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

Hey there Power Players! Katherine stuck around for a bit talk more about her food anthropology podcast "How It Got In Your Mouth" and about getting the internet before everyone else. The mysogony of vocal fry, and the anti-masturbation policy of Mr. Kellogg (yeah the corn flakes guy) before leaving us alone to finally be a little raunchy and uncivilized again to discuss the Fun Club of Fall 1987.

But first, special news! You'll notice this episode is shorter than our usual movie length commentary. We are parsing out our coverage to let you get more power in manageable increments!

21:00 - Cover. Legend of Zelda and Game of Thrones!

24:40 - Taito 4-way. Legend of Kage. Elevator Action. Renegade and Arkanoid!

27:30 - Howard doesnt have his kid to protect him from our scorn anymore!

28:30 - Hitler cop rises!

29:20 - Metroid news! Burger Time! Karate Kid! Thank God Katherine left...

Mike went messing with the past and brought someone back from a Fun Club article to chat with us. Katherine Spiers from "How it got in your mouth" the food anthropology podcast, is here to hang out and discuss her show, and her experience with her step-father. Who is he? Just the Gamemaster himself, Howard Philips! Whats it like growing up with Nintendo Power as a predominant element in one's life? We find out this and so much more about Howie the man, the worker, the rocker, the athlete, the driver, and the dad. this might be our best episode ever!

00:00 - Intro. A bit about Katherine and the dangers of Howards celebrity!

20:00 - Cover. Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers. and Hitler Cop gets a future upgrade in the table of contents

26:20 - Mail Box. It's raining Ben, Halleluiah! Hurricane Hugo wrecks a town but not a Nintendo! Old people and make awesome fans!

37:00 - Final Fantasy Coverage, Treasure Hunt

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Howdy power players. Johns' first offical epsiode after being integrated into the Tri-force

There was no issue 13, just the Super Mario 3 strategy guide. So we head back to the past. Join us as we join: The Nintendo Fun Club!

First issue: Winter 1987

00:00 - Intro (botched by Mike)

04:30 - Cover (Headline?) Mario. Psycho mass murderer.

09:30 - Zelda battery pak save games. and Hogans alley zapper game. and police brutality jokes ensue.

13:20 - Super mario-a-thon. With suprising celebrities and startling mario!

18:30 - Mike looses his shit. and gets replaced by a balloon on the tour circuit...

20:00 - Pro Wrestling and Slalom.

21:00 - Nationwide high score competition and Shoddy Mario Bros screenshot

23:50 - Humble Howard tells us about his awesome J-O-B and we make our feelings about him known. John breaks Mike a

l Episode today boys. We don't lose a guest but gained a host as John has joined us. and good news about future episodes. This might just be our best episode ever!

00:00 - Intro and installation of the new host!

03:30 - Cover. Super C. and DinoWarz

06:30 - Mike explores his heritage with a reading of a letter from his homeland. and John debates the cost of body parts vs cartridges. and Ben

10:30 - Power Player Profile. Has Mike met his match? 

12:45 - Final Fantasy with musical accompaniment by Mike, trauma by John, and racism by ben. plus a lot of back Story

24:30 - Super C! Have Ricky

29:46 - DinoWarz. Dear lord this game had such promise. and broke it all. From hacky writing to one color sprites. and John received some trauma instead of dishing it out. maybe this game isnt so bad after all.

36:00 - The Nesters are here again!

Howdy do April fools! This is issue 11 of Nintendo power. we have our first return guest, John!

we discuss another NES surviving certain doom, Super Mario bros 3, the hidden Japanese influences, and so much more! this might be our best episode ever.

00:00 - Super Mario Bros 3, inside cover, and table of contents

04:45 - Come sail away with the S.S NES, indie power players, and not so helpful counselors.

10:00 - Super Mario Bros 3. So many facts and trivia you might not know. and if you do, then well enjoy us learning. And Mike teaches us how to say blue grass in Japanese. Its impossible to not be racist if you say it properly. so he nails it. What is a tanuki? you DON'T want to know, but you will. and we also talk about the game. how do you get the white mushrooms? is Bowser cosplaying in this magazine?

27:40 - Silent Service. This games looks awesome. And John shows that looks are deceiving. but

We are joined by podcastors! Nick and Brent from The RPG Show discuss comics, games, Virginia and more!

