Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast

Originally St1ka was meant to be joining us on our core CyberMaster episode for October, however scheduling did not allow it... until now!Ash sits down with St1ka to talk about growing up a gamer in 90s Portugal, Famiclones, the fall of Sega, the rise of Sony, the non-appearance of Nintendo and of course, CyberMaster itself.Find St1ka on Twitter hereFind St1ka on Youtube hereJoin the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

Hello Joe! We dive into one of the early titles that helped define what the Sega Megadrive could do and also created a franchise it's The Revenge of Shinobi/The Super Shinobi! We dive into the making of the game, take a look at some of its design choices and cover a timeline that ends up having more in common with Back to the Future than it does the American Ninja craze of the 1980s. Go-Ninja-Go-Ninja-GO!Join the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

He's a big giant head that's HUNGRY! It's Portugals CyberMaster, and he's fighting the survivors of humanity, which appears to be children and adults in fetish wear, and this is the version they watered down for Series 2!Ash and Cliff venture into Europe for a show that is as much Eurotrash as it is GamesMaster and spend time in an alternative reality where Sega won the console wars, and we all suffered.Watch CyberMaster S02E01 HERE Watch St1ka's CyberMaster Episode HEREWatch St1ka's Console War in Portugal Episode HEREJoin the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

It's time to get a good grip on your pink plastic pistols and RELOAD as Cliff and Ash take a closer look at Time Crisis for the PS1, the arcade original, as well as the back and forth rivalry between Sega and Namco.Also: Mother in law jokes and literal toilet humour.Read the Shmuplations interview translation here: https://shmuplations.com/timecrisis/Join the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

O' Canada! Our... well, not the home nor native land of Ash and Cliff, but it's certainly a cool place to be! UCP takes a trip north of the border for the debut episode of The Electric Playground from 1997. Your hosts look at footage from E3, press junkets from Namco, and have their first 'on podcast' experiences with the cult of personality that is Tommy Tallarico, and his opinions on game difficulty and StarFox 64.Watch the debut episode of the Electric Playground HEREWatch HBomberguy's ROBLOX_OOF.mp3 documentary HEREWatch Slope's Game Room Intellivision Amico Scandal documentary HEREJoin the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

Cliff and Ash drop in on our good mate Shingzy and see what else he was doing, other than making his plumber 3D.We have a look at Silicon Graphics bringing in their good mate in, Paradigm Simulation, to help them show off what the Ultra 64 could be and how that developed in to a sequel to the game that had previously shown off what the SNES could do.Join the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

A five week month brings us another Focus Extra as Ash sits down for a chat with a man who is a podcaster, a writer, an editor, a gamer, in fact someone who's probably more qualified to host the podcast than he is: Paul Monaghan, Co-Founder of The Maximum Power Up Podcast and most importantly for todays episode: Editor of Pixel Addict MagazineFind Paul on TwitterFind Pixel Addict on TwitterFind Addict Magazines on InstagramFind all current, back issues and side projects on their WebsiteJoin the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

Cliff and Ash spend 30mins being visually assaulted by crash zooms, VT's, and paid promotional consideration, all in the name of selling a magazine: It's GamePro TV!Watch the episode hereFind out more about The MADE hereJoin the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

But what if Resident Evil with Dinosaurs? What if next evolution of survival horror? What if laws of diminishing returns?Ash and Cliff focus their motion based attention on PS1 era 'Panic Horror' game DINO CRISIS for this months UCP Focus.Also: Some important information about the Famicom game SWEET HOME that you may not know.Join the conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com