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- Literally Just an Entire PS1 Demo Disc Feat. Jessi!
Tom is out this week, so Jessi joins us again for a podcast featuring the May 2001 iteration of the Official U.S. Playstation Magazine Demo Disc! It featured 9 playable demos, 8 of which actually worked!
Join us as we work through first impressions of:
- Disney's The Emperor's New Groove
- Cool Boarders 2001
- Ape Escape
- The Legend of Dragoon
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
- MediEvil II
- Syphon Filter 2 (sort of)
- Metal Gear Solid
- Tekken 3
and also just talking about buying used games at garage sales and the need for remakes on some of these.
Send us an email to read on the show! [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
1 hr 54 min - Super Punch Out (SNES) and the Secret Two-Player Mode
Welcome to the new, hopefully consistently shorter format of the Retro Breakdown, where we do basically all the same stuff as before, just for less time.
This week, topics include TW's newly-chipped front tooth, Rumbleverse, Metal Gear Solid, and how different Rocky 1 is from its sequels.
Send us an email to read on the show! [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
1 hr 32 min - Wave Race 64 (N64) and the Metroid Prime 2 Multiplayer
This week we try to do a quick podcast and it still ends up being almost two hours.
I blame Wave Race 64 for being unnecessarily good, and a technical marvel for its time. It is actually STUNNING, even now.
Send us an email to read on the show! [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
1 hr 56 min - Guardian Heroes (Saturn) and the Little Goody Two Shoes
This week, TW shamelessly shills a marketing project he worked on, Tom jumps into Live A Live, and Nintendo joins the "corporate sexual harassment" club and every single corporation is terrible.
Later, TW grapples with the fact that he didn't get good enough to like Guardian Heroes as much as he wanted to, even though it's probably still objectively really good.
Send us an email to read on the show! [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
2 hr 10 min - Crusader of Centy (Genesis) and the "All Too Familiar" Storyline
TW drops another "Weird Anime Review" (though this one isn't quite as off-the-rails as Birdie Wing), we discuss game ratings scales ranging from GamePro to a random public-access gaming TV show, and we talk how much is too much when it comes to game developer/publisher malfeasance. The answer is depressingly nuanced.
You know what's NOT nuanced, though? Crusader of Centy, a game that looks like it's trying to be The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, but then veers into Illusion of Gaia territory and MAY have helped inspire Undertale?Send us an email to read on the show! [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
2 hr 34 min - Riven: The Sequel to Myst (PC) and the 26-Hour Day
By listener request (thanks Andrew), we're doing Riven, one of the few PC games we've played for the show thus far!
Also, Tom reveals the arcane secret to his elevated gameplay times, David Cage gets to make a Star Wars game, and TW discusses the time management philosophy that leads him to never watching movies.Send us an email to read on the show! [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
2 hr 5 min - Journey to Silius (NES) and the Poor Mass Effect Choices
This week, TW can't not talk about Xenoblade Chronicles 2 again (yes, 3 just came out, catching up takes time), but also we talk about Red-Ring Xbox 360 home repair methods, games that could have used more time in development, and saving the wrong person in Mass Effect.
Also, Journey to Silius has a great history behind its development, and a great soundtrack, and that's all I'll say about it here.
But here are some supplementary reading materials! https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2020/12/sunsofts-the-terminator-development-history/And the initial promo teaser! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBpJB2NmUOgSend us an email to read on the show! [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
2 hr 6 min - Pokemon Puzzle League (N64) and the Birdie Wing Plug
I forgot I watched Birdie Wing this week, so I completely derail a perfectly good Pokemon Puzzle League discussion to talk about this show that is incredibly confused and wants to be some combination of mafia-driven Battle Golfer Yui and a school-life rom-com with strong lesbian energy. It's terrible and I love it.
Other topics include a Cyberpunk 2077 post-mortem, being disqualified from tournaments for smelling bad, spoiler culture, and how long leftovers can sit in the fridge before you throw them out.Send us an email to read on the show! [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
1 hr 56 min - Mighty Bomb Jack (NES) and the Controller Throw Etiquette
The discussion of Tecmo's successful-for-some-reason-and-immediately-forgotten-about Mighty Bomb Jack, surprisingly, has absolutely nothing at all to do with the the later discussion of throwing controllers, but both conversations do in fact happen.
Also on tap is talk about Fire Emblem: Three Hopes, overwhelming amount of systems in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and a weird chain of thoughts that goes from the new Kirby dessert game to taking pictures of things in Japan (it doesn't connect at all in the way you think).Send us an email to read on the show! [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
1 hr 38 min - Zero Wing (Genesis) and the Time Vampires
Yes, this is the "All Your Base Are Belong to Us" game, and YES we talk about it and ABSOLUTELY YES we play the song.
But boy, it sure is a good thing this game is remembered for something, because it is the most mediocre, "just okay" game we've played in a while.We also talk about the concept of the gaming "time vampire," Yuki Naka's weird pettiness, and the Metal Gear Rising SGDQ run controversy.Send us an email to read on the show! [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.