Retrologic

RetroLogic

Retro gaming in the modern world! Each week Dan, John and Sam chat about current retro gaming news, reviews, collecting, and more! read less
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Ep - 121 The Community Couch-o-rama!
Aug 29 2024
Ep - 121 The Community Couch-o-rama!
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Dan Caporello here with John Cummis, Sam Wagers, and Shannon Eno   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Tell me one thing that happened this week! Housekeeping Sam: Blog and Streaming updates   John: On Topic/Retro Rewind + blog   FilmLogic:    RetroGroove: is coming back very soon!   Star Wars dads 10:50 The Price Is Retro If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess Shan’s list Sam’s list Dan’s list John’s list Trivia Card 29:19-32:22 Show Topic   Community Couch ChrisHL94 🇨🇦 — Today at 12:18 PM Thoughts on the Nintendo World Championship NES Edition? Would you like to see Nintendo expand this to other consoles?   Eric Plunk — Today at 12:32 PM Now that Zelda finally gets her time to shine in Echoes of Wisdom, which character from the series should get their own starring role next?   OctoRock_1982 — Today at 1:09 PM What is, by far, the worst video game you’ve ever actually played?   Xomber — Today at 1:49 PM What are your personal top 3 underrated games?   bozo — Today at 6:48 PM What's a game you consider to be "greater than the sum of its parts"?    In other words, a game where the moment to moment interactions aren't particularly unique or noteworthy, but the overall experience is memorable and has left an impression on you.   SchonerTod — 08/16/2024 9:29 PM What’s a game the ruined gaming for you even if for just a little while.   PrestoTheMagnificent — Today at 6:55 PM What's a game on your favorite console that doesn't feel like it was made for that console? Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, check me out on Twitter at @RetrologicGames. You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community! The link to that is in my twitter bio. You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 120 Good Ole RetroLogic Round Table!
Aug 14 2024
Ep - 120 Good Ole RetroLogic Round Table!
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Dan Caporello here with John Cummis, Sam Wagers, and Shannon Eno   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Tell me one thing that happened this week! Housekeeping Sam: Blog and Streaming updates   John: On Topic/Retro Rewind + blog   FilmLogic: The Summer Awards are coming up (The Summies). Best Action, Best Franchise Sequel, Unnecessary Sequel, Best drama, etc.   RetroGroove: is on summer hiatus, but the backlog is stacked! retrologic.games   Star Wars dads   8:55 The Price Is Retro If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess Shan’s list Sam’s list Dan’s list John’s list Trivia Card 33:00 Show Topic   Host Round Table Topics:   Sam - Batman: Arkham Asylum   Shannon - Tales Of Symphonia   Dan - Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper, Tokobot, and exploring the PS2 library for the first time   John - console repairs and mods Community Couch SNESisLife Favorite childhood game? Favorite generation of console?   Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, check me out on Twitter at @RetrologicGames. You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community! The link to that is in my twitter bio. You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 119 Game Convention Discussion!
Jul 23 2024
Ep - 119 Game Convention Discussion!
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Dan Caporello here with John Cummis, Sam Wagers, and Shannon Eno   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Tell me one thing that happened this week! Housekeeping Sam: Blog and Streaming updates   John: On Topic/Retro Rewind + blog   FilmLogic: a look at the invincible hero/villian trope. Also: Terminator, Michael Myres, The Monsters of Space Jam, Daredevil, Batman, and more!   RetroGroove: is on summer hiatus, but the backlog is stacked! retrologic.games   Star Wars dads:    10:48 The Price Is Retro If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess Shan’s list Sam’s list Dan’s list John’s list Trivia Card   31:40 Show Topic   Gaming Conventions & Events. What shows have you been to? Do you go often? Running a convention Buying games/merch at cons Personal convention highlight/stories How can they improve? Community Couch All N Eric — Today at 1:16 PM Easily one of my favorite moments was when I got to film all these celebrities giving shoutouts back to my Army unit.   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpXgLZkwd-s&pp=ygUUV2l6YXJkIGNvbiBzaG91dG91dHM%3D Wizard Con Shoutouts Eric Plunk — Today at 1:23 PM I got to be part of the Nintendo Dads panel to talk about retro gaming at the con in my home town. And by panel I mean just me and Marty Estes  I was also introduced to the girl that voiced Ash from Pokemon. adam — Today at 1:23 PM i was going to origins game fair with my friends, and one of the features of the con was the ability to pitch a board game you designed to publishers with the intent of either getting advice or possibly being picked up by the publisher and have your board game sold.    my friend sam had been developing a game for awhile called ‘go for the krill’ a whale themed trick taking card game, and he was planning on pitching it at the convention. while we were in line to get tickets we struck up a conversation with the guy behind us we all hit it off, and it turns out he owned a board game company and he picked up my friends game and it’s gonna be launched in the near future!  OctoRock_1982 — Today at 2:07 PM My favorite convention memory is getting to spending time with Dan, John and Trey.    DoubleD — Today at 2:35 PM A good friend and I took our sons to Gamescom 2016 in Cologne, Germany (pictured is the FFXV wristband I still have from the event). It was such an amazing and over the top event, and while I was originally excited for myself, I quickly switched gears and I let my son take over and decide how we spent our time there. It was my first large gaming event like this, so I didn't realize how much time we would spend waiting in line though. My favorite thing there was the Tekken 7 booth, but it was bittersweet, because we waited in line for a while to play it, and then found out that my son was too young and they wouldn't let him play it even though I was his father. Very strange, but still a great experience overall. Your Wallet's Defense Attorney — Today at 2:36 PM I've only ever been to Anime Midwest, and that was more to chaperone my sister.  It was fun tho.  It was really surreal seeing a bunch of people dressed up in cosplay, and it was fun trying to see how many I recognized.  I got a picture with Pepsi Man.  We went to a few panels of varying quality, from a professional samurai to some people who just bought a ton of Kazoos.  We did Karaoke, and I sang Call Me Maybe, The Kirby Right Back At Ya Theme, Bye Bye Baby (Giants home run theme), Full Disclosure (Steven Universe), and Ya Got Trouble (Music Man).  Someone sang Escape from the City (SA2) and the Phineas and Ferb Theme Song.  It was a good time! txTrey — Today at 5:25 PM I took my son to CGF yesterday morning near opening time and he played a demo of a game called Ghost Ship Grannies.  The game is an RPG about a group of grannies who get shipwrecked and you have to find the other grannies and do RPG things.  Then when I obligatorily signed up for the email list after talking to the game's artist I saw 2 lines up on the sheet someone had signed up with the SAME FIRST.LAST@gmail.com address as my son's name!  It was the most coincidental moment that has happened to me at a convention.  That was the question, right? Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, check me out on Twitter at @RetrologicGames. You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community! The link to that is in my twitter bio. You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games   1:10:00 = ish
Ep - 118 RPG fun with the Bros!
