TADPOG: Tyler and Dave Play Old Games

The Super Aquatic Games Starring the Aquabats! Now that’s quite the title. Did you think it was about the band, The Aquabats? Nope, it’s not. Did you think it was about water sports? Are you some sort of incredible clairvoyant who suspected this was actually one of James Pond’s games and it was a spoof … Continue reading → The post Ep. 604 – Super Aquatic Games Starri...

Lan Parties. Tamagotchis. Game Boys. That “S” thing we used to all draw. AOL. Ecto Cooler. All these things symbolize a childhood in the 90s but none of them nearly as much as Radical Rex! He’s a real cool Radical Rex! Is this a very cool hidden gem on the SNES or is it a … Continue reading → The post Ep. 603 – Radical Rex appeared first on TADPOG: Tyler and Dave Play...

The Jungle Book has a LOT of iterations. Poems, books, movies, songs, live action movies, animated movies….and a Super Nintendo game. A 90s Disney platformer that wasn’t on IGN’s Top 100? Whatever could that mean about its quality? We get to that after we really drill down into the history of how many versions of … Continue reading → The post Ep. 602 – The Jungle Book...

We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story is the game of the week buuuuuuut have you heard of it? It has quite the backstory that is far more interesting than the game but we absolutely go over both. So come on down and join us for some rare real movie talk with an appropriate amount of game … Continue reading → The post Ep. 601 – We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story appeared fi...

What is a cyborg? Is it a robot? Are they like androids? All we know is THEY AIN’T LADIES, courtesy of The Combatribes, this week’s SNES game from The Randomizer. We bring back Casey of Piggy Palace fame to talk about his emotional week…and this game. Is The Combatribes a hidden gem? What is Casey’s … Continue reading → The post Ep. 600 – The Combatribes appeare...

Well, here is our 2nd part of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. Spoilers, only one person on the podcast enjoyed it so we discussed it and went off the rails for some good old fashioned tangents. It was just the perfect way to spend time with #moremiller Shawn Miller and, for the first time … Continue reading → The post Ep. 599 – Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (Part 2) appeared fir...

After so many references, so many mini discussions, and so much hype—we now bring you the goods and discuss one of our favorite new games, Hades! We needed to bring a strong show for such a strong game so we brought back Coco of CocoConfession and Cuphead fame to join us in our deep dive. … Continue reading → The post Ep. 598 – Hades appeared first on TADPOG: Tyler and Dave Play Old Ga...

For well over a year, we saw the cries of those dozens who listen to this podcast. “#moremiller!”, they cried! Well, he is our foremost Final Fantasy II/IV-ologist, so here he is for Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. The After Years is a pretty lengthy game, so we are bringing back the ol’ two-part … Continue reading → The post Ep. 597 – Final Fantasy IV: The After Y...

Tyler and Dave have played RPGs, football games, soccer games, baseball games, platformers, and puzzlers…but we know what everyone has really been waiting for: some sweet sweet bass fishing content. We are joined by the person we know who craves bass the most, Sandwich Pope Phil Hawkins, to help discuss Bass Masters Classic and Bass … Continue reading → The post Ep. 596 – Bass Masters...

Dave sings hymns to The Randomzier this week as it gave him one of his favorite childhood games, Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues. How thick are his nostalgia glasses? What will Tyler think of this game having never heard of it? I’m sure you know. Come on over, there is a southern dramatic reading … Continue reading → The post Ep. 595 – Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues ap...

Did you love the basketball episode last week? Do you just live for TADPOG Sports? Well, you’re likely totally alone. So, one person, we bring you a hockey game, courtesy of the Randomizer—Hit the Ice! The most NBA Jamesest of SNES hockey games…but is that a good thing? You can probably guess. Come hang out … Continue reading → The post Ep. 594 – Hit the Ice appeared first...

Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! (sadly not Gaiden or Gaiden II) was the game thrown at us by the Randomizer this week. So, of course, we talk a little about Hades and some other pretty good games we have played. There is PLENTY of Barkley chat, Shaq chat, general 90s basketball references, and a deep … Continue reading → The post Ep. 593 – Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! appeared first on TADPOG:...

What do game do we want? HADES! When do we want it? NOW! What did we end up playing? RUN SABER! How was it? …surprising? This week the Randomizer threw up a total mystery in Run Saber. We may have talked off mic about Hades for an hour before we started but we had a … Continue reading → The post Ep. 592 – Run Saber appeared first on TADPOG: Tyler and Dave Play Old Games .

