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Introduction
Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Dan Caporello here with John Cummis, Sam Wagers, and Shannon Eno
But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord.
- Giveaways
- Contests
- AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins.
- you can find everything at our website retrologic.games
Tell me one thing that happened this week!
Housekeeping
Sam: Blog and Streaming updates
John: On Topic/Retro Rewind + blog
FilmLogic:
RetroGroove: is coming back very soon!
Star Wars dads
10:50 The Price Is Retro
If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess
Shan’s list
Sam’s list Dan’s list
John’s list
Trivia Card
29:19-32:22
Show Topic
Community Couch
ChrisHL94 🇨🇦 — Today at 12:18 PM
Thoughts on the Nintendo World Championship NES Edition? Would you like to see Nintendo expand this to other consoles?
Eric Plunk — Today at 12:32 PM
Now that Zelda finally gets her time to shine in Echoes of Wisdom, which character from the series should get their own starring role next?
OctoRock_1982 — Today at 1:09 PM
What is, by far, the worst video game you’ve ever actually played?
Xomber — Today at 1:49 PM
What are your personal top 3 underrated games?
bozo — Today at 6:48 PM
What's a game you consider to be "greater than the sum of its parts"?
In other words, a game where the moment to moment interactions aren't particularly unique or noteworthy, but the overall experience is memorable and has left an impression on you.
SchonerTod — 08/16/2024 9:29 PM
What’s a game the ruined gaming for you even if for just a little while.
PrestoTheMagnificent — Today at 6:55 PM
What's a game on your favorite console that doesn't feel like it was made for that console?
Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, check me out on Twitter at @RetrologicGames. You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community! The link to that is in my twitter bio.
You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Introduction
Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Dan Caporello here with John Cummis, Sam Wagers, and Shannon Eno
But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord.
- Giveaways
- Contests
- AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins.
- you can find everything at our website retrologic.games
Tell me one thing that happened this week!
Housekeeping
Sam: Blog and Streaming updates
John: On Topic/Retro Rewind + blog
FilmLogic: The Summer Awards are coming up (The Summies). Best Action,
Best Franchise Sequel, Unnecessary Sequel, Best drama, etc.
RetroGroove: is on summer hiatus, but the backlog is stacked! retrologic.games
Star Wars dads
8:55 The Price Is Retro
If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess
Shan’s list
Sam’s list Dan’s list
John’s list
Trivia Card
33:00
Show Topic
Host Round Table Topics:
Sam - Batman: Arkham Asylum
Shannon - Tales Of Symphonia
Dan - Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper, Tokobot, and exploring the PS2 library for the first time
John - console repairs and mods
Community Couch
SNESisLife
Favorite childhood game?
Favorite generation of console?
Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, check me out on Twitter at @RetrologicGames. You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community! The link to that is in my twitter bio.
You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Introduction
Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Dan Caporello here with John Cummis, Sam Wagers, and Shannon Eno
But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord.
- Giveaways
- Contests
- AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins.
- you can find everything at our website retrologic.games
Tell me one thing that happened this week!
Housekeeping
Sam: Blog and Streaming updates
John: On Topic/Retro Rewind + blog
FilmLogic: a look at the invincible hero/villian trope. Also: Terminator, Michael Myres, The Monsters of Space Jam, Daredevil, Batman, and more!
RetroGroove: is on summer hiatus, but the backlog is stacked! retrologic.games
Star Wars dads:
10:48 The Price Is Retro
If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess
Shan’s list
Sam’s list Dan’s list
John’s list
Trivia Card
31:40
Show Topic
Gaming Conventions & Events.
What shows have you been to? Do you go often?
Running a convention
Buying games/merch at cons
Personal convention highlight/stories
How can they improve?