Jun 27 2024
Ep - 118 RPG fun with the Bros!
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Dan Caporello here with John Cummis, Sam Wagers, and Shannon Eno   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Tell me one thing that happened this week! Housekeeping Sam: Blog and Streaming updates   John: On Topic/Retro Rewind + blog (Mario Land 2-Get 999 coins to enter drawing)   FilmLogic: 10 Live Action movies that need an Animated remake   RetroGroove: Season finale is coming soon! Adam and Liam talk about the best musical duos in history.   Star Wars dads: Episode 2 is out soon talking about The Acolyte   12:24 The Price Is Retro If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess Dan’s list Shan’s list Sam’s list Trivia Card   28:38 Show Topics   Mario & Luigi Brothership was announced during the June 18th Nintendo Direct, so to celebrate we’re talking about the history of the Mario & Luigi games! Game Year Metacritic Console Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 2003 90/100[24] GBA, NSO Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time 2005 86/100[25] DS, Wii U Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story 2009 90/100[26] DS Mario & Luigi: Dream Team 2013 81/100[27] 3DS Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam 2015 76/100[28] 3DS Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions 2017 81/100[29] 3DS Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey 2018 84/100[30] 3DS The developer of the Mario & Luigi games began as a fledgling RPG house. Making both the japanese only Koto Battle: Tengai no Moribito for GBC and Tomato Adventure for GBA. In Tomato Adventure the player, as DeMille, a tomato-hater in the Ketchup Kingdom, fights his way from his outcast village to rescue his girlfriend. The in-game weapons are toy-like and the battles against opponents involve minigames. Some consider it to be the spiritual precursor to Mario & Luigi. Tetsuo Mizuno, Square's second president, and Fujioka and Yoshihiko Maekawa, who were game directors at Square. The name AlphaDream, meaning the 'first dream', is a play on Final Fantasy, Square's most notable series. Alphadream was also notable for being the developer for the Hamtaro license and created several games using the IP. Specifically, the later games in the series, Rainbow Rescue and Ham Ham games, both of which featured minigames that served as a prototype for those featured in mario & luigi series. 44:52-48:00   On October 1, 2019, AlphaDream declared bankruptcy, citing sluggish revenues and high development costs, and being unable to keep up with growing debt (which as of March 2018 was over ¥465 million) Many of the staff were scooped up Monolithsoft, ILCA, and Nintendo. Community Couch SpiderShan — Today at 6:17 PM @everyone a little late notice but we will be talking about the Mario & Luigi games tonight for the next episode of RetroLogic. We’d love to hear about your experiences with the series?  What games have you played?  What are your favorites in the series? Just being Bruce — Today at 6:50 PM Oh sorry guys, but I can’t leave any messages for you about that because I’m concentrating on the Oilers winning all the way!!!!!!!!! Your Wallet's Defense Attorney — Today at 7:08 PM The Mario & Luigi games are my childhood Mario RPGs.  I had Partners in Time and Bowser's Inside Story as a kid.  I view the series as an underrated classic.  I own and have played the core four games, but I only beat PiT and BiS.  I almost got to the end in Superstar Saga, tho.  I haven't played Paper Jam.  I think my favorite is absolutely Bowser's Inside Story. Eric Plunk — Today at 8:07 PM I’ve only dabbled in the series but have played enough them to enjoy their comedic charm. Superstar Saga has a special place in my heart because it was the last Christmas gift I got from my Grandmother before she passed. Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, check me out on Twitter at @RetrologicGames. You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community! The link to that is in my twitter bio. You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 117 Weird Golf Games!
Jun 11 2024
Ep - 117 Weird Golf Games!
