Another episode from The Lost Tapes! This one features Alex and Drew Allen of Narrative Imperative Films!

An adventure in an old spooky house awaits-- but are we solving a mystery, or are we just annoying teens invading the home of an infirm old woman?

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Where will the choices lead? Honestly, about half of them lead to just giving up and letting the authorities handle it, weirdly.

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Check out the new Taylor Machine album, "After Dinner Conversation": https://open.spotify.com/album/4gR1yEWWEb84n8nw7OL82U?si=Lsk9jAyAT5u6kDtxAa3U4g

Watch Narrative Imperative:

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Spin dash into the new Sonic themed episode with our good friend Jeff Pennington of M-Class podcast, Bros B4 Prose, and Rider Club Radio! Robotnik is at it again, and man for a book about a fast guy, this book sure is LONG.

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Listen to Jeff's new podcast, Bros B4 Prose:

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bros-b4-prose/id1636366558

All his podcasts: https://jeffpennington.art/podcasts/

Twitter: @_JeffPennington

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We are back with a MEGA sized, Robot Blasting, Dinosaur Wrangling, Action Packed episode guest starring Kevin Cole of Super.Try Studios, Goosebuds, and Pretend Friends!

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Kevin's Work

Super.Try Games: https://supertry.itch.io/

Space Kings TTRPG: https://supertry.itch.io/spacekings

Pretend Friends Podcast: https://pretendfriends.libsyn.com/

Goosebuds Podcast: https://goosebuds.libsyn.com/

X: @RealKevinCole

Songs and SFX Featured in this episode

"Jet Fueled Vixen" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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"Crusade - Heavy Industry" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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"Industrial Cinematic" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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"Clash Defiant" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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"Full On" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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"Mechanolith" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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"Local Forecast - Elevator" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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"Space Fighter Loop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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"Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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"Comfortable Mystery 4" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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The Golden Sword of Dragonwalk, a weapon that gives it's user the power to... uhh... use it. At least according to Merle the Wizard.

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If you had to be stuck as an animal, which one would it be? And if the world was suddenly invaded by body snatching Yeerks, how would you be able to tell your friends apart from your enemies? Do bears eat nuts? Pretty sure. These questions and more answered in this Animorphs themed episode of What IF!

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What happens when YOU get put right in the action in an Animorphs book? Turns out, it's a lot of getting left behind by the cool kids.

Today's Guest: Samantha Wade-Jenkins

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Is one life worth free energy for all? Would you shop at a dystopian HotTopic? How much of a song can we sing without our copyright lawyer showing up? These questions and more answered in today's What IF bonus episode.

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This time on Interactive Fiction-- it's a Zelda adventure! No, literally, Link gets frozen and Zelda goes on the adventure. But will we be able to survive Ganon's evil traps?

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The first episode of What IF! On this show, we read the first passage of an interactive story YOU can contribute to, and answer the question: "how would you get rid of a million dollars?"

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Songs: Adventures in Adventure Land and Magic Forest by Kevin Macleod. Visit incompetech.filmmusic.io for more.

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There's STILL always a castle and some skeleton guy. Jeff Pennington, artist and podcaster extraordinaire joins us for another Dungeons and Dragons themed adventure.

note: audio gremlins got in my voice track this episode.

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Songs: Adventures in Adventure Land and Magic Forest by Kevin Macleod. Visit incompetech.filmmusic.io for more.

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Luigi tries out in the zany Olympics of the mushroom kingdom, and Mario acts like a jerk.

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Songs: Adventures in Adventure Land and Screen Saver by Kevin Macleod. Visit incompetech.filmmusic.io for more.

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There's always some dark castle with some evil skeleton man. Kevin Cole, game developer, game master, creator of Space Kings, and podcaster joins us for some Dungeons and Dragons interactive fun.

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Songs: Adventures in Adventure Land and Magic Forest by Kevin Macleod. Visit incompetech.filmmusic.io for more.

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How do you get rid of a million dollars in one day? Very carefully. Join us for R.L. Stine's interactive adventures before Goosebumps.

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Songs: Adventures in Adventure Land and Screen Saver by Kevin Macleod. Visit incompetech.filmmusic.io for more.