Community Couch
All N Eric — Today at 1:16 PM
Easily one of my favorite moments was when I got to film all these celebrities giving shoutouts back to my Army unit.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpXgLZkwd-s&pp=ygUUV2l6YXJkIGNvbiBzaG91dG91dHM%3D
Wizard Con Shoutouts
Eric Plunk — Today at 1:23 PM
I got to be part of the Nintendo Dads panel to talk about retro gaming at the con in my home town. And by panel I mean just me and Marty Estes I was also introduced to the girl that voiced Ash from Pokemon.
adam — Today at 1:23 PM
i was going to origins game fair with my friends, and one of the features of the con was the ability to pitch a board game you designed to publishers with the intent of either getting advice or possibly being picked up by the publisher and have your board game sold.
my friend sam had been developing a game for awhile called ‘go for the krill’ a whale themed trick taking card game, and he was planning on pitching it at the convention. while we were in line to get tickets we struck up a conversation with the guy behind us we all hit it off, and it turns out he owned a board game company and he picked up my friends game and it’s gonna be launched in the near future!
OctoRock_1982 — Today at 2:07 PM
My favorite convention memory is getting to spending time with Dan, John and Trey.
DoubleD — Today at 2:35 PM
A good friend and I took our sons to Gamescom 2016 in Cologne, Germany (pictured is the FFXV wristband I still have from the event). It was such an amazing and over the top event, and while I was originally excited for myself, I quickly switched gears and I let my son take over and decide how we spent our time there. It was my first large gaming event like this, so I didn't realize how much time we would spend waiting in line though. My favorite thing there was the Tekken 7 booth, but it was bittersweet, because we waited in line for a while to play it, and then found out that my son was too young and they wouldn't let him play it even though I was his father. Very strange, but still a great experience overall.
Your Wallet's Defense Attorney — Today at 2:36 PM
I've only ever been to Anime Midwest, and that was more to chaperone my sister. It was fun tho. It was really surreal seeing a bunch of people dressed up in cosplay, and it was fun trying to see how many I recognized. I got a picture with Pepsi Man. We went to a few panels of varying quality, from a professional samurai to some people who just bought a ton of Kazoos. We did Karaoke, and I sang Call Me Maybe, The Kirby Right Back At Ya Theme, Bye Bye Baby (Giants home run theme), Full Disclosure (Steven Universe), and Ya Got Trouble (Music Man). Someone sang Escape from the City (SA2) and the Phineas and Ferb Theme Song. It was a good time!
txTrey — Today at 5:25 PM
I took my son to CGF yesterday morning near opening time and he played a demo of a game called Ghost Ship Grannies. The game is an RPG about a group of grannies who get shipwrecked and you have to find the other grannies and do RPG things. Then when I obligatorily signed up for the email list after talking to the game's artist I saw 2 lines up on the sheet someone had signed up with the SAME [email protected] address as my son's name! It was the most coincidental moment that has happened to me at a convention. That was the question, right?
Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, check me out on Twitter at @RetrologicGames. You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community! The link to that is in my twitter bio.
You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
1:10:00 = ish
Introduction
Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Dan Caporello here with John Cummis, Sam Wagers, and Shannon Eno
But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord.
- Giveaways
- Contests
- AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins.
- you can find everything at our website retrologic.games
Tell me one thing that happened this week!
Housekeeping
Sam: Blog and Streaming updates
John: On Topic/Retro Rewind + blog (Mario Land 2-Get 999 coins to enter drawing)
FilmLogic: 10 Live Action movies that need an Animated remake
RetroGroove: Season finale is coming soon! Adam and Liam talk about the best musical duos in history.
Star Wars dads: Episode 2 is out soon talking about The Acolyte
12:24 The Price Is Retro
If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess
Dan’s list
Shan’s list
Sam’s list
Trivia Card
28:38
Show Topics
Mario & Luigi Brothership was announced during the June 18th Nintendo Direct, so to celebrate we’re talking about the history of the Mario & Luigi games!
Game
Year
Metacritic
Console
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
2003
90/100[24]
GBA, NSO
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
2005
86/100[25]
DS, Wii U
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
2009
90/100[26]
DS
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
2013
81/100[27]
3DS
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
2015
76/100[28]
3DS
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
2017
81/100[29]
3DS
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
2018
84/100[30]
3DS
The developer of the Mario & Luigi games began as a fledgling RPG house. Making both the japanese only Koto Battle: Tengai no Moribito for GBC and Tomato Adventure for GBA.
