Episode 85: Our Top 13 Desert Island Arcade Ports - a podcast by Worth it or Worthless: Retro Games, Gaming, and Collecting (NES, Game Boy, SNES, Sega Genesis, N64, PS1, PS2, Xbox, GameCube)
from 2022-01-04T00:00
On this episode of the show, against all odds, the boys managed to get themselves stranded on a desert island. For the fourth time. Luckily, they brought some arcade ports along with them!
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SHOW NOTES:
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Our Picks (Alphabetical Order):
- 1943: The Battle of Midway (NES)
- Arkanoid (NES)
- Bubble Bobble (NES)
- Contra (NES)
- Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast)
- Dance Dance Revolution (PS1)
- House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast)
- Knights of the Round (SNES)
- NFL Blitz (N64/PS1)
- Rampart (NES/Famicom)
- Sunset Riders (SNES)
- Tekken 3 (PS1)
- TMNT IV: Turtles in Time (SNES)
Honorable Mentions:
- Captain America and the Avengers (GEN)
- Galaga: Demons of Death (NES)
- NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC (PS1/Dreamcast)
- Rampage 2: Universal Tour (We didn't realize until AFTER we recorded that this WASN'T an arcade port. Sorry!)
- TMNT II: The Arcade Game (NES)
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Price Guide:
https://www.pricecharting.com/
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Music:
Track: Professor Sycamore's Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5GT5XmDEq8
Artist: Jokabi
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXIVJDSKlA6TujMe1d11V5w
Album: Chilltendo
https://gamechops.com/chilltendo2/
Label: GameChops
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Segment Break Music:
Track: New Donk City (From "Super Mario Odyssey")
https://gamechops.com/nelward-new-donk-city/
Artist: Nelward
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnTaGvsHmMy792DWeT6HbGA
Label: GameChops
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Track: Absolute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbLxCJHB6ic
Artist: Mega Ran, RandomBeats, RoboRob
• https://open.spotify.com/artist/73VO0ncAlT1yAWhpzVQlOy?si=jg-knOQtQveDLnSjFfHpLg&dl_branch=1
• https://open.spotify.com/artist/3dy5LypMH5vMuSVASxS1Rg?si=1zZ6u84TTryc5gtiIZMdcA
Album: Black Materia: The Instrumentals
https://gamechops.com/black-materia-the-remake-instrumentals/
Label: GameChops
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• GameChops music is provided with a Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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