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Season 1

  • S01E01 Super Pac-Man Memories

    • February 16, 2016

    Gai tells the story of what it was like having a full sized arcade game in the house as a kid in the mid 1980s.

  • S01E02 Luigi's Mansion Arcade

    • March 4, 2016

    Get your Poltergust ready! I translated the Luigi Mansion Arcade game for those who wondered what it was saying. Since then the game was never released in English, so be sure to look for it!

  • S01E03 A Zest for Gaming

    • March 18, 2016

    Gai visits a local used game store to show what’s on sale in Japan.

  • S01E04 Bonoron the Forest Warrior

    • March 30, 2016

    A scene from a kids comic book has a strange similarity to a scene from Super Mario Bros. 3

  • S01E05 Giga Big Mac

    • April 5, 2016

    Gai sets out to be “first in the world” when the Giga Big Mac debuts in Japan.

  • S01E06 Waterway Café

    • April 15, 2016

    Gai finds a great a place to eat that serves up food in a fun way!

  • S01E07 A Classic Rockman Collection

    • May 5, 2016

    A look at some fun Rockman (Mega Man) items for sale in Japan.

  • S01E08 You Can’t Afford Her

    • May 12, 2016

    Gai goes to the recycle shop and finds a chair that costs a fortune.

  • S01E09 Pico Cassette

    • May 19, 2016

    In 2016, a Japanese company had a crazy idea: make iOS and Android games available as individually sold cartridges! But how would that even work? Could they raise the money in time?

  • S01E10 Game On

    • May 27, 2016

    The touring gaming museum “Game On” visits Japan.

  • S01E11 A Real Mystery, No Butts About It! (Well.. Maybe Just ONE!)

    • June 23, 2016

    A mysterious woman dressed in purple appears with a secret message.

  • S01E12 What was Yume Kojo?

    • July 18, 2016

    A comprehensive look at the technological Expo known as Yume Kojo, in English, Dream Machine.

  • S01E13 Super Famicom 3DS LL

    • August 2, 2016

    Gai bought a Super Famicom 3DS LL, which was not easy to do.

  • S01E14 Pikachu Outbreak

    • August 9, 2016

    Gai takes a trip to Yokohama and sees the Pokémon Parade.

  • S01E15 Akihabara Streets

    • August 22, 2016

    A walking tour of the Akihabara electric town area.

  • S01E16 Super Mario Slot Machine

    • August 29, 2016

    Gai visits a game center and tries out New Super Mario Bros. Woo Coin World.

  • S01E17 The Dragon Quest Museum

    • September 12, 2016

    Gai visits the Dragon Quest museum, showing everyone what they missed out on.

  • S01E18 Super Mario USA Manga Adventures

    • October 10, 2016

    Mario, Luigi, Toad and Peach fight Wart and Catherine, who really is a boy.

  • S01E19 Kit Kat Heaven

    • October 27, 2016

    An overview of how popular and crazy Kit Kats are in Japan.

  • S01E20 Family Computer Classic Mini

    • November 10, 2016

    A miniature Family Computer makes news in Japan.

  • S01E21 Kid Icarus is 30

    • December 16, 2016

    An in-depth review of a video game that is better than Zelda, Mario & Metroid combined!

Season 2

  • S02E01 Super Mario 2 Music Bug

    • January 25, 2017

    The Subspace theme from Super Mario 2 can be played in the overworld and underworld?? It's true! Let's find out how! There are a few things to notice here. First the music is actually 15 seconds long, which is longer than the time in subspace. That means part of the music will NEVER be heard and trapped in the game forever, until you do this trick. The other thing is the in Super Mario Bros. 2, when you pause the game, the bass line of the music plays while the rest is muted. But in subspace you can’t pause the game. That means there’s yet another version of the music hiding out that you may have never heard before.

  • S02E02 Hina Matsuri

    • February 23, 2017

    March 3rd is a holiday just for girls! There's also one for boys on May 5th. Learn all about it! Hinamatsuri traces its origins to a Heian period custom called hina-nagashi (雛流し"doll floating") in which straw hina dolls are set afloat on a boat and sent down a river to the sea, supposedly taking troubles or bad spirits with them. The Shimogamo Shrine (part of the Kamo Shrine complex in Kyoto) celebrates the Nagashi-bina by floating these dolls between the Takano and Kamo Rivers to pray for the safety of children. People have stopped doing this now because of fishermen catching the dolls in their nets. They now send them out to sea, and when the spectators are gone they take the boats out of the water and bring them back to the temple and burn them. The customary drink for the festival is shirozake, a sake made from fermented rice.

