Crop tops. Spandex. Steroids. And piles of musclebound athletes battling for the U.S. of A. The American Gladiators were a 90s cultural institution, so much so that The Simpsons parodied it...for the Gameboy?

We're talking Bart vs. The Juggernauts and diving deep into the show that inspired it (and so much American culture of the 90s)!

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Today, the Lee Carvallo Boys are talking about the game that's so nice, they named it twice! It's Krusty's Fun House and Krusty's Super Fun House, released for practically every major system in the 90s!

And to help out, David Arnold, novice independent game dev, host of Are You My Mother, and co-host of Gimmicks and the upcoming Fear Coded Podcast, stops by to help us break down this puzzling entry.

To follow David and subscribe to Fear Coded, Are You My Mother, and Gimmicks head over to glitterjaw.com!

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If you were alive in the '90s, there's a good chance you learned all the lyrics to "Do the Bartman" (whether you wanted to or not!). But did you know how to reload Bart's burp gun, uncover the secrets of the Simpsons' attic, or unlock Radical Zone and save Krusty?

We didn't either. But we got you covered! We're talking

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Four games. One year. Was 1991 the year of gaming for Bart Simpson? It sure feels that way.

The Carvallo Boys are jumping in to the next entry in the NES pantheon of Simpsons games: Bart Vs. the World. And it's...surprisingly fun! (Despite the often insensitive cultural references).

Plus, we talk 2024 gaming layoffs and the history of the wildly mismanaged Acclaim Entertainment.

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Ah, sweet, sweet nostalgia. It's, as they say, a powerful thing. And the Lee Carvallo Boys have an immense amount of nostalgia for the Gameboy. Listen in as we discuss a very brief history of the Gameboy and ask if our nostalgia for the console can help us appreciate the first portable Simpsons tie-in game - Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly.

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The early history of console gaming can be...hit or miss, by modern standards. But surely America's bad boy, Bart Simpson, must be a hit...right?

Join us as we blow our NES cartridges and play the second game in the Simpsons gaming pantheon - 1991’s Bart Vs. The Space Mutants, originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System!

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The year is 1991. You and your buddies have a pocket full of quarters, a free afternoon, and a wicked case of rapid onset Simpsons Fever, brought about by Bart Mania.

What do you do?

You time travel, of course, to 2024, and listen to two thirty-somethings discuss a brief history of the rise and fall of arcades, moral panic over pinball, and of course, The Simpsons Arcade Game!

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Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:

Web: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skreeonk⁠

Tommy's Other Projects-

Twitch:

twitch.tv/awkwardcomma

Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast:

Twitter: @DistantEchoesSW

Web: https://linktr.ee/distantechoessw

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Lots of sources for this episode. Full list below, but special shout out to For Amusement Only: the life and death of the American arcade | The Verge by Laura June.

It's the inaugural episode of Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge: A Simpsons Gaming Podcast! Derek and Tommy break down what the hell "Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge" is, their history with The Simpsons and the tie-in video games, and proceed to, scientifically, rank the games based on what they know - virtually nothing!

A proud member of the Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective!

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Gimmicks:

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Walloping Websnappers:

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Web: ⁠wallopingwebsnappers.com⁠

Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon:

Web: ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skreeonk⁠

Tommy's Other Projects-

Twitch: twitch.tv/awkwardcomma

Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast:

Twitter: @DistantEchoesSW

Web: https://linktr.ee/distantechoessw

Theme Music: Max Power!

Facebook: The Real Max Power Band

Instagram: @therealmaxpowerband