Best Classicgames Podcasts (2021)

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The Top 100 Games Podcast

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41 - Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix - The Top 100 Games Podcast with Jared Petty 57:38

3d ago57:38

57:38

Cameron Hawkins is here with Sora, Donald, and Goofy to talk Disney + Square Enix = Greatness.By Jared Petty

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ATARI BYTES

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EPISODE 291: SESAME STREET - OSCAR'S TRASH RACE 41:28

4d ago41:28

41:28

I LOVE TRASH! ANYTHING FUNNY AND GAMEY AND PODCASTY! OH, I LOVE TRASH...PODCASTS! In episode 291, can you tell me how to get to podcast street? We're playing the 1983 educational title SESAME STREET: OSCAR'S TRASH RACE. Oh, yes. We are. Bad Poetry Corner: GROUCH POTATO - A POEM Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of h…

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Old Game Plus

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System Shock 2, Episode 1 1:32:00

9d ago1:32:00

1:32:00

Breaking into a new game! The background and history, the various concepts that come up in your first foray into an immersive sim, and our first understanding of the Many.

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The Top 100 Games Podcast

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42 - Mega Man X - The Top 100 Games Podcast with Jared Petty 49:23

9d ago49:23

49:23

Jirard Khalil the Completionist is here! Let's FINALLY talk about Mega Man on the Top 100 Games Podcast.By Jared Petty

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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NES Works #083: Bases Loaded & Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf 17:08

10d ago17:08

17:08

This episode focuses on perception, especially vis-a-vis Bases Loaded. A certain demographic of NES owners LOVES Bases Loaded. However, in my experience, people who discovered the NES later (when better and better-looking baseball sims were available for the console) tend to find it lacking and shallow. And then there is the Japanese Famicom owner'…

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Pod 'Em Up! Podcast

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Episode 37 - Lemmings, Lemmings 2: The Tribes and Lemmings Mobile 1:55:11

15d ago1:55:11

1:55:11

The Lemmings series is very much in the spotlight this month, as we look at three games from the series: The original Amiga versions of Lemmings and Lemmings 2: The Tribes, plus we take a very baffled look at the approach taken by the more recent mobile version of Lemmings. It's not all about tiny suicidal creatures though, we've also got a Nintend…

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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NES Works Gaiden #29: Formation Z / Soccer / Championship Lode Runner / Space Invaders 14:19

17d ago14:19

14:19

It feels like Famicom is kind of playing catch-up with SG-1000 this episode, as every game appearing here arrived on shelves in the wake of a Sega-published equivalent—either the exact same game (as in Space Invaders), one exploring the same root concept in different ways (Soccer), or a game with almost suspicious conceptual and mechanical similari…

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ATARI BYTES

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EPISODE 290: MONTEZUMA'S REVENGE 43:31

18d ago43:31

43:31

Pass the Pepto!* I mean joystick! *This episode sponsored by Pepto-Bismol** **We wish. In episode 290, we're playing the Parker Brothers 1984 title MONTEZUMA'S REVENGE, where you race through gloomy caverns, dodging skulls, snakes, spiders, treacherous drops and lava. All to make your way to the toilet. Sorry! Make your way to the treasure room. Ma…

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The Top 100 Games Podcast

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Guest Episode: Pockets Full of Soup Returns 3 43:03

21d ago43:03

43:03

Invading the Top 100 games podcast stream: it's a special episode of Pockets Full of Soup, the storytelling show. Join Mel Ramsden who tells us about the wonderful way she experiences the world.By Jared Petty

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The Top 100 Games Podcast

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43 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood - The Top 100 Games Podcast with Jared Petty 1:21:01

21d ago1:21:01

1:21:01

Mat Paget of The Nuclear Fridge visits for a VERY long talk about Castlevania and yes we do eventually get to Rondo of Blood.By Jared Petty

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Old Game Plus

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Mass Effect, Episode 4 1:27:47

23d ago1:27:47

1:27:47

Finishing Mass Effect, bonus discussion of a bit of Mass Effect 2, and of course, announcing our next game! Also Prisoners' Dilemmas, and consequences for council-killing.

