And we've reached the end of 2017!
And what a year it was!
I've put out less videos, but with way more research and overall quality than ever!
And, first of all, I have to thank you all for keep coming back for more, and more,
week after week!
So, here's Pixel THING's most watched videos of 2017!
Everywhere I go, I have to be surrounded by music, and those chiptunes from the past,
created on the ZX Spectrum and on the C64, are deeply carved in the back of my mind!
This time around, and celebrating the 35 years of Commodore's 8-bit home computer, I brought
to all of you my 10 favorite tunes created by legends such as Chris Huelsbeck, Tel, Whittaker,
Hubbard, Matt Gray, etc.
The arcades had so many amazing hidden gems that I simply felt the need to bring them
to the channel.
So, Part 1 of my "Best Unconverted Arcades Games" series, was also one of my most watched
videos of 2017.
Part 2 was also extremely welcomed by you guys,
and Part 3 is in the making and coming soon.
The point 'n click graphic adventure genre was my biggest addiction in early 90s, so
I simply had to point out my favorites.
Even today, and from time to time, I pick one of these and immerse myself into the gorgeous
pixel art that graphic adventures offer to all fans of this practically extinct genre.
I never thought that a video related to Baja Edge of Control would be one of the most viewed
on my channel!
I know that I've been extremely annoying since the early days of It's a Pixel THING,
always bringing this game up in conversations, 'cause I really believe that this is such
a huge underrated game and the biggest hidden gem ever in what racing games are concerned!
And, a couple of months after I released this episode, a remastered version was announced
for the current gen systems, the PS4, the Xbox One
and even the PC!
This was also the year to talk about, and unveil the complete history, of my favorite
arcade game: the fabulous Toki.
This was in where I spent practically all my lunch money back in my teenage years!
The exploratory feel of these beautiful locations were what really attracted me
in the first place!
And, later, was eager to play it at home on my ZX Spectrum.
Sadly, that version was never released and that made me upgrade to the Amiga.
Check this episode out, if you missed it!
Now, for a completely different topic, my relaxed episode about the 26 Perfect Amiga
Games to Play with the amazing QuickShot Maverick 1!
During 2017 I managed to grab a new old stock Maverick 1, that was simply one of my most
desired items from the early 90s, and just thought that it would be cool to try it out
with some of my favorite Amiga games!
A pretty awesome experiment that really grabbed your attention!
A video with Maria Whittaker would instantly be a winner, right?
Yeah, sort of!
The complete history of Barbarian The Ultimate Warrior was something that I wanted to tell
for quite while!
And I can say that this was one of the most fun and enjoyable videos I ever made for my
channel!
Talking about those games that had their slice of controversy is always fun, isn't it?
Now, the most extensive and exhaustive work I did in 2017 was about Lucasfilm Games and
LucasArts.
I consider this 1 hour and 22 minutes' long - two-part - episode a true documentary, in
where I tell not only the complete history of George Lucas' video game company and
its partners, but also show footage of every single title developed and published by Lucasfilm
and LucasArts 'til Disney's acquisition back in 2012.
If you loved Lucasfilm and LucasArts, if you've played their amazing graphic adventures and
Star Wars titles, I highly recommend you to reserve 1 hour and 22 minutes of your busy
lives to watch both these episodes.
All the links will be in the description below.
The first time I loaded the 128K version of RocoCop on my ZX Spectrum +2A, I was stroke
by this digitized speech…
It was such an amazing moment, to have my humble Speccy to speak Robo's prime directives
just like in the movie and on the arcade game that always hypnotized me with its attract
mode!
Telling the complete history of this amazing game, going through all versions released
for 8 and 16-bit systems of the time, was so overwhelming and extremely gratifying!
Simply one of my favorite games ever made!
And, my most watched 2017 video was about my personal Top 10 Amiga Exclusive games.
Such a fun video to make!
Even realizing later that Yo! Joe! was, indeed,
an Amiga exclusive, but for just about half a year.
It ended up being ported to the PC.
Even so, all other 9 and another 7 that are shown in the end of the episode, are truly
awesome pieces of software and 90% of those total hidden gems!
I'll probably be back to this subject during 2018, 'cause you guys really enjoyed it
and I have so many Amiga related subjects to talk about and games that I want to review
and tell how they came to be.
Besides these, I truly enjoyed creating other episodes during 2017 that failed to grab viewers'
attention, like the one about Stereoscopic 3D Compatible Games that was a true joy to
make!
This next one was one of my latest videos, so it will probably get more views during
2018.
I'm talking about the episode related to the history of the PlayStation 3 and its best
Games, that I'll forever remember 'cause, during the making of this episode, the hard
drive completely died and had to find a replacement, ASAP, and play every game shown from the beginning!
And, lastly, the Complete History of the Colin McRae and DiRT franchise.
So many hours researching and having fun playing all games from the series…
Man!
What a ride!
Loved every moment of it!
Maybe you've missed this one, or you're not into this kind of games.
Well, I had fun making every single video on my channel, so I guess that's what really
matters!!
Thank you all for your support during one more year of videos!
I truly hope that you had a great time and…
stick around!
More will come, whenever possible!
A huge thanks to my Patrons:
Pete, best known as Nostalgia Nerd,
Tiago Silva,
Melnikster,
Daniel Millington,
Joshua Witt
and Michael.
Your precious help keeps the channel alive and every single dollar is truly welcomed
and appreciated.
Thank you all!
And, please...
have a great 2018!
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