UMBCast 114 - Links
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Welcome to episode 114, where I dive into the prolific Access Software golf sim series, Links.
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UMBCast 113 - Unreal
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In episode 113, we take on the massively popular and genre-defining Unreal series.
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UMBCast 112 - Heart of China
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Time for episode 112, in which we explore the mysterious world of 1930's Hong Kong in the 1991 Dynamix adventure, Heart of China. Links: My video research sessions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKLSnBxpjNM&list=PL2whCuUnKwYC1gOgCR6N229FHnVpkI5MZ Buy Heart of China on GoG: https://www.gog.com/game/heart_of_china?pp=1106a1dda2d680438ecfb0bb70fd479c55a1791f Next Episode: Next time, we jump forward to 1998 with the Unreal series from Epic games.
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UMBCast 111 - One Must Fall
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In episode 111, we hit our first fighting game, 1994's One Must Fall 2097 by Diversions Entertainment. Links: My video research sessions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ-OBT0PYE0&list=PL2whCuUnKwYBNDRCGWvJzjmVSIg0Ij8Tk One Must Fall 2097 on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/OneMustFall2097 One Must Fall 1.0 (Demo) on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/msdos_MUSTFALL_shareware Tomer's interview with Rob Elam on Mobygames: Part 1 http://www.mobygames.com/featured_article/feature,8/ Part 2 http
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UMBCast 110 - Wing Commander Roundup
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In a very special UMBCast, for the second time ever I have a live guest! I dragged my friend and fellow podcaster Brian "Space Game Junkie" Rubin to sit with me and talk Wing Commander. Specifically, in light of my recent complete playthrough of Wing Commander 2 on the YouTube channel, I wanted to sit down with someone to discuss that game in particular. Of course, we couldn't just limit ourselves to JUST WC2 so of course we discuss the entire series with a bit more of a focus on the second game then on the
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UMBCast 109 - We'll Miss You Akago (The Neverhood repost)
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Earlier today, I received word that long time friend of the show, Amayirot Akago (aka Maarten Amkreutz), took his own life. As a very small, very insignificant gesture, I'm reposting his guest show from mere days before the arrival of the UMBaby covering The Neverhood.
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UMBCast 108 - Dr. Brain
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This time around, we're hitting our first edutainment title with the Dr. Brain series from Sierra. Big shout out this month goes to Father Beast for catching some research I missed! Links: My video research sessions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzndtmyZZEE&list=PL2whCuUnKwYCc2Eh38uGBgpuAxhi43fEI CBC's The Artists Ep8 - LucasArts (Canada Only): https://watch.cbc.ca/media/the-artists/season-1/episode-8/38e815a-00e5822082e Next Episode: Next time, we'll be covering the 1994 Diversions Entertainment fightin
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UMBCast 107 - The Last Express
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http://umbcast.com/podcast/107-UMBCast-The-Last-Express.mp3
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UMBCast 106 - Transport Tycoon (feat. Father Beast)
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We've got a special one for episode 106 in which second time guest-host Father Beast takes us on a tour of the 1994 business and management simulator, Transport Tycoon.
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UMBCast 105 - The Lost Vikings
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Time for episode 105 where I dive into the 1992 Silicon and Synapse puzzle platformer, The Lost Vikings.
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Sadly there's no legal place to buy SimTower aside from finding a used CD.
Next time, I'll be touching on the 1994 Bullfrog 3D shooter, Magic Carpet.