Retro Gaming Revelry

Happy New Year, Revelers! To celebrate, Earl and Jurek have popped the champagne and dive into a Reveler requested game: Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow for the Super Nintendo! The game looks absolutely fantastic and the music is pretty great! The controls, however, leave a little to be desired! The guys also discuss their New Years resolutions from last year and make new ones for this year! Come have a drink with us! Happy 2020! Welcome to the future!

Ho Ho Ho! This is our Holiday Spectacular episode! Jurek and Earl are joined by their friend John and the three of them try and get into the holiday spirit by playing The Grinch on the Playstation 1! While the game isn't super engaging, the guys manage to have a little fun with it! This is a rare case in which the game is too easy for adults and much too difficult for it's target audience: kids. The guys also discuss their favorite Christmas songs! Come have a drink with us! Happy Holidays, Revelers!

This week, in honor of the release of the new Star Wars movie, Earl and Jurek play Super Star Wars on the Super Nintendo! Both the guys have played this game many times in the past, so they knew what they were getting into! This game is notoriously hard and it doesn't fail to live up to it! If the game were hard because of the gameplay, that would be one thing, but instead it's hard because the controls are so clunky! But hey, at least the music is banging! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

This week Jurek and Earl are joined by long-time friend of the podcast Brent! The three of them attempt to take on the challenge of Blue's Journey on the Neo-Geo! None of the guys had ever heard of this game, but that can be attributed to nobody in the world owning a Neo-Geo in the 90s! The game turns out to be quite fun, but very challenging! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

This week Earl and Jurek take control of a lovable crocodile as they play Croc: Legend of the Gobbos on the Playstation 1! The guys find the game pretty fun, despite it's incredibly confusing controls! The game looks as good as it can for being one of the first 3D platformers and the music is great! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

This week Jurek and Earl try their hands at the stock market as they play Wall Street Kid on the NES! Neither of the guys have played this game before and both thought the game was a platformer! Boy, were they surprised to find out the game revolves around buying and selling stocks! They actually have a pretty fun time figuring this game out! Even after all these years, the NES can still surprise them! The guys also completely forgot to talk about the newest Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer, so stay tuned after the show for their thoughts on that! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

This week marks another 10 episodes, which means it's time for another Mario game! Earl and Jurek are joined by their friends Abbee and Emily and the four of them play a rousing game of Mario Party on the N64! The guys seem to enjoy the game a bit more than their guests, but everyone has a good time! And, in an almost unprecedented turn of events, all four of them remained friends after playing! They also discuss a rather odd "would you rather" question from one of the Revelers! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

This week Jurek and Earl enjoy a little run and gun action as they play Gunstar Heroes on the Sega Genesis! While this game is considered a classic by many, neither of the guys have ever played much of it! It turns out the game is incredibly fun, and is deemed a classic for a reason! The graphics, controls, and music are top notch! A minor complaint would be the games difficulty, but that could be said about most games played on this show! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

Come join us for our annual Halloween Spook-tacular episode! It's so spooky!! To help celebrate, Earl and Jurek welcome their producer Nathan back to the show! Together they play Maniac Mansion on the NES! In classic Retro Gaming Revelry style, the guys don't get very far, but they still manage to have fun! Happy Halloween, Revelers! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

This week Jurek and Earl take control of the coolest T-Rex around as they play Radical Rex on the Super Nintendo! This is an ultra rare moment on the podcast, in which Jurek has played the game before and Earl has never even heard of it! The guys find the game pretty fun, even if it is just another mascot platformer from the 90's! The game looks, plays, and sounds great! The guys also have a rousing discussion about banana's! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

This week Earl and Jurek play a classic in the fighting game genre: King of Fighters 98' on the Neo-Geo! They have a pretty good time duking it out with each other, but the computer is HARD! There are many mechanics to this game that take a while to learn, but eventually the guys get the hang of it. Despite the difficulty, the controls are tight and the music is pretty great! They also discuss their favorite kings! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

