VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 18: Autumn 1986

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In the 18th episode of Video Wizards, we again travel back to 3 months in one single episode: September, October and November, all in the year 1986. And do things get more 1980s than this one? Perhaps not when arcade games like Out Run and movies like Top Gun see a release in this time period.

It’s a true golden era of mid eighties arcade gaming, with staples Bubble Bobble, Rampage and Arkanoid being wheeled onto floors everywhere. Meanwhile, we also see more hidden gems like Xain’d Sleena by Technōs and Legendary Wings by Capcom appear.

Gaming at home in Europe is dominated by the micros, such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore C64 and the MSX, but Sega’s Master System and Nintendo’s NES are also quietly launched in this moment in time!

And what about music in the autumn of 1986? Well, it’s as varied as ever, with a lot of 80s R&B, metal, rap and rock crossovers and the usual dose of synth based pop blasting out of speakers around the world. In movie theaters meanwhile, it’s not just Top Gun, but also the very creepy Poltergeist 2 and indisputable sci-fi-horror-action mashup classic Aliens that find their way to the silver screen.

This lenghtiest Video Wizards episode yet of course also contains all the Local Dutch News, Trash from the Classifieds and Video Wizards Quiz shenanigans you’ve come to expect from us.

Get very, very comfortable as you follow Ben and Michiel all the way back to the golden autumn of 1986!

Out Run By The Arcade Flyer Archive, Fair use, <a href= — The top billing arcade games of the era we discuss on Episode 18, L-R-T-B: Out Run, Xain’d Sleena, Bubble Bobble, Rampage, Arkanoid, Legendary Wings

Other music used in this episode:

TV Theme Style (The Winner) – by Colin Thomson, 2018
Magical Sound Shower – by Hiroshi Kawaguchi for Out Run, 1986
Lagto Soa – by ??? for Xain’d Sleena, 1986
Main Theme – by Tadashi Kimijima for Bubble Bobble, 1986
All Clear (Ending Theme) – by Hisayoshi Ogura for Arkanoid, 1986
Area 1 – by Tamayo Kawamoto for Legendary Wings, 1986
Main Theme – by Mark Cooksey for Ghosts’n Goblins (Commodore C64 version), 1986
The Rain – by Oran “Juice” Jones, 1986
Hollywood Boulevard – by L.A. Dream Team, 1986
No Sleep Till Brooklyn – by Beastie Boys, 1986
Open the Gate – by Vortex, 1986
Stranger in a Strange Land – by Iron Maiden, 1986
Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On but the Rent – by Gwen Guthrie, 1986
Walk This Way – by Run D.M.C. (featuring Aerosmith), 1986
We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off – by Jermaine Stewart, 1986
When I Think of You – by Janet Jackson, 1986
What’s the Colour of Money? – by Hollywood Beyond, 1986
Love Can’t Turn Around – by Farley “Jackmaster” Funk & Jesse Saunders (featuring Darryl Pandy), 1986
Theme for The Equalizer, by Stuart Copeland, 1985

And finally: our special thanks to Andy Hofle.

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