Merry Christmas!

Oops! I've been pimping this all over the web but forgot to post this here! Have a Merry Christmas!

TWO videos and big news!

Yep that is right! RetroActive is now a MAIN contributor on RetrowareTV.com. What does this mean you ask?   Well, I get my own fancy page, forum, and a new bump in front of my videos. But it should mean more exposure, which is always nice. I'm pretty excited about it! You can see the new page at http://retroactive.kdubproductions.com or just go to http://www.retrowaretv.com and click the RetroActive button.
With that I released a new video!
I round out my Tiny Toon Adventures reviews with Buster's Hidden Treasure for the Sega Genesis!

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As a bonus to my blog readers you can see the video that will be up tomorrow!

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Oops!

Ok, so I completely forgot to post the most recent videos! There have been two since the Halloween special with hopefully one coming in the next week. Then it is the Christmas special!

First up we have! (click to go to the video)

This was a great video game back in the day and I still love this little arcade classic. 

Then we had!

If you remember a while back I reviewed the NES original then I compared it to a SNES sequel. Well I decided to look at the second game for the NES! Next up will be Buster's Hidden Treasure for Sega Genesis. 

A Ghostbusters Halloween Special

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I am SO excited to release this video. For those that know me Ghostbusters is a good chunk of my life so this video was going to happen eventually. This video has a guest appearance by Vee and some other shenanigans by yours truly. The very first video I ever made was about Ghostbusters (The Real Ghostbusters for Game Boy to be precise) and it was great to get back to talking about the franchise. I had a lot of fun making this video and I hope you have a lot of fun watching it. 

RetroActive: Halloween Mini

Aka: The Darkness Comes


This review is pretty much super late and this is the first time I have not gotten a new video out within a week and a half after the last one. It has been three weeks and I was getting pretty frustrated by that! Originally the video that was to come after the Tony Hawk Game Quickie was a top 10 list (which juggled topics). But due to some life things it got put on hold. Once it had gotten closer to Halloween I decided to do a more holiday related video to precede my Halloween Special and since I had already re-written the top 10 list several times I figured it was for the best anyway.

Sk8 or Die!

The Planet Smashers Site

I had decided I wanted to make this music video of sorts a while back which is what made me decide to do the Game Quickie about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. I figured they would be a good compliment to each other. Retro gaming combined with one of my favorite series of games that has continued into the current gen with Ska...perfect combo for me. I hope you enjoy it! 

Game Quickie: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

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Another great title card made by Vee

Oooops I forgot to make a post for this when it came out four days ago! In any event here it is! Tony Hawk games were constantly in my Gamecube and while the first game is probably my least played it certainly has had an influence on my gaming and gaming in general. Plus, you HAVE to love that soundtrack! I mean it has Suicide Machines AND Goldfinger. You guys know I love me some ska right? Well now you do if you didn't!  Also before you ask; no I hate Reel Big Fish and to a lesser extent Less then Jake. What were we talking about again?

RetroActive: The Dreamcast Theory

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This super sweet title card made by Vee

Once I stopped being lazy this video wasn't actually all that difficult to make, though I had some issues balancing pictures and game footage. But in the end I am really happy with it, I think I'd put it in my top 5 videos so far. The issues came with that fact that with it being 11 mins long and with so much going on the file was huge. So knowing blip I decided to upload my own FLV as there would be no way they would convert it without timing out.

RetroActive: Classic 80's Price Guide

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Man I just keep having tough videos to do lately! So my retro store (Game X-Change) closed it's doors a little while back. Heartbroken I had to look for a new one and stumbled on Trade-N-Game about the same distance away in the opposite direction. Upon going in I found a store dedicated to guys like me, very small but very cool. I bought some Atari games and a NES game and talked to the owner who was there about his shop and retro games in general. Of course I had to bring up my videos and we talked about RetrowareTV (which he had heard of) and how Racketboy had just been there last month to do an interview with him for the website.

