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''Classic Game Room'' (commonly abbreviated CGR) is a video game review show produced, directed, edited and hosted by Mark Bussler of Inecom, LLC. The show reviews both retro and modern video games along with gaming accessories, pinball machines, and minutiae such as gaming mousepads and food products. The show broadcast its reviews via video-sharing website YouTube under the screen name 'Lord Karnage' until late 2013, when they moved to Dailymotion, citing issues with YouTube. On May 8, 2014, via the Classic Game Room's (Facebook Page ) and (YouTube channel ), it was announced that the show would again be posting episodes on YouTube. Usage of their own website, which has its own rating and comments system, is encouraged. == History == Originally titled ''The Game Room'' and presented by Mark Bussler and David Crosson, it was the first professional video game review show on the internet. Founded by Bussler, it launched on November 7, 1999 on the internet startup website FromUSAlive.〔 At first, the presenters planned to review mainly then-modern games, but after a segment on older games proved to be popular, the show began reviewing earlier titles. The show was run on a tight US$50 budget, so improvised special effects were used. However, the low-budget nature of the show led to slow episode production rates, and when revenue failed to cover the costs of running the show, ''The Game Room'' was canceled on October 23, 2000. Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 for the Sega Dreamcast was the last game to be reviewed on the show.〔 The show returned as ''Classic Game Room HD'' (HD standing for Heavy Duty according to Bussler)〔(Loaded Cartridge Interview with Mark Bussler )〕 on February 20, 2008, hosted by Mark Bussler. Dave appeared at the end of the show's first episodes, ''Captain America and The Avengers'', where Mark asked him what he thought of the game. On August 29, 2009 Mark announced the launch of the Classic Game Room website ClassicGameRoom.net (now (ClassicGameRoom.com )) on the show's YouTube channel. The website hosts links and embedded videos all the show's episodes as well as written review. Later, the site began hosting reviews written by fans of the show as well as linking to their video reviews. In May 2010, Inecom launched a second show titled ''CGR Undertow'' hosted by Derek. Later he was joined by TJ and a rotating cast of other reviews. The show had reviewers give their own take on games reviewed by Mark as well as other games not reviewed on the main show. In early 2012, some Classic Game Room reviews were co-hosted by Derek and TJ. In late 2013, Classic Game Room left YouTube and began posting videos on Dailymotion. On May 8, 2014, Classic Game Room announced via its Facebook page and YouTube Channel that they will be returning to YouTube on May 10. Episodes first hosted on Dailymotion were added to their respective YouTube channels. The last episode posted on dailymotion was the review of Mario Kart 8. On November 2nd 2015, Classic Game Room host Mark Bussler announced that the show would highly slow its production following the end of the 2015 year. Changes would include the shutting down of the show store and its secondary channel CGR Undertow entirely ending production. Bussler stated that this is due to a change in his life and he would like to focus more on his writing and film making. He also said that we would continue the show as a hobby similar to how it began for him. 〔http://classicgameroom.com/forums/topic/cgr-announcement-site-show-changes/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Classic Game Room」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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