Original air date: May 12, 2014

This week, we have guest host Gaming Historian Norman Caruso! Will his YouTube Internet Stardom help him in the showdown? Listen and find out!

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was Scott Xylo – “!994 Street Fighter”

Show Notes

12:08 – Listener email discussion question “Which game do you think you would be able to complete on a single life?”

23:30 – Scott Xylo “!994 Street Fighter”

26:19 – Retro Showdown!

28:58 – Bailey’s pick “Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy” (Gameboy Color)

30:29 – Jason’s pick “Unreal Tournament” (PC)

31:47 – Norm’s pick “Growl” (Arcade)

32:46 – It’s a free-for-all featuring the one and only Gaming Historian himself Norman Caruso. It’s about to get a little weird up in here. And educational.

55:12 – A fight to the death has begun! Where do you stand? Let us hear it by voting in the poll and leave us a comment in the section below. Also, email us listener discussion questions for those burning thoughts about video games and life. But not that one. No. You should probably talk to a professional about that one.

Original air date: May 5, 2014

Would you accept your new robot overlords so long as they played the Moon theme on speakers citywide from time to time?

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was Scott Xylo “Contra88”

Show Notes

16:41 – Listener discussion question “If it was Nintendo who put out an add-on for their 16-bit console, would it have been well-received and how would the momentum have changed going into the next generation?”

31:24 – Scott Xylo “Contra88”

33:22 – Retro showdown!

36:25 – Bailey’s pick “Super Mario Bros 2” (NES)

37:43 – Hunter’s pick “Street Fighter 2” (Arcade)

39:19 – Jason’s pick “Counter Strike” (PC)

40:12 – It’s “games that we hate when other people talk about them because they always get it wrong” time here on 1 More PodCastle. Let the elitists through!

1:08:16 – Indy Pop Con is right around the corner and boy do we have some great things planned for the occasion. Please be sure to say hello at the end of May, but before you do, vote in the showdown poll and leave your comments.

Original air date: April 28, 2014

Bonus points to whomever can identify the sprites used in the header image!

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was Mark (TDK) Knight “Hoovering With a Hangover”

Show Notes

14:08 – Listener email discussion question “What’s your opinion on modding existing retro consoles or just waiting for Retron 5 and other methods of playing carts?”

24:22 – Mark (TDK) Knight “Hoovering With a Hangover”

26:48 – Retro Showdown!

29:23 – Bailey’s Pick “Ristar” (Sega Genesis)

30:34 – Hunter’s Pick “Skitchin’” (Sega Genesis)

31:46 – Jason’s Pick “Mail Order Monster” (Commodore 64)

32:41 – Sequels are great aren’t they? Empire Strikes Back, Terminator 2, the Last Crusade. But sometimes, great games don’t get the sequels they deserve and that’s our theme for this week’s Retro Showdown!

49:44 – A moment of silence for the fall of Jason’s reign in the showdown… YAH! It’s finally over! To continue to help (or hurt) your favorite picks and hosts, please be sure to vote in the Retro Showdown poll and leave us comments in the section below on whether you enjoy things. We certainly do.

Original air date: April 21, 2014

BEAR_LOAD_ERROR. PLEASE OPEN TRAY 1 AND RE-ALIGN URSINE INPUT

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was RushJet1 “Unlikely”

Show Notes

23:06 – Listener email discussion question… well… we didn’t get any for this week. So instead, we played a little game of “Game ideas created out of Jason’s head using word association”. It doesn’t end up like you think it would.

32:38 – RushJet1 “Unlikely”

35:25 – Retro Showdown!

38:05 – Bailey’s Pick “Castlevania” (NES)

39:11 – Hunter’s Pick “Monster in the Pocket” (NES)

40:33 – Jason’s Pick “NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC” (Arcade)

41:33 – Boo! It’s all about games that feature Universal Monsters in them. We have some fierce competition today. And by fierce I mean that Bailey has officially snapped and can’t stand to lose against Jason for another week.

