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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime.

• [Gurumin](www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFrUWUevtFc)

• [FF3](www.hardcoregaming101.net/finalfantasy…f3/ff3-2.htm)

• [Dragon Quest](www.retronauts.com/?p=1178)

• [Dark Messiah of Might and Magic](www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXzBwMW5pzw)

• [Crisis Core](www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5D-8HDazuw)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gush about Dragon Quest Adventures: Rocket Slime.

This is the first Dragon Quest game we've covered, and of course it had to be a weird one. Rocket Slime trades in the turn-based combat for top-down action and surprisingly deep tank battles. A unique movement and attack mechanic, along with the oodles of puns, means Rocket Slime is a must-play if you have a DS.

• [Skies of Arcadia Ship Battles](skiesofarcadia.wikia.com/wiki/Ship_Battle)

• [I'm just screaming. Screaming...](www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjWtAjdl4a0)

• [Kill Bill Coffin](www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohqGgEZf-s)

• [Dr Strangelove](www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gXY3kuDvSU)

• [Project Papergloop](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip)

• [Contra toys](www.gamespresso.com/2015/12/14/cont…igures-awesome/)

• [Slime Controller](www.amazon.com/Controller-Dragon…n-2/dp/B000C40HYI)

• [Friendships](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0Q0Jn_Ktc)

• [Hot Dogs](big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/HotDogsMadeII.gif)

• [Pocket Dogs](www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2LJWkg58Sw)

• [The Story of a Girl](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIANBamMgas)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Thief: Deadly Shadows.

• [Gamer Sorter](slimedrippings.tumblr.com/gamefaqssort)

• [Deadly Shadows Gold](www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143659)

• [Papa Sangre](www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp6WXSA52Is)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross are the hands that rock Thief: Deadly Shadows's cradle.

Thief: Deadly Shadows won our Fall 2015 Stealth Game poll, and we're glad it did. Not just because it gave us an excuse to talk about the Shalebridge Cradle for 30 minutes... but because it's a beloved series, and a kind of stealth game we haven't covered before. Garret's brand of first-person stealth led to games like Dishonored, which speaks to this series' credit... Even if Deadly Shadows overstays its welcome by about 5 hours.

• The Prophecy

• Styx: Master of Shadows

• So boring!

• Men Going Their Own Way

• Butcher Bay

• Mirror's Edge

• Breakdown

• That crime against human nature Gary was trying to remember

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the 2015 Portland Retro Games Expo 2015 and read your responses to Castlevania.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get cracking on Castlevania, live at PRGE!

No show notes, except to thank Brayton Cameron, Nick Glauber, and the staff of the Portland Retro Games Expo. Also, thanks so much to everyone who came out to the show!

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to System Shock 2.

• [Mancow](www.mancow.com/)

• [Don't Shit Your Pants](www.kongregate.com/games/rete/dont-shit-your-pants)

• [System Shock 2 Multiplayer](www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=61.0)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross lay into System Shock 2.

System Shock 2 will pretty much always show up on any "Greatest PC Games of All Time" lists. It inspired Bioshock, a game that we very much like. But, does it hold up? Listen as we talk about the many great ideas that System Shock 2 has, and the many ways it burns through whatever good will it earns.

• [Nanoblocks](www.ohioart.com/brands/nanoblock)

• [Street Sharks](www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqGQyMF5a_0)

• [Gear 2 inside beast](www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd-4JZZONf4)

• [Danger](marvel.com/universe/Danger)

• [Videodrome](www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6AXQeCE9Rw)

• [Shodan's Voice Actress](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Brosius)

• [System Shock 1](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnh0l_Ecpx4)

• [Traveller](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_(role-playing_game))

• [OSI](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz59tFR2KMs)

• [Dead Space](www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMlUsGSALyY)

• [Ave Maria](www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bosouX_d8Y)

• [Toys. They're just toys. It's just marketing!](www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_K10fX9DSY)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Blaster Master.

• [Crusader Kings 2](www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzkVTDfxIUI)

• [Totally Rad](www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4zfEVP4zAc)

• Let's Play mentioned

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross blow through Blaster Master.

We've covered several NES platformers on the show, but mostly from bigger publishers. Capcom and Konami are mainstays, and of course we've talked a lot about Nintendo itself, but SunSoft has racked up more Abject Suffering entries than WOFF! entries. Blaster Master is a varied and eclectic game with some neat ideas and inconsistent execution. Those neat ideas count for a lot, though, and ambition gets points.

• [Fester's Quest](www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrElD5f3GCE)

• [This Gremlins 2 game is pretty good](www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5D2Il569OE)

• [Bluebeard](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj0VT1IYNoE)

• [Blast Corps](www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzIu85jBtE4)

• [Time Lord](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmOLTYmZNM)

• [Ichthyosaur](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyosaur)

• [One of a couple BM Speedruns](www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKvNkrbiUo)

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