  • S02E03 Switch ON!

    • March 3, 2017

    Paid talking heads aside, I got the FIRST Switch in the world at 10:00am in Japan while the rest of the world was stuck for hours in the cold waiting in line! I also gave an honest review, which means Nintendo didn't pay me... It turns out that anyone who did get a review unit of the Switch (before 3/3) had to read some spiel about how cute the box is and etc., etc., I was happy to get one the honest way and give my real opinion, and predictions. Even if some of those didn't actually come true...

  • S02E04 Double Identity

    • March 17, 2017

    The star of 1-2 Switch commercials in japan is a famous actor who also voices Professor Layton.

  • S02E05 A Disney Afternoon

    • April 14, 2017

    Decades before it was "cool" I was making gaming videos! On August 9th, 1990, I did something few people had thought about doing and nobody would see, that is until now. I made a video of me playing Rescue Rangers with the family camcorder. These videos are referred to as “let’s plays” in the 2020s, but in 1990, it was just me playing around with the camcorder. So in celebration of the release of The Disney Afternoon Collection, allow me to present a “let’s play” of one of the games Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers, recorded in my basement on August 9th, 1990 at 1:30 pm!

  • S02E06 Dr. Mario Manga Adventures

    • May 8, 2017

    How can a puzzle game be turned into a comic book?

  • S02E07 The Lost Mario Anime

    • May 28, 2017

    People ask, "why didn't you record the whole thing?" I had to sneak it and was told to stop recording so this was the best I could do. I did find a second copy at a library but they didn't loan it out saying that they feared someone would copy it and put it on the internet! You can't make this stuff up!!

  • S02E08 When was Pac-Man Released?

    • June 15, 2017

    An in-depth search for answers to the how and why of Atari’s 2600 version of Pac-Man release date being lost, and how it was rediscovered.

  • S02E09 Yuusha Yoshihiko and the Chosen Seven

    • July 13, 2017

    A look at the third season of Japanese TV show, Yuusha Yoshihiko, with a top seven episode countdown.

  • S02E10 The Zonk Song

    • July 20, 2017

    There are words to the music in the Japanese version of Super Air Zonk???

  • S02E11 The Manga of Zelda

    • August 20, 2017

    A retelling of the classic Zelda game in manga form.

  • S02E12 Guts Pose!

    • September 18, 2017

    Learn all about the Guts Pose and the man behind it!

  • S02E13 Time is a Circle

    • September 28, 2017

    Justin Bailey is a real person? Yeah, well, kind of...

  • S02E14 Don't Box Me In: Super Famicom Classic Mini

    • October 5, 2017

    The Super Famicom Mini is finally available for sale in Japan! Released on October 5, 2017 it is the follow up to the Famicom Classic Edition released last year. This version included 21 games from the 16-bit heyday and fixes everyone’s biggest gripe over the Famicom Mini, and that is full size detachable controllers! The SFC mini Follows the western version which was released on September 29th. Wait! Something is coming out in America first? That can't be!

  • S02E15 The More You Know Gaming: Turbo Duo

    • October 10, 2017

    Let's pay tribute to the final form of the TurboGrafx-16!

  • S02E16 The Perils of Pauline

    • October 24, 2017

    Pauline from Donkey Kong is named after a 1914 silent film? It seems so!!

  • S02E17 For the Record

    • November 7, 2017

    Altered Beast, a popular Sega arcade game, later became an album!

  • S02E18 Sh!t Kickers (aka Who are Kato & Ken?)

    • November 21, 2017

    JJ & Jeff is based off of a crazy TV Show in Japan! Have you ever actually seen it?

  • S02E19 Mega Man is 30!