59:23 – Man, the show is a little different without some listener email questions. Maybe you could help us out with that? Also, please vote in the poll and leave us some comments. That stuff is good too. Totes.

Original air date: April 14, 2014

Sorry, but I’m here to kick ass and chew tree bark, and I’m all outta tree bark.

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was Kasatochi “Major Tom”

Show Notes

22:01 – Listener email discussion question “I was curious as to what you thought about reproduction cartridges.”

31:17 – Kasatochi “Major Tom”

33:57 – Retro Showdown!

37:30 – Bailey’s Pick “Whomp ’em” (NES)

39:00 – Hunter’s Pick “Kirby’s Dream Land” (Gameboy)

40:41 – Jason’s Pick “Mario Party” (Nintendo 64)

41:31 – We have our heads in the clouds for this week’s retro showdown with games that feature a sky level.

1:11:25 – Easy to say that this might be our longest episode ever. How did we do? Were we able to hold your attention through the long winded battles of the who’s who in best picks? Let us know in the comment section below and please remember to vote. We need every vote we can get to topple the NEW Juggernaut, Jason Lamb.

Original air date: April 8, 2014

Featuring special guest Joe Walker of the Backlog!

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was VenoSci “Nether”

18:04 – Listener email discussion question “If you had to give up a genre of retro gaming permanently, what genre would you ditch?”

29:31 – venoSci “Nether”

31:58 – Retro Showdown!

34:31 – Bailey’s Pick “Lode Runner” (Commodore 64)

36:04 – Hunter’s Pick “Alien Storm” (Sega Genesis)

37:10 – Joe Walker’s Pick “Panic!” (Sega CD)

37:50 – Hey guys! It’s the Backlog guy filling in for he who should not be named. Does he have what it takes to stand up with the big dogs? Let’s find out together, shall we? It’s an all out showdown!

59:27 – Review a Great Game Day is almost here. Be sure to check it out and make a submission. We love submission. Remember to vote in the poll and send us some email discussion questions. We love all that stuff.

Original air date: March 31, 2014

Bailey’s away, but Tom Hall comes to the rescue!

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was “The Sea Will Bleach Bones” by Joseph Eidson

20:13 – Listener email discussion question “What are your preferences regarding gaming screens for your retro gaming consoles?”

28:49 – Joseph Eidson “The Sea Will Bleach Bones”

31:11 – Retro Showdown!

31:56 – Jason’s Pick “Star Trek: 25th Anniversary” (DOS)

33:01 – Hunter’s Pick “Whip Rush 2222 A.D.” (Sega Genesis)

34:11 – Tom’s Pick “Traffic” (Commodore 64)

34:59 – Well Jason’s back as a zombie but now Bailey’s dead?! No worries, we were able to pick up the N64 Connoisseur to bring all of the joy that comes with retro gaming. It’s Tom Hall, ladies and gentlemen! Give him a hand. Possibly a foot or two.

52:32 – Will Jason continue his rage on the retro showdown polls? Only time will tell when you, dear listener/watcher, vote in the showdown poll. Also, we love to hear your comments and we have a section for that too! Isn’t technology amazing?

If you anger Google, you’ll end up like Jason: dead, and replaced by Scott Lammers from Classic 1337!

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was Planetrise by A Digital Orange

19:50 – Listener email discussion question “What does it take to have a favorite level in a video game for you or what has been your favorite level ever created? If you could create your own level, what would it be?”

30:50 – Digitized Orange “Planetrise”

33:11 – Retro Showdown!

35:29 – Bailey’s Pick “Tetris 2” (NES)

36:26 – Scott’s Pick “Adventure Island” (NES)

37:47 – Hunter’s Pick “Genesis 6 Pak” (Sega Genesis)

38:36 – Sadly, Jason is no longer with us… this week! So we asked the main man from Classic L337 to join us. Fun times ensued!

56:11 – Can you believe we are only 20 shows away from the big 1-0-0?! Have you hugged your retro console today? How about leaving comments in the section below? Voted in the pool?! Checked out the live stream on Thursday nights?!!?!?! Geez, you have some work to do.