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Dan Caporello here with John Cummis, Sam Wagers, and Shannon Eno   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Tell me one thing that happened this week! Sam - X-Men mutant apocalypse   Housekeeping Sam: Blog and Streaming updates   John: On Topic/Retro Rewind + blog   FilmLogic: Furiosa, Boss Baby, Johnny Depp   RetroGroove: This week Adam and Liam wax nostalgic on the era of box set subscriptions, music by telephone, TV infomercials and other quintessentially '90s methods of consuming music.   Star Wars dads   17:08 The Price Is Retro If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess Dan’s list Shan’s list Sam’s list Jon’s List   Trivia Card Show Topics   In honor of the 20th anniversary of Ribbit King, we're talking about: Weird Golf Games!   Dan - Ribbit King Sam  - Kirby’s Dream Course John - Golf Story Shannon-Toadstool Tour Community Couch Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, check me out on Twitter at @RetrologicGames. You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community! The link to that is in my twitter bio. You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 116 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 25th Anniversary!
May 26 2024
Ep - 116 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 25th Anniversary!
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with John Cummins and Shannon Eno joined by our brothers in groove Liam Davenport to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater! How are you?   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Housekeeping Sam: Mega Monday has returned John: Substack Pokemon OTR done. Unicorn Overlord incoming, Minish Cap FilmLogic: More cartoons getting the ‘97 treatment RetroGroove: Build a band: 3 MCs + 1 DJ Star Wars Dads made the jump to light speed May 4!   What We’ve Been Playing Liam - Sam - Ys book II, Ys III: Wanderers from Ys John - Shining Force and Dave the Diver Shannon - Unicorn Overlord, KotOR, Paper Mario TYD   The Price Is Retro  If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for for our trio of automated competitors: The Ghost (Polterguest), the Robot (Deus Guess Machina), and the Dinosaur (???Retrosaurus???)  They each make their own guess as well!   Liam’s List Sam’s list John’s list Shannon’s list Trivia Card Show Topics  1:01:22 Discuss: -our experience with the game and the series -skateboarding was like, really big in the ‘90’s (first X games held in ‘95) -The soundtrack: a tastemaker for many -When did the series fizzle out? - INFO: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater: Developer: Neversoft Publisher: Activision   September 29, 1999 on Playstation March 15, 2000 on N64 March 21, 2000 on GBC (developed by Natsume) May 24, 2000 on Dreamcast Oct 13, 2003 N-Gage (developed by Ideaworks 3D May 5, 2005 Mobile   Game modes: Single Player: Career Mode (videotape collection, allegedly inspired by super mario 64’s stars)(objectives like collect SKATE, destroy objects, reach a certain score) Single Session Free Skate   Multiplayer: Graffiti Trick Attack HORSE   Playable characters:(10 + 2 ogs) Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist, Kareem Campbell, Rune Glifberg, Bucky Lasek, Chad Muska, Andrew Reynolds, Geoff Rowley, Elissa Steamer, Jamie Thomas, Officer Dick +, Private Carerra+   -later games added a character creator and a wide variety of off the wall guest characters like Spider Man, Doomguy, James Hetfield, and Darth Maul   -Actually released to capitalize on growing success of Top Skater (1997, Arcade, Sega) and Street Sk8er (1998, EA, Playstation).  -Neversoft released only 3 games prior: Skeleton Warriors, MDK, and Apocalypse Sequels:  Pro Skater  1999 Pro Skater 2 2000 Pro Skater 3 2001 Pro Skater 2x 2001 Pro Skater 4 2002 Underground 2003 Underground 2 2004 American Wasteland 2005 Downhill Jam 2006 Project 8 2006 Proving Ground 2007 Motion 2008 Vert 2009 Ride 2009 Shred 2010 Pro Skater HD 2012 Shred Session 2014 Pro Skater 5 2015 Skate Jam 2018 Pro Skater 1 + 2 2020   Tony Hawk turned down a one-time offer for permanent use of his name in likeness in favor of royalties.  He made the right call, earning ten times the initial offer within two years.   Tony Hawk also did a lot of playtesting himself, and personally selected the skaters to be playable characters himself as well. -motion capture was attempted, but not quite there yet.  Instead, animations were made based on X-games footage as reference   Promotions: Toys R us mini skateboard for pre-orders of GBC version Playable demo on summer ‘99 compilation CD by Playstation Underground Second demo on a promo disc distributed by Pizza Hut -Ngage version bundled with N-Gage QD Community Couch   Schoner Tod I remember when Tony Hawk Pro skater first released. (edited)   as a kid playing game was for nights and winter when it was raining but every time i had my friends over it was always a compitition to see who could get the best line or the highest score. I remember several weekends we would even carry our tvs to each others houses and have multiple games going at once. pizza tons of soda and nothing but laughs. bozo — Yesterday at 10:14 AM I was very late to the party with THPS - I only got into the series around 2016 as I was building up my OG Xbox library and had 2x/3/4 on hand to see what all the fuss was about. Going in, I was expecting it to be the kind of game that hasn't aged well; one whose reputation was heavily embellished by nostalgia for the era it represented.   Needless to say, I was very, very wrong. THPS totally holds up. And the gameplay mechanics on offer are not only ridiculously deep, but fluid and cohesive in a way few other games can match even today. Chaining tricks into manuals into ramps into reverts is an absolutely sublime gameplay loop that never gets old.   I'm always bothered whenever THPS gets lumped into the generic "Sports" categorization, when in reality it has way more in common with combo-oriented action games like Devil May Cry or Bayonetta than say, Madden. I think that's why it quickly became one of my all-time favorite series despite completely missing out on them when they were in the zeitgeist.   Oh yeah, and the soundtrack? It shreds. As a huge pop-punk fan I couldn't ask for more.   I'll never forgive Activision-Blizzard for shutting down Vicarious Visions and cancelling the THPS 3+4 remaster. 1+2 is arguably the best remaster ever made, and is easily the apex of the entire franchise, despite the moribund state the franchise was in for the previous 15 years.   Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!   https://discord.gg/xYEwRK934U You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 115 Digital Pinball, Save your Quarters!