    • December 2, 2017

    Thirty Years of the Blue Bomber! On December 17, 1987, Capcom released a game known as Rockman in Japan Soon after this game would come to the West as Megaman. You wouldn’t know it then but that one game would be the genesis for one of the best selling series of all time. 30 years later the MegaMan franchise has over a dozen spinoffs and over 100 games overall. To cover all of them would be a little too crazy/but we will take a look at how Megaman the character and the series were created and how the success of these early games laid the foundation for what Megaman has become today.

  • S02E20 Phantasy Star is 30!

    • December 19, 2017

    In December 2017, a well known Role Playing Game series had its 30th anniversary... no, not Final Fantasy! Well ok that one too, but there is another...

Season 3

Season 4

  • S04E01 Be There with Bells On

    • January 25, 2019

    A comprehensive look at the Twinbee series and the legacy it left behind.

  • S04E02 Final Fantasy Fried Chicken

    • February 8, 2019

    Gai visits a Lawson convenience store where they offer an unusual promotion for Final Fantasy XIV

  • S04E03 It’s Greek to Me

    • February 22, 2019

    Asking for Megaman light bulbs in Greece can get you in big trouble.

  • S04E04 Phantasy Star II: Thirtieth Anniversary

    • March 20, 2019

    Let's celebrate 30 years of The Great Collapse!

  • S04E05 The Manga of Link (Part 1)

    • May 24, 2019

    Link returns to Castle Hyrule to learn his true destiny.

  • S04E06 The Manga of Link (Part 2)

    • May 31, 2019

    Princess Zelda joins Link and Watto on their quest to save Hyrule.

  • S04E07 The Manga of Link (Part 3)

    • June 7, 2019

    Link searches for the third Triforce to stop a reborn Ganon from destroying Hyrule.

  • S04E08 The Ultimate Code

    • June 14, 2019

    Gai shares a super secret code for Cosmic Fantasy 3 on the PC Engine Cd-Rom2.

  • S04E09 Her Cups Runneth Over

    • June 28, 2019

    Gai discusses the anime and game series Monster Strike and tries some snacks.

  • S04E10 The Legend of Goemon

    • July 12, 2019

    The journey of Goemon from mythical folk hero to beloved video game character.

  • S04E11 "Super Mario Bros., Too!" or "The Great Giana Sisters"

    • July 26, 2019

    The long strange trip of a very unique knock off.

  • S04E12 All Night Nippon X Super Mario Bros.

    • August 16, 2019

    Fuji Media and Nintendo start a collaborative partnership.

  • S04E13 Hulk Hogan's Manga Mania 2

    • September 5, 2019

    Ten not safe for work comings from Japan starring WWF champion Hulk Hogan.

  • S04E14 Review Copy

    • September 19, 2019

    Gai buys a Sega Mega Drive Mini and reminisces about the good old days, but is also surprised about the hysteria over this new video game.

  • S04E15 Irrepressible

    • October 4, 2019

    Monkey Magic by Godiego was a popular song in 1978. It set the stage for Dragon Ball, Alex Kidd and tons of other things inspired by Journey to the West.

  • S04E16 Bonk's Nomenclature

    • October 18, 2019

    The how and why of the naming scheme behind popular video game character, PC Genjin.

  • S04E17 Voxel and I

    • November 1, 2019

    3D Dot Game Heroes came and went without much notice, but was an awesome game that paid tribute to its ancestors.

  • S04E18 Forever in Our Hearts

    • November 15, 2019

    A popular Japanese actor becomes a spokesman for the Sega Saturn.

  • S04E19 Manga Man

    • November 29, 2019

    A manga retelling of the first Mega Man game from 1987!

  • S04E20 The Parodius Story Da!!!

    • December 13, 2019

    Popular video game series Gradius makes fun of itself.

Season 5

  • S05E01 C-Blocked!

    • March 19, 2020

    Gai orders a TurboGrafx-16 Mini and is overjoyed, but a mysterious new virus from China ruins the fun.

  • S05E02 What’s in a Name?

    • April 3, 2020

    Gai ponders why so many pro wrestlers have ring names that come from something else.

  • S05E03 Final Fantasy VII: The Remake: The Cafe

    • April 10, 2020

    Gai, Ed and Colin visit the Square-Enix Cafe in Akihabara just in time for the new Final Fantasy VII.

