2025-2026 Episodes


Ep. 431 - Multiplatform Games - Dare to Compare 3
Release Date: 4/13/25 Runtime: 39:47
Games Shown:

NES - Jackie Chan's Action Kung-Fu
TurboGrafx-16 - Jackie Chan's Action Kung-Fu
PC Engine Super CD - Ys 4 The Dawn of Ys
SNES - Ys 4 Mask of the Sun
Sega CD - Road Rash
3DO - Return Fire, Road Rash
Saturn - Return Fire, Road Rash
PlayStation - Return Fire, Road Rash
PC - Return Fire, Road Rash
PlayStation 2 - Ys 4 Mask of the Sun
PlayStation 4 - Ys Memories of Celceta

Notes:
*Getting those old PC games to run was frustrating and fun at the same time. Not something I want to repeat, but I'm sure it will happen again.


Ep. 430 - Games that Make Great First Impressions
Release Date: 3/30/25 Runtime: 37:05
Games Shown:

Arcade - Ghouls 'n Ghosts
NES - Contra, Super C
PC Engine Super CD - Castlevania Rondo of Blood
Genesis - Contra Hardcorps, ESWAT
Neo Geo - Magician Lord
SNES - Mega Man X, Contra 3, Super Castlevania 4, ActRaiser
Sega CD - Road Avenger, Batman Returns
Saturn - Panzer Dragoon, Astal, Radiant Silvergun
PlayStation - Castlevania Symphony of the Night
Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2

Notes:
*Yet another Q&A answering real submitted questions.


Ep. 429 - The Hyperkin RetroN GX
Release Date: 3/23/25 Runtime: 13:28
Games Shown:

Various games for illustrative purposes.

Notes:
*The end skit probably won't land for most people. That's fine.


Ep. 428 - Games That Make the Console Look Weak 5
Release Date: 3/16/25 Runtime: 31:59
Games Shown:

PC Engine - Shinobi
Genesis - Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, Awesome Possum, Traysia
SNES - Jim Lee's WILDC.A.T.S.
32X - Toughman Contest, Pitfall The Mayan Adventure
Saturn - Hi-Octane, Planet Joker, Death Crimson
PlayStation - Hi-Octane
Dreamcast - Blue Stinger
Xbox 360 - Deadly Premonition

Notes:
*The light gun flashes in Death Crimson were removed and replaced with fart noises every time I pull the trigger.

*All of the end sketch dialog is taken directly from the box of the Arcade Power Stick.


Ep. 428 - Games That Make the Console Look Weak 5
Release Date: 3/16/25 Runtime: 31:59
Games Shown:

PC Engine - Shinobi
Genesis - Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, Awesome Possum, Traysia
SNES - Jim Lee's WILDC.A.T.S.
32X - Toughman Contest, Pitfall The Mayan Adventure
Saturn - Hi-Octane, Planet Joker, Death Crimson
PlayStation - Hi-Octane
Dreamcast - Blue Stinger
Xbox 360 - Deadly Premonition

Notes:
*The light gun flashes in Death Crimson were removed and replaced with fart noises every time I pull the trigger.

*All of the end sketch dialog is taken directly from the box of the Arcade Power Stick.


Ep. 427 - Hacks and Homebrews 5
Release Date: 3/2/25 Runtime: 47:20
Games Shown:

NES - Former Dawn
TurboGrafx-16 - Special Ninja Squad, The Invasion of the Stasta Star People
Genesis - Batman Returns, Shinobi, Hayato's Journey, Mega Splatterhouse, Mega R-Type, Windjammers, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Road Rash, Ghostbusters Special Edition
Neo Geo - Shinobi, Double Dragon
SNES - Find Luigi, Super Boss Gaiden
Sega CD - Road Rash
32X - Sonic Robo Blast 2, Open Lara, Golden Axe
Saturn - Cube Cat, Hellslave, Dracula X Nocturne in the Moonlight
Dreamcast - Grand Thefft Auto 3, Doom 64, Duke Nukem 3D

Notes:
*I kept feeling the need to add games to this episode as new stuff changed or was released, thus the long run time.


Ep. 426 - Games That Push Hardware Limits 12
Release Date: 2/16/25 Runtime: 31:42
Games Shown:

NES - The Adventures of Rad Gravity, Dirty Harry
Master System - Phantasy Star
PC Engine Super CD - Dracula X Rondo of Blood
Genesis - EXO Squad, Vectorman, Vectorman 2
SNES - Space Megaforce
Saturn - Burning Rangers
Game Boy Color - Toy Story Racer, Cannon Fodder

Notes:
*Man, playing through Dirty Harry to get that final voice clip SUUUCCKKED!!!


Ep. 425 - 3D Platformers 2
Release Date: 2/2/25 Runtime: 37:54
Games Shown:

PlayStation - Bugs & Taz: Time Busters
Dreamcast - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Xbox - Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3, SpongeBob Squarepants in Battle for Bikini Bottom, Ratatouille
PlayStation 4 - A Hat in Time
Switch - Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4
PC - Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
PlayStation 5 - Astro Bot

Notes:
*I wanted to include the remake of Croc in this episode, but I couldn't get a build in time. I waited and waited but time was running out. So I included Astro Bot to take its place. The very next day Argonaut messages with a Croc build. Rather than remove Astro Bot, I left it in there so the episode now features both games... though theCroc segment is shortened due to lack of time.


Ep. 424 - Left in the Arcade 11
Release Date: 1/19/25 Runtime: 30:55
Games Shown:

Arcade - Prop Cycle, Gaia Crusaders, Thunder Heroes, Dirtfox, Dirt Dash, Guardians of the 'Hood, Big Fight: Big Trouble in the Atlantic Ocean, Vandyke, Virtua Cop 3

Notes:
*The Awkward Gamer sketch was originally made for episode 422, but it was moved to this one so I could put a Christmas sketch on that episode.


Ep. 423 - Multiplatform Differences - Dare to Compare 2
Release Date: 1/5/25 Runtime: 39:00
Games Shown:

TurboGrafx-CD - Valis 3, Ys 3 Wanderers from Ys
Genesis - Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Valis 3, Ys 3 Wanderers from Ys
SNES - Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Ys 3 Wanderers from Ys
3DO - Road & Track presents The Need for Speed
Saturn - Road & Track presents The Need for Speed
PlayStation - Road & Track presents The Need for Speed

Notes:
*It's been a long time since I've done anything seasonal in an episode, so consider the Christmas-themed end sketch something that happens VERY rarely.

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