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This is a good one. We talk to the creator of the music you’ve heard countless times on our show. TipTop Tomcat is a chiptune artist who creates some really amazing stuff. We had the honor to sit down and ask him some questions. 

TipTop Tomcat:

https://tiptoptomcat.itch.io/ 

[email protected] 

Check out our Patreon for monthly newsletters: https://www.patreon.com/CriticalDMGPod 

You can subscribe to Critical DMG anywhere that you find your podcasts, as well as on YouTube! Follow us on our Bluesky, and email your questions, comments, and concerns to [email protected]. Find more information here: https://criticaldmgpod.neocities.org/ 

Find Toni's original Game Boy games here: https://astoryinpieces.itch.io/ 

And her Game Boy YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@astoryinpieces 

The intro and outro music are "Jacks DX" and "I'll Bee There", respectively, by TipTopTomcat (edited for length). Sound effects also by TipTopTomcat, licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.

Critical DMG provides review commentary and discussion protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Nintendo and Game Boy content is copyright and/or trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd or its original creator. Critical DMG is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates, and makes no claims to own Nintendo or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it.

Copyrighted content used in Critical DMG is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to [email protected].

It’s turtle time! Join us and the TMNT gang to defeat Krang and Shredder to save April. We play our first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle game here on the Game Boy.

Join us as we discuss the background, mechanics, aesthetics, maybe some interesting facts, and plenty of our own opinions.

Game Release (US): Aug 1990

00:00 - Introduction

04:59 - Mechanics

23:16 - Aesthetics

38:14 - Quiz

48:43 - Outro

Check out our Patreon for monthly newsletters: https://www.patreon.com/CriticalDMGPod 

You can subscribe to Critical DMG anywhere that you find your podcasts, as well as on YouTube! Follow us on our Bluesky, and email your questions, comments, and concerns to [email protected]. Find more information here: https://criticaldmgpod.neocities.org/ 

Find Toni's original Game Boy games here: https://astoryinpieces.itch.io/ 

And her Game Boy YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@astoryinpieces 

The intro and outro music are "Jacks DX" and "I'll Bee There", respectively, by TipTopTomcat (edited for length). Sound effects also by TipTopTomcat, licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.

Critical DMG provides review commentary and discussion protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Nintendo and Game Boy content is copyright and/or trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd or its original creator. Critical DMG is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates, and makes no claims to own Nintendo or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it.

Copyrighted content used in Critical DMG is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to [email protected].

Help us save Marian from the evil street gang. Join us for our first beat 'em up on the Game Boy with Double Dragon.

Join us as we discuss the background, mechanics, aesthetics, maybe some interesting facts, and plenty of our own opinions.

Game Release (US): Aug 1990

00:00 - Introduction

04:12 - Mechanics

27:19 - Aesthetics

44:20 - Quiz

55:39 - Outro

Check out our Patreon for monthly newsletters: https://www.patreon.com/CriticalDMGPod 

You can subscribe to Critical DMG anywhere that you find your podcasts, as well as on YouTube! Follow us on our Bluesky, and email your questions, comments, and concerns to [email protected]. Find more information here: https://criticaldmgpod.neocities.org/ 

Find Toni's original Game Boy games here: https://astoryinpieces.itch.io/ 

And her Game Boy YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@astoryinpieces 

The intro and outro music are "Jacks DX" and "I'll Bee There", respectively, by TipTopTomcat (edited for length). Sound effects also by TipTopTomcat, licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.

Critical DMG provides review commentary and discussion protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Nintendo and Game Boy content is copyright and/or trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd or its original creator. Critical DMG is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates, and makes no claims to own Nintendo or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it.

Copyrighted content used in Critical DMG is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to [email protected].

Can you really call it Penguin Wars if there is only one penguin? How does the rat even see over the table? Can bats really lift that much weight? We probably don’t answer any of those this week, but see what we do have to say about Penguin Wars on the Game Boy.

Join us as we discuss the background, mechanics, aesthetics, maybe some interesting facts, and plenty of our own opinions.

