The N64 goes on full showcase with two first party spinoffs. First, we have the 12 seed coming in and trashing your house starting a craze while your parents were away - it's Mario Party! The other, our 21 seed, is all about snapping pics to look cute and delete later (totally not to get rid of evidence) with Pokemon Snap! Hear what Adam, Lynnsey, and Toby think should move on to the next round.

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Original Patreon Air Date: February 11th, 2025

What is a Gobbo? Do they look better in HD? Why are they considered legend? These and many other questions may be answered in this very episode!

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Today's Guest Information

Name: Randall Quiggle

Bio: THE PC SHILL

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Retro Hangover is supported by you, the listeners. We would especially like to thank the following Patrons for donating at the 8-bit tier and above: Lyle McKarns, Tony G, Tom the Superhero, Studstill Smash (The Milkman), Lucas (Game Over Hell), MaskedKeaton, Ozzy Garcia, JC, Meagan Caruso, Dave Jackson, Jenny E., Retro Overdrive, Soha, The Emperor, Storm Beagle, Matt (AKA Stormageddon), B. Ross & Vanfernal (Super Garbage Day), Jared Breland, Randall Quiggle, Raging Demon, Keith Gasper, The Retro Vixen, Eric Gess, Nomad (Retro Wildlands), Ashevent, Alan Bingham, MikeTheRef (Backbreaker Gaming), Alt, Garry Heather, Low Five Alex, Ohmi, Makeshift Money, SegaBoy7, Rhyskel, and Adam R. If you'd like your name mentioned here, or would simply like to support the show, consider becoming a Patron today!

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Cute and cuddly or scary and scaly (give it feathers!)? It's Pikachu vs your totally not Jurassic Park velociraptor! The official ROM hack of Pokemon Red and Blue takes on a fresh new horror IP from Capcom.

Featuring Adam from The Good, The Bad, and The Backlog, Josh from Still Loading, and Dave from Tales From the Backlog.

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Original Patreon Air Date: February 4th, 2025

What happens when a very odd child, living in a small nowhere town, grows up to be a mad scientist who also knows magic maybe? Shenanigans of the highest order. Also robots.

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Music Attributions

Intro / outro excerpts from Stream by 505, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

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As a rule, we don't promote anything on the show that we can't personally vouch for. Bones Coffee has become a staple in both our households; in fact, it's the only coffee Shane drinks at home. With so many flavor-infused options, all with no added sugars or calories, there's bound to be something to pique your interest. Grab a sample pack today and taste what you've been missing!

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Shoutout to Our Patrons!

Retro Hangover is supported by you, the listeners. We would especially like to thank the following Patrons for donating at the 8-bit tier and above: Lyle McKarns, Tony G, Tom the Superhero, Studstill Smash (The Milkman), Lucas (Game Over Hell), MaskedKeaton, Ozzy Garcia, JC, Meagan Caruso, Dave Jackson, Jenny E., Retro Overdrive, Soha, The Emperor, Storm Beagle, Matt (AKA Stormageddon), B. Ross & Vanfernal (Super Garbage Day), Jared Breland, Randall Quiggle, Raging Demon, Keith Gasper, The Retro Vixen, Eric Gess, Nomad (Retro Wildlands), Ashevent, Alan Bingham, MikeTheRef (Backbreaker Gaming), Alt, Garry Heather, Low Five Alex, Ohmi, Makeshift Money, SegaBoy7, Rhyskel, and Adam R. If you'd like your name mentioned here, or would simply like to support the show, consider becoming a Patron today!

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Moving along and we have a battle of Dreamcast darlings. It's Sega's lovable (or unlovable) blue mascot up against a gem of a frantic arena fighter. Which of these will continue on to represent the Sega swirl?

Featuring Eric from Unlockables, Keith from The Main Quest, and Matt from "Fun" and Games!

These episodes started recording in June 2024. As such, information regarding sequels, remakes, and remasters may not represent then future events (like with Power Stone!)

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Original Patreon Air Date: January 28th, 2025

The long-awaited, much requested episode is finally here, and it is girthy. But, really, what did you expect from a 80+ hour game? Premier Patron Saint of the show Lyle McKarns joins us once again, this time to discuss one of his favorite games of all time!

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Today's Guest Information

Name: Lyle McKarns

Twitter / X: @x1101 on X

Website: Lyle's Website

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Music Attributions

Intro / outro excerpts from Stream by 505, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Shoutout to Our Patrons!

