Hindleyak's Retro Yakkage

About this original series

Ah yes, nostalgia bouts galore. Join me as I wade through my old video game collection that has been sitting gathering dust in the attic for years.Cry "plagiarism!" as you listen to the rants of a crazy person clearly ripping off other, more competent game reviewers (*cough* AVGN, Peetree, Collie *cough*).The main purpose of these videos is to provide a taste of the games for those who have yet to play them and a bit of entertainment for those who already have.

# Episodes
18 episodes
Rating
TV-PG

Episodes of Hindleyak's Retro Yakkage

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  Amstrad CPC: A Beeping Anthology
  
  In late 2008, the Yak booted up his Amstrad CPC for the first time in more than ten years. For some reason, he felt compelled to record himself playing games that are a quarter of a decade old and upload them to the internet. Why did he think this was a good idea? And what the hell is that beeping in the background? Find out the answer to none of these questions in this compilation of Harry Yack's earliest attempts at video game commentary.
  - Release date
    
    Apr 2, 2012
  - Runtime
    
    23:45
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  International Cricket Captain 2001 (Ashes Editio...
  
  Which format will win in this battle of the creekit titans? I bet you can guess...
  - Release date
    
    Feb 9, 2012
  - Runtime
    
    26:55
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  Food-Related Fun and Frolics on the Systema/Akor...
  
  The Dentist (Plaque Attack) and Hamburger (Fast Food) on the TV Boy, an Atari 2600 clone. Tasty stuff, I'm sure you'll agree.
  - Release date
    
    Dec 7, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    08:12
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  Harry Yack's Rugby Cash-In Spectacular
  
  1. Rugby World Cup '95 In the Mega Drive's lifespan of approximately eight years, the world saw tens of titles looking to emulate the grand old sport of football. Sensible Soccer, Super Kick Off and countless FIFA titles courtesy EA Sports graced Sega's premier console, most of which enjoyed a modicum of success piggybacking various domestic and international football competitions. Somewhere in all of this, its noticeably more hands-on cousin was lost in a quagmire of freshly churned Saturday ...
  - Release date
    
    Nov 23, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    25:57
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  Road Rash [Mega Drive] Level 5 Playthrough with ...
  
  The Yak returns to torture himself on level five of Road Rash on the Sega Mega Drive. Will he complete it before destroying his controller? Unlikely, but it's still fun to watch. This is compilation of five parts originally uploaded to a popular video sharing website. As a whole, the series starts of slow but picks up as I think of more stuff to say and get into the swing of things.
  - Release date
    
    May 9, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    44:01
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  Roland on the Ropes [Amstrad CPC] Longplay
  
  Mwahah! Time for something a little bit different, methinks. This Let's Play / Longplay video was recorded on the same afternoon as the Fruit Machine guerilla review and hence uses the same method of 'pointing the camera at the screen and talking over it like a wally'. Fun eh?
  - Release date
    
    May 9, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    18:45
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  The Super Mario Challenge TV show (TCC, 1991) - ...
  
  Back at the start of the Nineties video game television was all the rage. Amongst the veritable sea of formal, informative stuff was Super Mario Challenge, a satellite TV-only teatime head to head style affair, and pretty cheesy it was too. Many an afternoon kids would rush back from school to enjoy The Children's Channel's (TCC's) own flagship mindless Mazza cash-in, forgoing Knightmare and Blue Peter in favour of the acting talents of John Lenahan. Credits theme by bboynoe: http://www.youtub...
  - Release date
    
    Feb 14, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    09:39
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  PGA Tour '96 [Mega Drive] video review
  
  The year was 1995, and everyone was so excited about the Playstation and 3DO they'd sell their granny to even so much as try one. Amid all this hype, EA Sports attempted to launch PGA Tour 96, with its 'revolutionary' vector graphics, for the ageing Mega Drive. Whilst this was indeed a bold attempt at pushing the console to its limits, the downsides were all too obvious for anyone who tried to play the game for more than ten minutes. After the initial 'wow, look at those fantastic graphics!' f...
  - Release date
    
    Dec 17, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    04:02
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  Super Hang On [Mega Drive] video review
  
  Disclaimer: I suck at video games.More cringeworthy cardboard commentary ahoy! Yep, if you can put up with my halfarsed script reading then you might find some fun in this. By the way, I owe a big shout out to Classic Game Room Reviews, which some of this review (and a lot of the Columns one) was based on. Cheers, dudes!
  - Release date
    
    Aug 28, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    06:51
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  FIFA 98: Road to the World Cup [Mega Drive] vide...
  
  Warning: extreme bias ahead.Edited together on a Bank Holiday afternoon off. Yay for not having anything to do!Note: there are tons of little inaccuracies in here, like the fact FIFA didn't appear on the Dreamcast, or ISS Deluxe was released just one year before this game. I don't believe AEK Athens are in the game either. Couldn't be bothered going back to fix them though, and anyway, grant me a bit of artistic license, eh?
  - Release date
    
    Aug 21, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    08:02