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Video Wizards is a seasonal podcast about the arcade games of the 1980s and 1990s and their cultural context, by Ben Cartlidge, Michiel Kroder and Juli Reed. https://videowizardspodcast.com/
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Up mega early, accidentally doing 7 miles rather than 3 all because I was listening to tales of smackwhacking and the Congo Bongo Files and didnβt want to stopβ¦ it can only be the latest edition of @videowizardspod.bsky.social So good to be hearing this again π€
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Opening Up
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Typical. The first 2026 video game release Iβm adding to my collection is a reissue of a 1993 port of a 1986 arcade game.
Slap Fight MD is notable for its arrange mode featuring a @yuzokoshiro.bsky.social OST.
We also covered the arcade game in the 1st year of @videowizardspod.bsky.social.
New podcast: Time Crisis
The Cane and Rinse podcast returns for its fifteen year with its first ever lightgun game coverage.
We crouch into cover and give Time Crisis the once-over. Leon, Chris W, Karl and Tony are ready for ACTION!
Available now from podcast feeders, Spotify, YouTube...
Episode 32 is sloooowly coming together. But who doesn't love a bit of good natured and sometimes even insightful chat about classic arcade games such as Mappy, Mario Bros., Gyruss, Star Wars and... Krull?
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The first half of the long awaited Video Wizards episode 32 is done! Patreon subscribers can already tune into 4 and a half hours of animated talk and sounds of the arcade games and news of 1983's springtime season. Enjoy!
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It was such a cool thing for me to have @jazrignall.bsky.social on here. Mean Machines and CVG were my introductions to proper video game critique and analysis and he and his fellow editors helped shape my tastes. Oh yeah, Defender is pretty awesome as well. π
04.02.2026 10:38 β π 9 π 6 π¬ 0 π 1One of the best games ever made
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Just checking through the upcoming games for the mean machines audit and oh boy the @videowizardspod.bsky.social massive should be looking forward for episode 200
25.01.2026 11:46 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Going to be a good one!
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same Outfoxies description as before. It has not gotten any saner as those things are still happening in the same pic
The Outfoxies
Another unported masterpiece that I love. It's quite short & not too tricky to learn, so anyone can learn it with a bit of effort. I'd say it's an acquired taste but everyone seems to love it too, so good
Also a blast in 2P mode
Many thought it would never get a port but here we are
Radio 6music bringinβ the Pilo today @videowizardspod.bsky.social
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A screenshot of Bart de Graaf speaking to Dutch police after hurling a brick through a shop window for some reason
@mkstayontarget.bsky.social @onecreditclassics.bsky.social Instagram feed delivering the goods today
16.12.2025 11:27 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 3 π 0In a section we like to call "The Classifieds Report"
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Flyer for a live stream at twitch.tv/mkstayontarget on Wednesday November 26 at 3.00 PM GMT+1
This Wednesday, our shmup Schildmaid MX is finally arriving on all major current consoles!
To celebrate & pay homage to the games that inspired us, we'll be live streaming from perhaps the largest arcade on mainland Western Europe.
Join us on November 26 from 3PM GMT+1 at twitch.tv/mkstayontarget.
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Itβs been getting a bit @videowizardspod.bsky.social in the Discord
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Earnings and profits! And Konami especially had this thing of putting real life models in their advertisement. Check this gem out:
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M.I.A.: Missing in Action (1989)
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Only 3 warps? Shouldn't be so hard to reach.
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Capcom sound team in the rooftop of Capcom's offices, 1990
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This week's Arcade Archives release is SNK's 1983 driving game Joyful Road, AKA Munch Mobile. Collect the food & dispose of litter on the road as you make your way home
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Ben and Michiel have recorded the first hour of episode 32. Tomorrow, they'll start discussing the arcade games of spring '83. Do you have things to say about Mappy, Congo Bongo, Gyruss or Atari's Star Wars? Write us at videowizardspod at gmail!
15.09.2025 17:26 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0@mkstayontarget.bsky.social @onecreditclassics.bsky.social I know you were taking about Lee Van Cleef but I'm taking "Everyone favourite cowboy turned half blind ninja" as my social media tag line now
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In this Patreon podcast, Ben & Michiel read and react to the e-mails that did not make the cut of the main show, making for a wild grab bag of topics to go over... from the Care Bears movie to the life and times of Noel Gallagher's favorite dinosaur.
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Treasures.
No, these are really good, though. π
Next week, Ben & Michiel are recording episode 32, about '83's spring season! Got memories of #arcadegames like Mario Bros., Mappy or Atari's #starwars? Films like Blue Thunder & Return of the Jedi? The music and TV of the time? Mail us at videowizardspod at gmail!
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