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Confucius say:

Hi guys!

It's me, Aimee Dingman, and I watched your show right after CinciClassic (to see myself, of course, *blush*) BUT I never got around to sending you a proper comment, so here goes nothing!

"Gamebot was great! Just like having your older brother hog the TV for a few hours or playing Super Dodgeball, it just goes on and on. Quite watchable!"

Thanks guys!

- Aimee Dingman, podkaynestudios.com

Good quote Aimee. It did not make the back of the Gamebot Volume 2, but if it had I would have used "Quite Watchable!". Aimee has created some fantastic classic video game themed artwork which was featured in gamebot episode 7.

- Blake


Name that game:

I saw your video chronicling old game systems and I was wondering if you would know what this is?
It appears to be a Japanese mastersystem 10 game arcade cabinet. I cannot read or type in Japanese so I cannot find any sites referencing it. Please see the included pictures.


Thanks.

- Chris O'Brien

Hello Chris. It looks like you have a Sega Mark III demo kiosk. The Mark III was indeed the Sega Master System of Japan. I could not find any info on which games these kiosks contained, but I would speculate they are the earliest releases such as Hang On. Nintendo promoted the NES in a similar way with the Playchoice 10 arcade machine. Here is a great Mark III page from Wikipedia. The specs on this page match whats in the cabinet most likely. Thanks for the pictures!

- Blake


Hello from a neighbor:

Hi,

This is Shawn, the guy two tables down with the shirts and no games for sale. I just got done watching the DVD and the episode on the site. It's pretty sweet man, I think the best parts are the show coverage especially the freeze-and-zoom stuff that cuts to actual footage of the game with your commentary over it. It's a very thorough yet brief way of highlighting so many games at the various shows. Mind if I steal that technique for my own personal use? I'm thinking of doing a similar video of my own collection... some day.

As a more modern collector I wouldn't mind seeing more 90's stuff (Genesis, SNES, TG-16, 3DO, even into PlayStation and Saturn) but the show has a great retro vibe as it is and these episodes have been like a visual refresher course in gaming history for me. Great job! I wish I would've picked up the lost episodes while you had them there.

I'm not sure what kind of help I could provide from over here (I'm not bad with video editing myself) but if there's something you need just ask! Again, it was great to meet you and I hope to catch up on GameBot history as the rest of the episodes go online.

- Shawn Backenheim

Wow, thanks for he compliment Shawn. I remember you well and I still wear my handmade "I WENT TO RACCOON CITY AND ALL I GOT WAS THE T-VIRUS" t-shirt! I'm glad you have enjoyed gamebot, the editing techniques you speak of were our producer Jordan Pike's creation and you may use them with our blessing. I love all the systems you mentioned and planned on covering them more than we did, but no more episodes are planned at this time. However there is much more to see on Gamebot Volume 2, which is now available on the shop page. Thanks for offering to help as well. This is what's missing from the modern game community as opposed to the classic game community, the fellowship. It is much appreciated. Check out the links on the media page for more stuff you haven't seen.

- Blake