  • S05E04 Phantaay Star III Thirtieth Anniversary

    • April 21, 2020

    The choices made by three generations of royalty determine the fates of their people.

  • S05E05 Morinaga Pac-Man Mini

    • May 1, 2020

    To celebrate 40 years of Pac-Man, Morinaga created some special candy and a fun game.

  • S05E06 Donkey Kong

    • May 10, 2020

    Donkey Kong Jr. escapes from the circus to reunite with his papa.

  • S05E07 The Legendary Mother

    • May 29, 2020

    Mei resumes her job as a mage after a lengthy maternity leave.

  • S05E08 Mario Marriage License

    • June 12, 2020

    If you knew where to look, you could find one of the strangest and rarest Super Mario and Nintendo collectibles of all time!

  • S05E09 Tanabata

    • June 26, 2020

    July 7th is a holiday for lovers in Japan! Oh, and sometimes its held in August too...

  • S05E10 The Taito Online Trio

    • July 10, 2020

    Taito releases a series of online video game and karaoke machines that were active for almost 20 years.

  • S05E11 From B to A

    • July 24, 2020

    After seeing an online millionaire repeat a well-known fact as a mind blowing revelation, Gai takes on the task of explaining something that has puzzled him for years.

  • S05E12 Hulk Hogan's Manga Mania 3

    • August 7, 2020

    Ten not safe for work comics featuring WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan.

  • S05E13 Here Comes The Komiya

    • August 21, 2020

    In 1991, a Japanese comedian cashed in on copying M. C. Hammer right down to the letter!

  • S05E14 TurboGrafx-16 Arcade Interview

    • September 4, 2020

    An exclusive interview with the man who developed the TurboGrafx-16 arcade system!!

  • S05E15 At the End of the Rainbow

    • September 18, 2020

    In 1980s Japan, a young boy named Wataru is transported to another world, where he is chosen as the savior of the world. Meanwhile in 21st Century America, a young man named Keith Courage fights beastly alien dudes.

  • S05E16 The More You Know: Sega Game Gear

    • October 2, 2020

    Sega repurposes their Mark III system into a portable wonder that is a great alternative to the GameBoy.

  • S05E17 The American Gamer

    • October 16, 2020

    In 1990, Nintendo broke with tradition and gave The Western World a video game that Japan would never see.

  • S05E18 The Story of Super Mario Bros. 4

    • November 13, 2020

    On November 21, 1990 The Super Famicom and Super Mario Bros. 4 were let out into the world!

  • S05E19 Dr. Wily’s Revenge (1)

    • November 27, 2020

    A manga retelling of the classic NES game Mega Man 2!

  • S05E20 Dr. Wily's Revenge (2)

    • December 4, 2020

    Mega Man comes face to face with Dr. Wily once more.

  • S05E21 Where in the World is Chris Houlihan?

    • December 18, 2020

    Gai investigates the suspect Warmech Challenge contest from 1990, only to raise the ire of Nintendo for asking too many questions.

Season 6

  • S06E01 Club Nintendo

    • April 1, 2021

    The stars align as a young Mexican advertising genius and Japanese marketing man standardize the gaming market in Spanish speaking Latin America

  • S06E02 Angel Land Story

    • April 16, 2021

    When the evil Medusa imprisons Parutena, princess of light, the youngest member of the Icarus Legion, Pit, comes to her rescue.

  • S06E03 Musashi no Ken

    • May 6, 2021

    A young boy in rural Japan becomes a Kendo master.

  • S06E04 Disk to Cart

    • May 21, 2021

    A good friend of mine has a favorite curiosity he likes to collect. Family Computer Disk System games on cartridge that were only released in pirated form!

  • S06E05 The Sega Solar System

    • June 4, 2021

    A flyby of all the planets that also just happen to be codenames of various Sega products.

  • S06E06 Run Hedgehog Run!

    • June 18, 2021

    With the threat of Nintendo single-handedly controlling the 16-bit era looming, Sega steps up to create a character that steals the Big N’s thunder.

  • S06E07 "The American Mega Drive" or "The Origin of Genesis"

    • July 2, 2021

    Gai discovers the truth about Sega’s decision to call the Mega Drive the Genesis in America.