In Tomato Adventure the player, as DeMille, a tomato-hater in the Ketchup Kingdom, fights his way from his outcast village to rescue his girlfriend. The in-game weapons are toy-like and the battles against opponents involve minigames. Some consider it to be the spiritual precursor to Mario & Luigi.
Tetsuo Mizuno, Square's second president, and Fujioka and Yoshihiko Maekawa, who were game directors at Square. The name AlphaDream, meaning the 'first dream', is a play on Final Fantasy, Square's most notable series.
Alphadream was also notable for being the developer for the Hamtaro license and created several games using the IP.
Specifically, the later games in the series, Rainbow Rescue and Ham Ham games, both of which featured minigames that served as a prototype for those featured in mario & luigi series.
44:52-48:00
On October 1, 2019, AlphaDream declared bankruptcy, citing sluggish revenues and high development costs, and being unable to keep up with growing debt (which as of March 2018 was over ¥465 million)
Many of the staff were scooped up Monolithsoft, ILCA, and Nintendo.
Community Couch
SpiderShan — Today at 6:17 PM
@everyone a little late notice but we will be talking about the Mario & Luigi games tonight for the next episode of RetroLogic. We’d love to hear about your experiences with the series? What games have you played? What are your favorites in the series?
Just being Bruce — Today at 6:50 PM
Oh sorry guys, but I can’t leave any messages for you about that because I’m concentrating on the Oilers winning all the way!!!!!!!!!
Your Wallet's Defense Attorney — Today at 7:08 PM
The Mario & Luigi games are my childhood Mario RPGs. I had Partners in Time and Bowser's Inside Story as a kid. I view the series as an underrated classic. I own and have played the core four games, but I only beat PiT and BiS. I almost got to the end in Superstar Saga, tho. I haven't played Paper Jam. I think my favorite is absolutely Bowser's Inside Story.
Eric Plunk — Today at 8:07 PM
I’ve only dabbled in the series but have played enough them to enjoy their comedic charm. Superstar Saga has a special place in my heart because it was the last Christmas gift I got from my Grandmother before she passed.
Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, check me out on Twitter at @RetrologicGames. You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community! The link to that is in my twitter bio.
You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Introduction
Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Dan Caporello here with John Cummis, Sam Wagers, and Shannon Eno
But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord.
- Giveaways
- Contests
- AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins.
- you can find everything at our website retrologic.games
Tell me one thing that happened this week!
Sam - X-Men mutant apocalypse
Housekeeping
Sam: Blog and Streaming updates
John: On Topic/Retro Rewind + blog
FilmLogic: Furiosa, Boss Baby, Johnny Depp
RetroGroove: This week Adam and Liam wax nostalgic on the era of box set subscriptions, music by telephone, TV infomercials and other quintessentially '90s methods of consuming music.
Star Wars dads
17:08 The Price Is Retro
If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess
Dan’s list
Shan’s list
Sam’s list
Jon’s List
Trivia Card
Show Topics
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Ribbit King, we're talking about:
Weird Golf Games!
Dan - Ribbit King Sam - Kirby’s Dream Course
John - Golf Story
Shannon-Toadstool Tour
Community Couch
Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, check me out on Twitter at @RetrologicGames. You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community! The link to that is in my twitter bio.
You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Introduction
Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with John Cummins and Shannon Eno joined by our brothers in groove Liam Davenport to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater!
How are you?
But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord.
- Giveaways
- Contests
- AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins.
- you can find everything at our website retrologic.games
Housekeeping
Sam: Mega Monday has returned
John: Substack Pokemon OTR done. Unicorn Overlord incoming, Minish Cap
FilmLogic: More cartoons getting the ‘97 treatment
RetroGroove: Build a band: 3 MCs + 1 DJ
Star Wars Dads made the jump to light speed May 4!