Game Quickie: Adventure

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I originally planned for my second Game Quickie to be about another Atari 2600 game (Berzerk) but had the cute idea for this title card and really wanted Vee to draw it. So I changed my mind completely based on the cute title card. If you do not get the reference you should tune your TV to Cartoon Network and watch Adventure Time on Monday nights.

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RetroActive: Dynamite Headdy

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Title card made by Vee 

 Another tough one to get out! I spent a lot of time gathering footage and when I went to edit it together I noticed there were an awful lot of scan lines. Testing after testing I came to the conclusion there wasn't much I could do about it. It seems to be an issue with the Genesis 2 I have; I know it has degraded quality then the first model but I never really noticed till now. On my TV it isn't really noticeable (well it is more so now of course because I'm looking for it) but once captured into my computer on the HD monitor, very noticeable. Once again you must live and learn! I haven't done too many reviews with fotoage from a Genesis game and I planned to change that but this may be on hold until I can fix the quality issue (I'd rather avoid emulation). So I may look into getting a model 1 or a clone. Any one wanna help me out? :P

JoyPad Podcast: Episode 6

Game Quickie: Star Fox

Check out the classic Super Nintendo game Star Fox in all its 3D polygon glory.

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My first Game Quickie! I have been hoping to do one since I first started making Retro Gaming videos. But of course when I started I was not good enough to do one and wasn't part of Retroware. It was shortly after I realized I couldn't do a 6 to 8 min video every week so I decided to do the Shorties to fill the space. I will confess they were both for my sanity and a brown nose/attention grabbing attempt haha. The name was conceived the have something "similar" and kind of a tribute to them and was the best name to describe what they were; plus I thought the name was really catchy with its multiple meanings in culture today. For example as the current slang goes it describes a cute girl and I meant for these to be cute and light hearted more so then the normal episodes.
Anyway as the video says in the beginning Star Fox was a request by fan and friend Ron. I had been putting this off long enough and now here it is! Still really excited to be on Retroware and hope you all enjoy the video!

RetroActive: Kirby ReDub

This title card might be my favorite yet!

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So this partnership has been in the works for a little while and I am so happy to be apart of the site. It all started with Ben (from VGTO) and I can't thank him enough. So from here on out all RetroActive videos will be posted over at RetrowareTV and I encourage you to go be apart of the site. If you are a Retro Gaming fan it is the site for you. I am still going to be providing content to The Geek Fighters on occasion and am thankful for their help getting me this far. I will still distribute my videos to Youtube so if you subscribe there you will see them; how this is gonna happen is in the works.

JoyPad Podcast 5: Featuring PeanutButterGamer

Episode 5! We welcome the special guest Austin also known as PeanutButterGamer.
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Chris could not join us this week he was at OtaKon

We discuss the Kinect price, 3DS launch date, and bad consoles of old. 

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RetroActive: Tiny Toon Adventures

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It is a double feature! Check out two licensed games for the NES and SNES from Konami based on that awesome cartoon series.
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JoyPad Podcast: Episode 4

In this episode the JoyPad crew discusses Blu-Ray and the possibilities of flash media, Ghostbusters 3, and Mega Man Universe.

 

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Magnetic Tape: My Pet Monster

So I've finally completed something I've been tossing around for a while. Besides my passion for music (video on that soon) and retro gaming I love cheesy not so great movies and have a decent little VHS collection. So I decided to make a series for that; I'm not sure how long it will last or if it will continue but here is the first episode!

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RetroActive Shortie: Arkista's Ring

Check out Arkista's (Are Key Sta? Are Kiss Ta? Ark eh Sta?) Ring the Legend of Zelda clone that has very little in common with it.

Watch it here

JoyPad Podcast: Episode 3

This week the JoyPad crew discusses 3D Technology, Sony's possible new hardware, and the evolution of gaming.

                                                                                                  

                                      
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RetroActive: StarTropics 2

Travel back to the past and relive the overlooked sequel to a great game.

