VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 6: July 1985

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In the 6th episode of the Video Wizards Podcast we travel all the way back to July in the year 1985. In this month, Yu Suzuki and SEGA go “full body” and unleash the Super Scaler revolution on arcade goers with the legendary superbike racer Hang-On. Namco show their quirkier side with the autorunner inspiring Metro-Cross and the cutesy-yet-slightly-disturbing alien shooter Baraduke, while Konami are all about stabbing Soviet saps in Green Beret. And then there is Atari’s Peter Pack Rat.

As Queen and Freddy Mercury rock Live Aid in Wembley, Madonna and a host of 1980s R&B artists get party people into the groove. Marty McFly aims to travel through time in a direction opposite to ours in what might be the quintessential 1980s Hollywood flick, while Roger Moore delivers his final role as James Stock, er, James Bond. Join us on this wild ride through the mid-point of the mid-eighties!

Baraduke Fair use, <a href= — Other top billing arcade games of the era we discuss on Episode 6, L-R: Baraduke, Metro-Cross, Peter Pack Rat, Green Beret

Other music used in this episode:

TV Theme Style (The Winner) – by Colin Thomson, 2018
Title – by ??? for Hang-On, 1985
Main Theme – by ??? for Hang-On, 1985
Name Resist – by ??? for Baraduke, 1985
BGM – by Nobuyuki Onogi for Metro-Cross, 1985
Stage 1 Medley – by Brad Fuller for Peter Pack Rat, 1985
Death/Game Over – by ??? for Green Beret, 1985
BGM 1 – by Tamayo Kawamoto for Commando, 1985
Title – by ??? for Doki Doki Penguin Land, 1985
Human Beat Box (Part II) – by Fat Boys, 1985
Hangin’ on a String (Contemplating) – by Loose Ends, 1985
P.S.K. What Does It Mean? – by Schoolly D, 1985
Ready to Strike – by King Kobra, 1985
Mechanix – by Megadeth, 1985
Into the Groove – by Madonna, 1985
In My House – Mary Jane Girls, 1984
All Fall Down – by Five Star, 1985
Josephine – by Chris Rea, 1985
A View to a Kill – by Duran Duran, 1985
Toppop Tune – by Tonny Eyk, 1970

And finally: our special thanks to Andy Hofle.

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