The Randomizer tried to throw us X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse which we have already done an episode on, so we countered with a game we were actually interested in: X-Men 2: Clone Wars for the Sega Genesis. IT’S OUR 8th ANNIVERSARY! So we are joined by Brandon of Axelay fame, and his girlfriend Cheryl of Brandon … Continue reading → The post Ep. 591 – X-Men 2: Clone Wars appeared firs...

Are you the type of person who likes customizing a sweet car in Gran Turismo? Do you also like battling robots? Do you strongly prefer retro games? Then MAYBE you will be into the games we talk about this week, the SNES MechWarrior Games – MechWarrior and MechWarrior 3050. Not only do we talk about … Continue reading → The post Ep. 590 – SNES MechWarrior Games appeared first on TADPOG:...

Were you a middle aged adult in 1995 that was a fan of the SNES and WWII? Then MAYBE you know about Carrier Aces, the game vomited up at us by The Randomizer. Come listen to us talk about this game, try some very excellent beef jerky, take a quiz, and do a deep dive … Continue reading → The post Ep. 589 – Carrier Aces appeared first on TADPOG: Tyler and Dave Play Old Games .

Race Drivin’. Yes, that is the title of this SNES game. The pinnacle of creativity – RACE DRIVIN’! Oh boy, is this game everything we thought it would be based on the name alone. We do actually have some friends that are familiar with it so we bring on Sandwich Pope Phil Hawkins and a … Continue reading → The post Ep. 588 – Race Drivin’ appeared first on TADPOG:...

So there are really only two kinds of kids in the world. Those whole like Animaniacs and those who don’t like Animaniacs. Are you with us or against us? Well, we’re against the Randomizer this week by forging our own path and talking about Animaniacs for the SNES. We just had to bring on our … Continue reading → The post Ep. 587 – Animaniacs appeared first on TADPOG: Tyler...

Hey! It’s racing! But not on cars or carts but dirt bikes! This week the Randomizer gives us Dirt Trax FX. Ever heard of Stunt Race FX? This is sort of like it but not horrible in every way. Tyler and Dave have a deep discussion of Freaky Eaters, Dave promises to finish Super Metroid, … Continue reading → The post Ep. 586 – Dirt Trax FX appeared first on TADPOG: Tyler and Dave Pl...

This episode concludes the Final Fight series on the SNES! We take the power back from the Randomizer and do Final Fight 3 and Final Fight Guy to bring a beloved series to a close. I might say this show is 40% tangents, 50% Final Fight 3, 9% Quizzes, and a whopping 1% Final Fight … Continue reading → The post Ep. 585 – Final Fight 3 appeared first on TADPOG: Tyler and Dave Play Old Gam...

Okay, clearly we are talking about Bill Walsh College Football. It’s a sports game. It’s a football game. Dave will be sorta into it. Tyler will not be into it. BUT WE BRING ON LORD DENNIS ROBISON WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS ABOUT FOOTBALL AND THIS GAME! We talk about the names of football players, Tony, Tony’s … Continue reading → The post Ep. 584 – Bill Walsh College Footbal...

“Do you like Street Fighter?” The Randomizer asked. “Of course.” we replied. “Super Mario Kart?” “Yes”. The Randomizer laughed and gave us Street Racer, a game that tried to be both and ended up being neither. Join us for tales of Halloween, googling stuff we want to remember, the best episode of Mary Tyler Moore, … Continue reading → The...

Rocko’s Modern Life! YEAH, SON! One of the best Nicktoons ever! I bet you jump around and run from the Big Heads. No? Do you get into crazy plans with Heffer? No…you..move things around so your dog can walk forward to a special fire hydrant…oh. So it’s one big escort mission? Um. Sounds swell. BYE! … Continue reading → The post Ep. 582 – Rocko’s Modern Lif...

Do you like Tetris? Of course. Do you like the massive amounts of Tetris adjacent puzzle games? No? What if it is endorsed by Alexey Pajitnov? Maybe? Yeah, that’s how we feel. So this week the Randomizer has us play and discuss the snakely Tetris adjacent puzzle game, WildSnake. We also talk theme parks, rides, … Continue reading → The post Ep. 581 – WildSnake appeared first on T...

Gadzooks! Of course, the Randomizer chose a Super Scope Game this week – Bazooka Blitzkrieg! It’s…apparently a game where you are a ninja with a Super Scope blowing up robots. So there is that. Tyler and Dave talk about it. They also bring up our little mistaken kerfuffle last week. We take a pretty solid … Continue reading → The post Ep. 580 – Bazooka Blitzkrieg appe...