Game Release (US): Jul 1990

00:00 - Introduction

04:46 - Mechanics

21:48 - Aesthetics

36:50 - Quiz

47:26 - Outro

Check out our Patreon for monthly newsletters: https://www.patreon.com/CriticalDMGPod 

You can subscribe to Critical DMG anywhere that you find your podcasts, as well as on YouTube! Follow us on our Bluesky, and email your questions, comments, and concerns to [email protected]. Find more information here: https://criticaldmgpod.neocities.org/ 

Find Toni's original Game Boy games here: https://astoryinpieces.itch.io/ 

And her Game Boy YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@astoryinpieces 

The intro and outro music are "Jacks DX" and "I'll Bee There", respectively, by TipTopTomcat (edited for length). Sound effects also by TipTopTomcat, licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.

Critical DMG provides review commentary and discussion protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Nintendo and Game Boy content is copyright and/or trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd or its original creator. Critical DMG is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates, and makes no claims to own Nintendo or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it.

Copyrighted content used in Critical DMG is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to [email protected].

This week, we delivered some papers with Paperboy on the Game Boy. How does this classic hold up on our handheld? Tune in to find out.

Join us as we discuss the background, mechanics, aesthetics, maybe some interesting facts, and plenty of our own opinions.

Game Release (US): Jul 1990

00:00 - Introduction

02:05 - Mechanics

16:33 - Aesthetics

34:29 - Quiz

46:25 - Outro

Check out our Patreon for monthly newsletters: https://www.patreon.com/CriticalDMGPod 

You can subscribe to Critical DMG anywhere that you find your podcasts, as well as on YouTube! Follow us on our Bluesky, and email your questions, comments, and concerns to [email protected]. Find more information here: https://criticaldmgpod.neocities.org/ 

Find Toni's original Game Boy games here: https://astoryinpieces.itch.io/ 

And her Game Boy YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@astoryinpieces 

The intro and outro music are "Jacks DX" and "I'll Bee There", respectively, by TipTopTomcat (edited for length). Sound effects also by TipTopTomcat, licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.

Critical DMG provides review commentary and discussion protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Nintendo and Game Boy content is copyright and/or trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd or its original creator. Critical DMG is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates, and makes no claims to own Nintendo or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it.

Copyrighted content used in Critical DMG is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to [email protected].

It’s our first Short Cuts and our first Patreon Selects. This is two new things for us. The first is our Short Cuts series. These will be released on Patreon for free and paid members. These will be Game Boy related discussions about things that didn’t quite make the cut in a full episode. The second is our Patreon Selects. These will be select segments from our older monthly newsletters. We won’t be bringing everything over, but we do want to share some on the main feed. We currently plan to release one of these a month for just a little extra content for the listeners.

Check out our Patreon for monthly newsletters: https://www.patreon.com/CriticalDMGPod 

You can subscribe to Critical DMG anywhere that you find your podcasts, as well as on YouTube! Follow us on our Bluesky, and email your questions, comments, and concerns to [email protected]. Find more information here: https://criticaldmgpod.neocities.org/ 

Find Toni's original Game Boy games here: https://astoryinpieces.itch.io/ 

And her Game Boy YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@astoryinpieces 

The intro and outro music are "Jacks DX" and "I'll Bee There", respectively, by TipTopTomcat (edited for length). Sound effects also by TipTopTomcat, licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.

Critical DMG provides review commentary and discussion protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Nintendo and Game Boy content is copyright and/or trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd or its original creator. Critical DMG is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates, and makes no claims to own Nintendo or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it.

Copyrighted content used in Critical DMG is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to [email protected].

This week, we see if some banks will kindly let us have all of their coins. Also there is a pyramid with a giant diamond? We are playing Lock ‘N’ Chase on the Game Boy. 

Join us as we discuss the background, mechanics, aesthetics, maybe some interesting facts, and plenty of our own opinions.

Game Release (US): Jul 1990

00:00 - Introduction

03:33 - Mechanics

23:48 - Aesthetics

36:20 - Quiz

46:07 - Outro

Check out our Patreon for monthly newsletters: https://www.patreon.com/CriticalDMGPod 

You can subscribe to Critical DMG anywhere that you find your podcasts, as well as on YouTube! Follow us on our Bluesky, and email your questions, comments, and concerns to [email protected]. Find more information here: https://criticaldmgpod.neocities.org/ 

Find Toni's original Game Boy games here: https://astoryinpieces.itch.io/ 

And her Game Boy YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@astoryinpieces 

The intro and outro music are "Jacks DX" and "I'll Bee There", respectively, by TipTopTomcat (edited for length). Sound effects also by TipTopTomcat, licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.

