[re-up] ERBE & TOPO Soft - Spanish Golden Age - It's a Pixel THING - Ep.#49

NOTE: This is a re-upload of Episode 49. A small fact/detail was inaccurate and is now corrected. A big "thank you" to my viewers that pointed that one out! ;)


Spanish publisher ERBE Software fought, in late 80s, a huge battle against piracy drastically reducing the prices of original games. At a certain point, in 1985, created their own branch for software development to separate it from the main publishing business. So, TOPO Soft was born.

Let's take a look at how this all happened!


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This video features the following music and/or games (in order of appearance):

• SCIRREAL (module)

• GOODBYE (module)

• GLOBC2XT (module)

• Survivor (ZX Spectrum)

• Stardust (Amstrad CPC)

• Desperado (ZX Spectrum)

• Silent Shadow (ZX Spectrum)

• Silent Shadow (Commodore 64)

• Black Beard (ZX Spectrum)

• Chicago's 30 (Commodore 64)

• Tuareg (ZX Spectrum)

• Titanic (MS-DOS)

• Coliseum (ZX Spectrum)

• Score 3020 (Amstrad CPC)

• Wells & Fargo (Amstrad CPC)

• Rock'n Roller (ZX Spectrum)

• Rock'n Roller (MS-DOS)

• Emilio Butragueño Futbol! (Commodore 64)

• Viage al Centro de la Tierra (ZX Spectrum)

• Emilio Butragueño II (MSX)

• Drazen Petrovic Basket (Amstrad CPC)

• Lorna (Commodore Amiga)

• Ice Breaker (ZX Spectrum)

• R.A.M (ZX Spectrum)

• Gremlins 2 (Commodore Amiga)

• Zona 0 (ZX Spectrum)

• GLOBCNQS (module)

It's a Pixel THING Complete Season Two

This is the entire Second Season of It's a Pixel THING, over 6 hours of content compiled into one single video for your viewing convenience and pleasure!


There's other alternative ways for watching the episodes, like using the series playlists below or go directly to the "videos" tab on my channel. That way you'll also get English subtitles!


The "Pickups" videos and other "special" episodes are not included in this compilation, such as my 1-hour long E3 20-Year Retrospective that you can watch by clicking in the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GWeQDqqPEc


Enjoy!


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It's a Pixel THING Season Two Episodes PlayList (newest to oldest): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLArECn6rOyzebyOa5JspMr3A8ysEWCmgV


• 0:25 - Stormfinch [2015, ZX Spectrum] Review

• 5:49 - Kung Fury: Street Rage [2015, Windows / iOS / Android] Review

• 10:47 - The Game Over Controversy [1987, ZX Spectrum / MSX / CPC / C64 / DOS]

• 16:45 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [1992, Mega Drive / Genesis] Review

• 22:50 - A few Favorite Games on a few Different Systems

• 32:43 - Antiriad, the very first metroidvania [1986, C64 / CPC / ZX Spectrum]

• 42:05 - The ZX Spectrum: Why it was so Popular & My Top 26 Games

• 1:14:35 - RAMBO video games Retrospective [1985-2014]

• 1:29:20 - Celebrating 16 Years of the Dreamcast: My Top 10 games

• 1:44:13 - Celebrating 20 Years of the PlayStation: My Top 10 games

• 1:58:46 - 25 Years of The Secret of Monkey Island

• 2:10:08 - Alley Cat [1984, MS-DOS]

• 2:15:54 - Paradise Café, the complete Story [1985, ZX Spectrum]

• 2:23:41 - Celebrating 10 Years of the Xbox 360: My Top 10 games

• 2:38:50 - Celebrating 15 Years of the PlayStation 2: My Top 10 games

• 2:53:32 - Celebrating 25 Years of the Mega Drive (EU): My Top 10 games

• 3:06:54 - How to Sell a Game in the 80s (and Early 90s - EU)

• 3:14:56 - DiRT Rally [2015, PC] Review

• 3:31:06 - The Origins of Cover Media

• 3:36:14 - 2015 Re-Cap: Best Videos, Feedback & Shout-outs

• 3:49:25 - TOP 5 Games Played in 2015 for the First Time

• 3:55:52 - A Tribute to Arcade Classics - My TOP 26 Games

• 4:27:37 - Imagine Software, the place where Dreams come True

• 4:36:22 - 25 Years of Lemmings

• 4:43:17 - Psygnosis, the Legacy

• 4:58:28 - Microsoft SideWinder Dual Strike Review

• 5:06:28 - Psygnosis, the PlayStation Years

• 5:17:39 - Farewell, Evolution Studios

• 5:29:39 - My Top 10 Classic Pinball Video Games

• 5:43:03 - The DemoScene and Thalion Software

• 5:50:11 - My ZX Spectrum Memories

• 5:57:05 - Video Games' Prices Through the Years

• 6:03:32 - 25 Years of Turrican II, The Final Fight


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Video Game Pickups #8 - 80 Games! - It's a Pixel THING - Ep.#91

Let's take a "quick" look at the 80 video games that I've recently added to my collection! In this video there's titles for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 1, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, Dreamcast, and the Commodore Amiga, most of them still sealed!!

Apart from all that, It's a Pixel THING YouTube channel is celebrating its 2nd anniversary! Happy birthday, also, to all of you guys for making this possible!

Enjoy!


Mike's channel - "Game Chest": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0dkkg3tftMAOW3HG8VU_jQ


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25 Years of Turrican II, The Final Fight - It's a Pixel THING - Ep.#90

2016 celebrates the 25th birthday of the title that made me proud of owning an Amiga! Turrican 2 - The Final Fight, was the perfect home arcade experience that I was after with stunning graphics and an overwhelming soundtrack!

Let’s take a look!


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