Original air date: May 12, 2014

This week, we have guest host Gaming Historian Norman Caruso! Will his YouTube Internet Stardom help him in the showdown? Listen and find out!

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was Scott Xylo – “!994 Street Fighter”

Show Notes

12:08 – Listener email discussion question “Which game do you think you would be able to complete on a single life?”

23:30 – Scott Xylo “!994 Street Fighter”

26:19 – Retro Showdown!

28:58 – Bailey’s pick “Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy” (Gameboy Color)

30:29 – Jason’s pick “Unreal Tournament” (PC)

31:47 – Norm’s pick “Growl” (Arcade)

32:46 – It’s a free-for-all featuring the one and only Gaming Historian himself Norman Caruso. It’s about to get a little weird up in here. And educational.

55:12 – A fight to the death has begun! Where do you stand? Let us hear it by voting in the poll and leave us a comment in the section below. Also, email us listener discussion questions for those burning thoughts about video games and life. But not that one. No. You should probably talk to a professional about that one.

Original air date: May 5, 2014

Would you accept your new robot overlords so long as they played the Moon theme on speakers citywide from time to time?

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was Scott Xylo “Contra88”

Show Notes

16:41 – Listener discussion question “If it was Nintendo who put out an add-on for their 16-bit console, would it have been well-received and how would the momentum have changed going into the next generation?”

31:24 – Scott Xylo “Contra88”

33:22 – Retro showdown!

36:25 – Bailey’s pick “Super Mario Bros 2” (NES)

37:43 – Hunter’s pick “Street Fighter 2” (Arcade)

39:19 – Jason’s pick “Counter Strike” (PC)

40:12 – It’s “games that we hate when other people talk about them because they always get it wrong” time here on 1 More PodCastle. Let the elitists through!

1:08:16 – Indy Pop Con is right around the corner and boy do we have some great things planned for the occasion. Please be sure to say hello at the end of May, but before you do, vote in the showdown poll and leave your comments.

Original air date: April 28, 2014

Bonus points to whomever can identify the sprites used in the header image!

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was Mark (TDK) Knight “Hoovering With a Hangover”

Show Notes

14:08 – Listener email discussion question “What’s your opinion on modding existing retro consoles or just waiting for Retron 5 and other methods of playing carts?”

24:22 – Mark (TDK) Knight “Hoovering With a Hangover”

26:48 – Retro Showdown!

29:23 – Bailey’s Pick “Ristar” (Sega Genesis)

30:34 – Hunter’s Pick “Skitchin’” (Sega Genesis)

31:46 – Jason’s Pick “Mail Order Monster” (Commodore 64)

32:41 – Sequels are great aren’t they? Empire Strikes Back, Terminator 2, the Last Crusade. But sometimes, great games don’t get the sequels they deserve and that’s our theme for this week’s Retro Showdown!

49:44 – A moment of silence for the fall of Jason’s reign in the showdown… YAH! It’s finally over! To continue to help (or hurt) your favorite picks and hosts, please be sure to vote in the Retro Showdown poll and leave us comments in the section below on whether you enjoy things. We certainly do.