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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NES Works Gaiden #28: Balloon Fight / Ice Climber / Exerion / Galaga / Bungeling Bay 16:16

24d ago16:16

16:16

1985 starts the Famicom on some familiar footing with a couple of future Black Box releases (one great, one meh); two shooters previously seen on SG-1000; and a Commodore 64 conversion from Hudson that would show up on NES under the aegis of its original publisher. No big surprises here (including the apparent Nintendo debut of TOSE, and the fact t…

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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Segaiden #17: Othello / Space Invaders / Card Catcher / Dragon Wang 16:48

24d ago16:48

16:48

Sega's 8-bit family goes on a diet this episode, with the SG-1000 media format suddenly slimming down from chunky cartridges to the svelte MyCard format, a credit card-sized chip that was so well-received that Hudson ripped it off wholesale for their PC Engine/TurboGrafx HuCards. Of course, this is really just a cosmetic change; the SG-1000 wouldn'…

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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Segaiden #16: GP World / Tooru-kun / Hyper Sports / Star Force 18:43

24d ago18:43

18:43

Sega winds down the cartridge format for SG-1000 in favor of a new media type, and this corner of the console library unfortunately wheezes to a half-hearted ending. Somehow, Sega even managed to completely squander Konami's brief show of support for the platform by turning in a pair of clumsy arcade conversions in the form of Shinnyuushain Tooru-k…

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The Top 100 Games Podcast

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44 - Star Fox 64 - The Top 100 Games Podcast with Jared Petty 46:24

27d ago46:24

46:24

STAR FOX! Grace Yang of the One More Game Podcast is here to wax nostalgic on the N64!By Jared Petty

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The Top 100 Games Podcast

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45 - Resident Evil Remake - The Top 100 Games Podcast with Jared Petty 52:59

30d ago52:59

52:59

We're back! Not even COVID and a broke butt bone can stop the Top 100 Games Podcast! Join Jared Petty and guest Suzi Hunter as we wax poetic about the Capcom classic, Resident Evil Remake.By Jared Petty

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ATARI BYTES

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EPISODE 289: MINES OF MINOS 51:17

1M ago51:17

51:17

In ATARI BYTES episode 289, the unicorns are chasing the centaurs across the grassy knolls that dot Mt. Olympus; winged gods soar above, inspiring the mortals...and probably impregnating them occasionally. Not really. We're playing MINES OF MINOS, from CommaVid, 1982. It's all maze, no minotaurs. You can put away your ball of thread. Or not. Someth…

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Old Game Plus

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Mass Effect, Episode 3 1:34:47

1M ago1:34:47

1:34:47

Some side questing, Virmire, and Ilos. Also: when players have to decide who to let die, and when AIs have to decide who to let die.

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Pod 'Em Up! Podcast

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Episode 36 - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 1:35:31

1M ago1:35:31

1:35:31

After a short break, we're back to our normal format with a bang! We're looking at the excellent Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap for Game Boy Advance! It's Tibbs' first go on a Zelda, and we also approach the series in general from this angle, so anyone also looking to get into the series might do well to listen! Elsewhere, we've been playing embar…

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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Segaiden #15: Zaxxon & Champion Pro Wrestling 14:46

2M ago14:46

14:46

Sega enters 1985 with the hottest game of 1982, and the good news is that Zaxxon looks and plays far more convincingly than its sibling release Congo Bongo did back in 1983. This adaptation of the arcade hit makes some curious tweaks to the game's flow and design, and it adds a bit of background music, which sets it apart from other conversions of …

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ATARI BYTES

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EPISODE 288 - SPACE SHUTTLE: A JOURNEY INTO SPACE 50:42

2M ago50:42

50:42

Play a space game requiring super technical, minor adjustments to thrust vectors and yaw? More like YAWN, amirite? In 288, we're playing Activision's (squee!) 1983 space shuttle simulator SPACE SHUTTLE: A JOURNEY INTO SPACE. Instead of, we suppose, a journey into the local supermarket. The game is a technical marvel. But is it fun? Is it really eve…

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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NES Works #082: Defender II & Iron Tank 16:55

2M ago16:55

16:55

A pair of arcade shooter adaptations leads us into the second half of 1988 for NES Works, both of which deserve attention for entirely different reasons. Defender II sees the publishing debut of HAL Labs (via HAL America), a well-deserved turn of events for a studio that was so essential to the early success of this platform. And this conversion st…

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Old Game Plus

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Mass Effect, Episode 2 1:36:26

2M ago1:36:26

1:36:26

Main story progress with Liara, Feros, and Noveria. Also, the gig economy for adventurers, and very fast romance.

