RetroLogic - Episode 65

 

18:49 - The Price Is Retro - Trivia Games! 45:00 - Show Topic - A brief history of Treasure. 1:14:56 - Community Couch - Top 5 N64 games + Questions!

 

Welcome to RetroLogic episode 65 - I'm Dan Caporello. Here with John Cummins, Sam Wagers

Icebreaker - what did you buy? And what did you play?

 

Sam:Played: Front Mission: Gun Hazard (Super Famicom, English patch), Board Game Top Shop (Playstation over Piepacker, w/ Flightsy and Llaffer)

John: The Witch and the Hundred Knight PS3, the Dan lot, and a PS5. Played: Assassin's Creed Valhalla PS5

Dan: Advance Wars and Dual Strike, Windwaker HD Played: Mario Tennis N64, Advance Wars Dual Strike, Odama

 

The Price is Retro GAMES:

 

“The Price Is Retro” Dan’s list Sam’s list John’s list Flightsy’s list

“Spot the fake game” The Ambassitor Liam

“Blank-o-pedia”

"John's Trivia Card"

Check out the Price Is Retro Database at Retrologic.games, we’ll be having Flightsy on an episode coming up to talk PiR stats!

 

Show Topic (Game Highlight, News Highlight, Discussion topic)

 

Topic: Treasure

Retrospective article up on the blog!

Questions to discuss: What makes Treasure’s games special to you? How did you discover them? -interesting mechanics -challenge -dope boss battles

How could Treasure have stayed more relevant in the game industry in the 5th generation (Saturn, N64, PS1)? Was the Sega Saturn the problem? -critically, if not commercially -output was primarily for the saturn, then n64. Playstation only got Rakugaki showtime, which was pulled due to legal issues, and the inferior (?) port of silhouette mirage

Did Treasure get “left behind” by modern games? Did they have to? Is their “old school” mentality part of what makes them special? -stretch panic was their first fully 3D game, and it shows -uncompromising difficulty, focus on mechanics and action over story/immersion Did they lose their way in making sequels? -Ikaruga was the last game not based on an existing property, and even it started development as a sequel to radiant silvergun -gaist crusher is actually an exemption, but that was a collab with capcom -always kept the team small and were largely unconcerned with sales

What would you like to see Treasure do to make a comeback? -The company does still exist with Masato Maegawa, the founder as president, though some staff has left -They did work on the Nicalis port of Ikaruga for switch/ps4 in 2018 -Iuchi, left in 1995, came back in 1997 to make radiant silvergun and ikaruga, left again in 2006. Was last seen working on a spiritual successor to ikaruga called ubusuna, targeting a release by the end of the PS4’s life….

 

Community Couch

 

Retro Rewind Odama-rama starts Jan 1st Pick up your copy (dont forget the mic!) and play along!

Questions Top 5 N64 games:

Episode 64: 1 - Mario 64 2 - diddy kong racing 3 - star fox 64 4 - paper mario 5 - Majoras Mask

Community Top 5 (Jan 2021): 1. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 2. Super Mario 64 3. Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 4. 007: GoldenEye 5. Mario Kart 64

Community Top 5 N64 Games

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15IuXi5G_Go7N5WwdfTIHsRzzDjf6CXVqUPWC-DDnGFc/edit#response=ACYDBNg8vwRZoQJyH9bNfThBZJcBhNzn_col3FXmKNb7oq3wzJ6DmmmLn8XXhIZZTdM_hLg

Community Couch Questions:

ChrisHL94: thoughts on the latest IGN 100 best games of all time list: https://www.ign.com/articles/the-best-100-video-games-of-all-time

TrashTurkey: Question for the couch: What game would be the "Eliminator Boat Duel" of N64 NSO? Meaning what game would the internet boo hoo about getting added that's actually good?

Oops: Best platformer series on the nes? Are 3 mario games better than 6 mega man games? Also same question for the snes mario world vs 3 DK games?

Neoprime33: Which one of these would be the best way for Nintendo to celebrate the Game Boy and its Family of Systems? Via NSO, the "classic" system way, or some other third thing?

What are your top tips for hunting for good buys?

SoloSomething: Since they have a lot of buzz around them right now. How will NFT’s influence the retro market?

Flightsy: I don’t know if this will make it into the episode, but community couch question: What food have you had recently that you think will make everyone jealous?

 

Outro

Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, check me out on Twitter and Instagram @RetrologicGames. You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community! The link to that is in my twitter bio. You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games