142 – The Royal Guard

146 – That’s a Warp!

Original air date: July 31, 2015 Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis) Show Notes 7:00 – Bailey’s pick “Startropics” (NES) 8:14 – Hunter’s pick “The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past” (SNES) 9:29 – Jason’s pick “Red Alert 2: Yuri’s Revenge” (PC) 10:31 – For our final episode we present to you over an hour of warm and fuzzy as we discuss our absolutely favorite games of all time. 54:11 – With that, we thank you, the community, for everything. It’s a bittersweet moment for all of us but we are thankful for the chance to do good works for the retro gaming community. Remember, you are a bad enough dude to rescue the President. 1:11:00 – It’s a secret to everybody.

145 – Listener Mail Bag!

Original air date: July 20, 2015 The end is nigh, so we answer your burning questions. Also, this episode has potty language! 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 “Docks” by MechaFatNick Show Notes 6:59 – It’s the Listener Mail Bag! That’s right! This entire episode is dedicated to you, the listener, and all of those burning questions you never thought you’d asked get answered. And boy do we have a lot to get through. 45:19 – “Docks” by MechaFatNick 47:45 – More emails you say? But of course! 1:42:25 – It may have taken us about two hours, but we did it! And it’s all thanks to you. We’ve got one more episode to go and we would love if you could share this last experience with us! Be sure to make it to the live recording of our very last episode on Thursday, July 23rd, at 8:30 PM EST. We’ll see you then!

144 – Duke it Out in Doge C

Original air date: July 13, 2015 I came here to such kick ass and wow. And I am much out of wow. 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“Sad Song” by Girlz Melon Show Notes 23:26 – No have no listener email this week, but that’s OK. Since we are counting down to our final episodes, we really want to hear from you! Next episode will be an entire “Listener Email Bag”. Send us all of the things you were wanting to be answered but never had the chance. podcast@1morecastle.com. 33:24 – “Sad Song” by Girlz Melon 35:26 – Retro Showdown! 39:05 – Hunter’s pick “Mario is Missing” (SNES) 40:56 – Jason’s pick “Duke Nukem: Duke it Out in D.C.” (PC) 42:13 – Bailey’s pick “Zoop” (Genesis) 43:10 – There are those times late, late into the night, maybe you’ve had one too many episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and all you’re looking for is a fun, not the best, gaming experience. Just one that you can turn on auto, maybe pass out in the middle of, and still have a good time. We pick up the check and race home to play our picks for this week’s Retro Showdown. 1:04:01 – I know it’s a sad time, but things are always brighter before the dawn. We only have a couple more episodes to go and we really want you to be a part of it. Cast your votes for your favorite in the poll below, send us some emails to contribute to our all “Listener Email” podcast next week, and leave your thoughts on the show in the comment section.

143 – Dollar Store Mario

Original air date: July 6, 2015 It could be-a me, Mario! 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 Mega Man 2 ‘Crash and Burn’ by DJ Goyim & DJ Intermodal Show Notes 19:35 – Listener email discussion question “When a name changes from a Japanese release to a western release (Megaman vs Rockman, Koopa vs Bowser, FF3 vs FF6), do you tend to use the Japanese name or the western name?” 30:00 – “Crash and Burn” by DJ Goyim 32:21 – Retro Showdown! 35:04 – Bailey’s pick “Baby Boomer” (NES) 36:22 – Hunter’s pick “Jet Grind Radio” (Dreamcast) 37:36 – Jason’s pick “Junior’s Revenge” (Dragon 32/64) 38:34 – Babies!! They’re… Babies!! Or, to be more precise, child protagonists under the age of 18. That’s right, the glory years where you didn’t have anything to do on the weekends except for heading to your local video game shop, picking out that one title, and hoping it wasn’t crap because you would have nothing else to play for the entire weekend. Ah… the good ol’ days. 55:29 – Bailey’s shooting babies, Jason’s bringing more obscure consoles, and I’m still raging on about the Sega Dreamcast? It wouldn’t be a 1 More PodCastle episode with we didn’t. And it wouldn’t be one without your support! Send us those emails, be heard with your vote in the Showdown poll below, and give us your thoughts in the comment section.

142 – The Royal Guard

Original air date: June 29, 2015 You’re welcome to take a photo at the Changing of the Guard (That Is Holding The Door Open For You, Thanks For Visiting Canada, Sorry About The Weather). 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 “Smash Superstarts” by zircon Show Notes 32:06 – Listener email discussion question “Just wanted to know if there were any opinions in a video game that you chose to take even though you knew it meant immense destruction! (I’m thinking: trying a boss when you know you aren’t level up properly, or maybe letting the moon crash on you in Majora’s Mask!) your favorite video game ultimate destruction/horror moments.” 45:26 – “Smash Superstarts” by zircon 47:49 – Retro Showdown! 50:19 – Bailey’s pick “Mortal Kombat” (Sega Genesis) 52:04 – Hunter’s pick “WCW/nWo: the Revenge” (N64) 53:39 – Jason’s pick “Final Fantasy X” (PS2) 54:37 – Boom! Lightning! Followed by… ROLLING THUNDER (amazing game by the way). On this episode our theme is lightning. Somewhere in the game. Yup… lightning… 1:09:43 – Well there you have it. Have your favorite pick for the showdown? Let’s see those votes hit that voting box. Disagree with something we said? Direct all hate mail to Bailey by using our comment section below.