Matt and Wes clearly love video games and we spend tons of time talking about our nostalgia for many titles, but at the end of the day what do we delve the most into? Are old games meant to stay old or do new games get pushed aside so we may indulge in some comfort food? Give this podcast a listen and drop a five star rating and review if you enjoyed it!

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"Bring the Arcade experience home!" is a marketing phrase shouted out constantly throughout the 80's and 90's that has embedded itself into everyone from that eras heads. These were sometimes either really good ports or spot on Onnes which we will discuss. As with anything else, this also opened the door for many duds that simply missed the mark and could not capture that arcade experience. In this episode Matt and Wes look at both some really good and really bad arcade ports!

Please add about 30 seconds onto the timestamps due to the ad in the beginning of the show.

TimeStamps: 

Please add about 30 seconds onto the timestamps due to the ad in the beginning of the show.

00:00 - 6:42 Opening/What was our go-to rental store?

6:43 - 11:01 NBA Jam

11:02 - 14:35 Street Fighter 2

14:36 - 17:23 TMNT Turtles in Time

17:24 - 21:37 MvC2

21:38 - 24:26 Crazy Taxi

24:27 - 28:03 House of the Dead 2

Bad Ports

28:04 - 31:52 PacMan Atari 2600

31:53 - 35:33 Donkey Kong Atari 2600

35:34 - 41:58 Mortal Kombat ??

41:59 - 44:23 Virtua Fighter 2

44:24 - 47:35 Double Dragon 2600

47:36 - 54:39 Aerosmith Revolution X / Outro

On this Halloween edition of the Nerdthusiast Gaming Podcast Matt & Wes discuss some of the most horrific video game decisions ever made.

Time Stamps: 

00:00 - 12:15 Goldeneye has no Online Multiplayer for Xbox, not free with Physical copies of rare replay.

12:16 - 22:59 - Sega Saturn’s Surprise Launch

23:00 - 32: 04 Nintendo Playstation

32:05 - 42:57 Nokia N-Gage

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This months show we are covering exclusive Xbox 360 Games! We will touch on everything from Halo to Dead Rising and more! Enjoy!

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TimeStamps:

First & Second Party Games

00:00 - 01:31 Opening/First party titles

01:32 - 04:19 Forza

04:20 - 6: 58 Perfect Dark Zero

06:59 - 09:45 Kameo Elements of Power

09:46 - 11: 46 Viva Piñata

11:47 - 13:26 Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts

13:27 - 15:20 ShadowRun

15:21- 17:38 Project Gotham Racing 3 & 4

17:39 - 19:56 Gears of War Franchise

19:57 - 22:44 Crackdown 1 & 2

22:45 - 24:44 Halo Franchise

Third Party Games

24:45 - 28:53 Bioshock

28:54 - 31:23 Alan Wake

31:24 -33:51 Dead Rising

33:52- 40:57 Mentions (Ninja Blade, Dance Central, Lost Planet, Beautiful Katamari, Burger King Games, Tenchu Z, Ninety Nine Nights.

40:58 - 44:04 Left 4 Dead

44:06 - 47:09 Condemned: Criminal Origins

47:10 - 49:49 Dead or Alive 4

49:50 - 52:04Saints Row

RPGS

52:04 - 54:37 Fable 2 & 3

54:38 - 55:50 Blue Dragon

55:51 - 56:47 Lost Odyssey

56:48 - 58:43 (Mentions) Eternal Sonata, Enchanted Arms, Last Remnant, Tales of Vesperia.

58:44 - 1:00:07 Mass Effect

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Pong, Eternal Darkness, Dragon's Lair and Wolfenstein 3D are just a few of the most original or innovative games that Wes and Matt could think of at the time. Check out the show for our full list and let us know which ones we may have forgotten in the comments.  

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On this episode Wes and Matt discuss a variety of different video game prices and show how they have either gone up or down over the past year and a half or so. At the end we will discuss where the market is and why we think it is there. Additionally, we touch on some cheaper versions of games that you want, but don't feel like forking over the cash for.

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Intro Art & Graphics by: Bernardo Del Castillo  

Intro/Outro Music by:  8 Bit Universe 

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We discuss a huge variety of handheld consoles from the early days of Mattel's Electronic Football all the way through the 3DS (and Switch?)  

