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Our second week of Chrono Trigger! This time we review the game and take you through our experiences playing without a guide, as well as our listener submissions and contest winners! Come with us on our journey through one of the best RPGs of all time.

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This week on Retro Reset, we're finally BACK with part 1 of our DOUBLE SIZE Chrono Trigger extravaganza! We're hopping in the epoch and going all the way back to 1995 to explore the development and history of one of the greatest RPGs of all time, and one of the greatest games ever made. Turn on your SNES and get ready to RESET.

Other topics discussed:

- POGS and Beanie Babies

- How Waterworld made so much money and still technically flopped

- Chrono Cross and the change from cartridges to discs

- Another spiky-haired protagonist from Secret of Mana

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Research Links: 

1994/1995 Developer Interviews: http://shmuplations.com/chronotrigger2/

http://shmuplations.com/chronotrigger/

Chrono Compendium Resource: https://www.chronocompendium.com/

Super Play Magazine Interview with Ted Woolsey: https://legendsoflocalization.com/interview-ted-woolsey-super-play-magazine-sep-1994/

Gato Localization Change: https://legendsoflocalization.com/chrono-triggers-gato-in-japanese/

The Guts Pose (Gato Gonzales Japanese Boxer Connection): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSTB4x5LccE

The Secret of Mana Connection: https://legendsoflocalization.com/final-fantasy-iv-secret-of-mana-and-chrono-trigger-had-a-connection/

Japanese Commercial: https://youtu.be/gy0dXl67aFA

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This week on sidequests, we have FANMAIL! We'll be answering all your burning questions, such as what games we'd erase from our memories to play again, why Chrono Trigger did better than Dragon Quest in America, our best memories of watching family members play games, and more!

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Get ready to travel to LEGO Island on this week's episode of Retro Reset! The wacky worlds of racing and jet skiing and flying and driving and having fun await, as well as some great memories of early 90s computing.

Other topics discussed include:

1. Windows 98

2. Chip's Challenge, Hover, and Doom

3. Our favorite LEGO sets

4. Some brief E3 2019 reactions

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Hey Paisanos! Check out this archival episode we recorded as a patron exclusive for a previous podcast. We reviewed the first episode of the Super Mario Bros Super Show, starring Capt. Lou Albano! It's a weird one. Also, we used to swear a lot more-- but we bleeped it for our lovely Retro Reset listeners. Enjoy this blast from our past!

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This ain't the mushroom kingdom anymore! We're headed to Dinosaur Land with a deep dive into Super Mario World! Other topics discussed and events this episode:

- The terribad Super Mario World cartoon

- Borderlands 3

- Gordan Ramsay visits and says the F word

- IGN's inability to love

Episode Links and Research: 

Official guidebook developer interview, translated from Japanese: http://shmuplations.com/supermarioworld/

Nintendo Life History article: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/08/mario_history_super_mario_world_-_1991

Did you know gaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL_DtT1O6Yc

US Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azpSVs0e6qM

Japan Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orpZsDLXNGk

Mario All Stars + Super Mario World Commercial December 1994: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sarYPXRmjO0

Dev interview for the SNES Classic: https://www.nintendo.com/nes-classic/super-mario-bros-and-super-mario-bros-3-developer-interview/

Parents upset over new Nintendo console: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTzyz2TgGls

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Get ready to put on your shades and jump in the pool, and then maybe sneak back home to play SEGA! This week on sidequests, we rank our top 3 favorite games to play in the summertime.

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This week we're headed deep into Castle Dragonia with Fatal Labyrinth for the SEGA Genesis! No two playthroughs are alike, except of course for the death at the end. We also discuss:

- Too many chicken restaurants in our hometown

- Progress in Chrono Trigger

- The closure of Party City and the helium shortage

- The eventual death of our sun

- Andromeda starring Kevin Sorbo, and his weird Christian movies

Check out some possible footage of Fatal Labyrinth's Meganet release and let us know if you have any info on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpc-hpxBeF8

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On this week's episode of sidequests, we welcomed award-winning composer and musician Rainbowdragoneyes, creator of the incredible soundtrack to The Messenger by Sabotage games. We discussed some of the challenges and triumphs in making chiptune music spanning two console generations, as well as his music creation process.

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The boys take on the indie game phenomenon, The Messenger, including an interview with award-winning composer Eric "Rainbowdragoneyes" Brown.

You can find his posts on Twitter @rnbwdragoneyes and pick up the soundtrack to The Messenger as well as his other great music on Bandcamp or iTunes.