Guru Larry's Retro Corner
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| Format | Video Games |
| Starring | Larry Bundy Jr Wesley Lock |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
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| Running time | 3 Minutes (Segment in The Chart) 15 Minutes (Retro Corner Show) |
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| Original channel | XLEAGUE.TV |
| Picture format | 576i SDTV |
| Original run | May 16, 2007 – Present |
Guru Larry's Retro Corner is a popular weekly segment on the XLEAGUE.TV series, The Chart. Which originally appeared as part of The Chart before spinning off into it's own separate "best of" series.
Presented by Guru Larry (Larry Bundy Jr.) and Co-Written by Larry Bundy Jr and Wesley Lock (Wesley is also known as the second voice which occasionally appears on the show), the series was originally devised from their earlier ScrewAttack series, Games Yanks Can't Wank, a show about games unreleased in America.
The name "Guru Larry" came from Larry's earlier presenting/producing on the Game Network show, Game Guru.
Each week, the series covers a different title from gaming history, informing viewers about it's story and background in a comedic way. Games featured will regularly be those which, in the presenters opinion, have been overlooked or undervalued since their original release, or quirky titles from gaming's past worthy of mention and reminding of, rather than the more obvious choices for retro features like on Pac-Man or Space Invaders . The segment runs for less than five minutes.
The show is also the World's first and only Retro Gaming TV series and has also gained a cult following online with fans all over the world.
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[edit] Retro Corner Episodes
Notable episodes from the series include:
- Ep. 8 Mad Dog McCree - Arcade
- Ep. 13 Link: The Faces of Evil - Philips CD-i
- Ep. 17 Final Fight - Arcade / SNES / Mega CD
- Ep. 19 Jet Set Radio - Dreamcast
- Ep. 27 Super Mario Bros 2 / Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic - NES / Famicom Disk System
- Ep. 38 Burning Rangers - Sega Saturn
For a list of episodes that have aired to date,
See: List of Guru Larry's Retro Corner Episodes
[edit] See also
- XLEAGUE.TV - The Retro Corner's Channel
- The Chart - The Show The Retro Corner originally spun off from.
- Games Night
- The Match
- The Edge
- Inside Gaming
- Game60
- The Casual Gaming Show
[edit] External links
[edit] Sources
Gamesindustry.biz (15/05/2007). "XLeague TV launches tomorrow". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-05-15.
computerandvideogames.com (Tuesday 24-Apr-2007). "XLeague.TV reveals games list for showdown launch". Press release. Retrieved on Tuesday 24-Apr-2007.
mcvuk.com (14-Aug-2007). "XLEAGUE.TV Listens To Community". Press release. Retrieved on Tuesday 14-Aug-2007.
- OfCom's Licence for XLEAGUE.TV
- Spong.com news report
- GNews Report on Channel's Launch
- EuroBird Satelitte EPG Listings, which announces the induction of XLEAGUE.TV
- Ben Talbot's blog
- http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/tvlicensing/cs/1481.htm
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