03:30 - Cover art featuring Jack Nicholson

10:00 - Mailbag and power players featuring a young stooge in training, and lousy little brothers, and a NEW Nintendo system is coming!

20:00 - Batman. the hero the NES deserves

26:10 - Shadowgate and idea for another show!

33:00 - The making of Super Mario Bros 3! Shigeru Miyamoto's fave music, and the game that we never got.

41:20 - More Willow!

45:20 - Double Dragon 2

50:30 - Super Spike V-Ball

51:50 - Clash at demonhead! Why won't the artwork match the game!?!

57:20 - River City Ransom. Douchbros on the loose!

1:01:50 - Top 30

1:04:00 - Tetris! how is there a villain?

1:07:30 - Game Boy Games! Mario Golf! B

Apologies for the horrible sound. skype screwed us over in an unforgivable manner. we did NOT record with cell phones and we spent hours splicing the best audio we could find to repair it. It's still worth a listen. we had a lot of fun and hope you do too. 

00:00 - Intro with music.  and the power players suffer issue disparity!

 

05:40 - Table of Contents. Robocop is a hero? Mailbag poet. and creepy serial killer power players pulse.

12:30 - Willow. the original zelda? or is link the original willow?

14:00 - Tetris for the NES. but what is a block moving game? how is it different? is it like an RPG?

18:30 - Howard and Nester. oh boy. this comic. wow. very lawyer safe i guess

22:00 - Super off Road with tips by Ben. Iron Sword with animal tributes by Ben

26:00 - Spoiler alert, NES Endings revealed! we take issue with some of these morals to the stories <

Ben brings another friend, John (with better sound this time!), and enjoys several games featured in this issue of nintendo power. Alcohol might have helped. Join us in the reverie of Issue 8 of Nintendo Power staring Ducktales! Mike's not racist. Just his jokes and myriad impressions....

00:00 - Is Mike just doing skits for intros from now on?

06:30 - Cover talk and a phone in a booth.

08:30 - Mail Box. NES vs Viking Caddy. Mario cake, and an infamous Power Player! and someone challenges Howard to the throne of NP. And gamers in need get denied?!

21:00 - Ducktales - Woo ooo! We got Blue-eyed scrooge tripping balls. Greed is good. How great is the Moon level music?

32:30 - Dragon Warrior again! does John know what an RPG is? how can they fuck up a slime? With power, that's how!

42:30 - NES Satellite of love!

54:00 - Counselors Corner! Did Kevin Spacey plant a pizza to punish Michelangelo? These counselors are

We have a special guest, Tron. He takes a break from fighting the master control program and attending the Player Hater's ball to join us to talk about the robot revolution to crap on the Trump family and Dr Wily in this issue of July/August of 1989. We cannot gush about mega man 2 enough. This issue give delicious artwork and coverage. BTW does anyone know what an RPG is?

00:00 - Special intro, Trump Sr, and the Wily cover. Ben takes issue with the binding for the issue, and the table of contents is misleading

07:00 - The Mail Box. a homemade NES Arcade.  Make a wish kids. Characters after-games lives.

12:00 - Mega Man 2. Damn this game was so good. Precious memories. This guy has more emberassing names than bowie and sean combs and prince combined. Ben delivers a nice treat in the background. buckle up. we're in for a long ride.

42:15 - Faxanadu. Im here all night for you. and talk about an artwork let down.

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00:00 - Intro

01:20 - Cover - TMNT. Donny is hungry and Raph has strange weapons. Captain Nintendo has something to tell you for a few bucks a minute.

06:00 - Table of Contents and Mail Bag

08:00 - Mail bag rap

10:00 - What is the player choice 10 arcade? What became of this talented artist in the mail bag? check out @mrbozon and see.

13:00 - TMNT personal fallacies, typos, poor artwork and more.

27:00 - The Nester Awards for excellence in 1987. Best PVP Blades of Stool. I mean steel.

30:00 - Bayou Billy part 2. A vest that has proof that bullets exist. Also, Sgt Bullocks dark past.

32:00 - Cobra Triangle. Not a snake girl's coochie. Get your head out the gutter.

34:40 - Life Force still looking good.

35:40 - Mega Man 2 preview!

42:00 - Faxanadu. Not starring Olivia Newton-John. The art work here in-game is atrocious.

48:30 - The Addams family. Uncle Fe