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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NES Works #081: Double Dragon 19:13

2M ago19:13

19:13

Technos (by way of freshman NES publisher Tradewest) follows up on Renegade with a home conversion of a massive arcade hit that plays extremely fast and loose with the meaning of the phrase "home conversion." Double Dragon on NES may as well be a completely different game than the coin-op smash, as it adds several new mechanics, expands the game en…

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ATARI BYTES

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EPISODE 287 - SMURFS: RESCUE IN GARGAMEL'S CASTLE 56:39

2M ago56:39

56:39

Belgian listeners! Episode 287 is for you! On this episode of ATARI BYTES, we're playing the 1982 Coleco game SMURFS: RESCUE IN GARGAMEL'S CASTLE. The game features those super annoying beloved blue cartoon characters the SMURFS! And we're terribly sorry about that. Can you ever smurf us? Hey! watch the smurfin' language! There are smurfettes prese…

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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NES Works #080: Metal Gear 20:47

2M ago20:47

20:47

One of the most beloved franchises of all time makes its debut on NES, though not its actual debut; the Metal Gear Nintendo fans knew and enjoyed back in the 8-bit era was in fact a port of a minor hit for MSX/2 home computers that had shipped about a year earlier in Japan. Although Metal Gear gets the broad strokes right on NES, it trips up over a…

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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Super NES Works #000: The Super Nintendo Entertainment System 22:44

2M ago22:44

22:44

It has been three decades since Nintendo launched its first next-generation console in the U.S.: The Super Nintendo Entertainment System. On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, Super NES Works returns for a limited-time engagement to wrap up this look at the system's launch window by looking at the system itself. What did the Super NES represent …

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ATARI BYTES

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EPISODE 286: VIDEO OLYMPICS 55:08

2M ago55:08

55:08

Our Olympic fever shows no sign of breaking. The mercury has shot out the top of the thermometer, splattering all over this week's episode. In 286 of ATARI BYTES, we're playing VIDEO OLYMPICS, one of Atari's 1977 "original nine" games. There's very little actual Olympic content. But that's okay because I have very little actual Olympic skill. This …

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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Game Boy Works #125: Klax, Klax, & Ginga 14:58

3M ago14:58

14:58

A curious case here on Game Boy Works: A game that is somehow two games. While Klax on Game Boy plays about the same as the Klax we've already seen on Atari Lynx, it takes two very different approaches to its presentation depending on the region you bought it from. The American release from Mindscape, which actually shipped in 1991, has the same va…

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The Top 100 Games Podcast

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46 - Phantasy Star Online - The Top 100 Games Podcast with Jared Petty 50:34

3M ago50:34

50:34

Danny Peña of Gamertag Radio is here to talk PSO and those halcyon days of the Dreamcast!By Jared Petty

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The Top 100 Games Podcast

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47 - Super Mario Odyssey - The Top 100 Games Podcast with Jared Petty 1:10:08

3M ago1:10:08

1:10:08

The youth vote has arrived. Tucker Hazell is here to tell the olds why Super Mario Odyssey is a groundbreaking work of art and entertainment.By Jared Petty

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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Game Boy Works #124: Nail'n Scale & Pri Pri: Primitive Princess 11:09

3M ago11:09

11:09

Puzzle platformers are in their Game Boy; all's right with the world. Yes, this episode brings us not one but two—two!—puzzle action games for Game Boy. As if we'd have it any other way. As often happens, one of these is far more fun and playable than the other in hindsight, reflecting poorly on the lesser of the two. For once, the better game rece…

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ATARI BYTES

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EPISODE 285: DECATHLON 50:25

3M ago50:25

50:25

In ATARI BYTES episode 285, we're playing the David Crane (squee!) 1983 Activision (squee!) title DECATHLON in honor of the increasingly misnamed 2020 Olympics! With ten events, is this game ten times the fun? We've got our tank top and tight shorts and are ready to find out. Bad Poetry Corner: DEAD CAT LON Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com…

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Old Game Plus

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Mass Effect, Episode 1 1:26:05

3M ago1:26:05

1:26:05

Back from break and starting a new game! Mass Effect's setup, character creation, and intro mission. Penny Arcade comic mentioned by Greg

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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Game Boy Works #123: Kung' Fu Master & Kinninkou Maroku ONI 11:23

3M ago11:23

11:23

Game Boy turns its focus to the far east this episode, with an action game based on Chinese martial arts and an RPG centered on battling (and being) Japanese yōkai. Neither one is particularly world-shaking, though Kung' Fu Master does have a direct line to the early days of the NES, and ONI kicks off the Game Boy's most prolific exclusive game fra…

