The Old SwitchAroo

And of course, it's always a fun time for us when we get to talk with Cyril, and we're both excited for the Complete Cheat Code Compendium 🎮 to come out later this year.

Our full discussion with Cyril is out now as well, wherever podcasts are found:
www.theoldswitcharoo.com/bonus-lite-s...

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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, we're back to start season four with two returning Zelda fans, Derick from @underratedmoviepod.bsky.social and Twitch-streamer RiRiYells, to talk about The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for the N64 (2000).

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and what a pleasure it was to join you guys for it. Best Box Art was a particularly fun category, too

Our Game of the Year stuff is a little later this year, but we hope you'll tune in. Full schedule below:

Day 1 - 1/7
Best on the Go Game
Best Boss Fight
I'll Never Touch it Again Award

Day 2 - 1/8 Featuring @theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
Best Box Art
Best Blueprint
Disappointment of the Year

1/2

And thank you for letting us try out your Analogue 3D (real convenient that they're back in stock again now that the episode is live, since they were sold out when we recorded)

The Retro Game League 2025! This is it! Help us pick the winners and prize recipients of The Cable Club's Retro Game League 2025! Select two games in each cup before moving to the next.

Our friends at the Cable Club League now have the voting open for the best retro games that they covered over the past year, with voting open to anyone. 🎮

s.surveyplanet.com/nggnuz9w

The Retro Game League 2025! This is it! Help us pick the winners and prize recipients of The Cable Club's Retro Game League 2025! Select two games in each cup before moving to the next.

Our friends at the Cable Club League now have the voting open for the best retro games that they covered over the past year, with voting open to anyone. 🎮

s.surveyplanet.com/nggnuz9w

Cover art for Sonic Spinball for SEGA Genesis featuring Sonic running along a pinball track with Robotnik looming behind him!

Sonic dashing forward

Sonic balancing next to a Robotnik Spider Bot

'Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball' was released 32 years ago for the SEGA Genesis!

I remember when it came out, and for some reason I was obsessed with getting it even though I didn't have a Genesis.

I guess I just wanted any game with Sonic in it! (and a Genesis too)

Are YOU a fan of Sonic Spinball?

Such a fan of it. We did an episode on it, and I came so very close to finally beating it (I admit, I haven't really focused long term and put the number of hours to beat it fully)
But it was a game as a kid that I only got to play at other people's houses...which isn't great for single player

It was an absolute pleasure having you (and Dexter) on, so thanks for coming on and helping me hijack an episode into Captain N talk.

And would love to be on sometime when things align for it

Always good to see a great podcast hitting a checkpoint like this

Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library Next Week With A Spooky Classic Horrifyingly good news

Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library Next Week With A Spooky Classic.

It's always a pleasure to have you on, and it's always a fun surprise to see what you do with recording questions for these season finales.

And a big thanks to all the guests featured in this episode, including @underratedmoviepod.bsky.social , @houseofkyle.com , @hagfish.bsky.social , @warboss5.bsky.social , @kylthesheikah.bsky.social , @timmywkuk.bsky.social , and @mersaloon.bsky.social !

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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, we're celebrating the end of season 3 by looking at the highs and lows of this season's games and playing a trivia game featuring this season's guests.

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Collage with "Wild Mouse: A Theme Park Podcast" logo, a man with Donald Duck and José Carioca characters, and a Halloween skeleton display.

New episode! @lowbacca.bsky.social of @theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social returns to discuss ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and other things that go bump in the night at Knott's Scary Farm!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gsZ33uo9asLHqfhUoR2n5?si=RjiAFqKZSVqI7k6ZI9IJjA

#podcast #halloween #themepark

I'd agree that the music in Zelda feels more memorable than Crystalis, but I think Crystalis over the original Zelda is, I think, roughly where our final verdict ended up.
It did feel hard to not talk about Zelda as we went through Crystalis, just seemed like a very natural comparison.

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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Happney joins us for action RPG Crystalis (NES, 1990).

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An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Ghosts n Ghouls trilogy" with an illustration of Arthur fighting Astaroth. The additional text below the label reads "-or- History Doomed to Repeat Itself" and the text to the side reads "with Cyril from Defunct Games"

In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Cyril from @defunctgames.com joins us for Ghosts 'n Goblins (NES, 1986), Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, 1989), and Super Ghouls 'n Goblins (SNES, 1991).

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Grandpa Simpson at a typewriter with the caption "There are too many robocops please eliminate three. I am not a crackpot"

There're a lot more RoboCop games than I would've ever guessed.

An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Mega Man The Wiley Wars" with an illustration Dr. Wiley and Mega Man. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Doctor, Doctor Give Me the Pews" and the text to the side reads "with Don from The Cable Club League"

In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Don from the Cable Club League podcast joins us for Mega Man: The Wily Wars (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, 1994), a compilation of the first three NES Mega Man games plus a bonus Wily Wars exclusive game.

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So this should close the loop for me after this was discussed some episodes ago as a game (this is the same RoboCop, right?) without me needing to play it

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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Chico D Mar ( @mersaloon.bsky.social ), creator of the webcomic Wet Frontier, joins us for F-Zero (NES, 1990) and F-Zero 99 (Switch, 2023S, 1985) - and provides this episode's great cover art.

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Now that's the kind of excitement I like to see behind a game as they let them trickle out onto Nintendo Classics

I think you may have cosmically summoned an Overthinking Games episode with some of that discussion (and more power to you for it), but also:

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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Andrew Linde from “Nothing New: A Remake Podcast” joins us for Clu Clu Land (NES, 1985), Mario’s Picross (Game Boy, 1995), and Mario’s Super Picross (SNES, 1995).

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Ecco may be one of the best examples of a game that hid its true nature a bit too well. I think most people that know the game don't know about the whole... alien thing.

It was a trip to learn what the later levels held

(Honestly, I don't think I ever saw the end of the first level as a kid)

An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Blast Corps" with an illustration of two robots from Blast Corps and one remote controlled car. The additional text below the label reads "-or- I've Heard of a Crash Course, but this is ridiculous" and the text to the side reads "with Nate Brown"

In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Nate Brown (NateBlackest on Twitch) joins us for Blast Corps, the 1997 action-destruction game for the Nintendo 64.

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Glad they're showing you what they got