The Video Game Years – 1978 Part 2 – Odyssey 2 & Trackball

Posted by Itobandito on Friday, April 6, 2012 · 40 Comments

The Video Game Years 1978 Continues as the RWTV guys and guests discuss the Odyssey 2 and the trackball.

SPac316

Great stuff as usual.
http://twitter.com/JasonRippard Jason Rippard

Digging the video! Slowly creeping up to the 80′s. That Castlevania II shirt reminds me of one I saw a guy wearing from the Friday the 13th game. “You and your friends are dead. Game over.”
MattJ142

I love the show but I think it would be better if it was about half as long (so half as many parts) as it is now.
http://www.facebook.com/DaveFlook Dave Flook

Incredible quality and professionalism all around – such a great feature

I watched Billy’s video game room video and saw his (no)budget green screen – The chroma keying looks very well done even for a low end set up like his – I was just wondering what chroma keying/compositing apps you used for The Video Game Years – hard to find any traces of the green screen/artefacts etc

Keep up the great work!! – I hope you are pitching these to tv stations or documentary production studios - it is a more than worthy series

~ Dave
Sigma889

why do they let the guy in the white shirt talk it actually physically hurts me please make him stop
http://twitter.com/JCoughee James Coughee

Another awesome show man!! Very very well done. and BADASS gettin Gamester81 on here! I think all the dudes from the AGG podcast should break bread with RW. That’d be cool
Melvor

Glad to see new faces in the show. Thumbs up to John and Lance. You guys are doing an awesome job putting this together!
Sjpvb1222

i dont care about these douchebags’ input i only care about the systems. to call this a documentary is a disgrace

http://www.retrowaretv.com Kevin Willingham

I don’t think anyone is really calling this a documentary.
Navin R Johnson

If that’s the case go Google the systems you want and just stare at the images. The whole point of watching videos here are for the authors input.
Jason

I agree, seems to just be a chance for these guys to try and be funny at bagging stuff, That Lance guys balls have yet to drop.
http://www.retrowaretv.com RetrowareTV

Well you’ll have to tell that to this Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Feature I’m holding for The Video Game Years 1977. So there.
PNS

Clearly somebody hasn’t seen the “I love the” series on vh1.

Sjpvb1222

definitely not watching this series again it is torture
http://thepunkeffect.com Pat

Roo, I don’t think the blisters on your palms are from using a trackball…

AlbertoAshikawa

it seems more a “joystick” excessive use.
dave goodall

is it GameBoy yet?

http://www.facebook.com/talon.tipton Talon Tipton

I never liked trackballs either, I’ve never had very steady hands so trackballs and a computer mouse will always put me at a disadvantage.
John

These segments are way too long for this episode. It doesn’t seem like anyone one subject should go past three minutes.

Itsayatta

I agree, 77 felt like a good length but I don’t think each episode necessarily has to be 4 parts, especially when talking about a year where not much happened. Much of this could have been cut. Loving the show and the format however and I’m looking forward to further improvements

Minigolfshawn

No mention of Golden Tee Golf that came later that used the trackball?

http://thepunkeffect.com Pat

I guess you missed that.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Robertson/100000976295162 Steven Robertson

Cool Joe Made it on the Show
Armymanis

loving the show so far! I hope this goes all the way up to the present years of video games. Are you guys going to release these in a DVD box set for collectors?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Smith/1018001907 Michael Smith

this show just keeps getting better, awesome part 2 . also i love the intro and ending music is there any way download it?
Ballock

I am LOVING this…you guys crak me up. This is entertaining as hell…and a little informative too…a-okay in my book. I do not take this show too seriously I do hope that’s okay. I laughed out loud at the line: And i do not salute you…ahhh…good day:)
http://twitter.com/xaer0knight Jason Hicks

its awesome that you got Joe from Digital Press to help you after all, he runs a freaking Videogame Museum
bytex666

I like how you can see Pat’s nipples through his shirt.
Flea-420

hey John D, Ito why arent you guys pitching this show to spike im sure they would love to put a show like this on air. its about video games. its a buncha dudes being retarded over games (in a good way haha) and its hilarious. really loving the video game years. really cannot wait til we get to the nes days and the bit wars.
dups1822

awesome work, this stuff is great, can’t wait for the 8-bit and 16-bit era!!
http://www.facebook.com/Revolting1 Pete Nivek Monty

So fucking awesome
http://www.facebook.com/Gamester81 John Gamester

This was very entertaining. Nicely done guys, and thanks for including me.
Tonxonious

OMG I can’t get enough of these, they really take me back… if i wasn’t broke i’d SO be donating money to you guys
Anon

The guy with the horrible gravelly hoarse voice needs to go. His voice is uncomfortable to even listen to.

And Pat The NES Punk’s friend looks like a child molester. Other than that, keep it coming!
Trowa Barton

nice robo cop t shirt i”d buy that for a dollar
Qsdf

i can’t find part 1
http://twitter.com/GaaraofMYdesert Helen J. Spence

I’m learning! lol Thank you for teaching Masters!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LSKWJ7LSRGW535YP3UXCQRKZEM idamannowdog

OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LSKWJ7LSRGW535YP3UXCQRKZEM idamannowdog

The cool thing about the Odyssey 2 is that Bill Clinton couldn’t swipe the W key from the keyboard.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LSKWJ7LSRGW535YP3UXCQRKZEM idamannowdog

It seems most men love wiggling their joystick, but when it comes to playing with their trackballs, they just don’t get any joy.

The Video Game Years – 1978 Part 2 – Odyssey 2 & Trackball

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