Critical DMG provides review commentary and discussion protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Nintendo and Game Boy content is copyright and/or trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd or its original creator. Critical DMG is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates, and makes no claims to own Nintendo or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it.

Copyrighted content used in Critical DMG is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to [email protected].

Can we defeat the Destroyers? Can we save the Ghoul Realm? Can Jeff do mental math? Find out this week on Critical DMG. We cover Gargoyle’s quest, our first RPG on the Game Boy.

Join us as we discuss the background, mechanics, aesthetics, maybe some interesting facts, and plenty of our own opinions.

Game Release (US): Jul 1990

00:00 - Introduction

03:39 - Mechanics

25:23 - Aesthetics

42:11 - Quiz

53:12 - Outro

Check out our Patreon for monthly newsletters: https://www.patreon.com/CriticalDMGPod 

You can subscribe to Critical DMG anywhere that you find your podcasts, as well as on YouTube! Follow us on our Bluesky, and email your questions, comments, and concerns to [email protected]. Find more information here: https://criticaldmgpod.neocities.org/ 

Find Toni's original Game Boy games here: https://astoryinpieces.itch.io/ 

And her Game Boy YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@astoryinpieces 

The intro and outro music are "Jacks DX" and "I'll Bee There", respectively, by TipTopTomcat (edited for length). Sound effects also by TipTopTomcat, licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.

Critical DMG provides review commentary and discussion protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Nintendo and Game Boy content is copyright and/or trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd or its original creator. Critical DMG is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates, and makes no claims to own Nintendo or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it.

Copyrighted content used in Critical DMG is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to [email protected].

This week, we show off our dexterity on the Game Boy. Well, actually we just play as a kid named Dexter, but same thing. Join us as we dive into this Othello-esq puzzle game.

Join us as we discuss the background, mechanics, aesthetics, maybe some interesting facts, and plenty of our own opinions.

Game Release (US): Jul 1990

00:00 - Introduction

04:22 - Mechanics

22:43 - Aesthetics

37:34 - Quiz

50:01 - Outro

Check out our Patreon for monthly newsletters: https://www.patreon.com/CriticalDMGPod 

You can subscribe to Critical DMG anywhere that you find your podcasts, as well as on YouTube! Follow us on our Bluesky, and email your questions, comments, and concerns to [email protected]. Find more information here: https://criticaldmgpod.neocities.org/ 

Find Toni's original Game Boy games here: https://astoryinpieces.itch.io/ 

And her Game Boy YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@astoryinpieces 

The intro and outro music are "Jacks DX" and "I'll Bee There", respectively, by TipTopTomcat (edited for length). Sound effects also by TipTopTomcat, licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.

Critical DMG provides review commentary and discussion protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Nintendo and Game Boy content is copyright and/or trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd or its original creator. Critical DMG is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates, and makes no claims to own Nintendo or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it.

Copyrighted content used in Critical DMG is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to [email protected].

Is this game about Greek mythology? Not really. How about labyrinths? Also no. Join us this week to find out what Daedalian Opus is doing on the Game Boy.

Join us as we discuss the background, mechanics, aesthetics, maybe some interesting facts, and plenty of our own opinions.

Game Release (US): Jul 1990

00:00 - Introduction

03:22 - Mechanics

16:16 - Aesthetics

32:17 - Quiz

43:23 - Outro

Check out our Patreon for monthly newsletters: https://www.patreon.com/CriticalDMGPod 

You can subscribe to Critical DMG anywhere that you find your podcasts, as well as on YouTube! Follow us on our Bluesky, and email your questions, comments, and concerns to [email protected]. Find more information here: https://criticaldmgpod.neocities.org/ 

Find Toni's original Game Boy games here: https://astoryinpieces.itch.io/ 

And her Game Boy YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@astoryinpieces 

The intro and outro music are "Jacks DX" and "I'll Bee There", respectively, by TipTopTomcat (edited for length). Sound effects also by TipTopTomcat, licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.

Critical DMG provides review commentary and discussion protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Nintendo and Game Boy content is copyright and/or trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd or its original creator. Critical DMG is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates, and makes no claims to own Nintendo or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it.

Copyrighted content used in Critical DMG is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to [email protected].