What We’ve Been Playing
Liam -
Sam - Ys book II, Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
John - Shining Force and Dave the Diver
Shannon - Unicorn Overlord, KotOR, Paper Mario TYD
The Price Is Retro
If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for for our trio of automated competitors: The Ghost (Polterguest), the Robot (Deus Guess Machina), and the Dinosaur (???Retrosaurus???) They each make their own guess as well!
Liam’s List
Sam’s list
John’s list
Shannon’s list
Trivia Card
Show Topics 1:01:22
Discuss: -our experience with the game and the series
-skateboarding was like, really big in the ‘90’s (first X games held in ‘95)
-The soundtrack: a tastemaker for many
-When did the series fizzle out?
-
INFO:
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater:
Developer: Neversoft
Publisher: Activision
September 29, 1999 on Playstation
March 15, 2000 on N64
March 21, 2000 on GBC (developed by Natsume)
May 24, 2000 on Dreamcast
Oct 13, 2003 N-Gage (developed by Ideaworks 3D
May 5, 2005 Mobile
Game modes:
Single Player:
Career Mode (videotape collection, allegedly inspired by super mario 64’s stars)(objectives like collect SKATE, destroy objects, reach a certain score)
Single Session
Free Skate
Multiplayer:
Graffiti
Trick Attack
HORSE
Playable characters:(10 + 2 ogs) Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist, Kareem Campbell, Rune Glifberg, Bucky Lasek, Chad Muska, Andrew Reynolds, Geoff Rowley, Elissa Steamer, Jamie Thomas, Officer Dick +, Private Carerra+
-later games added a character creator and a wide variety of off the wall guest characters like Spider Man, Doomguy, James Hetfield, and Darth Maul
-Actually released to capitalize on growing success of Top Skater (1997, Arcade, Sega) and Street Sk8er (1998, EA, Playstation).
-Neversoft released only 3 games prior: Skeleton Warriors, MDK, and Apocalypse
Sequels:
Pro Skater 1999
Pro Skater 2 2000
Pro Skater 3 2001
Pro Skater 2x 2001
Pro Skater 4 2002
Underground 2003
Underground 2 2004
American Wasteland 2005
Downhill Jam 2006
Project 8 2006
Proving Ground 2007
Motion 2008
Vert 2009
Ride 2009
Shred 2010
Pro Skater HD 2012
Shred Session 2014
Pro Skater 5 2015
Skate Jam 2018
Pro Skater 1 + 2 2020
Tony Hawk turned down a one-time offer for permanent use of his name in likeness in favor of royalties. He made the right call, earning ten times the initial offer within two years.
Tony Hawk also did a lot of playtesting himself, and personally selected the skaters to be playable characters himself as well.
-motion capture was attempted, but not quite there yet. Instead, animations were made based on X-games footage as reference
Promotions: Toys R us mini skateboard for pre-orders of GBC version
Playable demo on summer ‘99 compilation CD by Playstation Underground
Second demo on a promo disc distributed by Pizza Hut
-Ngage version bundled with N-Gage QD
Community Couch
Schoner Tod
I remember when Tony Hawk Pro skater first released. (edited)
as a kid playing game was for nights and winter when it was raining but every time i had my friends over it was always a compitition to see who could get the best line or the highest score. I remember several weekends we would even carry our tvs to each others houses and have multiple games going at once. pizza tons of soda and nothing but laughs.
bozo — Yesterday at 10:14 AM
I was very late to the party with THPS - I only got into the series around 2016 as I was building up my OG Xbox library and had 2x/3/4 on hand to see what all the fuss was about. Going in, I was expecting it to be the kind of game that hasn't aged well; one whose reputation was heavily embellished by nostalgia for the era it represented.
Needless to say, I was very, very wrong. THPS totally holds up. And the gameplay mechanics on offer are not only ridiculously deep, but fluid and cohesive in a way few other games can match even today. Chaining tricks into manuals into ramps into reverts is an absolutely sublime gameplay loop that never gets old.
