Retronauts Episode 247: Classic gaming in Germany
Added 2019-09-14 13:37:20 +0000 UTCHey all, I apologize for the late post. I'm currently overseas for Tokyo Game Show and had intended to upload the podcast this morning (my time, which would have been late Friday U.S. time)... but I stupidly left my computer's AC adapter at the hotel I checked out of yesterday and ran out of battery juice before I could upload the file. Zut alors! But all is well: My computer has power, and you have a podcast. Please enjoy.
This episode is, I hope, the first of many to come in a series. The premise here is to dive a little more deeply into the formative gaming years as experienced by peers, friends, and colleagues in countries outside of the three that dominate classic gaming conversations: The U.S., the U.K., and Japan. What was popular in other regions? How did their own heritage of game development reflect that country's relationship to the medium? And so forth.
To kick things off, friend of the podcast Thomas Nickel steps in to share the German perspective. More to come, I hope!
Comments
The point about Mega Drive being the RPG console in Europe is a good one and one that I've also thought about a bit. My SNES-owning friends keenly imported US releases of Final Fantasies and Chrono Trigger, so this wasn't as apparent to me! But I did play many a Phantasy Star and Shining series game on my Mega Drive -owning friend's machine too.
Eino Keskitalo
2019-09-28 08:55:07 +0000 UTCI was just invited to an event in Sao Paulo, so hopefully Brazil is in the cards, too.
Retronauts
2019-09-16 21:51:37 +0000 UTCThis is such a great idea for a series, really looking forward to hearing who else you manage to rally!
Rich Uncle Skeleton
2019-09-16 19:26:54 +0000 UTCThe subject of 80s and 90s gaming, seen through a different cultural lens, is very interesting to me! I've recently had a lot of fun learning from Brazilians about their strange alternate universe ecosystem of bootlegs, third party SEGA manufacturing, and insane import duties. I hope you get to make more episodes like this in the future!
Casey Jones
2019-09-16 12:59:13 +0000 UTCI was interested hearing it too, even from an Australian perspective it seems to be quite different to us and the US as well (obviously). I think we're closer to the UK than anywhere else in that regard.
Shaneus
2019-09-15 23:24:25 +0000 UTCI absolutely love the conversation in this episode! Hearing from different people around the world is super interesting. Cloth Maps is based on learning about gaming across the world so I love the idea of visiting the retro history on a global scale. One request: can the episodes be prefaced with the Street Fighter pronunciation of the country in focus?🤔
Will Oliver
2019-09-15 22:25:28 +0000 UTCFor being the economic powerhouse of Europe, it is true that Germany has a small footprint in the game development world. Odd though, as Berlin for instance, is maybe the most important city for artists and creatives outside of the States. On another note I really miss Factor 5. They were amazing, absolute programming wizards.
2019-09-15 16:28:58 +0000 UTCSuper interesting to look at a retro gaming perspective that we don't hear from often. If you know any Polish dudes I'd love to hear what they have to say about growing up in gaming.
littleterr0r
2019-09-14 19:04:22 +0000 UTC
