VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 15: April 1992

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In this episode of the Video Wizards Podcast we’re traveling back to April 1992 to an arcade landscape that differs wildly from the one we left in the last episode. In the wake of 1991’s Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, we find the scene reinvigorated, with big budget games and showy machines occupying the floors and the 6-player, double screen behemoth cabinet of Konami’s X-men taking center stage. Meanwhile, the first named revision of Capcom’s Street Fighter II keeps rivalries and competitions heated and Konami introduce another licensed machine with G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. More niche video game experiences come in ADK’s bizarre hilarious Ninja Commando and the prickly-yet-explosive Bubble Bobble-like Saboten Bombers by NMK.

In the home, all eyes are on that 16-bit powerhouse called the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which sees its launch in the UK this month. In other geographically pinpointed goings on, John Woo releases his action fest master piece Hard Boiled to Hong Kong movie theaters and across the Atlantic Ocean, the music genre of Hip-Hop is deeply impacted by the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

All that and your monthly dose of Local Dutch News, Trash from the Classifieds and Video Wizards Quizzing is here for you, with more than 5 hours of audio goodness to indulge in.

Street Fighter II: Champion Edition Saboten Bombers By Source, Fair use, <a href= — Other top billing arcade games of the era we discuss on Episode 15, L-R: Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, Saboten Bombers, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Ninja Commando

Other music used in this episode:

TV Theme Style (The Winner) – by Colin Thomson, 2018
All That X-men – by Seiichi Fukami for X-men, 1992
Boss – by Seiichi Fukami for X-men, 1992
U.S.A. (Balrog’s Theme) – by Yoko Shimomura for Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, 1991
Title Theme – by ??? for Saboten Bombers, 1992
Player Select – by Tsutomu Ogura & Kenichiro Fukui for G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, 1992
Japan (Civil War Era) – by ??? for Ninja Commando, 1992
Red & Yellow – by Zuntata for Metal Black, 1991
Title Theme – by Koji Kondo for Super Mario World, 1990
Mic Checka – by DAS EFX, 1992
Cop Killer – by Body Count, 1992
In my Neighborhood – by Spice 1, 1992
That Sickness – by X-Raided (featuring Brotha Lynch Hung, Big-O, Kaos, CYCO), 1992
They Want EFX – by DAS EFX, 1992
Deep Cover – by Dr. Dre (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg), 1984
La Schmoove – by Fu-Schnickens, 1992
Duck Down – by BDP, 1992
T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You) – by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, 1992
Come As You Are – by Nirvana, 1992
Monster – by L7, 1992
The Dark War Has Begun – by Bestial Summoning, 1992
Be Quick or Be Dead – by Iron Maiden, 1992
I Love Your Smile – by Shanice, 1991
Under the Bridge – by Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1992
We Got a Love Thang – by CeCe Peniston, 1992
O.P.P. – by Naughty by Nature, 1991
Red Car Boogie – by Joo Rita for the motion picture Hard Boiled, 1992
Heartbeat – by Nick Berry, 1992

And finally: our special thanks to Andy Hofle.

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