Episode 327: Numskull & Fire Pro Wrestling
Added 2020-09-21 13:00:00 +0000 UTCAnother remote two-parter this week—but is there ever anything else these days, really?
For the first segment, I chat with the folks at Numskull, a collectibles firm in the U.K. that has been producing some impressive, high-quality quarter-scale playable arcade cabinets of some of my favorite classic coin-ops (including this very frivolous Polybius "repro" cab/USB charge bank). What's the process involved in putting together something like that? From licensing to prototyping to production, they break it down for it while I try not to be too obvious with my eagerness for a mini triple-screen Darius or Ninja Warriors cab.
On the more "business as usual" side of things, the second segment features Retronauts East's Chris Sims expressing his love for Fire Pro Wrestling while I try desperately to contribute to a discussion about wrestling games. I got the history and the goofy dev anecdotes, Chris has got the gameplay details, and together we paint a complete picture.
Comments
I dont need chris calling me on being the WORST in my entire e-fed. I literally had a title by 24/7 rules before my first match.
2020-10-07 23:19:50 +0000 UTC“You can’t smell a download.”
Kellen Taman
2020-10-06 07:07:52 +0000 UTCI never wanted to bodyslam some black box Pro Wrestling and munch on some Slim Jim's more than after I enjoyed this episode. Ohh Yeah!
Cajun Baz
2020-09-30 14:30:40 +0000 UTCI’ve been a huge fan of Fire Pro and got started on it the same way Chris did, but I quickly ended up importing Six Man Scramble for Saturn and thus began a long history of importing Fire Pro Wrestling games. I’m still hoping to see Fire Pro World on Switch some day. Now that Scott Pilgrim is headed that way it’s probably the game I’d love to see hit Switch the most.
El Pescado
2020-09-25 21:53:33 +0000 UTCjust for the record Fire Pro World on PS4 is just $15 right now and this episode SOLD ME on it.
Diamond Feit
2020-09-24 03:11:40 +0000 UTCFire pro is a weird series where I buy every entry, but some time into it, then don't come back for a while. Yet, when I bought a Wonderswan, the first game I got for it was Fire Pro, because I knew a foreign system would need something with familiar gameplay.
Curtis Bostick
2020-09-22 00:23:09 +0000 UTCWhat kind of Prog Rock intro would he have and what would his signature wrestling move be?
Jared Blankenship
2020-09-21 22:09:56 +0000 UTCMaybe we can get a finger flicker Sonic Blast Man cabinet!
Normallyretro
2020-09-21 15:42:44 +0000 UTCoh my god I never considered a Jeremy Parish wrestler and now I want one
Diamond Feit
2020-09-21 13:09:59 +0000 UTC
