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Lecture: Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)
Today’s lecture focuses on Sonic the Hedgehog, specifically the 16-bit releases. Fred and Jam team up to discuss the business status of Sega in the 90s, the Mega Drive/Genesis, and the blue furry mascot that was designed to take on Nintendo’s Mario.
Songs (in order of appearance):
Opening Theme – Sonic the Hedgehog (MD/GEN)
Chemical Plant Zone – Sonic 2
Carnival Night Zone – Sonic 3
Sonic Boom – Sonic CD (NA Version)
Podcast: Tis the Season (2019 Edition)
Fred and Jam have joined forces again to bring you a collection of Christmas memories that lead into many conversations about gaming’s past.
Songs (in order of appearance)
Welcome to Christmas NiGHTS – Christmas NiGHTS (Saturn)
Ice Tower – Legend of Xanadu (PC-Engine CD)
People of the North Pole – Final Fantasy X (Playstation 2)
Snow Mountain – Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)
Beyond the White Storm – Gradius Gaiden (Playstation)
Podcast: Retro Turkey Day
This week GH101 is celebrating Thanksgiving with guest Klaitu and a discussion on retro gaming today. They discuss the different options from actual hardware to both software and hardware emulation. It also delves into the cost involved in each option.
Opening Song: Forest Interlude – Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)
Transition Song: Witchwood – Fable (Xbox)
Closing Song: The Four Orbs – Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (PS1)
Podcast: The History of Pokemon (Plus Sword and Shield)
This week Fred was out of commission but the community (and a new podcast) teamed up to make some great content. It starts off with the History of Pokemon as told by Chase from the Learned from Gaming podcast and it then flows to a much larger discussion on the legacy of Pokemon as it relates to the just releasing Pokemon Sword and Shield. This discussion includes Chase as well but also involves community members Vos and Los. In fact, this episode is a crossover with Los’ recently released The Talking Place podcast.
And Now It’s Time For Some News
This week is one of transition, but that doesn’t stop new content. At the start are several announcements to the future of the show followed by a cut news segment recorded by Fred and Austin for the Halloween Special. If you haven’t been keeping up with retro news, there’s a lot of good stuff here.
Opening Song: Main Menu Theme – Medievil (PS1)
Transition Song: City in the Storm – Panzer Dragoon Orta (Xbox)
Ending Song: End Theme – Cosmic Fantasy 2 (Turbografx CD)
Halloween Special 2019
In a massive nearly 6 hour episode we get some friends, old and new, to join into some old school video game love. The schedule (in case you want to skip portions) is as follows:
0:00 – 20:20: Intro From Fred (including great custom music)
20:21 – 40:35: For the Love of the Ghostbusters by Los
40:36 – 01:24:36: The History of Splatterhouse by Fred
01:24:37 – 04:32:44: Top 10 Horror Video Games of All Time with Fred, Chase, and Austin
04:32:45 – 05:28:45: Good Horror Movies with Bad Video Game Adaptations by Fred
We will be having more consistent content in the future, thanks for your continued support.
The Minish Cap Game Club
Fred and Jam close out the ongoing series GH101 (but leave room for one-offs) with a requested favorite from some of our listeners: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. Released on Gameboy Advance in the mid 2000s, it’s an interesting blend of mechanics from both the Zelda series and a sprinkle of Mario as well. It was also developed by Flagship and Capcom in conjunction with Nintendo.
Podcast: A Night At The Movies
This week Fred and Jam are joined by special guest Me10dy to discuss 4 movies we deemed essential watching in the combination of film and video games. Those movies are: Resident Evil, Doom, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. In this ep you’ll learn fun facts, hear much discussion, and some great tunes.
Songs (in order of appearance):
- My Plague – Slipknot (off Resident Evil soundtrack)
- Don’t You Know Who You Are? – Nine Inch Nails (off Doom soundtrack)
- We Are Sex Bob-Omb – Sex Bob-Omb (off Scott Pilgrim soundtrack)
- You’re The Best (Around) – Joe Esposito (off King of Kong soundtrack)
Closing Song: Black Sheep – Metric (off Scott Pilgrim soundtrack)
Brutality: The History of Mortal Kombat 4 and Other Media
Oops! Last ep was posted stating that we talked about Mortal Kombat 4 and we didn’t get to it. This time around it’s a shorter show, but Fred and Jam pack in the fourth and final arcade iteration along with MK’s transition into many other media including movies, television, and even music. There are a bunch of audio clips so we’re going to give credit where credit’s due in order of appearance:
- Goodbye (Demo Version) – Gravity Kills
- Burn – Sister Machine Gun
- Juke Joint Jezebel (Metropolis Mix) – KMFDM
- Lover – Lords of Acid
- Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat) – The Immortals
- Utah Saints Take On The Theme From Mortal Kombat – Utah Saints
- Halcyon and On and On – Orbital
- Fire – Scooter
- Meglomaniac – KMFDM
- Encounter the Ultimate (Theme From Mortal Kombat Annihilation) – The Immortals
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