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Designing the 80s #2 - Early 80s entertainment
Having explored the rise of computer graphics and music videos in the previous episode, now it's time to focus on design within 80s movies and cartoons. Exploring the new trends and opportunities that emerged in the entertainment industry. Resulting in new pop-culture icons from Dragon's Lair, Tron to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
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//Narration by Betsy Winchester
//Music and Sources
For the complete track-listing with time-codes skip to the end of the video. Sources used for this video are also listed there.
//Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:51 Home Video market
02:43 Laser Disc
04:43 Tron
06:55 Syd Mead
08:25 Star Wars
11:20 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
13:34 New animated shows
17:00 End
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Nintendo's Portable Power: Super Mario Land & Zelda
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Developing for portable gaming devices came with strict limitations but this also made it an area in which creativity could really shine. The creative mindset inside Nintendo let to some unique portable titles like Super Mario Land and Link's Awakening. //Support the channel All your views, likes comments and shares are really appreciated! This video is part of a bigger series. I set up a patre...
Design in the 80s #1 - Emerging computer graphics & music videos
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Designing the 80s, a 6-part mini series exploring design within media and entertainment. Placing iconic productions in film, gaming and music in context to the digital revolution and contemporary visual trends. Each pair of episode will cover a different era of the decade. This first episode will be the introduction of the rising art-forms at the dawn of the 80s: computer graphics expanding int...
The making of Chrono Trigger & Secret of Mana
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Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger, two of Square's games from the 16-bit generation that showcased their experimentation with new takes on the RPG format. //Support the channel All your views, likes comments and shares are really appreciated! This video is part of a bigger series. I set up a patreon for those who would like to financially support it: www.patreon.com/strafefox //Narration by Ste...
SEGA's Winning Run: Out Run, Space Harrier and Hang On
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Hang On, Space Harrier and Out Run all iconic titles in SEGA's history. They were key in propelling the company in the mid 80s, helping them to not only stand their ground after a turbulent time but also become known as creator of cutting edge innovative games, both in the arcades and console market. ///Support the channel All your views, likes comments and shares are really appreciated! This v...
Konami's creative MSX team: From Pippols to Metal Gear 2
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Konami's PC/MSX division: a group of talented developers with their own work-flow, challenges and opportunities. Their creative concepts and know-how of the MSX resulted in an expansive library of excellent games. Being responsible for massive MSX hits like The Maze of Galious, Penguin Adventure, Metal Gear and the unique Gradius sequels. This made them the most prolific developers on the platf...
The Making of Sonic the Hedgehog
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The orginal Sonic The Hedgehog, next to introducing a new star it stood out for its unique art-style and gameplay with an analogue feel. I've remade my original video from 5 years ago into a full 24 minute episode that fits in with the rest of my series. ///Support the channel All your views, likes comments and shares are really appreciated! This video is part of a series called Super Splash Wa...
The Making of Wonder Boy / Monster World
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Wonder Boy, a series of excellent games closely linked to SEGA, although in reality they were the productions of a small independent company called Westone. This episode will tell the story of the small start up company and their ever changing series; Wonder Boy / Monster World. ///Support the channel All your views, likes comments and shares are really appreciated! This video is part of a bigg...
The Making of Mortal Kombat | Digitized graphics in video games
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An undeniable trend in gaming graphics during the early 90s was the usage of digitized graphics, made possible thanks to various advancements in hardware and software. Although a lot of game developers used it for bits and pieces like title screens, Williams and Atari Games in particular embraced this new tech early on. Resulting in hits like T2, Mortal Kombat, Pit Fighter and Primal Rage. PART...
The Making of Castlevania Symphony of the Night and Dracula X
