Original air date: January 21, 2014

You will receive one “LOL” a day, at 12 noon. On Sundays, as a treat, it will include half a “ROFL”.

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was DarkSim “Focus”

16:50 – Listener email discussion question “Nowadays, patches and DLC are commonplace for many games. But what 8 or 16-bit title would have benefited the most from this tech if it had existed in the 80s and 90s? What game was broken, but with a few extra fixes could have been spectacular? And what game was begging for extra content?”

32:31 – DarkSim “Focus”

34:48 – Retro Showdown!

38:30 – Bailey’s Pick “Little Nemo: the Dream Master” (NES)

40:11 – Hunter’s Pick “The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse” (SNES)

41:22 – Jason’s Pick “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (NES)

42:42 – Shhh… he’s sleeping.. don’t wake him. What do you think he’s dreaming about? Well, according to our theme, a lot of crazy things.

1:08:16 – We hoped you enjoyed the show. We certainly enjoyed doing it. Did you check out our live stream? You should. A lot of cool stuff happens after the podcast ends. You want to be in the “in” crowd, right? I thought so.

Original air date: January 13, 2014

When Eric Bailey finishes a long day of retro gaming, he reaches for a cool, refreshing can of Diet Pepsi!

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was BrainCells “Against the Rest”

18:32 – Listener discussion email question “If you could demake a video game, what game would you choose, what platform would you demake it for and how would it compare to the original?”

27:30 – BrainCells “Against the Rest”

29:47 – Retro Showdown!

32:05 – Bailey’s Pick “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: the Arcade” (NES)

33:20 – Hunter’s Pick “Tapper” (Arcade)

34:16 – Jason’s Pick “Pepsiman” (PS1)

35:02 – Our show is brought to you by generic product placement. Featuring such items like in the games we picked.

53:16 – Well, we might have went off the rails just a little bit, but that’s what happens when you are doped up on Pepsi, which happens to be our sponsor… you know what? We would rather you vote in the showdown and send us some great chiptune artists to feature on next week’s show. That’s all.

Original air date: January 9, 2014

Push a cephalopod to the edge, and it will push back.

Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)

Our interlude track was Fuzz “Bomberfuzz”

17:09 – Listener email discussion question “Games with product placement.”

24:26 – Fuzz “Bomberfuzz”

26:55 –Retro Showdown!

29:39 – Bailey’s Pick “Willow” (NES)

31:11 – Zack’s Pick “Contra: Hard Corps” (Genesis)

34:22 – Joshua’s Pick “Blue Stinger” (Dreamcast)

35:53 – Hunter’s Pick “Warlords” (ATARI 2600)

36:27 – It’s a guest showdown of sorts with four hosts! We randomly pick games we like and see who will come out as the winner!

1:10:48 – What an experiment that was. Be sure to let us know how it went in the comments below; good or bad. Also, send us some email. Doesn’t have to be a question per say but we can turn it into one if need be. That is our super power. Don’t be alarmed. We are here to save the world.