VIDEO WIZARDS PODCAST – Episode 7: August 1990

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In episode number 7 of the Video Wizards Podcast we travel to August in the first year of the 90s. It’s a new decade, filled with the hope to wrestle itself from under the looming nuclear threat of the 1980s, but a war that’s far from cold is about to kick off in the Gulf and Atari Games gets gritty with the hyper violent and (for the time) hyper realistic looking underground prize fighting simulator Pit-Fighter. Also, brand new solo rapper Ice Cube defies the idealistic view of America as Hip-Hop as a whole looks for more boundaries to break, Metal music resists both lawsuits and the attack of acoustics and the power ballad groups… and somewhat disturbing pictures like Roald Dahl’s The Witches and Sam Raimi’s Darkman hit movie theaters.

But don’t despair! Michael Jackson’s megalomaniac Moonwalker arcade game aside, there is much lighter material as well. Marvel at water balloon chucking platypii in Liquid Kids, engage in shooty sci-fi fun in Out Zone and storm a massive tower in Magic Sword, next to the home gaming fun of the day. We say this every time, but this might be our best podcast yet!

Out Zone By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, <a href= — Other top billing arcade games of the era we discuss on Episode 7, L-R: Out Zone, Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker, Liquid Kids, Magic Sword

Other music used in this episode:

TV Theme Style (The Winner) – by Colin Thomson, 2018
Select – by John Paul for Pit-Fighter, 1990
Match 3 – by John Paul for Pit-Fighter, 1990
To the Earth – by Tatsuya Uemura for Out Zone, 1990
Smooth Criminal (Moonwalker Arcade Game Version) – by Michael Jackson for Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker, 1990
Let’s Get On! We’re Friends!! – by Kazuko Umino & Hisayoshi Ogura for Liquid Kids, 1990
The Road to the Tower – by Manami Matsumae for Magic Sword, 1990
An Aimed Town – by Shiro Imaoka, Hiroshige Tonomura, Norihiro Furukawa & Pinch Punch for The Ninja Kids, 1990
Mission 2: At the Heli Port – by Kazunaka Yamane for Double Dragon II: The Revenge, 1990
Amerikkka’s Most Wanted – by Ice Cube, 1990
Untouchable (Instrumental) – by Cold 187um for Above the Law, 1990
911 is a Joke – by Public Enemy, 1990
Me and the Biz – by Masta Ace, 1990
Hangar 18 – by Megadeth, 1990
Get the Funk Out – by Extreme, 1990
More Than Words – by Extreme, 1990
King of Wishful Thinking – by Go West, 1990
Dirty Cash – by Adventures of Stevie V, 1990
Hold On (Instrumental) – by Denzil Foster & Thomas McElroy for En Vogue, 1990
Olympic (Euro Bass Mix) / “The Word” Theme Tune – by 808 State, 1990

And finally: our special thanks to Andy Hofle.

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