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The Making of Castlevania Symphony of the Night and Dracula X Rondo of Blood. Two excellent titles that brought a wind of change to the series. ///Support the channel: All your views, likes comments and shares are really appreciated! My making of videos are part of bigger project. I set up a patreon for those who would like to financially support it: www.patreon.com/strafefox Narration by Steve...
The Making of Donkey Kong Country & Killer Instinct / Pre-rendered graphics
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As a follow-up to my Aladdin / Cel animation video I decided to give the Donkey Kong video a huge overhaul. Both videos will be part of a mini series about the influence of technological advancements in tools and development processes in 16-bit video games. Part one: Cel animation, Part two: 3D packages, I'm planning to do a 3rd video eventually. I've also added Killer Instinct (one of my favor...
The Making of Aladdin / Cel animation in video games
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During the 16-bit generation developers started to use a variety of techniques to create in-game graphics, one of them being hand-drawn animation. In this episode the development process behind Aladdin for the Mega-Drive, Earthworm Jim and The Lion King and how they were able to leverage the craftsmanship of traditionally trained animators. Huge thanks to Ken Horowitz from Sega-16.com for his a...
The Making of Streets of Rage 2
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The Making of Streets of Rage 2 (2020 extended version). A while back I interviewed Yuzo Koshiro who revealed some new info on the development of this legendary brawler. In this episode: How the small studio Ancient was tasked with making the best fighter on the system. Also covered, the music of Streets of Rage 2 and the audio hardware inside the Mega-Drive. ///Support the channel: All your vi...
The Making of Street Fighter II
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The Making of Street Fighter II: In this episode we look at this important title in the history of the fighting genre. ///Support the channel: All your views, likes comments and shares are really appreciated! My making of videos are part of bigger project. I set up a patreon for those who would like to financially support it: www.patreon.com/strafefox //Music and Sources For the complete track-...
The Making of Super Castlevania IV & Bloodlines
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After the success of the original Castlevania it would not take long before Konami started plans for the first 16-bit entry in this series. In this episode we dive into the development of Super Castlevania IV for the Super NES and Castlevania Bloodlines for the Mega-Drive/Genesis. ///Support the channel: All your views, likes comments and shares are really appreciated! My making of videos are p...
The Making of Sonic CD
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The Making of Sonic CD
The Making of Super Mario World & Yoshi's Island
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The Making of Super Mario World & Yoshi's Island
The Making of Ecco the Dolphin
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The Making of Ecco the Dolphin
The Making of Castle of Illusion, Quackshot and World of Illusion
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The Making of Castle of Illusion, Quackshot and World of Illusion
The Making of Star Fox
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The Making of Star Fox
The making of Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage & Shinobi 3
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The making of Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage & Shinobi 3
How video games were made - part 1: Graphics
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How video games were made - part 1: Graphics
The Making of Sonic 3 & Knuckles
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The Making of Sonic 3 & Knuckles
The Making of Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past - Super Nes
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The Making of Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past - Super Nes
The Making of Sonic the Hedgehog 2
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The Making of Sonic the Hedgehog 2
The making of Secret of Mana
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The making of Secret of Mana
The Making of Donkey Kong Country
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The Making of Donkey Kong Country
How video games were made - part 3: Marketing and Business
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How video games were made - part 3: Marketing and Business
How video games were made - concept art montage
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How video games were made - concept art montage
How video games were made - part 2: Workflow
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How video games were made - part 2: Workflow

