Retronauts Episode 463 Preview: Taito, Pt. II
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4.5 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, and Brandon Sheffield explore the second era of Taito's history: The late 1980s. From arcade all-timers like Bubble Bobble and Arkanoid to a major push to home consoles, it's two hours of wall-to-wall classics!
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| 0:41.1 | This week Ray Barnhold and Brandon Sheffield joined me to revisit the topic of Tito's |
| 0:45.9 | history. |
| 0:46.9 | A dozen episodes ago, we discussed the very early history of this arcade powerhouse leading |
| 0:51.1 | up to space invaders in the oddball efforts that followed. |
| 0:54.6 | This time we hit the salad days with games like Archanoid, Bubble Bubble, TimeGal, the Ninja |
| 0:58.7 | Warriors, Darius, and more. |
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