May 16 2024
Ep - 115 Digital Pinball, Save your Quarters!
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with John Cummins and Shannon Eno joined by to talk about video pinball! How are you?   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Housekeeping Sam: John and I were on Here comes a new challenger!  Mega Monday Returns!  Garfield Flees in Terror! on youtube (ThirdstrongestMole, 730 EST) John: Substack OTR - Pokemon X and Y and Zelda Minish Cap FilmLogic: Brendan Fraser’s Mixed Career (The Mummy 25th anniversary) RetroGroove: Build a band: 3 MCs + 1 DJ Star Wars Dads made the jump to light speed May 4!   What We’ve Been Playing Sam - Ufouria 2, Blazing Lasers, Pokemon Pinball Ruby Sapphire (Pokedex complete!), Ys book II John - Dragon Quest 2 and Assassins Creed Black Flag Shannon - Unicorn Overlord, 4 Swords Adventure, LttP, KotOR, SML   The Price Is Retro 3255 If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for for our trio of automated competitors: The Ghost (Polterguest), the Robot (Deus Guess Machina), and the Dinosaur (???Retrosaurus???)  They each make their own guess as well! Sam’s list John’s list Shannon’s list Trivia Card Show Topics  48:00 Discuss: Notable games: Pinball (NES) Alien Crush and Devil Crush (TG16) also ported to Genesis as “Dragon’s Fury”/ Devil Crash MD (Japan) As well as inspired recent Demon’s Tilt (multiplat) Revenge of the Gator (GB) Kirby’s Pinball Land Pokemon Pinball (GB and GBA (Ruby Sapphire) Metroid Prime Pinball (DS) Pinball FX Series (XBLA, later windows, modern platforms) Dino Land (Genesis) (?) Missed opportunities: pac man pinball advance, mario pinball land Stranger fare: Odama (GC) and Yoku’s Island Expresss (modern systems) VR-Star Wars Pinball Sonic Spinball (SG) Galactic Pinball (VB)   It’s not the same as an analog machine…and that’s okay. "(Devil’s Crush is) the best video pinball game of all time—mainly because it didn't try to be anything like real pinball." Electronic Gaming Monthly, 1997, ranking it as #50 on a list of top 100 games of all time How important are the physics really? Why don’t games today have pinball spinoffs? Relegated to handhelds in the past Games we want a pinball of Community Couch   Great responses on Tony Hawk!   Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 114 All good Shops must come to an end!
Apr 26 2024
Ep - 114 All good Shops must come to an end!
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with John Cummins and Shannon Eno! How are you?   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Housekeeping Sam: Streaming to return….sometime John: On Topic Retro: Pokemon X & Y wrapping up May 15th, On topic Modern Unicorn soon? FilmLogic: Fallout ep 1 review RetroGroove: High Five - Top 5 Hollywood actors turned musicians Star Wars Dads launching May 4!   What We’ve Been Playing Guest -  Sam - , Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights, Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999, Metal Slug 1st Mission John - Assassins Creed Black Flag, Pokemon X, and Spider Man 2 on hold finished the Fallout series Shannon - Unicorn Overlord, LoZ:Four Swords Adventure, Stitched, Cryptrio   The Price Is Retro  If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for for our trio of automated competitors: The Ghost (Polterguest), the Robot (Deus Guess Machina), and the Dinosaur (???Retrosaurus???)  They each make their own guess as well! Sam’s list John’s list Shannon’s list Trivia Card Show Topics  36:10 Online Shut Downs DS  April 1, 2016: The day it was announced that the Nintendo DSi Shop would close in 2017. September 30, 2016: The last day to have purchased points in the Nintendo DSi Shop using a credit card or to have redeemed Nintendo DSi Points Cards in the Nintendo DSi Shop. March 31, 2017: The last day to have purchased software in the Nintendo DSi Shop. Photo dojo, Dragon Quest Wars, Dark Void Zero, SteamWorld: Tower Defense, Pyoro, Mighty Flip Champs!, A Kappa's Trail, WarioWare: Snapped!, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition -Wii -   September 29, 2017: The day it was announced that the Wii Shop will close in 2019. March 26, 2018: The last day to have purchased points in the Wii Shop or redeem Points Cards in the Wii Shop. January 30, 2019: The last day to have purchased software in the Wii Shop. Adventure Island: The Beginning,Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, Contra ReBirth, Excitebike: World Rally, FAST Racing League, Gradius ReBirth - 3DS As of May 23, 2022, it is no longer possible to use a credit card to add funds to an account in Nintendo eShop on Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. As of August 29, 2022, it is no longer possible to use a Nintendo eShop Card to add funds to an account in Nintendo eShop on Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. As of April 3, 2023, it is no longer possible to redeem download codes in Nintendo eShop on Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. As of March 11, 2024, it is no longer possible to combine the Nintendo eShop fund balance between a Nintendo Network ID and a Nintendo Account Crimson Shroud, Rusty's Real Deal Baseball,  Ace Attorney Dual Destinies,  Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice, Pushmo, Crashmo and Stretchmo, Attack of the Friday Monsters, Box Boy, Box Box Boy, Bye Bye Box Boy, Liberation Maiden, Harmo Knight, Sakura Samurai Art of the Sword, Rhythm Heaven Megamix, Nintendo Badge Arcade -Wii U Dr. Luigi, Affordable Space Adventures,  -Xbox 360 - The Xbox 360 Store and the Xbox 360 Marketplace (marketplace.xbox.com) will be retired on July 29, 2024 Eric Plunk I think Microsoft has done the best job out of anyone on backwards compatibility and preservation of their Xbox library. 