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JoyPad Podcast: Episode 2

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This week the JoyPad crew discusses The Privates video game, favorite video game soundtracks and people whining about Goldeneye being an exclusive to Wii.

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JoyPad Podcast: Episode 1

In episode 1 the JoyPad crew talks about the wins and fails of E3, the annoyances of current gen gaming and give some Retro love.

Listen here!!
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RetroActive Intro Videos! A look back

Today I have retired the second of two intro videos I made for the RetroActive series.
While maybe not a big deal to you these mark two big points in the young series' life for me. The first being the first attempt ever at serious video editing and producing my own series and the second retirement marking when I've moved up in technology, popularity, and as the series grows into other sites wanting it exclusive to their site. It has been a crazy ride! On July 4th I will have been doing this for only 4 months, and it is hard to imagine. I've met and worked with several nice people, watched people tell me they love my work, and found I have talents I was not aware of in the slightest.  Of course there has been the bad like people telling me I need to shave my ugly facial hair (yeah...) or that I am boring; but even that has been fun!

Here are the two videos and I hope you enjoy them! Thank you so much for watching and your support!


Technically the first video I ever made for RetroActive as it was completed before I ever finished the first episode. Was retired and replaced with one a little more "intense"

Little secret, all the scenes with me talking not only were never filmed for a review but I'm basically saying things like "Here is me talking about something in order to have something for my intro video"

The song is from Kirby's Adventure, the Green Greens theme


Was used one last time on the Gremlins 2 review.
Music is Kirby's Adventure Boss Theme

RetroActive: Gremlins 2

Take a look at this challenging and often over looked NES title where you control the adorable Mogwai Gizmo in his attempt to stop the Gremlin infestation.

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(And maybe register to talk about the video in the forums)

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RetroActive Shortie: Episode 1 Racer

Ever wanted to race against Sebulba in your own pod? Star Wars Episode 1 Racer for Nintendo 64 allows you to do just that!

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RetroActive Play! Ghostbusters II

So here is a brand new video format I'm trying. Similar to the lvl runs I've been doing but with a new twist! So like before no cheats, no turbo, one run and be done etc. The format of meeting a challenge will probably return now that I've done the experiment. Let me know what you think!

 

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 Don't forget to watch in 720p!

Max and the Magic Marker

This time let's take a look at the WiiWare title Max and the Magic Marker

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Vlog Numbah 5: Settling In

OK so I forgot that this sites formatting is fixed width so the new Vlog can not fit on this page
Why?
BECAUSE ITS HD 720p! Woot
Still working out the kinks in doing this format but here in the first Vlog with it!

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RetroActive: Sonic Retrospective Part 2

Enjoy!
Tomorrow is moving day!

RetroActive: Sonic Retrospective

Part 1!

Before Sonic 4 is released lets look at what made the series so great the first time around. Yes I did mean to say Miles "Tails" Prower not Powers...Sorry

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Here is the full artwork!

Mega Man LvL Run

Ska Ska Ska!

As I've mentioned I am a percussion major and just finished my senior recital. I've been into Ska for a long while as well so I decided to end the show with some more trad ska charts. One of the few things I got to do that was fun and the crowd loved it; hope you do too!

Bloopers!

I had massive trouble recording the recent review...
Here are some bloopers for your enjoyment!

Zombie Panic in Wonderland

Wooo I had some issues getting this one done. I have been so tongue tied the last few days!

Vlog! Coming Back

Ikari Warriors II - Victory Road Lvl Run

I was challenged by my buddy CatholicPat http://www.youtube.com/allbitgamers who was challenged by our buddy Rinry http://www.gamegame.ca
I was asked to get to the boss of the first lvl. So I gave it a shot!
No cheats, no turbo, no second recordings. All one try!

Contest!

