Console Shock EP63 2nd Generation Consoles

Retro and current gen gaming chat, with Trev and Stu! Its the Console Shockcast!

Everybody loves a bit of 8Bit NES infused console nostalgia, but what about the consoles that came before? We take a look at a generation that started before both of us were born, and actually didnt end until the 90s! Everyone thinks of the mighty

Atari 2600 as the go-to pre-NES era console, but what about the ColecoVision and Intellivision? For the first time on the Shockcast we cover them all!

– Which consoles were part of the second gen?

– Collecting second gen consoles.

– Hooking second gen consoles up to a modern TV.

– Whats with those weird telephone keypad controllers?

– 8Bit is as far back as I go, will this be too primitive for me?

– Have simple mobile phone games made 2nd gen gameplay viable again?

Intro/Outro Music – National Park Speedway – Daytona USA 2001 (2001) – Sega Dreamcast – Composer(s): Keiichi Sugiyama, Naofumi Hataya, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Junko Shiratsu, Hidehiro Kobayashi, Hirofumi Murasaki

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