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  • @mattcorso5802
    @mattcorso5802 18 годин тому

    Nicely done! Yeah but, Bloodlines holds up as one of the most replayable and creative Castlevanias. I would like to see more games like it. Bloodstained Ritual of the Night has shades of Bloodlines creativity.

  • @lefthookouchmcarm4520
    @lefthookouchmcarm4520 23 години тому

    When younger I didn't realize how cut throat the console owners were toward the development companies 😮

  • @bdp2868
    @bdp2868 23 години тому

    And ,,,,seeing this amazing documentary in 2024, with AI stealing all those great artists , and adding to their database, to create "stolen art". How nobody puts a stop to this? ... Now this talented woman, Ayami Kojima, would be unemployed, as today nobody needs an artist to create with AI a character design .... Horrible world we have now.

  • @Judgedredd95
    @Judgedredd95 День тому

    I miss these digitized grqphics. Far better than the nowadays MK games. I wish they make a MK with digitized graphics with current technology.

  • @TUUK2006
    @TUUK2006 4 дні тому

    Is this an AI voiceover? Certainly sounds like it.

  • @Leikjarinn
    @Leikjarinn 4 дні тому

    Simply amazingly amazing channel

  • @ryanlucht6625
    @ryanlucht6625 4 дні тому

    I love that Ecco is just a regular dolphin, no special designs or anything crazy to make him stand out or "mascotize" him. Just a plain old dolphin on a mission to save the world from aliens like any other

  • @davestrides
    @davestrides 4 дні тому

    lovely video, thank you so much for your research and work in compiling and presenting this information for us

  • @vitaliydubkov4008
    @vitaliydubkov4008 4 дні тому

    So these same guys created Lost World Jurassic Park. This explains alot when it comes to picture quality

  • @thenoseguy
    @thenoseguy 5 днів тому

    Your videos are so timeless. I can watch any of them, no matter how old they are, and have a good time.

  • @enzo5252
    @enzo5252 5 днів тому

    9:05 link of original video?

  • @theproanimator8447
    @theproanimator8447 8 днів тому

    SEGA shouldn't have declined SGI. They should have accepted SGI for a developer's kit for the Saturn and launch the Saturn on September 1995

  • @dominosnostradamus2415
    @dominosnostradamus2415 9 днів тому

    Should have made more sonic games and focused less on stupid games

    • @davebob4973
      @davebob4973 4 дні тому

      but those stupid games are their best ones

    • @dominosnostradamus2415
      @dominosnostradamus2415 2 дні тому

      @@davebob4973 no like trash genesis fighting games or whatever. Like they should have done more with sonic games and stop making crappy sega games on the genesis that are forgettable

    • @dominosnostradamus2415
      @dominosnostradamus2415 2 дні тому

      @@davebob4973 like sonic cd 2 or sonic 4,5,6. Or tails in his own game. Or even like sonic triple trouble 16bit. They should have made more Sonic games you know

  • @RedPolarBearRanger
    @RedPolarBearRanger 9 днів тому

    I like the use of the Airwolf theme at 5:41 as that is one of my favorite shows of all time.

  • @Chtud
    @Chtud 10 днів тому

    AD Visser,Doe Maar,Veronica en TJOLK = Dutch AF

  • @DGISALWAYS
    @DGISALWAYS 10 днів тому

    I love the editing style here. will definitely subbed.

  • @fthprodphoto-video5357
    @fthprodphoto-video5357 11 днів тому

    Me and my brother received the NES around 1987-1988 as Christmas gift because of Castlevania which was the first video game we had played after the Game and Watch. We played it at a friend’s house and were literally mesmerized. When Simons Quest came out we were completely amazed by the musics and the exploration part. This was something new and thrilling. It has different endings too… then we played rockman 3 and were the first to have the game card in our village so every Nintendo geek came to play it at our home. Great times !

  • @Myako
    @Myako 12 днів тому

    Hi there, how are you? Would you consider doing plot analysis video series? I'd love to see your take on the plot and conspiracy theories regarding Resident Evil, Half Life & Portal, The Binding of Isaac, etc.

    • @strafefox
      @strafefox 10 днів тому

      I don't have plans to branch out to doing plot analysis, sorry! They are not really my area of expertise to be honest.

  • @michaelguilherme7500
    @michaelguilherme7500 12 днів тому

    One of my favorites games of all time! Great video!

  • @Stellerex
    @Stellerex 12 днів тому

    After MK4/ Gold all the others simply sucked ass.

  • @Instant_Nerf
    @Instant_Nerf 13 днів тому

    Fast gameplay? Even back then we knew it was too slow

  • @Chuck-Morris
    @Chuck-Morris 14 днів тому

    For an A.I voiced video, The production of this video is great tbh lol BLASPHEMY! 😂🤙

    • @davebob4973
      @davebob4973 4 дні тому

      i dont think thats an ai voice i think for whatever reason that only god knows the audio in the intro got messed up becausemi swear it did not used rto sound like that

  • @DashawnJizzle
    @DashawnJizzle 14 днів тому

    This documentary is amazing. So glad I found your channel. Quality is off the charts. 🙏🏿♥️🔥🔥

  • @javierc2726
    @javierc2726 15 днів тому

    It is PESINA, not peNsina

  • @RushilPatel-oe7hn
    @RushilPatel-oe7hn 15 днів тому

    This doesn’t feel like a review

  • @BurtChristopherson-id5nw
    @BurtChristopherson-id5nw 16 днів тому

    cool but does not show the making of the game or its creators in action. i guess i could imagine an old fuji film

  • @BurtChristopherson-id5nw
    @BurtChristopherson-id5nw 16 днів тому

    failed to mention the composer fell ill and needed help finishing the score

  • @Sannoki
    @Sannoki 16 днів тому

    Make Chrono Cross video please!