I'm always bothered whenever THPS gets lumped into the generic "Sports" categorization, when in reality it has way more in common with combo-oriented action games like Devil May Cry or Bayonetta than say, Madden. I think that's why it quickly became one of my all-time favorite series despite completely missing out on them when they were in the zeitgeist.
Oh yeah, and the soundtrack? It shreds. As a huge pop-punk fan I couldn't ask for more.
I'll never forgive Activision-Blizzard for shutting down Vicarious Visions and cancelling the THPS 3+4 remaster. 1+2 is arguably the best remaster ever made, and is easily the apex of the entire franchise, despite the moribund state the franchise was in for the previous 15 years.
Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community! https://discord.gg/xYEwRK934U
You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Introduction
Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with John Cummins and Shannon Eno joined by to talk about video pinball!
How are you?
But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord.
- Giveaways
- Contests
- AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins.
- you can find everything at our website retrologic.games
Housekeeping
Sam: John and I were on Here comes a new challenger! Mega Monday Returns! Garfield Flees in Terror! on youtube (ThirdstrongestMole, 730 EST)
John: Substack
OTR - Pokemon X and Y and Zelda Minish Cap
FilmLogic: Brendan Fraser’s Mixed Career (The Mummy 25th anniversary)
RetroGroove: Build a band: 3 MCs + 1 DJ
Star Wars Dads made the jump to light speed May 4!
What We’ve Been Playing
Sam - Ufouria 2, Blazing Lasers, Pokemon Pinball Ruby Sapphire (Pokedex complete!), Ys book II
John - Dragon Quest 2 and Assassins Creed Black Flag
Shannon - Unicorn Overlord, 4 Swords Adventure, LttP, KotOR, SML
The Price Is Retro 3255
If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for for our trio of automated competitors: The Ghost (Polterguest), the Robot (Deus Guess Machina), and the Dinosaur (???Retrosaurus???) They each make their own guess as well!
Sam’s list
John’s list
Shannon’s list
Trivia Card
Show Topics 48:00
Discuss: Notable games:
Pinball (NES)
Alien Crush and Devil Crush (TG16) also ported to Genesis as “Dragon’s Fury”/ Devil Crash MD (Japan)
As well as inspired recent Demon’s Tilt (multiplat)
Revenge of the Gator (GB)
Kirby’s Pinball Land
Pokemon Pinball (GB and GBA (Ruby Sapphire)
Metroid Prime Pinball (DS)
Pinball FX Series (XBLA, later windows, modern platforms)
Dino Land (Genesis)
(?) Missed opportunities: pac man pinball advance, mario pinball land
Stranger fare: Odama (GC) and Yoku’s Island Expresss (modern systems)
VR-Star Wars Pinball
Sonic Spinball (SG)
Galactic Pinball (VB)
It’s not the same as an analog machine…and that’s okay.
"(Devil’s Crush is) the best video pinball game of all time—mainly because it didn't try to be anything like real pinball." Electronic Gaming Monthly, 1997, ranking it as #50 on a list of top 100 games of all time
How important are the physics really?
Why don’t games today have pinball spinoffs?
Relegated to handhelds in the past
Games we want a pinball of
Community Couch
Great responses on Tony Hawk!
Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!
You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Introduction
Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with John Cummins and Shannon Eno!
How are you?
But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord.
- Giveaways
- Contests
- AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins.
- you can find everything at our website retrologic.games
Housekeeping
Sam: Streaming to return….sometime
John: On Topic Retro: Pokemon X & Y wrapping up May 15th, On topic Modern Unicorn soon?
FilmLogic: Fallout ep 1 review
RetroGroove: High Five - Top 5 Hollywood actors turned musicians
Star Wars Dads launching May 4!