This week Jurek and Earl take a trip to a little place known as Oddworld as they play Oddworld: Abe's Odyssee on the Playstation 1! The concept of this game seems really cool: help Abe rescue his people and escape the evil corporation who enslaved everyone. However, in classic Retro Gaming Revelry style, the guys get absolutely nowhere in this game! They don't even make it out of the tutorial level! While the game seems cool, it turns out it's not really a great game for the podcast! Oh well, they can't all be winners! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

This week Earl and Jurek pick up their chains and lead pipes and hop onto virtual motorcycles as they play Road Rash II on the Sega Genesis! This game turns out to be pretty fun! The controls are tight and the music is fantastic! The guys discover the single player mode is much better than the stuttering multiplayer mode, but they still have a good time racing each other! They also discuss games they might like DE-made into 8 or 16 bit games! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

This week Jurek and Earl join Scrooge McDuck on an epic quest to gather treasure as they play DuckTales on the NES! This game is an absolute classic! It's one of Earl's all time favorites, but Jurek has barely played this game! Can you believe that?! The controls are tight, the music is lit AF, and this game is just plain fun! The guys can't recommend it enough! They also do some more poorly described video games! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

This week Earl and Jurek grab their spy gear and play Mission: Impossible on the Nintendo 64! This game is supposedly loosely based on the 1996 movie of the same name, but in reality it has very little to do with that movie. The player tries to solve missions as Ethan Hunt, the key words here being "tries to". The game is incredibly obtuse, and it takes a while to really figure out what's going on. Needless to say, the guys don't get very far! They also discuss the latest Nintendo Direct! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!NOTE: We are finally all caught up on our backlog of episodes! We'll do our best to keep a normal schedule from here on out! Thanks for listening, Revelers! ~Earl

This week Jurek and Earl pick up the Gameboy Color (actually a Super Gameboy!) and give The Smurf's Nightmare a shot! The game turns out to be fairly entertaining, featuring solid controls and pretty good music. With a little practice, this seems like a game the guys might someday even be able to beat! They also discuss their favorite cartoons of the 80's! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

It's been another 10 episodes so it's time for another Mario game! This time the guys once again get their edu-tainment on as they play Mario's Time Machine on the SNES! While not your standard Mario game, it's actually not too bad! There is a lot of reading involved, but that's to be expected if you want to learn! Despite being a game for younger kids, the guys actually have some fun with this one! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!NOTE: I was mistaken about the last episode, and this one was actually recorded on August 24th, 2019 (Ep. 169 was recorded on August 17th, 2019). So again, apologies if anything we're talking about isn't too current! Thanks for listening, Revelers! ~Earl

Jurek and Earl are back! After an accidental month long hiatus (sometimes life just gets in the way of podcasting!) the guys make their triumphant return by playing Metal Slug on the Neo-Geo! This is the first Neo-Geo game they've played on the podcast and it doesn't disappoint! The game has fast paced action that never stops, a killer soundtrack, and great visuals! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!NOTE: This episode was recorded on August 24th, 2019, so apologies if anything we're chatting about isn't too current! But hey, this is a retro gaming podcast! Everything we talk about is old! Thanks for listening, Revelers!

This week Earl and Jurek try their very best to break some combos as they play Killer Instinct on the Super Nintendo! This game is pretty great! The controls and movement of the characters are all really slick, plus it features the most epically obnoxious announcer of all time! ULTRAAAAAA COMBOOOOOOO!! The guys also play a few more rounds of poorly described video games! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!

This week Jurek and Earl take a look at Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude for the Sega Genesis! This is a game that neither of the guys had ever heard of until now, but that's not because it's a bad game! It turns out the game is actually pretty fun, if not a little generic. The guys have a good time trying to help Greendog get rid of a cursed medallion so he can surf again! Despite the bonkers story, the game controls pretty well and the music is really great! Come have a drink with us! Cheers!