630 out of 2,155 360 games and 60 out of 998 original Xbox games have been made available on the Xbox One & Series X. While this softens the blow of the 360 marketplace’s closure there are still a massive amount of games being left behind. Physical copies of these games will and in some cases already have seen an increase in value. Digital only games like Rush ‘N Attack Expatriot, Rez HD, Vigilante 8 Arcade, and all of the Arcade Kinect games will be largely left to time, piracy notwithstanding. Here’s hoping that the recently rumored renewed focus on backwards compatibility from Microsoft comes to fruition.     - PS3 -While Sony had previously announced in 2021 that it was shutting down its PS3 digital storefront, the company reversed its decision after a backlash from fans. Both the PS3 servers and store remain in operation in 2024.   Thoughts -   Community Couch     JosiahP. — 04/22/2024 10:21 AM Super Mario Maker for the Wii u hit me hard- do you think that revival services like RiiConnect24 or PriiTendo are a good option for revival projects? Eric Plunk — 04/22/2024 10:40 AM I wish I had the foresight to download the Konami Rebirth series of games from WiiWare before the Wii Shop closed down. Every company should make a better effort to preserve and make these games available on future hardware.   adam — 04/22/2024 2:21 PM don’t have a story to tell, but instead a meme to share! but it’s wild to me that games like the crew can get delisted.   Presto — 04/22/2024 2:48 PM What's your favorite WiiWare game?   Mike Writes — 04/22/2024 4:09 PM Xbox 360 store is going offline in June. It might be your last chance to Ms. Splosion. Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 113 Super Metroid 30th Anniversary
Apr 14 2024
Ep - 113 Super Metroid 30th Anniversary
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with John Cummins and Shannon Eno! How are you?   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Housekeeping Sam: Streaming to return….sometime John: On Topic Retro: Game Boy Anniversary, Pokemon X & Y, On topic Modern Unicorn when? FilmLogic: 16 Franchise Bracket RetroGroove:  Expand my mind: Max Martin Star Wars Dads launching May 4!   What We’ve Been Playing Guest -  Sam - Unicorn Overlord (cleared), Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights, Dokapon Kingdom John - Unicorn Overlord Done, Pokemon X, and Spider Man 2 Watching the Fallout series Shannon - Unicorn Overlord, LoZ:Four Swords Adventure, Tales of Arise   The Price Is Retro 25:50 If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for for our trio of automated competitors: The Ghost (Polterguest), the Robot (Deus Guess Machina), and the Dinosaur (???Retrosaurus???)  They each make their own guess as well! Sam’s list John’s list Shannon’s list Trivia Card Show Topics  42:56 Super Metroid Turns 30! Original release date: March 19, 1994 (Japan) April 18, 1994 (NA), July 28, 1994 (PAL)   -First metroid game to be directed by Yoshio Sakamoto -featured the ability to fire in all directions while moving -auto-mapping   -sound programmer and composer Kenji Yamamoto cites  he approached the work“"with a sound programmer's ear, with a sound effect creator's ear, and with the approach methodology and theory of a composer". -would not get another metroid game until Fusion in 2002 -Staple of later retro-game services (virtual console, NSO online,    -Our experience with the game -Legacy - (creating a genre?)   Community Couch  1:12:10 @txTrey Guys I've never played super Metroid more than an hour because I got stuck and gave up. I've beaten dread, fusion, and returns remake. Should I walk or run into playing super Metroid? Does it do anything better than the games that came after it? Or was it remarkable for being the first of the great Metroid games?   Dan - RetroLogic — 04/07/2024 5:29 PM I play it for the first time ever a few years ago and it's undoubtedly one of my favorite games of all time now.   BUT I didn't play it without some help. There are a few points in the game where what you need to do next is unintentionally opaque. I own the paper guide so I limited myself to that. But if you get stuck, just look it up.   The game is amazing and 100% worth playing.   OctoRock_1982 — 04/07/2024 6:05 PM As an adult with normal adult responsibilities, there are plenty of retro games that will give you a much more enjoyable experience using a guide when you don’t have endless childhood summers and afternoons filled with nothing but free time to explore every single pixel of a game.   Solo — 04/07/2024 6:41 PM After coming off Metroid and many Summer afternoons firing your way thru an underground maze; do you feel Super Metroid in comparison was an easier game to finish since you had a working foundation now? (edited) Mike Writes — 04/07/2024 7:40 PM Which genre needs to make a comeback? Claymation games 3D fighters that are very realistic Guitar Hero games Hong Kong style bullet time shooters WW2 first person shooters that are not multiplayer Mech sims   PrestoTheMagnificent — 04/08/2024 3:49 PM Name 5 franchises that are better than super metroid   Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 112 Top 5 Strategy RPGs
Mar 22 2024
Ep - 112 Top 5 Strategy RPGs
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with , John Cummins  How are you?   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Housekeeping Sam: Mega Mondays:Stay tuned, I’m moving John: On Topic Retro: Spanky’s Quest Retro Rewind, Pokemon X & Y FilmLogic: Oscar Talk 2024 RetroGroove:  Khruangbin The Price Is Retro 10:06 If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess   Sam’s list John’s list Trivia Card   2 Show Topics Top Strategy RPGs Our lists Community Couch Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 111 Happy 25th Super Smash Bros!
