Jeremy Parish

Bonus: Metroid map

Good morning! I have, I hope, a pleasant surprise for you: A medium-resolution version of the Metroid map I've put together based on my Cart-ography stream efforts. The PDF download attached to this post will allow you print this map in convincing resolution (240dpi) at 11x17", making for a tiny poster. 

I'll be posting maps for you as I create them (I'm aiming for one a month). My aim is to produce all of these maps as proper posters (2x3' or larger), and book-level patrons will...

Game Boy Works #091: SunSoft Grand Prix

It's… the monthly side excursion over to Game Boy Works in this slightly early posting. I don't really have a lot to say about this topic, unfortunately. F1 racing isn't really my bag…

Super NES Works: Final Fight

Capcom arrives half-heartedly on Super NES with a deeply flawed conversion of arcade smash Final Fight. Missing stages, characters, and play options, this 16-bit debut looked nice in magazines, but didn't play nearly as impressively as Nintendo's own releases.

New reward tier: The Cart-ographers guild

Hey everyone, I mentioned this on Twitter, but I have added a new tier for supporters: The $50/mo. Cart-ographers Guild. This tier allows you to pick a topic for a Cart-ography stream series (which, if you haven't been watching, is a series in which I play an old game and map it in real-time, with both the game and the map paper on camera). Once I'm done, you'll receive the completed,...

Gradius again!? Yeah, it's Super NES Works #005

Good morning. I'm currently in a cab out to Garden City, NY where I'm going to meet up with Bob to present a panel on the history of Dragon Slayer games... but first, we're going to be recording a full Retronauts episode on the history of Gradius with Kurt Kalata, who literally wrote the book ...

Book news!

Hello, all. You are supporting this video project at the "get a book PDF a couple of times per year" level or above, which means you've probably been wondering, "Where the heck are the books?" The last volume I published was Good Nintentions 1985 back in October, which has been nearly a year.

I apologize for the tardiness on this front. My reckless decision to leave behind a stable paycheck and make Retronauts my primary source of income (and to fold these video projects into Retronau...

Super NES Works returns with SimCity

Well, I guess technically it's Mode Seven that's returning, but like, whatever, man. (I included a preamble to definitively answer the "why change name??" question. Sorry if that's all known info to you cool patron types.)

With NES Works 1986 complete (expect news on the book version of that within a matter of days), my attention will be focused primarily on Super NES until I work through the entirety of the 1991 catalog and get that book together as well. 

Anyway,...

Game Boy Works #090: Lunar Lander

Wow, episode 90. Those numbers are getting bigger, huh? I mean yeah if I were doing this series weekly we'd be at like 160 now, but still. 

Game Boy Works is still in a holding pattern while I try to get my hands on the original box to Fish Dude, which is about five GBW episodes away... but I did want to throw together a quick episode before heading back to the Super NES library. I say "quick," but this is 10 minutes (despite it being about an obscure Game Boy import hardly anyon...

NES Works #035: Gradius

This is it! The end of NES Works 1986. And what a way to wrap the year.

It'll be a while before I delve into NES again — my top priority now is to wrap up the first year of Super NES retrospectives I started (gotta milk that Super NES Mini hype), then make some progress on Game Boy... and then there's a secret, self-contained project to tackle that should be interesting, hopefully.

Thank you for supporting this series through the second year of the NES's life. It's a been a little meag...

NES Works #034

We're very, very near the end of NES Works 1986 — which means not only will I be moving along to other platforms for the remainder of 2017 once we hit the final NES 1986 entry, it also means there'll be a new book out very soon. That is exciting news, at least to me, but nowhere near as exciting as the fact that I'm through the misery of 1986's bad third-party NES releases. Karate Champ was a rough one. But next week... that's the golden reward, baby. Thanks for sticking with me — a...

Let's try this again: COMMANDO

The NES's 1986 lineup is winding down with only two more games to go after this one. And, pleasantly, the quality seems to be ramping up as we advance toward the end of the year. Commando is the first third-party release I would deem genuinely worthwhile, and it goes a long way toward clearing those first two Capcom releases off the books...

NES Works #032: Ghosts ’N Goblins

Whew, sorry this one's kind of late. Adobe made a hash of the new version of Premiere, so my editing process was a disaster... AND I'm traveling for the holiday. So this episode really came down to the wire. But I guess it just wouldn't be Ghosts ’N Goblins without undue suffering, eh?

Game Boy Works #089: Boulder Dash

The latest Game Boy Works is here! I know I've been largely focusing on other platforms lately, which mainly has to do with me dawdling in the hopes that I'll somehow manage to get my hands on the box to Fish Dude before we reach that episode (which is REALLY near now)... but I did want to check in for a moment on the little system that's supposed to be the main event around here. Also, if we're being honest, the Ghosts ’N Goblins episode of NES Works is destroying me... unfortunately...

NES Works Gaiden #07: Miss Peach World 1

Or, more properly, MISS PEACH WORLD 1: SUPER L.A. COP. Be warned, this video is a bit on the NSFW side.

I don't normally delve into non-work-safe material unless it's germane to understanding the heritage or evolution of a totally benign-looking title (.e.g. Qix or Match-mania), but this was by request. So I apologize if you find tiny pixel nipples offended... but I assume we're all grown-ups here.

Anyway, as 8-bit smut goes, this is definitely the most interes...

NES Works #031: 1942

That's a lot of numbers in a row. At least I didn't include the date.

Please enjoy this video before E3 begins in earnest. And just think: Nothing anyone will announce this week, however tired or uninteresting it may be, will turn out this poorly.

Four more videos to go before the end of NES Works 1986! But first, we'll be taking a detour for a couple of weeks to tackle some long-overdue requests...

2663 words about 1942

Hmm. This title is, in my opinion, more clever than 1942 for NES really deserves. But what the heck! I'm generous that way. Anyhoo, this'll be the next NES Works video — look forward to it, perhaps?

NES Works #030: Ninja Kid

Well, we did it. We survived the onslaught of TOSE/Bandai games for NES (also, Tag Team Wrestling). Well done, team. On to better things... eventually.

NES Works #029: Tag Team Wrestling

Hi everyone, sorry this is a little later than usual. It's been a pretty crazy week between events and interviews in Japan, a lot of travel, and my rolling immediately into a Retronauts recording marathon weekend. I'm sorry to say this video isn't worth the wait. I mean, the video's fine. It's just that the subject is genuinely poor.

H-have a nice holiday weekend regardless...?

NES Works #028: Chubby Cherub

Hello, friends, here's the latest in the NES Works lineup. I realize I'm posting it at a weird hour; I'm on the wrong side of the planet, and this is the first time I've had access to a decent online connection since completing the video. So... uh, good morning? After you wake up?

Please enjoy this video look at Chubby Cherub. I wanted to hate this game like a good NES fan, but it's actually not terrible. Terribly flawed, yes, but nowhere near as bad as the games on either si...