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Pop*Star Pilot Mullethon celebrating the life and times of Nick Marentes (which Nick) part 1


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Part one of a game play marathon of the video game collection of Nick Marentes from Pop*Star pilot all the way back to Neutroid, we'll review Nick's collection, visit many of his games, hear from the man himself, and take a walk through history as Nick discusses his projects from the early days of the TRS-80 Model I through 2016's Pop*Star Pilot, and the development process, evolution and influences in his current game in development, Gun Star!

Find out more about Nick Marentes' projects at http://nickmarentes.com/

Buy the Nick Marentes game collection, including Pop*Star pilot and all his other games, including Pop*Star merchandise at http://8bit256.com

00:00:00 Introduction - playing Pop*Star Pilot up to level II

00:11:03 Peek at the PennFEST 2000 video from the Pop*Star Pilot CD, looking for the mullet
00:14:20 Cosmic Ambush game play
00:21:56 Space Intruders game play
00:28:33 Nick Marentes joins us live!
00:28:43 Pop*Star Pilot game play with Nick
00:51:23 Dueling Pop*Stars! Stevie and Nick play side-by-side
01:02:42 Nick makes it to level 4 in Pop*Star (solo full screen view)
01:09:31 Cosmic Ambush (without flicker) including view of Easter eggs in the game!
01:20:23 Gun Star game development discussions, the influences of the past to the present
01:24:17 Preview of Escape Zone for the TRS-80, early influence
01:29:50 The life and times of Nick Marentes: Reviewing all of his previous projects
02:19:22 Wrapping up and signing off, planning part 2

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