1-19 - Shadowgate

Pixel Hunt Podcast

For letter S we take a journey into the heart of castle Shadowgate on the NES to solve puzzles, become frustrated with torches and die. A lot. Also bear witness to Dan becoming a serial killer.

Round Table Chat About Games and That

• What Dan Did
  • Alien Isolation - https://youtu.be/rwq-Msina10
  • Outer Wilds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS2KB_cFrTo
  • American Murder: The Family Next Door - https://youtu.be/ep8iKiQNSrY
  • Des - https://youtu.be/FvWaTtE7rpk
• What Mark Did
  
  • Star Wars: Squadrons - https://youtu.be/nCcfJ9uEwvs
  • Monster Hunter World - https://youtu.be/OotQrKEqe94
  • Future Man - https://youtu.be/FjY1xnZfLSY?t=4
• What Sull Did
  
  • Hades - https://youtu.be/mD8x5xLHRho
  • Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/sulldabull
  • CMFT by Corey Taylor - https://youtu.be/og1RMTP2fYk
  • Working Mens Club - https://youtu.be/YfIUSeh-FOw

Cultural Interlude - May 30th 1991

Music

Singles

Holding on to the number one spot was

• Cher - Shoop Shoop Song - https://youtu.be/yCpKQjqb8Y4
• Number 2 - Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee) - https://youtu.be/_KztNIg4cvE Originally written by her and two others for Ultra Nate (Free)
• Number 4 - The KLF - Last Train to Trancentral - https://youtu.be/-gLs6YNnqZY

Albums

• UK number one album !!! - Eurythmics - Greatest Hits - Fave Eurythmics track?
• Number 4 - EMF - Schubert Dip - featured Unbelievable - https://youtu.be/sfCLt0kTd5E
• Number 7 - De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead - Feat Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) - https://youtu.be/6-JOVXZePQk

Fillums!

• No 1 - Silence of the Lambs - Directed by: Jonathan Demme - Starring: Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins - https://youtu.be/W6Mm8Sbe__o
• No 2 - Problem Child - Directed by: Dennis Dugan - directed the films Happy Gilmore (1996), Big Daddy (1999) amongst others - Starring: John Ritter - https://youtu.be/cxFT8zYZ3dU
• No 5 - Mermaids -Directed by Richard Benjamin, and starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci in her film debut - https://youtu.be/DUSPGXmZQbM

And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games

In this month’s C&VG issue 115 -

C&VG HIts this month;

• Capcom’s Mercs , follow up to Commando, on the Amiga scoring 90 https://youtu.be/UDX3dEoR9pA
• Gremlin’s Super Cars II, follow up to erm Super Cars 1…, on the Amiga scoring 91 https://youtu.be/iWzlO7HkF3w
• World Class Leaderboard on the Master System scoring 90 - https://youtu.be/mWUYJ6AHorA?t=22
• Sword of Vermillion - Megadrive - Scoring 91- https://youtu.be/dK1ojKh6S3E

!Charts!

ARCADES

Street Fighter 2 scoring 93 - https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-115/page/n117/mode/2up

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Mean Machines Shadowgate Review - https://archive.org/details/Mean_Machines_Issue_11_1991-08_EMAP_Images_GB/page/n63/mode/2up

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What could we have been playing?

• S C A T - Special Cybernetic Attack Team - https://youtu.be/IXlatlbS2Sw
• Shatterhand - https://youtu.be/RloxrSfOJR8
• Sky Kid - https://youtu.be/VwKrmn-YzBg
• Snake Rattle and Roll - https://youtu.be/KNJBMqYj4ZI
• And of course...Super Mario Bros 1,2 & 3 https://youtu.be/L_AerCVhoTM

Cultural Interlude Playlist

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1gvqeG2Guat9cFhuvN8qvx

Apple - https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/pixel-hunt-podcast-playlist/pl.u-ZmbllWmh0lPZ4E

What did YOU think of Shadowgate? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was May 91 for you?!

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