The Upper Memory Block Joe Mastroianni

Welcome to episode 114, where I dive into the prolific Access Software golf sim series, Links.
Links:

My video research sessions:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2whCuUnKwYBC6SHvfn6c5yf0RTk9z9s1

French PC game magazine archive:

https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/index.php

Buy Links online:

https://www.linkscountryclub.com/

In episode 113, we take on the massively popular and genre-defining Unreal series.

Links:

My video research sessions:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2whCuUnKwYB-UhgbN7wL9lc8JerihSV4

X-Wing Soundtrack (redone):
https://soundcloud.com/laserschwert/sets/x-wing

TIE Fighter Soundtrack (redone):
https://soundcloud.com/laserschwert/sets/tie

Buy Unreal Gold
GoG: https://www.gog.com/game/unreal_gold?pp=1106a1dda2d680438ecfb0bb70fd479c55a1791f
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/13250/Unreal_Gold/

Buy Unreal 2: The Awakening
GoG: https://www.gog.com/game/unreal_2_the_awakening_se?pp=1106a1dda2d680438ecfb0bb70fd479c55a1791f
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/13200/Unreal_2_The_Awakening/

Buy Unreal Tournament
GoG: https://www.gog.com/game/unreal_tournament_goty?pp=1106a1dda2d680438ecfb0bb70fd479c55a1791f
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/13240/Unreal_Tournament_Game_of_the_Year_Edition/

Buy Unreal Tournament 2004
GoG: https://www.gog.com/game/unreal_tournament_2004_ece?pp=1106a1dda2d680438ecfb0bb70fd479c55a1791f
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/13230/Unreal_Tournament_2004_Editors_Choice_Edition/

Next Episode:

Next time, get into our first sports game with the Links series from Access Software.

Time for episode 112, in which we explore the mysterious world of 1930's Hong Kong in the 1991 Dynamix adventure, Heart of China.

Links:

My video research sessions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKLSnBxpjNM&list=PL2whCuUnKwYC1gOgCR6N229FHnVpkI5MZ

Buy Heart of China on GoG:
https://www.gog.com/game/heart_of_china?pp=1106a1dda2d680438ecfb0bb70fd479c55a1791f

Next Episode:

Next time, we jump forward to 1998 with the Unreal series from Epic games.

In episode 111, we hit our first fighting game, 1994's One Must Fall 2097 by Diversions Entertainment.

Links:

My video research sessions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ-OBT0PYE0&list=PL2whCuUnKwYBNDRCGWvJzjmVSIg0Ij8Tk

One Must Fall 2097 on archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/OneMustFall2097

One Must Fall 1.0 (Demo) on archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/msdos_MUSTFALL_shareware

Tomer's interview with Rob Elam on Mobygames:
Part 1 http://www.mobygames.com/featured_article/feature,8/
Part 2 http://www.mobygames.com/featured_article/feature,8/section,31/

Next Episode:

Next time, we'll be covering the 1991 Dynamix adventure, Heart of China.

In a very special UMBCast, for the second time ever I have a live guest! I dragged my friend and fellow podcaster Brian "Space Game Junkie" Rubin to sit with me and talk Wing Commander.

Specifically, in light of my recent complete playthrough of Wing Commander 2 on the YouTube channel, I wanted to sit down with someone to discuss that game in particular. Of course, we couldn't just limit ourselves to JUST WC2 so of course we discuss the entire series with a bit more of a focus on the second game then on the others. We also get into a discussion about successors to Wing Commander, what made it special compared to other famous space combat sims and of course, we couldn't avoid talking a bit about Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous.

Links:

Find Brian and all his content at https://www.spacegamejunkie.com/

My YouTube "UMB Plays" of Wing Commander 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-AMpSWJpYY&list=PL2whCuUnKwYC8rXzdIQT2rU4RkysbF3Nm

Digital Antiquarian article on Wing Commander II:
https://www.filfre.net/2018/03/wing-commander-ii/

Buy Wing Commander 1 and 2 on GoG:
https://www.gog.com/game/wing_commander_1_2?pp=1106a1dda2d680438ecfb0bb70fd479c55a1791f

Wing Commander CCG:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3842/wing-commander

Next Episode:

Next time, we'll be covering the 1994 Diversions Entertainment fighting game, One Must Fall: 2097.

Earlier today, I received word that long time friend of the show, Amayirot Akago (aka Maarten Amkreutz), took his own life. As a very small, very insignificant gesture, I'm reposting his guest show from mere days before the arrival of the UMBaby covering The Neverhood.

Akago was one of the first to step up when I put out the call for guest shows and has been a constant and welcome fixture of the show since its earliest days.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmayirotAkago

Postman's Quest: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2073/