Nintendo Life readers should be familiar with the work of Tyler Esposito. Not only has he contributed to the site in the past, he runs the excellent YouTube channel iretrogamer.com, which showcases loads of excellent retro content as well as covering some of the home movies Esposito made with his late father, the person who encouraged his appreciation of both gaming and video production.
Esposito's father passed away nine years ago this very day, and he's kindly shared another video with us which serves as a semi-sequel to the heart-melting Genesis Power Team show he made with his dad in the early '90s. A slightly older Esposito is featured this time around and the relentless advance of technology means he's showcasing the Nintendo 64 this time around - more specifically, Rare's cult fighter Killer Instinct Gold.
These days anyone with a computer and webcam can create their own video reviews and share them with a potential audience of millions, but back in 1997 these productions were very much for personal amusement more than anything else. Esposito readily admits his presenting style has improved dramatically since this footage was taken, but it's tremendously endearing to see his doting father provide cues and advice off-camera, willing his son on.
The verdict is that Killer Instinct Gold is an "encouraging" game to play, in case you were wondering. 8 out of 10!
Did you create any of your own video game-based shows during the '90s? If so, let us know by posting a comment. Perhaps now is a good time to share them with the world.
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No. Didn't have a video camera back then. Kid you're too young to be playing this game, so that's why you've been left to do the commentating. Watched the video first before reading the article. It's cool that his Dad got him into video games and that he has these videos to reminisce and remember him by. You can see where it all started.
Best button-masher of all time. I had no Idea how I was able to pull off 50-hit combos, but I did! My 12 year old self always wished the fighter with the big boobs would turn around after her celebratory flash.
Man, I used to record silly videos and let's plays with commentary back in the NES and SNES days. Somewhere out there are beta tapes with retro gaming goodness from my childhood.
Love this channel, always great content that hits the nostalgia hard.
I played the SNES port over lunch today since a coworker brought in a few NES/SNES games and a Retron 5. It was my first foray into the series, and though I did poorly (didn't know which buttons I should be pressing, and there was a slight input delay with one of the buttons), I really enjoyed myself!
I always love this guy's videos.
I just love these throwback gaming videos. KI was awesome on the Nintendo systems.
Cool to see how his Dad got him started back in the good ol' days of VHS.
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