Original air date: April 14, 2014

Sorry, but I’m here to kick ass and chew tree bark, and I’m all outta tree bark.

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 Kasatochi “Major Tom”

Show Notes

22:01 – Listener email discussion question “I was curious as to what you thought about reproduction cartridges.”

31:17 – Kasatochi “Major Tom”

33:57 – Retro Showdown!

37:30 – Bailey’s Pick “Whomp ’em” (NES)

39:00 – Hunter’s Pick “Kirby’s Dream Land” (Gameboy)

40:41 – Jason’s Pick “Mario Party” (Nintendo 64)

41:31 – We have our heads in the clouds for this week’s retro showdown with games that feature a sky level.

1:11:25 – Easy to say that this might be our longest episode ever. How did we do? Were we able to hold your attention through the long winded battles of the who’s who in best picks? Let us know in the comment section below and please remember to vote. We need every vote we can get to topple the NEW Juggernaut, Jason Lamb.

Original air date: April 8, 2014

Featuring special guest Joe Walker of the Backlog!

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 VenoSci “Nether”

18:04 – Listener email discussion question “If you had to give up a genre of retro gaming permanently, what genre would you ditch?”

29:31 – venoSci “Nether”

31:58 – Retro Showdown!

34:31 – Bailey’s Pick “Lode Runner” (Commodore 64)

36:04 – Hunter’s Pick “Alien Storm” (Sega Genesis)

37:10 – Joe Walker’s Pick “Panic!” (Sega CD)

37:50 – Hey guys! It’s the Backlog guy filling in for he who should not be named. Does he have what it takes to stand up with the big dogs? Let’s find out together, shall we? It’s an all out showdown!

59:27 – Review a Great Game Day is almost here. Be sure to check it out and make a submission. We love submission. Remember to vote in the poll and send us some email discussion questions. We love all that stuff.

Original air date: March 31, 2014

Bailey’s away, but Tom Hall comes to the rescue!

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 “The Sea Will Bleach Bones” by Joseph Eidson

20:13 – Listener email discussion question “What are your preferences regarding gaming screens for your retro gaming consoles?”

28:49 – Joseph Eidson “The Sea Will Bleach Bones”

31:11 – Retro Showdown!

31:56 – Jason’s Pick “Star Trek: 25th Anniversary” (DOS)

33:01 – Hunter’s Pick “Whip Rush 2222 A.D.” (Sega Genesis)

34:11 – Tom’s Pick “Traffic” (Commodore 64)

34:59 – Well Jason’s back as a zombie but now Bailey’s dead?! No worries, we were able to pick up the N64 Connoisseur to bring all of the joy that comes with retro gaming. It’s Tom Hall, ladies and gentlemen! Give him a hand. Possibly a foot or two.

52:32 – Will Jason continue his rage on the retro showdown polls? Only time will tell when you, dear listener/watcher, vote in the showdown poll. Also, we love to hear your comments and we have a section for that too! Isn’t technology amazing?

If you anger Google, you’ll end up like Jason: dead, and replaced by Scott Lammers from Classic 1337!

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 Planetrise by A Digital Orange

19:50 – Listener email discussion question “What does it take to have a favorite level in a video game for you or what has been your favorite level ever created? If you could create your own level, what would it be?”

30:50 – Digitized Orange “Planetrise”

33:11 – Retro Showdown!

35:29 – Bailey’s Pick “Tetris 2” (NES)

36:26 – Scott’s Pick “Adventure Island” (NES)

37:47 – Hunter’s Pick “Genesis 6 Pak” (Sega Genesis)

38:36 – Sadly, Jason is no longer with us… this week! So we asked the main man from Classic L337 to join us. Fun times ensued!

56:11 – Can you believe we are only 20 shows away from the big 1-0-0?! Have you hugged your retro console today? How about leaving comments in the section below? Voted in the pool?! Checked out the live stream on Thursday nights?!!?!?! Geez, you have some work to do.

Original air date: March 17, 2014

Cut out the fat with this healthy, low-calorie milk substitute!*

*may cause esophagal hemorrhaging and death.