  • S06E08 Final Fantasy IV Thirtieth Anniversary

    • July 16, 2021

    The king of Baron seems not quite himself as he seeks out the elemental crystals that keep the world in balance.

  • S06E09 Super Mario Land 2 (1)

    • July 30, 2021

    Mario Land is under attack from Wario.

  • S06E10 Super Mario Land 2 (2)

    • August 13, 2021

    Mario, Luigi, and Peach collect the 6 golden coins needed to fight Wario.

  • S06E11 Hulk Hogan’s Manga Mania IV

    • August 27, 2021

    10 more crazy comics starring The Hulkster and friends.

  • S06E12 The More You Know: PC-FX

    • September 18, 2021

    NEC tries to follow up on the PC Engine with a new game machine that excels in full motion video.

  • S06E13 The History of Nantendo

    • October 1, 2021

    Gai discovers a strange trademark for a non-existent trading card company.

  • S06E14 Oshiri Tantei Rides Again

    • October 15, 2021

    In 2021 Oshiri Tantei hit the Nintendo Switch, and the big screen, but there were 10 years worth of games already?

  • S06E15 Sonic 8

    • October 29, 2021

    Gai looks at the Game Gear and Master System adventures of most famous hedgehog in the world.

  • S06E16 Mega Man 3: Protoman’s Rebirth (Part 1)

    • November 12, 2021

    A legion of robots are controlled by a mysterious radio signal.

  • S06E17 Mega Man 3: Protoman’s Rebirth (Part 2)

    • November 26, 2021

    Dr. Wily and Mega Man join forces to fight a robot rebellion.

  • S06E18 One in a Zillion

    • December 17, 2021

    On planet Maris in the year 2387, The White Nauts fight off the Noza invasion.

Season 7

  • S07E01 The Story of Super Mario All Stars

    • March 25, 2022
    • YouTube

    In 1993, Nintendo took its greatest hits and made them even better.

  • S07E02 The Gamer Gambler

    • April 13, 2022
    • YouTube

    Ken Uston (pronounced "Houston") was a brilliant man with an amazing life story. Learn all about the journey of the first video game celebrity.

  • S07E03 Cosmic Fantasy Story

    • April 28, 2022
    • YouTube

    Cosmic Fantasy was a groundbreaking series that brought RPGs and anime closer together than ever before.

  • S07E04 Cosmic Fantasy Stories (1)

    • May 13, 2022
    • YouTube

    Cobra, Sayo, Babette and Van help a civilian spaceship that is ambushed by Space Pirates.

  • S07E05 Cosmic Fantasy Stories (2)

    • May 20, 2022
    • YouTube

    Team Algernon discovers the secrets of Zola, while Team Little Fox unleashes the Kilkenny!

  • S07E06 The King of the 'Rin

    • May 27, 2022
    • YouTube

    The greatest Keirin star of all time kicked off the Keirin game trend in the 1990s. Uh... What's Keirin?

  • S07E07 Man, oh Jet-O-Man

    • June 10, 2022
    • YouTube

    In the era before The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, one Super Sentai series was written with adults in mind. It was also the first Super Sentai to have a video game!

  • S07E08 Up Your Alley

    • June 17, 2022
    • YouTube

    Hogan's Alley was the best Zapper Game around! Take that Gumshoe! Hey, who was Hogan by the way...?

  • S07E09 Metroid Manga

    • July 1, 2022
    • YouTube

    Samus Aran is called into action to clear out the Metroid infestation on SR388 and stop Mother Brain!

  • S07E10 Dream Machine

    • July 22, 2022
    • YouTube

    Let us never forget the vision, message and purpose of Yume Kojo!

  • S07E11 10 Funass-years!

    • July 29, 2022
    • YouTube

    If you ever watched Japanese TV between 2013 and oh.. say 2018, you know exactly what I'm talking about!

  • S07E12 The More You Know Gaming: The Atari Lynx

    • August 12, 2022
    • YouTube

    In 1989, Atari Corporation had the most powerful game machine around!

  • S07E13 Hulk Hogan's Manga Mania 5

    • August 26, 2022
    • YouTube

    10 more not safe for work comics starring Hulk Hogan from the 80s!

