It's time for the category you all voted for: spin-off games! This time we're nominating games that deviate from their existing IP to create something different. There were an insane amount of games to choose from - especially when you consider Mario himself is a spin-off of Donkey Kong!

Once you've heard the pod, head over to @vg_hof on Twitter and/or @vghof on BlueSky to vote in the poll for your favourite nominee and help get it into the Hall of Fame.

Don't forget to enter our competition to win copies of Volume 1 and 2 of ON magazine by sending your answer to videogamehof@gmail.com and go back Volume 3 of the mag at on.games/on3 to save 20% off its RRP.

The Video Game Hall of Fame sits at 99 games strong. This inductee is special. In honour of what will be our 100th inductee, we are nominating games in the Metacritic Top 100.

Also, Alex denunks his own conspiracy, Steve refuses to take his daughter to The Library, and Simon brings a gun and a cat to the recording.

Vote for the game you want in the Hall of Fame over @vg_hof on Twitter, @vghof on Bluesky or @tvghof on Instagram. Send us an email to videogamehof@gmail.com

Check out the nominee pool here: https://tinyurl.com/7ez24yuv

The end credits music is from GTA IV and composed by Michael Hunter.

It's spreadsheet time, lads. Lots of things to do in this episode and, as always, that means lots of new inductees into the Hall of Fame.

Each host gets one free hit - a previous losing pick from episodes 61-69 they can put straight into the HOF. A fifth inductee can be chosen from any previous nomination by the winner of Simon's quiz.

We also pick a bunch of awesome new categories - you'll be picking one of them, dear listener - and chat about what we've been playing recently because we were so damn efficient with the admin.

Go vote for the category @vg_hof on Twitter, @vghof on BlueSky and @tvghof on Instagram.

The outro music in this episode is Boomer Kuwanger Stage from the soundtrack 'Capcom Music Generation - Rockman X1~6' and is composed by Yuko Takehara.