Feb 28 2024
Ep - 111 Happy 25th Super Smash Bros!
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with , John Cummins  How are you?   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Housekeeping Sam: Mega Mondays:Stay tuned, I’m moving John: On Topic Retro; Zelda Oracle games, Spanky’s Quest Retro Rewind FilmLogic: Nimona and Francis Ford Coppola RetroGroove:  Family Affair: Top Sibling bands by Decade Talk about Retro Protection - Dan Godkin   The Price Is Retro 10:06 If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess   Sam’s list John’s list Trivia Card   29:36 Show Topics 25 Years of Super Smash Bros. SSB 64 released April 26, 1999 (NA) (January 21 Japan, November 19, EU) -Began development as Dragon King: the Fighting Game, Nintendo characters added later -Master of Hype, then and now -marketing -Slamfest ‘99 and the “Happy Together” Commercial. -how did you find out about the game? -Nintendo Power coverage -A fighting game (?) unlike any other -simple inputs -wide mobility (“platform fighter”) - “party game” - items and stage hazards -Introduction to a wider world of Nintendo -recognizing characters -curiosity about other characters -unifying Nintendo as a brand Community Couch Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep 110 - 2024 Gaming Goals
Jan 16 2024
Ep 110 - 2024 Gaming Goals
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with , John Cummins and special guest Adam Caporello   How are you?   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Housekeeping Sam: Now Streaming Battle Network 4 Blue Moon! New game +: Leg’s go again! GOTY 30 episode is live Star Fox declared best soundtrack over Plok, the world over weeps John: On Topic Retro; Zelda Ocarina of Time, F Zero X FilmLogic: 2023 Movie Report Card RetroGroove:  Albums of the year special   The Price Is Retro 0945 If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess   Sam’s list John’s list Trivia Card   2030 Show Topics Gaming Goals for the year   Games to beat? Collection goals? RetroLogic Goals?   Community Couch 4320 MikeWrites Gamers are debating the best generational leap. I would say the Saturn to Dreamcast was a pretty big jump, 128 bit, online gaming, PC engine gaming, arcade perfection. Others argue that the jump from GBA to PSP will never happen again in our time. I would consider the Wii to Switch if Nintendo didn't make a WiiU DOS to Steam lol? Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 109 Modern N64
Dec 14 2023
Ep - 109 Modern N64
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with , John Cummins and special guest Zach   How are you?   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Housekeeping Sam: Now Streaming Battle Network 4 Blue Moon! New game +: Leg’s go again! GOTY30 incoming John: On Topic Retro; Zelda Ocarina of Time, F Zero X FilmLogic: Best Films of 1993 (every category) RetroGroove:  S3 E7: City Pop: Japanese Joyful Vibes   The Price Is Retro If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess   Sam’s list John’s list Trivia Card Show Topics How to Play N64 on modern TVs Analogue 3D -N64   N64 NSO: another way to play? N64 NSO additions -Jet force Gemini -Harvest Moon 64 - 1080 Snowboarding   Community Couch Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 108 Collection 101
Dec 1 2023
Ep - 108 Collection 101
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with , John Cummins and special guest Zach   How are you?   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Housekeeping Sam: Now Streaming Battle Network 4 Blue Moon! New game +: Leg’s go again! blog - Illogic from Mike! - Pikmin War Crimes John: On Topic Retro; Zelda Alttp, Blaster Master Enemy Below  FilmLogic: Laika Studios: Stop Motion Genius and Emo Pixar RetroGroove:  S3 E6 Rick Rubin: The Transparency of Sound 04:30 The Price Is Retro If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess   Sam’s list John’s list Trivia Card   18:47 Show Topics   Collecting with Zach! -What got you into collecting? -What are you adding to your collection lately?   -Goals?  Anything fun you want to share? Community Couch Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 107 New Game ++!
Nov 8 2023
Ep - 107 New Game ++!
