Consolevania

200455m
Comedy

Consolevania is a video games TV show filmed in and around Glasgow, Scotland. It is notable as one of very few online TV shows to make the leap onto broadcast TV as the show videoGaiden, which has had three series shown on BBC Scotland. The name Consolevania is a reference to Konami's long-running horror-adventure game series Castlevania. Fittingly, the first game reviewed on the show was Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. The first episode was filmed in the summer of 2004 and initially distributed on CDs posted out by the team. Eventually all episodes became distributed online via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer network, although an archive of http first and second series downloads now exists and lower quality http downloads are released concurrently with the more recent BitTorrent releases.

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

March 10, 2004

Last Aired

April 3, 2018

Created By

Robert Florence, Ryan MacLeod

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
Consolevania 1
E1
Consolevania 1
Air date: 2004-03-10
Introductions: Hitler, Legend, Mr. Robert, Mr. Ryan Reviews: Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PS2), The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Xbox), Bujingai (PS2), Siren (PS2) Regular Sketches: Legend, Hitler (rant), An Overblood reference One-off Sketches/Features: The Shenmue drinking game, an extensive interview with a games retailer
Consolevania 2
E2
Consolevania 2
Air date: 2004-04-12
Reviews: Glass Rose (PS2), Kya (PS2), Biohazard: Outbreak (PS2), Romance Of The Three Kingdoms VIII (PS2), .hack//INFECTION (PS2) Regular Sketches: Legend, Cosplay (Virtuoso), Hitler (complains to the retailer GAME) One-off Sketches/Features: Cosplay - The Consolevania Way, A Day In The Life, Videogaming c. 50,000 BC
Consolevania 3
E3
Consolevania 3
Air date: 2004-08-05
Introductions: Kenny, John Gacy Reviews: Syberia II (Xbox), Driv3r (Xbox), Showdown: Legends of Wrestling (Xbox), Full Spectrum Warrior (Xbox), Spiderman 2 (platform unclear) Regular Sketches: Hitler (an update from the front) One-off Sketches/Features: Robert Florence appears on local television (in regards to Manhunt and the phrase "bummed in the gob" as part of a bet on the rllmuk forums), End of Level Boss
Consolevania Type 4
E4
Consolevania Type 4
Air date: 2004-09-04
Introductions: Peter Molyneux, Joanne, Sammy Miller, Louise, Shigsy Reviews: Winning Eleven 8 (PS2), Gradius V (PS2), The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (Xbox), Michigan (PS2) Regular Sketches: Legend, Kenny, Tap Tap Tap, John Gacy's Kiddies' Corner One-off Sketches/Features: The 'Ten' Best N64 Games Ever
Consolevania 5
E5
Consolevania 5
Air date: 2004-12-23
Reviews: Halo 2 (Xbox), Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2005 Season (Xbox), Tales of Symphonia (GameCube), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) Regular Sketches: Legend (rap), Tap Tap Tap (DDR), Top 10 (SNES games), Hitler (home video), Sammy Miller (GTA: San Andreas), John Gacy (karaoke), The Shigsy Show ("Let's Say Nintendo's Doomed!", parody of Let's Call the Whole Thing Off), Kenny ("You're the Best! Around!") One-off Sketches/Features: Consolevania: RISE!, Master Chef Chief, Decision Commander, The Deer Hunter (with lightguns), CV Top Gear, Dominik Diamond
Consolevania 6 - The Christmas Special
E6
Consolevania 6 - The Christmas Special
Air date: 2004-12-23
Reviews: None (Consolevania Game Awards) Regular Sketches: John Gacy (Santa), Hitler (meets Patrick Moore), Mr. Kenny (As a Christmas present) One-off Sketches/Features: Consolevania Game Awards 2004, Jesus on Xbox, Eddie Murphy
Consolevania 7 - The Resident Evil Special
E7
Consolevania 7 - The Resident Evil Special
Air date: 2005-02-19
Introductions: Courtney Reviews: Overblood (PSOne), Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube) Regular Sketches: Hitler (and his plans to take over the show), Consolevania News, Tap Tap Tap (while escaping from Hitler), John Gacy (out in the woods), In reference to the previous episode, Kenny kills Mr. Robert as Mr. Ryan, who is ignorant of this, sings "You're the best! Around!" One-off Sketches/Features: Mr. Ryan's evil girlfriend, Resident Evil: Tumblers, Criswell
Consolevania 8 - The Retro Special
E8
Consolevania 8 - The Retro Special
Air date: 2005-04-20
Reviews: A selection of Commodore 64 titles (with emphasis on Castle of Terror), A selection of ZX Spectrum titles, Speedball 2 Regular Sketches: Hitler (parodying Davros), Legend, Kenny (parodying the Master), Consolevania News with Noel Edmonds One-off Sketches/Features: Doctor Who-themed links, Jimmy Saville, old games adverts

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