  • S07E14 A Sonic Adventure

    • September 9, 2022
    • YouTube

    In 1988, Sega followed up on Zillion with an all new Media Mix, set in Tokyo in the year 2030.

  • S07E15 Meat Heat Manifesto

    • September 23, 2022
    • YouTube

    A famous Japanese restaurant chain once offered PlayStation fans the ultimate challenge...

  • S07E16 Kyoro-Chans Nebulus Journey

    • October 7, 2022
    • YouTube

    In 1992, a port of the Commodore 64 game Nebulus made it to Japan. Here’s how it all happened.

  • S07E17 Mega Man 4: Dr. Cossack's Ambition (1)

    • October 21, 2022
    • YouTube

    Robots wreak havoc in The City for the fourth time! Can Mega Man step up the challenge again?

  • S07E18 Mega Man 4: Dr. Cossack's Ambition (2)

    • October 28, 2022
    • YouTube

    Roll was planning a birthday party for Dr. Light, but that had to be put on hold as robots once again attacked The City. Dr. Cossack is the man behind all of this, with his intentions of world domination not clearly understood.

  • S07E19 Sonic 2’s Day

    • November 16, 2022
    • YouTube

    On November 24th, 1992, the greatest 16-Bit game of all time was let out into the world, along with a marketing strategy that still exists today.

  • S07E20 Final Fantasy V 30th Anniversary

    • December 9, 2022
    • YouTube

    Final Fantasy V was a great game that differs from the other 16-Bit Final Fantasy games that surround it, both in style and the journey that the game took.

  • S07E21 Phantasy Star One

    • December 23, 2022
    • YouTube

    Phantasy Star was Sega’s flagship RPG back in the gold old days. 35 years on, it’s time to celebrate and reflect on the adventures of Alisa Landale and her friends.

Season 8

  • S08E01 Stick With Me

    • March 10, 2023
    • YouTube

    It seems like every six months a new version of Street Fighter II comes out! Why not try it out for yourself?

  • S08E02 Full Color Kirby

    • March 22, 2023
    • YouTube

    Kirby was already a sleeper hit on the GameBoy, but in 1993 his (warp)star really took off, giving the Family Computer its final platinum game.

  • S08E03 Everything's Gone Green

    • April 21, 2023
    • YouTube

    In 2013, Nintendo gave its most famous player 2 first billing. How did it all turn out?

  • S08E04 Super Mario Land 3 (1)

    • May 12, 2023
    • YouTube

    Mario and Luigi chase after the stolen golden statue, with the help of...Wario!?

  • S08E05 Super Mario Land 3 (2)

    • May 25, 2023
    • YouTube

  • S08E06 Marvel Tokusatsu

    • June 9, 2023
    • YouTube

    In 1978, Spider Man went to Japan! He came back empty handed, but set the stage for what eventually became the Power Rangers.

  • S08E07 The X Generation

    • June 30, 2023
    • YouTube

    In 1993, Capcom reinvented the Mega Man series for the 22nd Century!

  • S08E08 Not Zillion 3

    • July 27, 2023
    • YouTube

    In 1989 Sega and Fuji TV (along with Studio Pierrot) created a Media Mix that felt and awful lot like Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2.

  • S08E09 POV

    • August 18, 2023
    • YouTube

    Does Mario Show a "Peace Sign?" Or a "V for Victory” in Super Mario World, All-Stars and Mario 64??? The long strange journey that a certain hand gesture has undergone, which also managed to enter the world of video games.

  • S08E10 Game Girls

    • September 1, 2023
    • YouTube

    100 years ago, a new word entered the Japanese language. Far from its original definition, Yakyuuken later became the first X-Rated video game in Japan! How'd that happen?!

  • S08E11 Nine Lives

    • September 22, 2023
    • YouTube

    In 2008, Capcom gave its oldest, greater hero a new lease on life. Let's celebrate 15 years of Mega Man's glorious return!

  • S08E12 Chicken Run

    • October 6, 2023
    • YouTube

    In 1993, UK games publisher Mindscape released Alfred Chicken alongside a very unique, timely and unusual promotional campaign.