On this episode Sam and I enjoy the new podcast plus as we discuss what we think about new game plus options in games!  Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with , John Cummins   How are you?   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Housekeeping Sam: Now Streaming Battle Network 4 Blue Moon! blog - Illogic from Mike! - Wario goes to Seminary John: On Topic Retro; Zelda Alttp, Blaster Master Enemy Below  FilmLogic: Pre-2023 Video Game Movies RetroGroove:  Groove Gear, Rhodes and Wurlitzer Electric Pianos   The Price Is Retro If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess   Sam’s list John’s list Trivia Card   Show Topics   New Game +   Chrono Trigger- Not the first, but first to call it “New Game +” or “New game with Strength” Other Early Examples: The Legend of Zelda (“Another Quest”), Metroid, Ghosts N’ Goblins, Kirby’s Dream Land (“Extra Game”) Super Mario Galaxy Luigi Mode New Game + in RPGS Go back in right away, or after a long break? New Game + and Difficulty (sometimes it’s hard mode, sometimes it’s easy mode) New Game + exclusive content (secret endings, alternate characters, quests, etc.) Sam’s Recent Examples - Armored Core VI - Mega Man Battle Network 4 -Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter -Triangle Strategy Community Couch Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 106 Shoot em up or Shmup whatever!
Oct 29 2023
Ep - 106 Shoot em up or Shmup whatever!
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with , John Cummins   How are you?   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Housekeeping Sam: Now Streaming Battle Network 4 Blue Moon! blog - Games from across the multiverse: How Plok Saved the world in Verse 16121511!  Also,  John: On Topic Retro; Joy Mech Fight Tourney!,  FilmLogic: Mission Impossible and Fall movies RetroGroove: Season 3 episode 4: spooky playlist The Price Is Retro If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess   Sam’s list John’s list Mike’s guest list Trivia Card   Show Topics   What’s the Deal with Shmups? Sub-topic Smorgasbord Sam: how the TG-16 mini and sunk cost fallacy convinced me to give the genre more attention Side-scrolling vs vertical scrolling Multidirectional shooters Difficulty: are shmups too hard to be approachable? Which games are a good gateway? Solar Striker UN Squadron Twinbee Blazing Lasers Soldier Blade Salamander/Life Force Einhander? Shmups on NSO Gradius Pop’n twinbee Star soldier S.C.A.T. (Special cybernetic attack team) Super E.D.F. M.U.S.H.A Zero Wing Super Fantasy Zone Other games of interest: Ikaruga Radiant Silvergun Gradius Darius Raiden R-type Lords of Thunder Twinkle Star Sprites Parodius Cho Aniki Cotton Series Playing shmups through emulation/remasters: things to keep in mind When to use rewind/save states Turbo Controllers, esp. For arcade games Shmup Levels in other games   Community Couch Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 104 The Canceled Game Conundrum! (Part 1)
Sep 1 2023
Ep - 104 The Canceled Game Conundrum! (Part 1)
On this weeks episode of RetroLogic Sam and John are joined by none other than the Two Dollar Hero himself to talk about what could have been!  Canceled games (Part1) The RetroLogic crew goes through history pulling out all the canceled games they wish would have went gold! Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with , John Cummins and returning guest Seth of the All N Podast!   How are you?   But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Housekeeping Sam: Now Streaming Battle Network 3 Blue! MMBN3 Quest for 100% completion - the end?, blog - Games from across the multiverse: Goemon Boiling over! John: On Topic Retro; Zelda 2 FilmLogic: Summies Awards 2023 RetroGroove: On break for summer, catch up on Season 2!   The Price Is Retro If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess   Sam’s list John’s list Seth’s List   Trivia Card   Show Topics Canceled Games we wish we could play (or at least see finished)   Mario Motors 3ds Yutaka “Yoot” Saito (Odama, Seaman, SimTower, Aeroporter) revealed its canceled development at 2018’s Reboot Develop conference. Based on Yoot’s latest hobby of sculpting chunks of metal and him chatting about it with Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata Saito could not give a reason why the game was canceled. -Game was based around the concept of building engines by shaving and sculpting chunks of metal. -at one point intended to blow into DS microphone (because YS loves microphones) -Unclear if you would actually ever race using these engines -only two characters confirmed in concept art, Mario (duh) and an elderly scientist (no, not E. Gadd)   Super Mario Spikers Wii -volleyball-wrestling hybrid sport game to be developed by Next Level games team responsible for Mario Strikers games -carried over experience from the also canceled WWE Titans: parts unknown (the same team worked on it and really didn’t want these ideas to go to waste -WWE parts unknwn itself is super interesting:  crazy stylized take on pro wrestling, featuring fantastic environments and the ability to wrestle bears, crocodiles, sorcerers, etc. - Nintendo felt the violence in the game was too realistic for something featuring mario’s characters Other Picks:   Mega Man Universe Mega Man ZX3/ZXC Scalebound Prey 2 Phantom Dust Reboot Jade Empire 2   NES Aliens (based on the film,Famicom disk system, Square developed, run n’ gun action platformer Sunman (Sunsoft attempted rebrand of Superman game, plays like their batman games, mostly complete)   Gamecube: Casualties of Microsoft’s Acquisition of Rare DK64 sequel on gamecube Banjo 3 on gamecube (kinda retooled to nuts & bolts eventually) Diddy Kong Pilot (was eventually released as banjo pilot) Diddy Kong Racing Adventure (oddly enough started at another studio before moving to rare and then getting axed) Perfect dark zero Rare was also working with microsoft on a monster hunter-like game at some point.  Concept art:   Kirby Tilt n’ tumble 2 Untitled earthbound game (developed by Baten Kaitos team of Monolith Soft) possibly a remake? Raven Blade (RPG by Retro canceled so they could make Metroid Prime) Thunder Rally (another retro project, car combat game intended to compete with Twisted Metal)   The Wii Vitality Sensor Project H.A.M.M.E.R : beat ‘em up set in future USA, as a robot with a giant hammer, used motion controls.  Intended to integrate wii motionplus at some point.  Troubled development ended with a team with low morale making accusations against the management   Turrican 3D   Starcraft Ghost   Varuna’s Forces: (developed by accent media, published by atari), planned for Jaguar CD, 3DO, dreamcast, Saturn, PC) hybrid Third person shooter/strategy game with on-rail shooter segments.  (couldn’t get a break on those platforms folding. Community Couch Presto Why is Walmart the worst store? What's the best store? Submit YOUR canceled games for Part 2!   Tell us about All N, KNW, carpool! Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 103 Armored to the Core!
