Podcast Notes Episode #4

Games Played Trist

• Castlevania: Gekka no Yasokyoku - Sega Saturn
  • Starting it from scratch.
  • Technical issues aside, most complete version of SOTN.
• Resident Evil Village
  • At the last legs!
  • Not liking the last part….
• SaGa Frontier Remastered
  • Playing it on the Switch!
  • SO CONVENIENT!
• Jedi: Fallen Order
  • Playing on PC
  • OMG SO GOOD!

Games Played Sam

• River City Girls
• Unravel 2 – Play as 2 Yarnys – local co/op multi player

Games Played Pat

• Narita Boy
  • Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SrSSrxS2eE
  • What if TRON was japanese and had more daddy issues.
  • The style of this game is incredible. The art is amazing and the imagery will stick with you.
  • I just wish it wasn’t so clunky. The combat peaks in the final fight. The color based fighting comes together too late.
  • I missed one achievement. I may go back to get it.
• Subnautica
  • Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz2SNm8VguE
  • Bug stories. This game is a mess. I want to finish, but it is terrible.
  • IT IS SO BROKEN. It
• No Man's Sky
  • Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRhamOB3-Rc
  • I have put so much time into this game and I have no idea if I like it. It has crashed on me a few times. I think the story is bad and clunky, but I keep playing it. Why...
• Terra Nil
  • Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8eYqNNxICE
  • Cute demo. No release date. No idea if a full game would be fun.
  • Found the free version. This can be challenging.

Topics Trist

1. THE RETURN OF RETRO!
   1. Memories as a kid - Mega Man 3, Mega Man 2, SMB3, Flea Market shopping with dad.
   2. Newer games in the retro style - rise in popularity (Shovel Knight, Blasphemous, etc)
   3. The Surge of the Retro market - Costs of retro games going up, scalpers, availability, Newer retro consoles, etc.
2. E3 - METROID DREAD 5! ELDEN RING!! River city girls 0 and 2.

Topics Sam

• Retro Comeback
• Tetris 99 – Attack other players.
• Nostalgia
  • Mobile games getting retro (Pac-Man, Tetris, FFT, Sonic)
• Nintendo NES Mini – November 2016
  • 30 games – classic 8 bit – cannot add/remove games.
  • Comes with one controller – very short cord – no wireless option.
  • Connects to any TV with HDMI
  • Good luck finding one at 60$Opinion – Great for nostalgia but stick with the switch.
• Favorite retro games –
  • Zelda: A link to the past - 1992
  • Street Fighter II – arcade systems 1991
  • Super Mario World -

Retro Stories – Sega Game Gear – World Series Baseball obsessed