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 We Ride (Hang On) by the Blast Processors

17:35 – Listener email discussion question(s) “Am I crazy for wanting to call different arcades that I went to as a child and seeing if they have a list in the back of all their previous purchases? What is one of the earliest arcade experiences you’ve ever had?”

32:11 – The Blast Processors “We Ride (Hang On)”

34:32 – Retro Showdown!

38:32 – Bailey’s Pick “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Manhattan Project” (NES)

39:34 – Hunter’s Pick “Super Spike V’Ball” (NES)

40:27 – Jason’s Pick “Shooting Gallery” (DOS)

41:16 – We are all nostalgia on the 1MC podcast with games we were good at as a kid, but now have no chance of winning as adults. Apparently it has something to do with tiny thumbs.

1:05:31 – Will Jason continue is reign? (Gosh, we hope not.) Will Bruce Wayne ever tell Victoria Vale that he truly is Batman? Will you join us for our live stream event every Thursday 8:30 p.m. Eastern? Find out next time! On 1 More Castle!

Original air date: March 10, 2014

“I helped!”

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 “Helicopter Ride (16-bit Verison)” by MechaFatNick

24:21 – Listener email discussion question “Were video game consoles actually a bad thing?”

31:46 – “Helicopter Ride (16-bit Verison)” by MechaFatNick

34:12 – Retro Showdown!

37:50 – Bailey’s pick “Startropics 2: Zoda’s Revenge” (NES)

38:29 – Hunter’s pick “Aladdin” (Sega Genesis)

39:49 – Jason’s pick “Attack of the Mutant Camels” (Commodore 64)

40:29 – Eh, desert. It’s missing an “s”. I’m all about dessert. But desert? Nah. Games with desert levels. Not a retro showdown theme I’d eat after dinner.

1:00:36 – We’ve got lots going on. IndyPopCon. Listener email discussion questions. Live stream. Bailey even talks to those people. It’s crazy. Don’t you want to be crazy with us? We’d would appreciate it if you were.

Original air date: March 3, 2014

Our Pepsi sponsorship marches on!

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 Descendants of Erdrick “Zelda 2013”. Follow them on twitter at doferdrick

21:14 – Listener email discussion question “What’s the *easiest* video game ever?”

29:38 – “Houston” by Big Giant Circles

32:06 – Retro Showdown!

34:54 – Bailey’s Pick “Resident Evil 2” (N64)

36:02 – Hunter’s Pick “Redneck Rampage” (PC)

37:33 – Jason’s Pick “Pepsi Invaders” (ATARI 2600)

38:18 – What game do you wish you had? It’s all about wish list games on this week’s Retro Showdown. And things get a little… weird.

59:15 – For the third time ever, we are currently out of listener email discussion questions. How could this be, you ask? Well, sometimes when a man and woman love each other very much– Sorry, wrong discussion. We want to hear from you! Rather if you have emailed us before, we encourage everyone to send us mail! We would love to discuss it on air.

Original air date: February 24, 2014

To this day, no one knows how Nintendo got away with it.

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 Descendants of Erdrick “Zelda 2013”. Follow them on twitter at doferdrick

12:40 – Listener discussion question “So Disney decides that there needs to be a Nintendo section of Walt Disney World. Assuming you get to do as many projects as you want, what is the one you put most of your heart and hard work into?

23:22 – Descendants of Erdrick “Zelda 2013”

26:25 – Retro showdown!

28:55 – Bailey’s pick “Deadly Towers” (NES)

30:44 – Hunter’s pick “Urban Champion” (NES)

32:02 – Jason’s pick “Journey Escape” (Atari 2600)

32:46 – I know, I know. The theme this week is “games on consoles”. I promise, with every ounce of my being, that we are not running out of ideas. It was just one of those days, you the know the ones. It’ll get better next week. I promise.

53:08 – Well, in case you didn’t know, the 1 More PodCastle group is going to be at IndyPopCon this year. You should come. It’s going to be a great time. If you are going to hit any convention this year, make it the IndyPopCon. Because, you know, we are going to be there.