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- RC Pro-Am 2 (NES) and the Generational Gooner Bait
We talk about Fire Emblem, RC Pro-Am 2, and animated characters that people will goon to for generations.
Believe it or not, the characters are NOT from Fire Emblem. It's more of a classic.
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TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
Stream archive at: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 5 min - Mega Man ZX Advent (DS) and the Capcom Sales Numbers
We cap off the Zero series with a fair bit of lethargy and a begrudging understanding of why Capcom has spent so much time not caring about Mega Man.
We don't like or condone it, but we do sort of understand the shape of the modern game industry as it falls down all over itself.
Send us mail at: [email protected]
TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
Stream archive at: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 2 min - Resident Evil 2 (PS1 + Remake) and the Cozy Massage Space Pod
This is definitely the game that showed me that survival horror is, once and for all, not my bag.
It's still really good though and I'm glad I played it and can talk about it now. Feels like a big milestone.
Send us mail at: [email protected]
TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
Stream archive at: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 38 min - Rockin' Kats/Nyankies (NES) and the MORE PUPPETS
When good things come out and you're a little disappointed because it isn't the SPECIFIC good thing you were hoping for?
You should probably just enjoy the good thing anyway, that seems like a pleasant way to be.
Also, we try to make sense of why the Ocarina of Time remake looks... like that.
Send us mail at: [email protected]
TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
Stream archive at: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 29 min - Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (PS2) and the Persona Spinoff Character Assassinations
So my goal was to go into this game and laugh at how incredibly "2000s video game" it was. And I was entirely able to do that.
But somewhere along the line, this game became more than just goofy physics, shootbangs and an edgy 2000s white man protagonist. It actually became sort of special? Technically impressive for the time? Extremely and absurdly fun?
Don't get me wrong, it's still stupid.
But it's the kind of stupid you can enjoy. It's... actually really good. Would absolutely recommend.
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TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
Stream archive at: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 18 min - Final Fantasy (NES) and the Stranger of Paradise
It's sort of two games in one this week, as we played both the original NES version of Final Fantasy 1, which is incredibly broken, and the sorta-kinda prequel, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, which is incredibly stupid.
This was an incredible experience and I would recommend it to anyone. Both games are beautiful in their imperfections, and it is especially fun to play them next to one another to better understand what they're going for in SoP.
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TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 24 min - Silver Surfer (NES) and the Shadows of the Empire Erotica
We sit down with one of the most notoriously hard NES games and discover that it is actually kinda not that bad?
It also is pretty bad. But in the same way that a lot of NES games are. But the aesthetics make it... kinda cool to play.
Don't actually play it, just listen to the Follin brothers on the soundtrack and have a good day.
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TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 9 min - Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GC) and the Bananza Spoilercast
This week, we talk about getting jumpscared by Girls Gone Wild commercials on Comedy Central, the end of Donkey Kong Bananza, the beginning of the Final Fantasy franchise, and Oliver.
You know. Oliver. THAT GUY.
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TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 25 min - Gitaroo Man (PS2) and the Fallout Class Warfare
The "games with good music" train rolls right along as this one is literally just about having great music. The gameplay is reasonably fun, but the vibes are immaculate.
Also, we say things are "hard as balls" but balls are not hard. Discuss.
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TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
1 hr 7 min - The Castlevania Adventure (GB) and the Tips to Avoid Torture
We're doubling up on Castlevania because I got this in a Kusogrande match!
Also in this episode:
There is a new live-action He-Man movie out and it is directed by a blatant nepo-baby.
The Nintendo Direct that was announced 2 hours after we finished recording our previous podcast.
We're starting to learn a lot about this person whose job it was to write instruction manuals for Konami Game Boy games back in the 1980s.
Castlevania music good.
Send us mail! [email protected]
TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG
Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer
TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer
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About The Retro Breakdown
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Every week, Dean (twitch.tv/timewanderer) and Tom discuss current gaming news, and then check out some old (or sometimes new) piece of gaming history to see how it holds up, and test the strength of…
nostalgia.