1992: Books and a Game Pickup

On 07/16/2015 at 04:40 PM by KnightDriver

I don't remember reading anything much in '92. Much later I read Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash. What I'd like to read now from this year are the following:

Timothy Zahn's Dark Force Rising (I think this is one of the books in the Thrawn trilogy, but in any case, I'd like to read more Zahn).

The Pirates of Darkwater comic. I'm still intrigued by this TV cartoon that has the art style very like Don Bluth. I wonder whether the comic has that style too.

Greg Bear's Anvil of Stars. After reading his Halo trilogy of books, I'm a fast fan of The Bear and want to read anything by him.

Toni Morrison's Jazz. I assume this is all about Jazz, and I like learning more about that. It's fiction though, so I'll have to look more into what it's about.

John Gray's Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. This book has gained some fame, so I'm curious what the fuss is all about.

And here's the game I picked up today: Mega Man Anniversary Collection for Xbox. $20 at Jay Street Video Games. I have Mega Man 1 on Virtual Console already, but there were two Mega Man games in '92, 4 and 5, so it seemed wise to have this collection. It has Mega Man 1-8 and MM: Power Battle and MM 2: Power Fighters.

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That's Retronauts on my iPod there. Jeremy Parish, Shane Bettenhausen, and Bob Mackey talked about the PS1 for an hour or more. With Shane there, it felt a bit like the 1UP days.

Super Step Contributing Writer

07/16/2015 at 07:52 PM

I need to listen to that Retronauts podcast once in a while. Good find with the Mega Man collection.

KnightDriver

07/17/2015 at 01:41 AM

I was happy to find it on Xbox too. That was my main system back then.

Cary Woodham

07/16/2015 at 08:23 PM

The Mega Man Anniversary Collection was great. There is a new one coming out called the Mega Man Legacy Collection, but it will only have 1 to 6. Why less games? I don't know.

I'm actually thinking about starting a podcast with my brothers.

07/17/2015 at 01:48 AM

The Legacy Collection looks good with special modes and lots of history stuff in it.

I hope you do the podcast. I'll listen to it.

Alex-C25

07/17/2015 at 01:35 AM

Ugh, Bob Mackey.

Man, I used to have that collection. It practically made Mega Man one of my childhood heroes. Sadly, my original disc is damaged, so i'll look forward in getting another copy. I may also get the new Legacy Collection since it is also coming to PC.

07/17/2015 at 02:02 AM

I had a feeling you would say that. For you, he doesn't say much in this episode. It's all Jeremy and Shane going back and forth.

I thought that MM Collection would be pricey now, but $20 isn't bad. Legacy collection looks like it has some graphical tweaks and some special modes and art that look interesting.

Jamie Alston Staff Writer

07/17/2015 at 08:31 AM

Funny you should that Retronauts episode-- I just downloaded it this morning so I can listen at work. I usually don't keep up the podcast anymore, but the PlayStation was a very important part in my life. I figure it should be a good trip down memory lane.

07/18/2015 at 02:19 AM

Apparently the early Playstations were very good as CD players. According to Jeremy the sound was supposedly better than your average CD player.

goaztecs

07/21/2015 at 11:41 AM

I should check out Retronauts. I'd like to have another video game based podcast, and nice pickup on Mega Man. Finding X-Box games in great condition is getting harder and harder

07/22/2015 at 03:44 AM

i looked at it closer and it was very clean - like new really. Lucky me.

PixlBit