What We’ve Been Playing
Guest -
Sam - , Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights, Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999, Metal Slug 1st Mission
John - Assassins Creed Black Flag, Pokemon X, and Spider Man 2 on hold finished the Fallout series
Shannon - Unicorn Overlord, LoZ:Four Swords Adventure, Stitched, Cryptrio
The Price Is Retro
If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for for our trio of automated competitors: The Ghost (Polterguest), the Robot (Deus Guess Machina), and the Dinosaur (???Retrosaurus???) They each make their own guess as well!
Sam’s list
John’s list
Shannon’s list
Trivia Card
Show Topics 36:10
Online Shut Downs
DS
April 1, 2016: The day it was announced that the Nintendo DSi Shop would close in 2017.
September 30, 2016: The last day to have purchased points in the Nintendo DSi Shop using a credit card or to have redeemed Nintendo DSi Points Cards in the Nintendo DSi Shop.
March 31, 2017: The last day to have purchased software in the Nintendo DSi Shop.
Photo dojo, Dragon Quest Wars, Dark Void Zero, SteamWorld: Tower Defense, Pyoro, Mighty Flip Champs!, A Kappa's Trail, WarioWare: Snapped!, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition
-Wii
- September 29, 2017: The day it was announced that the Wii Shop will close in 2019.
March 26, 2018: The last day to have purchased points in the Wii Shop or redeem Points Cards in the Wii Shop.
January 30, 2019: The last day to have purchased software in the Wii Shop.
Adventure Island: The Beginning,Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, Contra ReBirth, Excitebike: World Rally, FAST Racing League, Gradius ReBirth
- 3DS
As of May 23, 2022, it is no longer possible to use a credit card to add funds to an account in Nintendo eShop on Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.
As of August 29, 2022, it is no longer possible to use a Nintendo eShop Card to add funds to an account in Nintendo eShop on Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.
As of April 3, 2023, it is no longer possible to redeem download codes in Nintendo eShop on Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.
As of March 11, 2024, it is no longer possible to combine the Nintendo eShop fund balance between a Nintendo Network ID and a Nintendo Account
Crimson Shroud, Rusty's Real Deal Baseball, Ace Attorney Dual Destinies, Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice, Pushmo, Crashmo and Stretchmo, Attack of the Friday Monsters, Box Boy, Box Box Boy, Bye Bye Box Boy, Liberation Maiden, Harmo Knight, Sakura Samurai Art of the Sword, Rhythm Heaven Megamix, Nintendo Badge Arcade
-Wii U
Dr. Luigi, Affordable Space Adventures,
-Xbox 360
- The Xbox 360 Store and the Xbox 360 Marketplace (marketplace.xbox.com) will be retired on July 29, 2024
Eric Plunk
I think Microsoft has done the best job out of anyone on backwards compatibility and preservation of their Xbox library. 630 out of 2,155 360 games and 60 out of 998 original Xbox games have been made available on the Xbox One & Series X. While this softens the blow of the 360 marketplace’s closure there are still a massive amount of games being left behind. Physical copies of these games will and in some cases already have seen an increase in value. Digital only games like Rush ‘N Attack Expatriot, Rez HD, Vigilante 8 Arcade, and all of the Arcade Kinect games will be largely left to time, piracy notwithstanding. Here’s hoping that the recently rumored renewed focus on backwards compatibility from Microsoft comes to fruition.
- PS3
-While Sony had previously announced in 2021 that it was shutting down its PS3 digital storefront, the company reversed its decision after a backlash from fans. Both the PS3 servers and store remain in operation in 2024.
Thoughts -
Community Couch
JosiahP. — 04/22/2024 10:21 AM Super Mario Maker for the Wii u hit me hard- do you think that revival services like RiiConnect24 or PriiTendo are a good option for revival projects? Eric Plunk — 04/22/2024 10:40 AM
I wish I had the foresight to download the Konami Rebirth series of games from WiiWare before the Wii Shop closed down. Every company should make a better effort to preserve and make these games available on future hardware.
adam — 04/22/2024 2:21 PM
don’t have a story to tell, but instead a meme to share! but it’s wild to me that games like the crew can get delisted.
Presto — 04/22/2024 2:48 PM
What's your favorite WiiWare game?