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Fire up your virtual machine and jump in to the days when DOS was still the king of graphic adventure game platforms with Elroy Hits the Pavement, Headbone Interactive's sequel to Elroy Goes Bugzerk.

Check out this unique take on the point and click genre with us this week on Retro Reset!

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Today on Sidequests we take on a battle of the ages between Giygas of Earthbound and Lavos of Chrono Trigger? Who will walk or crawl or creepily wiggle away a winner?

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Grab a blunt weapon and get ready for VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER as we revisit 1999's Edgiest Game Nominee, Road Rash 64!

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This week on Retro Reset: we discuss the recent Nintendo Direct announcements, including new Kirby, Metroid Dread, and more!

That, and we get off topic a buuuunch

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Super Nintendo, Sega, Playstation and many more gaming platforms have released many gems in their lifetime that have left us wanting more. Still many of our beloved franchises remain dead. however, what if they could be resurrected?

In this episode Kyle and Allen discuss video game IPs that they wish they could bring back and how they would polish them up to todays standards.

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In a late Christmas episode, we discuss whether Home Alone can still be considered a Christmas series, and our favorite non-holiday holiday movies!

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We're finally back! To start with a WAHOO we're playing Super Mario 64. Come back in time to 1996, where Adam Sandler is king and OJ was for breakfast every morning.

Next month's game is Turtles in Time/Hyperstone Heist!

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This week on Sidequests, we discuss our most frustrating moments in video games, including Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool, and the infamous giraffe section in The Lion King for Sega Genesis.

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Travel to planet Gunstar-9 with us on this week's deep dive into Gunstar Heroes for SEGA Genesis! This game has everything-- explosions, action, guns, stars, military bosses who used to be Hitler, and more!

Other topics discussed: 

- Top rentals of 1993

- Job interview frustration

- The bit wars and the Atari Jaguar

- Allen's PS4 turning into a useless brick

Research Links: 

- IGN Article: https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/03/06/maegawa-talks-gunstar

- Treasure Developer Interview: http://shmuplations.com/treasureroundup/

- 1up archived article: https://web.archive.org/web/20160325100215/http://www.1up.com/features/13-years-treasure?pager.offset=0

- Interveiw with SoA producer Mac Senour: http://www.sega-16.com/2013/10/interview-mac-senour/

- Archived Gamefan magazine: https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_1_Issue_11/page/n59

- Retromags Database: http://retromags.com

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On this week's bonus episode, we talk our favorite 90s game developers! It's a showdown between the likes of Konami, Capcom, Squaresoft, Sonic Team, and more! 

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Retro Reset dips its toes into 198X for the first time with the incomparable "The Legend of Zelda" for the Nintendo Entertainment System! Or the Famicom Disk System, really. Dive in with us into one of the first open-world exploration games, created by a dream team of Nintendo devs as the launch title for an all-new console. Also, we totally meant to release this on the anniversary of Zelda in the US! That was ON PURPOSE

Other topics discussed include: 

- The first DLC campaign

- Zelda's "underground railroad"

- Technical issues that caused this episode to be late!

- 90s Zelda raps and the Animorphs connection

Research Notes: 

Dev Interview with Shigeru Miyamoto: http://shmuplations.com/zelda/

NES Classic Dev Interview (30th Anniversary): https://www.nintendo.com/nes-classic/the-legend-of-zelda-developer-interview/

Iwata Asks (Spirit Tracks): http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/zelda/0/0

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On Sidquests this week, we talk our best and worst school memories, so things get a little heavy! Luckily we have a soundboard to break the tension. Relatable 90s bullying stories abound!

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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.

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The guys discuss their earliest gaming memories, get confused about Sonic special stages, and reminisce about old Windows 95 software and screensavers.

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On this episode of Retro Reset, the guys review the black sheep of the Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest for the SNES, and whether it achieved its goal of being "the first RPG designed for the entry level player."

Mystic Quest German Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf20eLHLN3g

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On the first episode of Sidequests, our bonus podcasts, we discuss tips on how to avoid getting scammed when you're collecting retro games.

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In the very first episode of Retro Reset, we're taking on Link's Awakening DX for Game Boy Color! Will Nintendo's famous Wind Fish awaken, or will we get swallowed by the nightmare without a player's guide?