Retro Hangover is supported by you, the listeners. We would especially like to thank the following Patrons for donating at the 8-bit tier and above: Lyle McKarns, Tony G, Tom the Superhero, Studstill Smash (The Milkman), Lucas (Game Over Hell), MaskedKeaton, Ozzy Garcia, JC, Meagan Caruso, Dave Jackson, Jenny E., Retro Overdrive, Soha, The Emperor, Storm Beagle, Matt (AKA Stormageddon), B. Ross & Vanfernal (Super Garbage Day), Jared Breland, Randall Quiggle, Raging Demon, Keith Gasper, The Retro Vixen, Eric Gess, Nomad (Retro Wildlands), Ashevent, Alan Bingham, MikeTheRef (Backbreaker Gaming), Alt, Garry Heather, Low Five Alex, Ohmi, Makeshift Money, SegaBoy7, Rhyskel, and Adam R. If you'd like your name mentioned here, or would simply like to support the show, consider becoming a Patron today!

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Get You Some Tasty Caffeine!

As a rule, we don't promote anything on the show that we can't personally vouch for. Bones Coffee has become a staple in both our households; in fact, it's the only coffee Shane drinks at home. With so many flavor-infused options, all with no added sugars or calories, there's bound to be something to pique your interest. Grab a sample pack today and taste what you've been missing!

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It's time for another King of Games! This time it's all about 1999. The field has now been expanded to a whopping 24 games, and this is where it all begins. 16 games face off to match up against the top 8 games that get a bye!

For our first match up, we have the MMO that re-wrote the book on the online experience, EverQuest, matching up against Nintendo's flagship platformer of the year, Donkey Kong 64. Who will advance to round 2?

Featuring Chris, Ozzy, and Ashton!

These episodes started being recorded in June of 2024. Therefore, some information may be inaccurate in terms of new games, remasters, or re-releases.

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Original Patreon Air Date: January 21st, 2025

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Dre of Fine Time and Adam of the Good, the Bad, and the Backlog join Chris to discuss over a half a dozen murderers. But, like, it's OK because they're stylish and cool.

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Today's Guest Information

Name: Adam Backlog

Bio: One half of the Good, the Bad, and the Backlog podcast. The blunder from down under, who’s going to make you chunder.

Instagram: @goodbadbacklog on Instagram

Twitter/X: @Badbacklog on X

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Name: Andre Modugno

Website: Andre's Website

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Music Attributions

Intro / outro excerpts from Stream by 505, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Get You Some Tasty Caffeine!

As a rule, we don't promote anything on the show that we can't personally vouch for. Bones Coffee has become a staple in both our households; in fact, it's the only coffee Shane drinks at home. With so many flavor-infused options, all with no added sugars or calories, there's bound to be something to pique your interest. Grab a sample pack today and taste what you've been missing!

Bones Coffee Company

Shoutout to Our Patrons!

Retro Hangover is supported by you, the listeners. We would especially like to thank the following Patrons for donating at the 8-bit tier and above: Lyle McKarns, Tony G, Tom the Superhero, Studstill Smash (The Milkman), Lucas (Game Over Hell), MaskedKeaton, Ozzy Garcia, JC, Meagan Caruso, Dave Jackson, Jenny E., Retro Overdrive, Soha, The Emperor, Storm Beagle, Matt (AKA Stormageddon), B. Ross & Vanfernal (Super Garbage Day), Jared Breland, Randall Quiggle, Raging Demon, Keith Gasper, The Retro Vixen, Eric Gess, Nomad (Retro Wildlands), Ashevent, Alan Bingham, MikeTheRef (Backbreaker Gaming), Alt, Garry Heather, Low Five Alex, Ohmi, Makeshift Money, SegaBoy7, Rhyskel, and Adam R. If you'd like your name mentioned here, or would simply like to support the show, consider becoming a Patron today!

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It's not always about the fisticuffs or the ol' shooty bang-bang; sometimes problems can be solved with needlessly obtuse puzzles or a novel's worth of text, y'know? Different strokes, is what we're saying.

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Music Attributions

Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

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Shoutout to Our Patrons!

Retro Hangover is supported by you, the listeners. We would especially like to thank the following Patrons for donating at the 8-bit tier and above: Lyle McKarns, Tony G, Tom the Superhero, Studstill Smash (The Milkman), Lucas (Game Over Hell), MaskedKeaton, Ozzy Garcia, JC, Meagan Caruso, Dave Jackson, Jenny E., Retro Overdrive, Soha, The Emperor, Storm Beagle, Matt (AKA Stormageddon), B. Ross & Vanfernal (Super Garbage Day), Jared Breland, Randall Quiggle, Raging Demon, Keith Gasper, The Retro Vixen, Eric Gess, Nomad (Retro Wildlands), Ashevent, Alan Bingham, MikeTheRef (Backbreaker Gaming), Alt, Garry Heather, Low Five Alex, Ohmi, Makeshift Money, SegaBoy7, Rhyskel, and Adam R. If you'd like your name mentioned here, or would simply like to support the show, consider becoming a Patron today!

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Long-time Patron Dischimera and our first Discord Hi-Score Challenge king Soha join Chris for another installment of Growing Up Gaming, this time chatting about their experiences as Gamer Kidz (tm) in Brazil!

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Original Patreon Air Date: November 17th, 2022

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