was the design stage, but you couldn't save it. Zelda moves on through the tournament as the survivor of block 5!
The end for Excitebike was like we all want it, quick and painless. This was in the end a mismatch in the favor of Zelda, as Excitebike was a quick game with one goal and the only depth to the game was the design stage, but you couldn't save it. Zelda moves on through the tournament as the survivor of block 5!
Bracket Summary for Block 5:
(1) Legend of Zelda
Moves on in the Tournament!
Moves on in the Tournament!
Next Show: June 25th @ 9:00 PM we tape live!
With that the show aired on Kutztown University Radio on 88.3 FM, 1670 AM, Service Electric Cable Channel 24, Hometown Utilicom Cable Channel 44.
KUR also broadcasts on the web: http://www.live365.com/stations/kurradio?site=pro
Show Notes
Hardware:
Dell Inspiron 5150 notebook, microphone
Software:
Shoutcast Server 1.9.8, Shoutcast Source v 1.9.0
-Show ran 2hr and 10 minutes.
-Next show is scheduled for June 25th @ 9:00 PM
Labels: 8-bit show, Recap