VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 13: February 1982

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In this episode, the Video Wizards travel back further in time than they ever have, all the way to February 1982. In this month, SEGA make a splash with the visually striking axonometric space shooter Zaxxon while Atari revisits Asteroids in a tethered fashion for Space Duel. Gaming’s first diva appears in the form of a yellow orb with a red bow and a beauty mark and chef Peter Pepper has ingredients coming after him in Burger Time by Data East. And then there is the pioneering, but rather mad Jump Bug by the fledgling Alpha Denshi.

Much like Video Wizard Ben in 1982, both gaming at home and the Hip-Hop genre of music in its recorded form are still in their relative infancy, with gaming consoles not being a widely adopted commodity in Europe yet and the home computer boom just barely waiting around the corner in the former’s case and record labels adopting a wait-and-see kind of attitude in the latter’s case. But the music charts bring the goods this time, with a lot of diversity and musicianship on full display. And movie theaters are blessed by the well performing cult flicks Swamp Thing and Death Wish 2.

All this, some shocking memories of gruesome accidents and much, much more is what you’ll find in this new episode of the Video Wizards podcast!

Burger Time By Source, Fair use, <a href= — Other top billing arcade games of the era we discuss on Episode 13, L-R: Burger Time, Ms. Pac-Man, Space Duel, Jump Bug

Other music used in this episode:

TV Theme Style (The Winner) – by Colin Thomson, 2018
Main Theme – by ??? for Burger Time, 1982
Act 1: They Meet – by Chris Rode for Ms. Pac-Man, 1982
Level 2 Mid-Point – by ??? for Jump Bug, 1981
That Girl – by Stevie Wonder, 1981
Call Me – by Skyy, 1981
Simon Says – by The Sequence, 1982
Run to the Hills – by Iron Maiden, 1982
Screaming for Vengeance – by Judas Priest, 1982
Town Called Malice – by The Jam, 1982
The Model – by Kraftwerk, 1978
Golden Brown – by The Stranglers, 1981
Senses Working Overtime – by XTC, 1982
Poison Arrow – by ABC, 1982
Cambodia – by Kim Wilde, 1981
I Won’t Let You Down – by Ph.D., 1981
Don’t You Want Me – by The Human League, 1981
Spirits in the Material World – by The Police, 1981
I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) – by Hall & Oates, 1981
Theme for The Equalizer, by Stuart Copeland, 1985
Intro (AVRO’s Kinderbios), by Clous van Mechelen (featuring Jody Pijper), 1981

And finally: our special thanks to Andy Hofle.

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