  • S08E13 As Super As Ever

    • November 2, 2023
    • YouTube

    Since 1996 there have been two sets of Mario fans: those who grew up on the NES/SNES and love 2D and those who grew up with an N64 (or later) and love 3D. In 2011, Nintendo finally merged together the worlds of 2D and 3D gaming, and did so in a wonderful way.

  • S08E14 Sonic Mania Day

    • November 15, 2023
    • YouTube

    In 1993, Sega followed up Sonic 2sDay with a triple threat, delivering THREE games on one day, November 23rd, 1993: Sonic Mania Day!!

  • S08E15 Phantasy Star IV 30th Anniversary

    • December 15, 2023
    • YouTube

    In 1993, Sega's flagship RPG series was given the proper finale it deserved!

  • S08E16 Proto Man's Trap (1)

    • December 27, 2023
    • YouTube

    Proto Man leads another robot rebellion...but, why? Can Mega Man escape Proto Man's Trap?

  • S08E17 Proto Man's Trap (2)

    • December 31, 2023
    • YouTube

    Mega Man and Rush make it to Proto Man's fortress! Can Dr. Light be saved in time??

Season 9

  • S09E01 The Story of Sonic 3

    • January 29, 2024
    • YouTube

    In 1994 Sega executed a two-part strategy for Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Part one of the plan involved getting up awfully early one winter morning as a longtime local tradition became national.

  • S09E02 The Cosmic Collection

    • February 8, 2024
    • YouTube

    On January 25th, 2024 the first official English translation of Cosmic Fantasy 1 was let out into the world! Alongside Cosmic Fantasy 2, with some changes. So, how do they rate?? Let's take a look!

  • S09E03 Pino Games

    • February 16, 2024
    • YouTube

    In 2022 Morinaga and Sega teamed up for some pretty cool advergames. In 2023 Konami joined in, and brought Takahashi Meiji along for the ride!

  • S09E04 Super Mario Remasters

    • February 23, 2024
    • YouTube

    After years of playing Super Mario Maker, it got me to think about what we are truly missing out on...

  • S09E05 The Contest

    • March 2, 2024
    • YouTube

    Capcom held several contests for the Rockman series. The winning entries became boss characters. But, what happened to all those who lost?

  • S09E06 Name That Tune

    • March 18, 2024
    • YouTube

    In 1992, a new face at Nintendo came up with a little ditty and then planted it hard to find places...

  • S09E07 Final Fantasy VI 30th Anniversary

    • March 31, 2024
    • YouTube

    On April 2nd, 1994, Square Soft concluded its masterpiece 16-Bit Role Playing Game Trilogy!

  • S09E08 The More You Know Gaming: PC Engine GT

    • April 18, 2024
    • YouTube

  • S09E09 Mario & Wario

    • April 30, 2024
    • YouTube

    The Manga Adventures Mario and Wario! Peach, Yoshi, Luigi and the Fairy Wanda Join the Battle!

  • S09E10 “Hard Shelled Fuzzy Memories" or "A Tale of Two Turtles"

    • May 17, 2024
    • YouTube

    In 1989, at the height of Turtle Mania, Konami gave the world TWO TMNT games. Only one was worth playing. Why?

  • S09E11 The Original Pac-Man

    • May 31, 2024
    • YouTube

    Pac-Man began life with a singular machine at a sole location. So, where was it?

  • S09E12 Atari On PlayStation

    • June 14, 2024
    • YouTube

    After burning out in 1984 and fading away in 1996, Atari rose from the ashes in 1998, beginning the trajectory the company still follows today.

  • S09E13 The More You Know Gaming: Sega Genesis Nomad

    • June 28, 2024
    • YouTube

    In 1995, Sega made a handheld Genesis! The story goes back a bit before that and ties into Sega's hardware re-vamping legacy...

  • S09E14 New Money

    • July 3, 2024
    • YouTube

    On July 3rd, 2024, the Japanese Yen got a redesign, the first in 20 years!

  • S09E15 Nintendo World Championships Remixed

    • July 19, 2024
    • YouTube

    Almost 35 years since the original event, the Nintendo World Championships are back on the Nintendo Switch! Hey, didn't they do this 11 years ago....?

  • S09E16 The Story of Mario Kart 64

    • August 2, 2024
    • YouTube

    Though starting in 1992, the Mario Kart series didn't shift into overdrive until 1996