ENDS MAY 9th!
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RetroActive Shortie: R.C. Pro-Am

Hope you guys enjoy this one!
This was a hard one to put together as its easy for racing footage to look very similar and I was worried it would be boring.

Been a lot of things going that I am very excited for. Was featured on Gametrailers.com for User Video of the Week! Been asked to participate in a contest for my videos. Put that on top of getting ready to graduate and its busy around my place. Hopefully all this stuff with my videos means you guys are truly enjoying them and they are improving.

Anyway enough rambling! Please share and comment and most of all enjoy!

Final Veil: Mission Over

Here is a little peak at my non gaming life. If you have read the "Who I Am" page you know I am a percussionist full time and this is one of the bands I play in. Enjoy! Check out the other work of Tragik Entertainment at http://www.youtube.com/tragikentertainment

Ninja Gaiden LvL 3 Run

Inspired by my buddy CatholicPat of http://www.youtube.com/allbitgamers
My attempt at lvl 3 of Ninja Gaiden . No cheats, no turbo, no second tries!

Super Mario Bros. Game Run

Vlog: Quick Update

Battletoads LvL Run: Turbo Tunnel

Just like the Kid Icarus one before it we have a recording with commentary of a LVL run of the Turbo Tunnel from BattleToads

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RetroActive: Pac-Man 2

The new RetroActive! Hope you guys enjoy this one!
There seems to be something odd with the footage (of me) lighting after the compression and this hasn't happened before so I'm gonna look into it. Sorry guys!


So two new things!!
This site can officially be found at its own .com! http://www.kdubproductions.com

Also I'm gonna start streaming at Justin.tv! Thanks all who to came to the first one!
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RetroActive: Kid Icarus LvL Run

As an attempt to try some new things for RetroActive and content for just my youtube page I have this quick lvl run with commentary of the 3-4 fortress from Kid Icarus. Hope you enjoy it!

RetroActive Shortie: Trog

A quick look at another arcade gem's port for the NES. It is TROG!

Big thanks to Rinry and Pat for their contributions to this video! Check their awesome work out
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WHEW! This took a hot minute to get together with all the crazyness of last week. But I am very excited to have it up! Hope you all enjoy it

Vlog: Screw You Hewlett Packard

All is well now though as I have my Asus
But I'm still getting my bearing and things set back up to edit videos.

Vlog Number 1

Originally this was gonna be on Youtube where any more of these are gonna be I think.But I forgot youtube has time constraints which is why I don't use it in the fist place.

Thanks again!

So many good things have been happening! This is a very exciting time for me right now ^_^

Once again both my Joust Shortie and the new full RetroActive were featured on Gametrailers.com both to very good reception! Though I got some rude and just odd comments the reception has been very good and I am very excited. Thank you all for your support!

There will be changes to the blog soon. Some which have already taken place if you can see them and want to use them; great!

A new RetroActive later in the coming week hopefully and more surprises are being worked on. Thanks again for watching and reading!

RetroActive: Top 5 Games for a Sick Day

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So I have been sick for about a week now. Originally for this weeks video I had planned at looking at a certain SNES game but I just didn't have the energy for what I had planned out. But as is described in the video being sick gave me an idea and thus we have this top 5 countdown.

RetroActive Shortie: Joust

Woo another video!


This time it is a quick look at a classic and odd arcade game that was ported to the NES. Joust!

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Thanks so much to Gametrailers.com for featuring my last shortie! Go check it out!

Spooky's Corner: Extreme Ghostbusters

In this episode we have a quick retrospective of Extreme Ghostbusters and why it was good and yet why it just didn't last.
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Sorry about some of the audio issues (levels jumping around). I fixed them the best I could I fear my microphone may be going out.

YIPPIE!

I just want anyone who reads this to know
I have been featured on Gametrailers.com! *dances!*
http://www.gametrailers.com/usermovies.php at this moment I am the second one on the list.

This is soooo exciting

Two new videos coming soon!