Mike Writes — 04/22/2024 4:09 PM
Xbox 360 store is going offline in June. It might be your last chance to Ms. Splosion.
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Introduction
Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with John Cummins and Shannon Eno!
How are you?
But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord.
- Giveaways
- Contests
- AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins.
- you can find everything at our website retrologic.games
Housekeeping
Sam: Streaming to return….sometime
John: On Topic Retro: Game Boy Anniversary, Pokemon X & Y, On topic Modern Unicorn when?
FilmLogic: 16 Franchise Bracket
RetroGroove: Expand my mind: Max Martin
Star Wars Dads launching May 4!
What We’ve Been Playing
Guest -
Sam - Unicorn Overlord (cleared), Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights, Dokapon Kingdom
John - Unicorn Overlord Done, Pokemon X, and Spider Man 2 Watching the Fallout series
Shannon - Unicorn Overlord, LoZ:Four Swords Adventure, Tales of Arise
The Price Is Retro 25:50
If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for for our trio of automated competitors: The Ghost (Polterguest), the Robot (Deus Guess Machina), and the Dinosaur (???Retrosaurus???) They each make their own guess as well!
Sam’s list
John’s list
Shannon’s list
Trivia Card
Show Topics 42:56
Super Metroid Turns 30!
Original release date: March 19, 1994 (Japan)
April 18, 1994 (NA), July 28, 1994 (PAL)
-First metroid game to be directed by Yoshio Sakamoto
-featured the ability to fire in all directions while moving
-auto-mapping
-sound programmer and composer Kenji Yamamoto cites he approached the work“"with a sound programmer's ear, with a sound effect creator's ear, and with the approach methodology and theory of a composer".
-would not get another metroid game until Fusion in 2002
-Staple of later retro-game services (virtual console, NSO online,
-Our experience with the game
-Legacy - (creating a genre?)
Community Couch 1:12:10
@txTrey
Guys I've never played super Metroid more than an hour because I got stuck and gave up. I've beaten dread, fusion, and returns remake. Should I walk or run into playing super Metroid? Does it do anything better than the games that came after it? Or was it remarkable for being the first of the great Metroid games?
Dan - RetroLogic — 04/07/2024 5:29 PM
I play it for the first time ever a few years ago and it's undoubtedly one of my favorite games of all time now.
BUT I didn't play it without some help. There are a few points in the game where what you need to do next is unintentionally opaque. I own the paper guide so I limited myself to that. But if you get stuck, just look it up.
The game is amazing and 100% worth playing.
OctoRock_1982 — 04/07/2024 6:05 PM
As an adult with normal adult responsibilities, there are plenty of retro games that will give you a much more enjoyable experience using a guide when you don’t have endless childhood summers and afternoons filled with nothing but free time to explore every single pixel of a game.
Solo — 04/07/2024 6:41 PM
After coming off Metroid and many Summer afternoons firing your way thru an underground maze; do you feel Super Metroid in comparison was an easier game to finish since you had a working foundation now? (edited)
Mike Writes — 04/07/2024 7:40 PM
Which genre needs to make a comeback?
Claymation games
3D fighters that are very realistic
Guitar Hero games
Hong Kong style bullet time shooters
WW2 first person shooters that are not multiplayer
Mech sims
PrestoTheMagnificent — 04/08/2024 3:49 PM
Name 5 franchises that are better than super metroid
Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!
You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Introduction
Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with , John Cummins
How are you?
But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord.
- Giveaways
- Contests
- AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins.
- you can find everything at our website retrologic.games
Housekeeping
Sam: Mega Mondays:Stay tuned, I’m moving
John: On Topic Retro: Spanky’s Quest Retro Rewind, Pokemon X & Y
FilmLogic: Oscar Talk 2024
RetroGroove: Khruangbin
The Price Is Retro 10:06
If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess
Sam’s list
John’s list
Trivia Card
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Show Topics
Top Strategy RPGs
Our lists
Community Couch
Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!
You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
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