3.16 Running in Circles

Computer Game Evolution

Why are arcade joysticks so tiny? Who let Peter Molyneux into the industry? Both answers are somehow related to a game where robots call the player "chicken."

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1. Opening (00:00:00)

2. Chase, the beginning (00:02:24)

3. Sheriff is in town (00:03:32)

4. Tank Battalion blasts bricks (00:07:18)

5. We go Berzerk (00:08:04)

6. Exidy's Targ-et practice (00:15:03)

7. Watch out for the ambulance, Armored Car! (00:16:42)

8. Reload under Crossfire (00:18:22)

9. Are we fighting the Wizard of Wor or not? (00:19:14)

10. Remembering Bosconian (00:20:03)

11. Greeting Vanguard (00:20:24)

12. Tutankham, still great (00:21:18)

13. Frenzy, beyond Berzerk (00:21:45)

14. Robotron 2084 (00:22:03)

15. The Synapse Software Hour: Shamus (00:28:06)

16. A Rescue from Stern (00:28:55)

17. Lost Tomb raider (00:31:09)

18. Rats of the Maze (00:34:12)

19. From rats to Snipes (00:38:27)

20. Sinistar: hot mining action (00:44:04)

21. The Synapse Software Hour: Zeppelin (00:44:54)

22. The Synapse Software Hour: Shamus Case 2 (00:48:50)

23. The Synapse Software Hour: Necromancer (00:49:38)

24. The Synapse Software Hour: Synassembler??? (00:51:32)

25. A Dandy Thesis of Terror (00:51:59)

26. More of almost the same: Time Pilot 84, Grobda, Draconian (00:58:27)

27. Gauntlet… not that one. (00:59:20)

28. Gauntlet, that one (01:03:48)

29. Battle City infrastructure (01:11:17)

30. Gauntlet 2, now with dragons (01:12:12)

31. You have the Alien Syndrome (01:13:06)

32. A Druid without trees (01:13:42)

33. Druid's Enlightenment (01:14:51)

34. Demon Stalkers from down under (01:17:54)

35. Atari's Vindicators (01:18:35)

36. Gauntlet, now on NES (01:19:35)

37. The Dark Chambers of Dandy (01:20:07)

38. Let's watch Smash TV (01:20:59)

39. The Catacomb of id (01:25:52)

40. Wrap-up (01:31:40)