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As of the first of Feb, the 1970s portion of PDF Level 2 is all but done; there are a couple of minor tweaks to be made, but other than that, all that’s left is for me to sit down and come up with some brief music cues to cover a few gaps in the audio.<\/p>\n
The section of PDF Level 2 covering 1972-1979 runs 33 minutes, 56 seconds, and breaks down thusly:<\/p>\n
Timings are approximate, and, until a laser burns it to a disc, are subject to change between now and the finished product.<\/p>\n
That may seem a little underwhelming, but keep in mind that the number of games available to cover – that weren’t already covered in the first PDF DVD – is pretty slim in the early 1970s. You can tell by looking at the timings above where the number of games to cover suddenly starts to double nearly every year. I may add a couple more things to 1979, but I’ll admit that I held back a little bit on ’79: as with the first DVD, this one will be heavy on 1982-85 material (and will have far more substantial coverage of 1986-87 than the first DVD), so I’m reining myself in just a little bit. I firmly believe that, between the first PDF DVD and Level 2, the most significant home and arcade video games will be covered in their entirety.<\/p>\n
Level 2 widens its console coverage considerably, adding more Channel F, Bally Professional Arcade\/Astrocade and Studio II coverage. As they appear on the timeline, you can also expect to see more VIC-20, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, Colecovision, 5200, Aquarius, Emerson Arcadia 2001 and NES coverage. You can also expect to see more unreleased games in Level 2 – console and<\/em> arcade. The first PDF DVD was very arcade-heavy; Level 2 will still have extensive arcade coverage, but will balance that out with more console and computer games.<\/p>\n There’s less emphasis on commercials in PDF Level 2, but they’ll still be there – but perhaps not with the all-pervading, every-couple-of-minutes frequency with which they appeared on the first DVD. As far as pacing, Level 2 thunders along under its own steam: it doesn’t linger as long on the “year” intros. It assumes that you’ve seen the first DVD and know what you’re in for.<\/p>\n The CGE DVD set is still in a curious “just-around-the-corner” limbo right now; there are a couple of artwork issues awaiting approval and then, supposedly, we’re off to the races. I wish I could say more than that, or say “Hey, here’s the pre-order page!”, or something<\/em>, but having looked through the master DVDs from which everyone’s copies will be made, all I really can<\/em> say is that I think the wait’s been worth it. It all looks really<\/em> nice. Shooting and production-wise I have absolutely no problem considering it a “calling card.”<\/p>\n Back to PDF Level 2 for a moment: I may be aiming for an April release date. Or maybe sooner. Why April? You’ll have to tune in tomorrow for that answer.<\/p>\n On the home front, Evan and I are both feeling better…which means now we have to take care of Evan’s mom, whose turn it is to be under the weather. Next week, I think it’s the dog’s turn to be sick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","category-toiling-in-the-pixel-mines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}