Playing With Power: A Mature, Unofficial Nintendo Power Retrospective Podcast

We continue issue 32 with more goodness as the power boys lament the makeover in counsellors corner. but we carry on to face dracula with simon belmont.

1:00 - Counsellors corners lacking the bios. sigh

4:00 - Super Castlevania. How is Simon Belmont alive after a century? we got some theories.

19:00 - We take a glance at a preview of the Link to the Past.

24:45 - True Golf Classics. lots to talk about for a golf game here.

30:30 - Super Off Road. More of the same and looking much better than the original.

33:30 - Nesters abbreviated adventures. players poll, top 20's and so much more.

56:20 - Pak watch and what's coming.

1:03:00  - Outro

Join us as we take on issue 32 of Nintendo power with Castlevania 4 as the cover. We hope you enjoy yourself

00:45 Cover - We discuss auras and leather skirts, and Link channels the kool-aid man and we get told how to hookup our consoles for twice the fun. and the recklessness of game boy and surfing.

12:00  - Players Pulse! gotta say we are not impressed with Gail's remodel of less mail. We see some great models and homemade plushies from fans. Mike continues to learn the states. and we decide to call all 3 Nintendo Power numbers.

25:30 - Mega man 4 has some interesting enemies and we discuss correction officers enjoying their job too much. the various bosses and mythology of Mega man and the terminator connection.

38:00 - Monster in My Pocket. Tiny creature, big adventure. bigger tangents!

50:00  - Zelda comic!  Mike has a great time. And classified information delivers a nugget of comedy

Ben is still lost to us but we persevere!  We discuss the Metroid sequel for the Game Boy.

01:00 Metroid II: Return of Samus

09:30 Ninja Gaiden for Game Boy

14:00 Master Higgins for Game Boy (Hudson's Adventure Island)

21:30 Design your own Game Boy contest results!

30:00 Now Playing: Talespin, Home Alone

38:00 Celebrity Profile: Mayim Bialik of Blossom and Big Bang Theory fame

42:30 Pak Watch

Nintendo Power Issue 31 from December 1991, featuring Metroid II: Return of Samus for the Game Boy on the cover.

Ben was unable to make it, so Mike and John power through.

03:00 The boys start talking about OJ Simpson

06:00 Let's talk about muscular Samus, then let's dig in to the Player's Pulse.

23:30 Batman: Return of the Joker

29:00 Nester's Adventures

34:00 T-Rex video sends the boys into tears

47:00 Counselor's Corner - the last of this format before Gail takes away our fun!

Not so much music this time as we try to locate Carmen Sandiego

00:40 - Carmen Sandiego. decent name writing, poor game development.

06:20 - Where in the world is Air Combat? Then Tom and Jerry prompt Mike to ponder where cartoon parents went. and the sewer level really brings out the aspiring game developers in all of the hosts.

18:00 - Faceball 2000 has an awful poster.  Battletoads for Gameboy is a true port. including the turbo tunnel.

23:00 - Kid Icarus leads us to learn about how John earned money in college. Faceball 2000 introduces us to the legions of the Smiling God.

35:00 - Super Nintendo Previews. Finally games with Super in them are on a Super system.

    -Tennis

    -U.N Squadron

    -Super Baseball Simulator

41:50  - We loose Ben to his neighbor just in time for the players polls

44:15 - Now Playing

Final Fantasy 2 is the cover game this issue, and we celebrate the music of the game. Enjoy this extra musical episode of Playing with Power!

04:20 - Mike takes issue with this issue...'s cover.

14:00 - Game Boy Game Link partners in the Mail Bag this month. Interesting selection. and Mike tried to look up the featured player. but as was the case with everyone who isnt Josh Foreman, it didn't end well.....

31:00 - We finally hit the first game, the Flintstones!

46:00 - Final Fantasy 2.  Mike can only get SO hard. Enjoy the music.

1:16:50 - Counselors Corner with grooming tips.

1:24:20 - Shout Outro!

Hey everyone we have a great guest you might have seen in our facebook page, competitive gaming promoter, manager, and champion of e-sports, guiness record holder and cool dude, Isaiah  Triforce Johnson. Yes that's his LEGAL name. this is how serious he takes gaming. and he has a lot to tell us about himself, and the ways he's trying to change the world, so join us as we "press pause" on our regular scheduled program to learn more about modern gaming as a sport, and it's long storied history.

For the low Down on the history of competitve gaming and e-sports pantheon of all-stars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MNBT63UZtM      Chasing ghosts

http://manvssnake.com/ Man Vs Snake

http://www.thekingofarcades.com/ King of Arcad

We're back with Brandon Boswell sitting in on the last half of issue 29. We try to talk about castlevania for the gameboy but immediately discuss abominations, atrocities, drugs and cooking.

01:00 - Game Boy Feature: Castlevania 2 Belmont's Revenge. featuring MerMan. So back to ideal fish/person configurations.

11:30 - Simpsons Escape from Camp Deadly

15:30 - Track Meet. Boy this is racist. Even for Mike.   

20:15 - Monopoly. Classified Information and Now Playing. Does Ben agree with the ratings they gave certain games?

24:00 - SNES top ten questions. and the screenshots here piss Mike off to comedic effect.

34:20 - We call the Nintendo repair line.

35:30 - SNES Preview. Mike learns how to totally deflate John. We debate why Wolverine can't fight Magneto for obvious reason. and Pirates.

46:00 - Celebrity Profile. The guy from Murphy Brown

Welcome to issue 29, where we tackle Star Trek as the feature game, and Mike begins with sterling clear audio and his dazzling Shatner impression. Join us as we proceed without apology.

01:20 - Cover: Star Trek 25th Anniversary. Then Mike draws parallels between the Fast and Furious and the recent Star Trek movie in the worst way possible.

8:00 - Mail Bag: Kid's ratting out their parents for playing THEIR games. We get Savage AF.

23:30 - WTF-Zero. what does the F and the 0 stand for?

32:00 - Comic: Ne-Star Wars Halloween special

40:00 - Star Trek 25th Anniversary. This game has the best memory chip with dilithium crystal backup for saves.

49:00 - Uncle Ben's Counsellor's Corner.

55:00 - Metroid. the original "Bad Bitch" Samus Aran on her first adventure with proper NP coverage. getting us revved up for the Game Boy sequel next month

1:04:00

The second part of issue 28 of Nintendo Power, and the final episode of Mike's wretched audio. no more reason to apologize after this one! We pick up with one Final Fantasy gameboy game that isnt the awful Fantasy game boy game!

01:00 - Final fantasy adventure - Precursor to Secret of Mana. and a great looking game! and chocobo abuse is impending. Other game boy titles like baseball and marble madness! and we discuss Strokemon. and other Nintendo owned porn titles.

16:30 - Super NES preview! Too many to list, to good to ignore!

22:00 - Now Playing. Boating featuring Woody Allen! and a Counsellors Corner with a horrible map for legacy of the wizard.

35:20 - Celebrity Interview - Bart Simpson

47:00 - Outro! and shout out to Peter Guzman and James MillHolland!