That Game Rules!

Time for some dragon tales today, featuring our favorite purple 90s dragon with an attitude: Spyro the Dragon. At a time when Nintendo was fighting to keep up with the adult oriented games of the PlayStation, Sony was taking a swing at the plumber himself trying to develop a game to appeal to the younger generation. In flies Spyro in all his sheep roasting, gnorc chirping glory. Ready to collect that treasure and save a bunch of elderly, senile old dragons? Let's fire it up on another retro episode of That Game Rules! 

On our trip to the past, we look at Sony's State of Play back in 1998, starting with the hottest new tech: The Discman. Electronic skip protection and Bass Boost?? Shut up and take my money. Plus, we discuss more movies and cartoons from the 90s and take a look at the landscape of gaming back then with the Playstation, N64, and Dreamcast. Of course, you weren't really rad if you weren't rocking Britney or NSYNC on those Hit Clips... 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole bunch of other nonsense too... 

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It’s dangerous to go alone, take this podcast! We break down everything about Legend of Zelda for the NES on this dungeon crawling episode. History and development, music and sound, and exploration with tight controls all add up to one of the best video games ever created. We talk about the memories that made us gamers, playing Zelda for the first time, and trying to figure out where we land in the current Zelda Timeline to determine if That Game Rules! Excuuuuuuuse me, princess! (It does.) 

On our way to 1986, we get lost in our own Labyrinth of a Timewarp, possibly distracted by David Bowie’s huge bulge. The Legend of Zelda board game was definitely a thing. Also, movies, cartoons, games, and the ultimate question from our childhoods: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole treasure chest of other nonsense too... 

Let's waste some more time this week on the worst gaming podcast on the internet! 

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Taking a break this week to talk about the perfect peripherals that make gaming possible; those controllers. From Nintendo to Sega, Xbox to Playstation, it's time to see how these controllers hold up against each other.

What is your favorite controller? Let's talk facts, opinions, history, comments and finally rank these bad boys on another retro loving episode of That Game Rules!

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Is Perfect Dark the perfect game? We join Joanna and Elvis this week for a spiritual sequel to the iconic game Goldeneye. Aliens, conspiracies, clones, A.I., and loads of cheese make this Nintendo and Rare collab another successful mission. Better weapons, more maps, and a story with more twists than a Christopher Nolan movie... Joanna had some big spy shoes to fill, so let’s load up that ammo, grab a shield, and head to DataDyne HQ to take down some baddies and see if That Game Rules! 

Aliens were so hot in the late 90s... This game took tons of references from some awesome sci-fi pop culture. We talk about X-Files, Independence Day, Men in Black, and for some reason I go off on local carnivals. Even Y2K couldn’t slow down this Timewarp... 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole banana bunch of other nonsense too... 

Let's waste some more time this week on the worst gaming podcast on the internet! 

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Streets of Rage 2 is at the top of a lot of “Best of Sega” lists. Some may argue it’s the best beat-em-up game of the entire 16-bit genre. But is them fighting words? Let’s punch and kick our way through another episode, while trying to answer the ultimate question: Can Sega really do what Nintendon’t? Grab that lead pipe, watch out for those spikey shoulder pads, and get ready to jam out to some amazing techno beats as we clean up the streets and try to determine if That Game Rules! 

Lazers, Blazers, and all sorts of azers. We head to the 90s to talk about big hair and big action. Did you watch movies with your parents that were inappropriate for your age? We had some great violent movies back then with stars like Arnie, Stallone, and Chuck Norris. Also, the American Gladiators we’re beating people up on the small screen as well. Add in some Sega CD talk and it’s a radical, 90s good time. 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole banana bunch of other nonsense too... 

Let's waste some more time this week on the worst gaming podcast on the internet! 

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Punch it, Chewie! Except, Chewie really isn’t in this game... but that’s ok. We’re talking about Star Wars today! The first home console game for the franchise that mattered, Star Wars flew into our living rooms and proceeded to promptly feed us kids our lunch, on a Death Star shaped platter. This game is hard, but is it worthy of that “NES TOUGH” title? Grab a glass of blue milk and put a restraining bolt on that annoying droid. Let’s join farm boy Luke and the gang on an 8-bit space adventure as we determine if That Game Rules! 

What was happening with Star Wars in the early 90s? A whole lot, actually. The introduction of the official “Expanded Universe” would kick off a renaissance for the galaxy far, far away. New books, comics, and video games all added to the stories and lore we’ve been digesting like a sarlacc pit for years. But with great content comes the meh, as we take a look at the cartoons Ewoks and Droids. I’ve got a bad feeling about this... 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole banana bunch of other nonsense too... 

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Mama Mia! Time to warp back to the Mushroom Kingdom and get into the gameplay of Super Mario Bros 3. Last week was your history lesson, but today we’re strapping on that Tanooki suit and flying off to explore all the worlds, items, secrets, and Koopa Kid madness of this NES classic. I love this freaking game and so should you! Now, swing your arms from side to side, come on it’s time to go, do the Mario! 

We set the scene for the 80’s and 90’s by chatting about some old movies and shows. Sending love to Pee Wee Herman and Jim Henson, talking about Trolls, Fraggles, Atari and everything else to put you back into that wood grain living room, rocking that big old tube TV. Memories are rolling hard this week! 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole banana bunch of other nonsense too... 

Let's waste some more time this week on the worst gaming podcast on the internet! 

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Let's-a-go! Super Mario Bros. 3 is a game I’ve wanted to talk about since I started this podcast. I was a kid during Mario Mania and what a time to be alive. Mario 3 brought so much to the series and cemented video games into mainstream culture. It’s a Mario and Nintendo love letter of an episode, so much Mario I had to make this a 2 parter. Join us as we take the nearest warp pipe to Japan and look at the development of a game that would change history. 

We’re stopping along the way to talk more Mario: Super Mario Bros Super Show, the 1993 Mario movie, Mcdonald’s Mario toys and even Nintendo Cereal. Just put it in my veins!!!!! 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole banana bunch of other nonsense too... 

Let's waste some more time this week on the worst gaming podcast on the internet! 

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We join Diddy and Dixie this week for Donkey Kong County 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest. A top tier Nintendo and Rare collab, featuring some of the best platforming and music from the entire genre. We go bananas on this game, talking about all the memories, soundtrack, characters, levels, and a whole barrel of nonsense. Grab that SNES controller and hit the trails as we get into jungle madness and animal mayhem here on another episode of That Game Rules! 

Stopping by 1995, we’ve moved on in school from sniffing glue to licking scented markers. I manage to waffle on about the disastrous disaster movie Waterworld, kick some fin with the Street Sharks, books made in to movies, toys made in to cartoons, and everything in between.  

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole banana bunch of other nonsense too... 

Let's waste some more time this week on the worst gaming podcast on the internet! 

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Reticulating Splines... 

The terrain is generated and we’re ready to break down SimCity this week. From the Mac to the PC to the SNES and right into our hearts, SimCity gave game developers a brand new mechanic: Resource Management. A game you don’t “win”, with no levels, no bosses to fight and no high scores couldn’t be successful, could it? SimCity was in our houses and schools and for better or worse was educating us while we built our own little cities. Let’s join Dr. Wright and chat SimCity creation and destruction on That Game Rules! 

Back in 1989, we’re avoiding the Noid to breakdown video gaming in the 80s. We also chat about Short Circuit, He Man, and Dominoes plans to get our pizzas hot and fresh in 30 minutes or less.  

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole bunch of other nonsense too... 

Let's waste some more time this week on the worst gaming podcast on the internet! 

Thanks again for giving this podcast a chance: 

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