Back In My Play: A Podcast For Nostalgic Gamers

Ex-EGM News Editor and Review Crew member Chris Johnston (Also Player One Podcast) joins us to discuss our memories and revisiting of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. You can also find out how to get a box of consoles and games sent to your house from Nintendo. We wrap up the show with a spoiler free discussion of A Link Between Worlds and some Next Gen impressions.

This week we discuss Resident Evil on the Sony Playstation, Sega Saturn, Windows 95, and the Game Boy Color?

This week we discuss the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version of Aladdin and talk about our changing game habits.

This week we discuss the NES Classic Mega Man 2 and reflect on the launch of the Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3

This week we revisit the launch of the Nintendo 64 and two of it's early releases, Super Mario 64 and Wave Race 64

This week we go to the arcade and discuss Baseball Stars 2, Metal Slug, Neo Turf Masters

This week we finish up the side episode on retro gaming setups, upscaling, game shopping in Japan, and finish off with a ton of news and impressions on the remastered Duck Tales, Disney Infinity, and the PS Vita.

This week we change it up a bit with a discussion on the optimal retro gaming setups, upscalers, emulation vs hardware, and the experience on traveling to Japan.

This week we fight not one, but TWO incarnations of Super Shredder with the Heroes in a Half Shell with the two 16-Bit TMNT beat'em ups. We discuss the differences between the two and our history with these fantastic games.

This week we discover a hidden gem with, Shatterhand." Since the character has bionic arms, it has to be great! Afterwards we revisit SimCity, many people's first, "God Game." Join us as we build up a Metropolis then destroy it with earthquakes, monster attacks, and other disasters!

This week we revisit a literal, “Cult Classic” in, Zombies Ate my Neighbors and then we resign our position as Mayor to save our daughter in the mean streets of Final Fight.

This week we traverse through, Castlevania to fight the 8-bit terrors with Simon Belmont and his trusty whip. We remember our first experiences with the game including its ban from one household. Also, since we got enough points in Castlevania we unlocked a Miniboss segment with the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive classic, Streets of Rage 2.

This week we discuss Journey to Silius. This side scrolling shooter developed by Sunsoft is one of the gems of the NES generation that flew under the radar. From it's interesting past as a Terminator game to a fantastic soundtrack, Journey to Silius should be part of your collection. Join us as we return to the year 1990 and remember our first memories of the game and our experience revisiting it.

This week we revisit Shenmue, the high budget, dense open world game that pushed the Dreamcast to it's limits. Joins us as we revisit the game that gave us QTEs, forklift races, and a never ending search for sailors.

This week we revisit Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The episodes begins with out memories of the SNES's launch, a prerelease experience at the Nintendo Mall Tour, our first experience with the game, and of course what it was like to revisit it. We finish with some discussion on New Super Luigi U, how our gaming tastes have changed, and some retro recommendations.

This week we revisit DuckTales for the NES. From the fantastic music to the pogo stick attack, DuckTales holds a special place in our heart that makes us want to belt out, "oooOOO-Hooo" every time the title is said. We also cover the retro news that came out of the E3 conference including a new Link to the Past, Odd World, Killer Instinct, and much more!

This week we discuss The Legend of Zelda. We begin with out earliest memories with the game, how we remember it in regards to life events, the experience of returning to the game 26 years later, and in depth discussion on why we are nostalgic.