TimeStamps: (Add 30 seconds for an ad read)

00:00 - 02:11 Show Intro/Opening 

02:12 - 07:27 What have we been playing? 

07:28 - 12:28 The OG handhelds (Pre Game Boy) 

12:29 - 18:42 Game Boy 

18:43 - 27:31 Atari Lynx, Game Gear, Turbo Express, Sega Nomad 

27:32 - 32:08 Virtual Boy 

32:09 - 34:11 Neo Geo Pocket Color 

34:12 - 36:18 Game Boy Color 

36:19 - 40:23 GBA  

40:24 - 46:43 Nokia N-Gage 

46:44 - 55:55 Nintendo DS  

55:56 - 1:01:28 PSP 

1:01:29 - 1:05:04 PS VIta

1:05:05 - 1:09:18 3DS 

1:09:19 - 1:15:58 Is the Switch a handheld or a console? Is this the end of handheld gaming?

(Spoilers! The beginning of the show contains potential spoilers for Halo Infinite, Metroid Dread and the Mandalorian. Please skip to 11:04 to avoid these completely) Matt & Wes are back to discuss the game devs we are most fond of. These consist of classic players like Treasure and Konami to the once dominate Nintendo 2nd party and now Microsoft 1st party, Rare. There are of course more so give the show a listen and let us know on social media who your favorite developer is.

Time Stamps: (add 30 seconds for ad read to all times)

00:00 - 11:03 Intro/What have we been playing?

11:04 - 15:34 Two Games turning 30 years old

15:35 - 25:02 Treasure

25:03 - 48:52 Rare

48:53 - 57:17 AM2

57:18 - 1:20:37 Konami

1:20:38 - 1:34:52 Team Ninja

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Video games were not always the most consumed form of media on the planet. There was a time, not that long ago, where playing video games was just for the nerds. "Why don't you go out and do something?", was a common phrase many of us heard time and time again. However, once PlayStation began it's dominance in the mid to late 90's  slowly but surely the tides of gaming be nerdy were turning. Soon playing video games would become main stream. This once nerdy niche not only became acceptable, but it became the cool thing to do.

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TimeStamps:

00:00 - 5:35 Intro what are we playing now

5:36 - 13:24 How PlayStation came to be

13:25 - 16:57 PlayStation dominates Japan

16:58 - 26:21 PlayStation Sports games

26:22 - 35:13 Fighting Games

35:14 - 50:14 RPGs

50:15 - 1:21:19 Notable PS1 Games

1:21:20 - 1:35:39 Accessories, Tech and Outro

Intro/Outro Art & Graphics by: Bernardo DelCast

Intro/Outro Music by: 8 Bit Universe

Song: Orange Juice

Discover more of their music at: YouTube.com/8bituniverse

Source for Graph and Japanese Console statics: https://www.isc.hbs.edu/Documents/resources/courses/moc-course-at-harvard/pdf/student-projects/Final%20paper%20-%20Japan%20gaming%20cluster%20vfinal.pdf

Paper Written by: Tatsuya Hasegawa, Takeru Ito, Ryu Kawano, Koichi Kibata and Ken Nonomura 

Matt and Wes discuss what it means to be an investos vs collector. We give our thoughts and opinions as we dive into a variety of subjects between these two seeming similar, but also very different groups of people. See the timestamps below for segments. Enjoy!

TimeStamps 00:00 - 05:56 Intro/We recommend a piece of gaming related media

05:57 - 20:15 We are collectors not investors here are a a few things we have in our collections.

20:16 - 29:37 Wata and Heritage Auctions are ready to pump you up.

29:38 -  46:54 What made the price of retro games explode?

46:55 - 56:08 What games currently are sought after by collectors or investors?

56:09 - 1:02:15 Where do we think the market is headed?

1:02:46 -  1:09:38 Should you get into video game collecting?

1:09:39 - 1:17:21 What kind of collectors are we? Wrap up.

Intro/Outro Art & Graphics by: Bernardo DelCast

Intro/Outro Music by: 8 Bit Universe

Song: Orange Juice

Discover more of their music at: YouTube.com/8bituniverse