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The Top 100 Games Podcast

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48 - Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan - The Top 100 Games Podcast with Jared Petty 1:27:08

3M ago1:27:08

1:27:08

Get ready to cheer! In this VERY long, VERY informative, and VERY delightful episode, Chris Kohler arrives to tell us the story of Elite Beat Agents' Japanese predecessor... Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. It's the latest episode of the Top 100 Games Podcast with Jared Petty!By Jared Petty

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Pod 'Em Up! Podcast

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Episode 35 - Sonic the Hedgehog Music Special - Part 2 2:27:43

3M ago2:27:43

2:27:43

We complete our look at 30 years of Sonic the Hedgehog games and great music from said games! This time we're covering the most memorable titles from 2004 to now, finding that Sonic games went from wildly experimental (sometimes too much) to wildly nostalgic (also sometimes too much), but they never failed to be interesting, and never failed to off…

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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NES Works Gaiden #027: Nazo no Murasame-jou 11:58

3M ago11:58

11:58

By request of Peter LaPrade, this week brings us another look at a Famicom Disk System exclusive that ended up being stranded in Japan until fairly recently: Nintendo's own Nazo no Murasame-jou. A brisk, challenge action title with a structure loosely patterned after The Legend of Zelda, Nazo no Murasame-jou seems like the kind of thing that probab…

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ATARI BYTES

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EPISODE 284: ZAXXON 42:43

3M ago42:43

42:43

Episode 284 of ATARI BYTES gets its groove ON with the 1982 Sega port of ZAXXON! (That's a terrible set up. But the episode is good. I promise. Probably. Maybe. Look, just listen, please. ) This week's short story: ZACH'S ON Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs "Take a Chance", "Reformat" and "Pinball Spri…

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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NES Works Gaiden #026: A Brief History of the NES on a Chip 12:53

4M ago12:53

12:53

By request of Joseph Adams, I've attempted this episode to explore the history of (and explain the concept of) devices powered by NES-on-a-chip tech. I'll admit up front that this is by no means a definitive or comprehensive history, as a considerable portion of this topic falls into poorly documented spaces: Unauthorized clone consoles, piracy-foc…

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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NES Works Gaiden #025: The Datach Joint ROM System 12:08

4M ago12:08

12:08

By patron request, this week's video shifts up the temporal alignment of the NES Works Gaiden series to leap forward from the end of 1984 for Famicom to the end of 1992?! Yes, that's right, we spring forward in time here to look at the Japanese equivalent of the Aladdin Deck Enhancer, except one reliant on an even bigger gimmick than simply packing…

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Video Works by Jeremy Parish

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Segaiden #014: Othello Multivision Pt. 2 10:34

4M ago10:34

10:34

Well, I survived. I made it all the way through the Othello Multivision's library. If you thought the first four games were unimpressive, that's only because you had no idea what Tsukuda Original had up its sleeve for 1984: Yet another mahjong game, a glacial Xevious clone, and Video Works' very first (of many...) horse race-betting sim. But at lea…

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ATARI BYTES

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EPISODE 283: INTELLIVISION MONTH - TRON DEADLY DISCS 1:00:44

4M ago1:00:44

1:00:44

Intellivision Month 2021 concludes this month in ATARI BYTES episode 283. We're playing TRON DEADLY DISCS, inspired by the "cult classic" movie. It's a collision of cult classic movie and cult classic podcast! (I might be delusional.) This week's short story: DEADLY DISCS - A STEVE STETSON, 1980s SUPERSPY, ADVENTURE Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incomp…

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The Top 100 Games Podcast

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49 - Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon - The Top 100 Games Podcast with Jared Petty 1:01:06

4M ago1:01:06

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Spyro! Purple dragons land on the latest episode of the Top 100 Games Podcast with guest Mel Ramsden!By Jared Petty

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Pod 'Em Up! Podcast

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Episode 34 - Sonic the Hedgehog Music Special - Part 1 1:50:24

4M ago1:50:24

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It's the 30th anniversary of the first Sonic the Hedgehog game! We're celebrating with a pair of special episodes in which we discuss 30 different Sonic games (or thereabouts..) from his 30 years, plus we're playing 30 different music tracks, one representing each game discussed! Part 1 covers years 1991 - 2003 and includes games such as the origin…

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