snicklin Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 It is on now on Channel 4... (Sat 30th Nov 21:00-23:05) Jeff Minter has been on, but I missed the start. They've just discussed Elite too. Adverts are on now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 He showed Hover Bovver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I'll watch it on 4 On Demand tomorrow, sounds interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 "Indie Game: The Movie" is on now, talking about Indie Game development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Indie Game is okay, although it does try to make heroes of the devs in a way that feels... odd. Charlie Brooker's show was very enjoyable, it's just a shame that it was trying to cram all of video game history into a couple of hours because it glossed over machines, games and people left right and centre. A series of one hour shows would've been far better. Still, i quite like the "logic" behind having Twitter as number 1 and Dara O'Briain "dissing" the Sinclair Spectrum... win. =-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I saw the start (will watch the rest tomorrow) a good bit of nostalgia, bet I wasn't the only one pausing it to try and make out the arcade units (did this recently in one of the Deathwish films too (3?)) bet there is a good thread somewhere... it gets me how they always seem to skip over the bit between Pong and the popular early 80s UK computers, entirely missing the Atari 2600 and 8-bit computers that could be programmed in 1979 but I guess it was a program for the UK audience They also have a love fest for Manic Miner but forget to mention Miner 2049er which was earlier and let's face it there's no comparison NO we Atarians won't let it lie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Thanks for the heads up, I completely missed them as I rarely watch tv, I'll make sure to watch them on demand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 ...but I guess it was a program for the UK audience They also have a love fest for Manic Miner but forget to mention Miner 2049er which was earlier and let's face it there's no comparison NO we Atarians won't let it lie Considering that Matthew created MM after playing Miner 2049er they really should mention it. The producers of these things usually appear to either have a limited knowledge and/or lazy researchers or they just gloss over things that won't interest the mass audience I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Got a feeling I've got this one somewhere... was it a rerun? 4:3 aspect ratio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 Got a feeling I've got this one somewhere... was it a rerun? 4:3 aspect ratio? Not sure, sorry! I didn't even know it was on until my Mother called and said, "They're talking about old games and Atari on TV". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMR Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Considering that Matthew created MM after playing Miner 2049er they really should mention it. The producers of these things usually appear to either have a limited knowledge and/or lazy researchers or they just gloss over things that won't interest the mass audience I guess. It was only a two hour show covering everything from Pong to GTA 5, there's always going to be holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Just watched it, not bad at all, I like Charlie Brooker so it was an easy watch. Shame they had comedians that had obviously been briefed on the games they talked about and, it wasn't a recall of the times and more a read of the script. I hate that with all those C4 remember when type things, all use Z listers who pretend to know the tunes to games like it was yesterday. Grump aside, jebus, isn't Jeff Minter looking way old and strangely looks way too formal, certainly not the nuts bloke who showed us his pre fame games at the Vic Centre in West London or the spaced out bloke sat on the floor at the Commodore shows Nice selection of choices and at least with Rossy who IS and always has been a massive gamer we got a reasonable feed back although the oddly painted nails we off putting Not bad but this sort of thing needs an hour show every week to do a real coverage of the days but what was seen was ok. (No Atari..boo hoo) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) ... (No Atari..boo hoo) Did you blink?! We did get a few seconds on Koronis Rift, Ball Blazer and The Eidolon Alas Gwobby didn't make the final cut (thought they'd show it when they did the violence and gore section with the death sequences) Edited December 2, 2013 by therealbountybob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Got it via torrent, looks like I've not seen it before and it's 16:9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Knight Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 The line drop from Narrator Charlie calling BBC owners Dicks had me in stitches, Good to see Hovver Bovver get quality screen time surprisingly over the camels and llamas as well. Not sure about Jonathan Ross's blue nail varnish though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Did you blink?! We did get a few seconds on Koronis Rift, Ball Blazer and The Eidolon Alas Gwobby didn't make the final cut (thought they'd show it when they did the violence and gore section with the death sequences) Oops, yes indeed...Senior moment.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Not sure about Jonathan Ross's blue nail varnish though... He seems to be going through his Eddie Izzard phase again, I'd love to be a fly on the wall of his house though, Jane his wife is a fine figure of a woman and he's a rampant letch, swingers parties galore I reckon Cough, and he likes Atari games...cough...safely back on topic...(actually he got an amazing collection of consoles, huge Japan freak,...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYi886-5Tps 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Knight Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 The line drop from Narrator Charlie calling BBC owners Dicks had me in stitches, 20:24 - this part onwards is priceless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thax Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 saw this program too, was great, liked the part where they showed the lucasfilm logo from the Atari 8 bit loading screen, but I wish they would of at least give the Atari 8 bit a mention? if they did then I missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Knight Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 They could have shown the epic opening screen to Alternate reality, that would have been brill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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