Aug 17 2023
Ep - 103 Armored to the Core!
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with , John Cummins and returning guest Moses, AKA the WellRedMage But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Tell me one thing that happened this week! Housekeeping Sam: Now Streaming Battle Network 3 Blue! MMBN3 Quest for 100% completion, blog - castles blowing up John: On Topic Retro; DKC2 upcoming FilmLogic: Summer Awards Show (feat. community votes!) RetroGroove: On break for summer, catch up on Season 2!   The Price Is Retro If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess   Sam’s list John’s list Moses’s list   Trivia Card Show Topics Armored Core -  A word from our corporate overlords, er.. Sponsors Developed by Fromsoft, published by 10 different companies over time FromSoft (self published several games in japan, including AC1) Sony ASCII Entertainment (Project Phantasma Agetec ( Master of Arena, AC2, another age, AC3 ) Ubisoft (Ac for answer) Metro3D (EU Releases of arena-AC2) 505 Games (EU Releases of Nine breaker, last raven) Red Ant Enterprises (AU Release of Formula Front,  Sega (AC4, NA only) Bandai Namco (V and Verdict Day, VI)   Moves in “Generations” Building on one game engine but adding new parts, missions, etc.   Armored Core 1 : Project Phantasma and Master of Arena Armored core 2 and Armored core 2: Another Age Armored Core 3: Silent Line, Nexus, and Last Raven Armored Core 4 and For Answer Armored core 5 and Verdict Day   Also formula front for the PSP exists 3 and 4 reboot the continuity Sam’s experience:   AC1 on a PS1 demo disk Silent Line as the true intro to series For Answer Picked up AC2 a little while back for cheap   Moses’s experience:   How are you doing John?   What’s special about the series: Customizability Plot is very obtuse Opening cinematics were awesome Arena and missions - encountering other Raven’s in a mission Difficulty Soundtrack -Daemon X Machina as the (failed?) “spiritual successor” -Kenichiro Tsukuda as producer (producer from AC 2, 3, silent line) -Mech designs by Shoji Kawamori (worked on every armored core before V) -Sequel confirmed in development titled Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion   Armored core VI -not just dark souls with mechs -or is it? Community Couch Presto: CCQ: What's your favorite musical/song from a musical?   What game would you make into a musical? What would be the big show stopping number?    Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games
Ep - 101 The Lost Advance Wars Episode!
Aug 17 2023
Ep - 101 The Lost Advance Wars Episode!
Introduction Welcome to RetroLogic! I’m Sam Wagers here with Adam Caporello, and Eston Huff. But RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast. It’s a community of retro gamers! - We’ve got an active, friendly, and free discord. - Giveaways - Contests - AND Dive into our family of Retro podcasts! Like RetroGroove, a music history podcast, Filmlogic, streaming and movie film podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins. - you can find everything at our website retrologic.games Tell me one thing that happened this week! Housekeeping Sam: Now Streaming Battle Network 3 Blue! MMBN2 Hard Mode -Battle chip Challenge complete! John: On Topic/Retro Rewind updates FilmLogic: Marvel Universe Thrive or Implode RetroGroove: Ben Folds Retrospective ft. Dan!   The Price Is Retro If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for the robot Deus Guess Machina! He averages all of our guesses together for his own guess   Sam’s list John’s list Adam’s list Eston’s List   Trivia Card   Mike’s 100th, er , 101st episode mega trivia quiz!   Show Topics 1 month later:  Advance Wars   Our History with the series   Thoughts on Reboot Camp New style, same campaign Multiplayer Future installments? Interesting tidbits The series is weird about region exclusivity: ReBoot camp has yet to be confirmed for a release in japan Advance Wars (1) was delayed in japan (presumably as a result of the US war on terror, though not officially stated).(the US released coincidentally released just before on September 10, 2001)  It released 3 years later in 2004 as Game boy Wars advance 1 & 2, bundled with the second game. Famicom wars, Gameboy Wars 1-3 were of course Japan only Japan also only got Days of Ruin as an eshop exclusive, not physical.   Designer Kentaro Nishimura stated that the success of Advance Wars shifted NIntendo’s attitude towards western tastes and without it Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade would never have been localized.   Reboot camp is not the first time Nintendo outsourced the series development to a third party: Game boy wars Turbo, 2, and 3 were developed by Hudson and Battalion Wars 1 and 2 by Kuju Entertainment. Community Couch Thanks for listening to the RetroLogic Podcast! We are proudly part of the Nintendo Dads family of podcasts. If you like what you hear, You’re also welcome to jump into our friendly and 100% non-toxic Discord Community!  You can also find everything on our website Retrologic.games