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The Game Show is a celebration of video games and our collective interests mixed with a healthy dose of humor, while bringing in our favorite people in the game and movie industries on as guests.The podcast before podcasts.The Game Show began in 2002 and quickly developed a…
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Our Favorite Arcade Games of All Time (opens the original)
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The crew heads back to the arcade this week. Everyone brought a list of their favorite arcade games and the memories that go with them. Break's picks run from Konami beat 'em ups like TMNT and X-Men to shmups like Truxton, Radiant Silvergun, and Metal Slug, plus a deep cut called The Cliffhanger: Edward Randy that you've probably never played. Jack came in with fifteen picks of his own, including Sunset Riders, After Burner II, and Time Crisis II. Then the whole table swaps arcade stories. Aladd
Cheat Codes & Game Genie: How We Broke Our Games On Purpose | The Game Show S13E29 (opens the original)
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Tonight we’re talking cheat codes and the Game Genie. How they worked, why they worked, the arms race between publishers and kids trying to break their games. 🎮 About The Game Show Running since 2002, one of the earliest gaming podcasts around. Season 13 continues our look at consoles, industry news, and the games shaping it all. 🔗 Links BreakmanX: https://breakmanx.com Discord: linked at breakmanx.com ► MUSIC Opening: Project X – Mega Man 2 “Project X2 – Title Screen” OC ReMix – https://ocremix
Sonic 3, Metal Gear Solid, RE2: Sequels That Beat the Original (opens the original)
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This week the crew ranks sequels that beat the original — Mario, Sonic, Metroid, Resident Evil, Metal Gear, Zelda, Pokémon, Horizon, and more. Some picks are easy calls, some might start an argument. Games discussed: Super Mario Bros. 2, Sonic 3, Pokémon Crystal, Jedi Survivor, Mega Man 2, Mario Kart 8, Alan Wake 2, Super Metroid, Jet Set Radio Future, Horizon Forbidden West, A Link to the Past, Resident Evil 2, Metal Gear Solid. The Game Show has been running since 2002 — one of the first video
Failed Game Consoles: Phantom, Gizmondo, N-Gage & Ouya | S13E27 (opens the original)
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We're counting down some of the biggest console failures in gaming history — and we actually played most of them ourselves. The Phantom, Infinium Labs' infamous vaporware console that never shipped a single unit. Gizmondo, the handheld secretly bankrolled by the Swedish mafia. Nokia's N-Gage, the "taco phone" you had to hold sideways to make calls. And the Ouya, the Kickstarter darling that raised $8.5 million and still couldn't make it. Plus we get into some deep-cut flops: the NEC PC-FX, the N
The Greatest GameCube Games of All Time, Ranked | S13E26 (opens the original)
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The greatest GameCube games of all time, ranked and argued about by the crew that started this show on that very console. Rogue Leader, Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Eternal Darkness, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Beyond Good and Evil, Ikaruga, and a dozen more picks get debated — plus gaming news on Xenoblade Chronicles 2 hitting Switch 2, the Avatar Legends fighting game, and a Dungeons & Dragons movie in the works. The Game Show has been running since 2002 — one of the longest-running gam
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