Curtiss is joined by Chris R to discuss Gargoyle's Quest for the original Game Boy! Find out why the overworld sucks, how to get past the DREADED spike shaft, and Chris R's top three Game Boy games! 

You like video games, right? You like learning about video games, right? On today’s Cartridge Club Extra author and YouTuber Caleb J. Ross interviews Patrick Hickey Jr., the author of the wonderful book The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Video Game Developers.

Visit Patrick Hickey Jr. online: http://patrickhickeyjr.com

Mentioned:

• The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Video Game Developers (Studies in Gaming)
  

In the Season 5 finale, we turn to our patrons to nominate and select our game of the month, and they selected the game that took the CC100 #1 spot, and many people's favorite 2D Mario title, Super Mario World.  Join hosts MustyHobbit and ItsRocketSauce as we dive into Dinosaur Land with Mario, Luigi, and their new buddy, Yoshi, to see what sort of nefarious things Bowser and his Koopa Kids are up to.  

Panel

Sean ‘Player 1”

Twitter: @CartridgeBros

Mark ‘Player 2’

Twitter: @CartridgeBrosP2

Fitgnat

Twitter: @Fitgnat

Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music

Ser Flash

Twitter: @Serraxor

Cartridge Club Logo

Will Pruitt

Twitter: @willopruitt

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Josh Leslie

Twitter: @FranticSociety

HEEEAAALP! @5GameSuicide (aka Marmul) and Curtiss answer the call this month  to talk all things ELITE BEAT AGENTS for the Nintendo DS! Is Marmul actually British or American? Does the Cartridge Club feel bad for Luigi? And should Elite Beat Agents belong in YOUR collection? Find out all this and more! CARTRIDGE CLUB PORTABLE ARE... GO!!

HEEEAAALP! @5GameSuicide (aka Marmul) and Curtiss answer the call this month  to talk all things ELITE BEAT AGENTS for the Nintendo DS! Is Marmul actually British or American? Does the Cartridge Club feel bad for Luigi? And should Elite Beat Agents belong in YOUR collection? Find out all this and more! CARTRIDGE CLUB PORTABLE ARE... GO!!

Billy from the Game Chasers joins Curtiss this month to talk all things Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Back From the Sewers! Find out if this game is just a carbon copy of Fall of the Foot Clan, why Canada ruined the Ernest film franchise, and the biggest flaw in the movie TMNT 2: Secret of the Ooze. It's a shell of a time! Go ninja, go ninja, go! 

Billy from the Game Chasers joins Curtiss this month to talk all things Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Back From the Sewers! Find out if this game is just a carbon copy of Fall of the Foot Clan, why Canada ruined the Ernest film franchise, and the biggest flaw in the movie TMNT 2: Secret of the Ooze. It's a shell of a time! Go ninja, go ninja, go! 

The Cartridge Club ventures into uncharted territory by selecting a fighting game as our Game of the Month.  Hosts ItsRocketSauce and Musty Hobbit guide a panel of hyper informed club members through a discussion of the arcade and 16 bit classic, Street Fighter 2.  

The Cartridge Club is an online community of gamers, collectors, and video game enthusiasts of all ages, who come together each month to play a game, along the lines of a book club for games.  Select members of the community, with the occasional special guest, come together at the end of the month to discuss that game.

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Hosts

ItsRocketSauce (Twitter: @itsrocketsauce)

Musty Hobbit (Twitter: @mustyhobbit)

Panel

Chris  (Twitter: @bassguy654)

Tim  (Twitter: @Haru0kay)

Ryho  (Twitter: @RyhoMagnifico)

Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music

Ser Flash  (Twitter: @Serraxor)

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Will Pruitt  (Twitter: @willopruitt)

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Josh Leslie  (Twitter: @franticsociety)

Welcome to a special MightyQBros podcast celebrating another 'Rick V. Day' anniversary! On July 18, 1997, Eric "MightyQDawg" and his brothers received a very special package in the mail containing a huge lot of SMS games.  It was a very exciting day for us, and one that stuck with us for the last two decades.  In this podcast, Eric and his brother, Gavin, discuss some notable games that were included in the Rick V. Day bundle! Enjoy the podcast!

Episode #58 - Axiom Verge

Axiom Verge is a 2D retro-syled metroidvania action-adventure game inspired by such classics as Rygar, Contra, Castlevania, Bionic Commando, Blaster Master, and Metroid. It was created, developed, stylized and composed by Tom Happ. He worked during the day as a developer for Petroglyph Games but worked on his own game during his off hours.

Introductions

Panel  

Buried on Mars

Twitter: @Buried_On_Mars

Ram Vox

Twitter: @TheRamVox

Dean

Twitter: @Round_2_Gaming

Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music

Ser Flash

Twitter: @Serraxor

Cartridge Club Logo

Will Pruitt

Twitter: @willopruitt

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Josh Leslie

Twitter: @FranticSociety

Level 1  

P2(Mark) gives a quick overview of Kingdom Hearts and panel discusses their memories of the game and first impressions.

• Developer: Tom Happ

• Publisher: Tom Happ

• Director: Tom Happ

• Platform(s):

• PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Wii u, Xbox 1, Switch

• Release Date:

• March 31, 2015

Genre: Metroidvania

Level 2

Discuss story of the game:

A failed scientist is crippled in an accident, only to awaken in a mysterious, alien world. Where is he? How did he get here? And why do the fundamental laws of reality appear broken? Life. Afterlife. Real. Virtual. Dream. Nightmare. It's a thin line.

Characters

• Trace

• Athetos

• Elsenova

• Ophilia

• Veruska

Discuss gameplay mechanics:

• Exploration

Discuss sound:

• Music

Discuss graphics:

• Beautiful graphics

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Lasting Impressions, overall rating and final thoughts. Did this make you want to play it again and if not, what would need to be changed? Would you suggest it to friends?

Level 4

3 Word Review #CC3WR from Twitter first followed by panel

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Outro (thank panel and plug)

Announce the game for next month (Street Fighter 2)