RetroActive Shortie: Adventures of LoLo

The first RetroActive Shortie! These will basically be games I don't feel would be interesting to talk about for the usual 7 to 9 min videos but need to be talked about. So I condense them down and do a quick overview!
The choice for the spelling "Shortie" is because I like the spelling better and because the slang use usually means a "short cute girl" and I had intended these to be shorter and much more lighthearted.

Please rate, share, and comment! ^_^
I've appreciated all of your views so far

RetroActive Episode 2: Whomp 'Em

I actually managed to do a second episode in a week like schedule!

So in this episode we look at the Mega Man "clone" Whomp 'Em by Jaleco. A decent game, and one of the games I have owned the longest and by some miracle I still have it in box with manual. Is it worth you picking up? Well watch the video and see!


Some updates about RetroActive:
-I originally said I was going to keep the show diverse and review things outside of retro gaming. This is no longer the case! Though I will do these type of videos they will be under a different name at a later date.
-The show will probably now be bi weekly and I will flip between doing an episode of Spooky's Corner then RetroActive.
-I will not always do full length episodes and will fill gaps with Quickie videos.

Spooky's Corner returns next week!

P.S please remember to share and leave feedback! :)

Retro Active Episode 1: Kirby's Adventure!

Welcome to the first RetroActive video!
I know this video makes it seem like it but I DO NOT intend to just focus on retro games. I want to look at movies, TV, toys, music etc. Basically anything Retro I still am Active with. Get it? :P

There will be a lot of game stuff though! Probably the first few videos

I hope you enjoy it! Please share and share...and share....and share... ^_^

Edit: Yes I said "Nintendo Entertainment Center" one time in the video and never caught it...sorry... slip of the tongues happen.

Spooky's Corner Ep 2: Ghostbusters 2! Top 5 Reasons it is Awesome.

Ok this time around I went for a top 5, as I explain in the video I could of done a lot more but this just seemed like the better way to go about it. Hopefully it does touch on all the bases and you enjoy it!.

Please share this on digg, facebook, your blog or site, twitter etc. I really appreciate all the help! There is a bar on the side that will share this blog post specifically if you are looking at just this post's page.

Well...

Due to some unfortunate things just really bringing stuff to a halt (like right now my apartment is flooding; not kidding) the two videos may not be out on Monday like I had planned.

But do expect (this is what I hope) a whole new show's first episode by the end of the week and episode 2 of Spooky's corner by the middle.

Quick update!

Hey everyone!
Thanks for all the views and kind words so far; I really appreciate it. The servers aren't bursting at the seams or anything but the video has gotten enough views (especially for only what 2 and half days?) that I am very happy with the first try ^_^

I have 2 videos I'm going to get working on! Hopefully they will be to your liking.
I'll have more to discuss later (maybe in a vlog) so for now hang tight and keep doing what you've been doing.

Peace,
-Kev

Spooky's Corner Episode 1: The Real Ghostbusters Gameboy

So Spooky's Corner is an idea I have for this series and sub series of videos related to my Ghostbusters fandom. I have been a fan of the movies and cartoons since I was two (I'm not kidding it's been that long) and it has been a huge influence on me. So to kind of get the ball rolling I originally was gonna do a quick review of the new Minimates and give some thoughts on them. But as time went on I had a better idea; to give this a real test run and test if I could do reviews of movies and video games as a separate show like I'm thinking I want to do later down the road I should review a game most people don't talk about. So here we have this video!
I hope you enjoy this first "pilot" episode!

My review of WeatherEye for Blackberry

My favorite weather app is Weathereye and people always wanna know which app works best so I made a quick video. Enjoy!

I got a leak of the new Native RIM Twitter App

So I gave it a little review of how this new Native Blackberry app performs.

First Blackberry Review: Curve 8530!

Alright so since I just opened this blog I figure I better get some of the already created videos linked up in here and make this  place look less dead. Here is my first video review ever!
I take a look at the new Blackberry Curve 8530