  • @TheEKdude
    @TheEKdude 17 днів тому

    I can’t believe 2018 was 6 years ago… also nice documentary, you really know how to pull in viewers and it’s awesome.

  • @apextherapy2012
    @apextherapy2012 17 днів тому

    @5:01 LMAO! you can see the germ of what was to come! I wonder who the other guys that didn't make the roster were

  • @GamingTranceSeer
    @GamingTranceSeer 18 днів тому

    My best friend will enjoy this vid thanks! Subbed

  • @Goorlel
    @Goorlel 18 днів тому

    Great video, subbed

  • @loafyishere
    @loafyishere 19 днів тому

    its actually called the super emeralds

  • @johnjordan6032
    @johnjordan6032 19 днів тому

    Kabal from MK3 looks like they got a guy in khakis and rushed to dress him up with props from a sports and Halloween store.

  • @eladreltuc
    @eladreltuc 21 день тому

    I felt the Insert coin doc glossed over MK and in general was a bland documentary. I love this video you did. It brings me back watching this video. MK 2 is still thee best of them all.

  • @officegossip
    @officegossip 21 день тому

    i love the elegant manga style of the game, back when that cartooning style had a lil more class.

  • @di4352
    @di4352 21 день тому

    Freaking incredible use of the available tools of the time, and in the end, not only did they pioneer it, they bested it, perfected it, and left no chance for anyone else to keep up before 3D took over. Mortal Kombat will remain a legend.

  • @23pants68
    @23pants68 23 дні тому

    Beautifully done video

  • @Dewmguygaming
    @Dewmguygaming 24 дні тому

    As well as donkey Kong country 1 2 and three sonic 3-D blast DOOM 64

  • @RadicalCrabical
    @RadicalCrabical 26 днів тому

    are you chaseface?

  • @Eastsid3
    @Eastsid3 26 днів тому

    Great video. I love how they took 90s inspiration out of magazines at 4:38. Skate, WWF wrestlers, the Rocketeer, backwards caps and more

  • @RandoSnaps
    @RandoSnaps 27 днів тому

    I’m pretty sure that you’re the first person to specify that Sonic’s shoes were inspired by the “BAD” music video outfit and not just Michael Jackson. Thank you for that detail👏🏾👏🏾

  • @cellohm
    @cellohm Місяць тому

    Oh so its not west one Childhood ruined

  • @Mr_I2obot
    @Mr_I2obot Місяць тому

    Thank you so much for creating this. The nostalgia is hitting me hard right now.

  • @aberami6090
    @aberami6090 Місяць тому

    Can, you guys give us an insight on Goldeneye N64 pls ?

  • @nictimoulete7651
    @nictimoulete7651 Місяць тому

    quality video, thanks for sharing. Best game and soundtrack ever !

  • @saunterrrr
    @saunterrrr Місяць тому

    90s Rare is unmatched. Firing from all cylinders, the group of people that brought us so many gems need more appraisal.

  • @log8029
    @log8029 Місяць тому

    Literally one of my favorite video on the whole youtube. Amazing work of presentation and synthesis. Good job to every members of your team for this excellent video. I learned so many things in this 20 minutes span! (born in the very late 90s) And your soothing voice makes it so easy to follow everything. Thank you so much for giving us such amazing, FREE, content !

    • @strafefox
      @strafefox Місяць тому

      Thanks so much! Really wonderful to read :)

  • @musicaldude9429
    @musicaldude9429 Місяць тому

    how did i miss this masterpieces release

  • @malkmut2189
    @malkmut2189 Місяць тому

    The way this glides through anime, movie, TV, toys, and video games is like pop culture comparative literature. Your best video yet!