VGBS Gaming Podcast

Our Bullshit Homework was Kabuki Quantum Fighter for the Nintendo Entertainment System. How does this game hold up after all this time? It's time to break out this game comprehensively like no other podcast does! Topics: Overview HAL Laboratory Cutscenes In-Between Platform Swinging Fun Weapon Upgrades Strategies & Secrets Enemy Drop Programming Design The HR Giger Style Background Animations...

VGBS is Live at TooManyGames in Philadelphia, PA. Topic Include: VGBS Kickstarter Panel Intros Hacks Translations Homebrews Bootlegs Parodies Mario Aftermarket Games Memblers aka Yoda 1 Everdrives Collecting: To Each Their own Focusing on Finishing Games Tepples aka Yoda 2 NES Maker (DIY Game Creator) What the Future Holds... This is VGBS!

This time we analyze Nintendo Power's highest reviewed NES games of all time…so what do we think? Let's find out! Here’s the review score breakdown: 1 Mega Man 2 - 9.25 2 Super Mario Bros. 3 - 9.00 3 Fester's Quest - 8.80 4 The Adventures of Bayou Billy - 8.75 5 P.O.W.: Prisoners of War - 8.70 6 Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos - 8.50 7 Shadowgate - 8.50 8 Mega Man 3 - 8.45 9 Battletoads -...

Topics Include: You Always Remember Your First... Free Dragon Warrior Offer Free FF Strategy Guide Offer Classified Information Pak Watch Reading NP as a Kid vs Adult Classic Covers and Spine Binding Changes Current Collectibility Fun Club News and NP Flash Gold & Silver Covers Finding Mags in the Wild Bagging, Boarding, and Storage Getting Deals and Steals Nowadays This is VGBS!

Topics Include: Getting the Switch/Zelda Bundle Uncovering the Vast Hyrule Landscape The Sheikah Slate Button Programming Size and Scope - Past and Present Enemies of Old Return Epic Battles Abound! Wild Realism in Newer Games When Thy Weapon Breaks... Obtaining Items, Suits, and Rupees The Shrines Magnetism Madness Pokémon Snap's Revenge The Dungeons Clientele Retention Tactics Using the Towers t...

Topics Include: Coleco Retro Gaming & Collectibles Expo 2017 ColecoVision Memories Q*bert - 'Don't Go Up' Strategy Controller Talk Analyzing Cyclical Trends within the Hobby Chris' Books NES Accessibility vs Coleco Era and Prior Homebrew Quality Control The Coleco Chameleon Story How Chris Got Involved with Coleco Holdings LLC Unreleased ColecoVision Games Confirmed! Ladybug (Chris' First Cole...

VGBS is Live at Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, WI. Topic Include: The New NES Revolution What Makes the NES so Special? Before the Days of the Internet... The Nintendo Marketing Beast DIY Passion Projects Delving into the NES Homebrew Scene Famicom Classics not on the NES NES Programming and Community The Evolution and Future of Homebrew Demakes/Backports Unlocking New Uses with Old Peripher...

Power was out for Kyle and he didn't have the Internet. Luckily the always awesome Sarumaru, from the unique YouTube channel Retro Jipang and one of the madmen behind the amazing TurboGrafx 16 game Henshin Engine was around to shoot the shit. Here are the topics: -Nintendo Switch Pre-Order Story -Unexpected DIY Project Hurdles -Henshin Engine (PC Engine/TG-16/Steam Homebrew) and Future NES Port -W...

Topics Include: Our Initial Playthroughs Arc System Works Overview DD Hazard Platforming Differences from Other DD Games Moves & Controls Kaveman Kyle's Steam Experience X91 Hyperkin Controller (PC/Xbox One) Special Move Insanity! Tips & Strategies Roper Don't Play Nice No Moe DD End Boss Comparisons Tower Mode & Unlockable Characters No Online Multiplayer!? Music Types: Normal or Retr...

Topics Include: Super Nintendo Buyer's Guide (EGM) Crazy Rental Tales Going to the Chipster's SNES vs NES Difficulty Piss Poor Platformers Buster Busts Loose! Super Game Boy Boxes Rare's 3D Rendering Tech Console Yellowing & Brittle Plastic SNES CD This is VGBS!

Topics Include: SNES Brief Overview Link to the Past Love Killer Instinct - Killer Combo Madness SNES Games Stolen! Getting SNES 1 Day after Launch! Uniracers Donkey Kong Country 101% Stolen Games Regained This is VGBS!

In this episode we talk about the immediate funding of Jeff’s newest Kickstarter book project and comparisons to his previous ones. We then go into the past, present and future of the NES homebrew scene and discuss researching these games for the project. This is VGBS!

Delving deep into the concept of Nostalgia having a finite shelf-life, most notably NES Nostalgia in particular. Other podcasts feel like everyone is going to stop caring about the NES, going to the classic Nintendo gloom and doom. Here are our thoughts… This is VGBS!

The 3DNES is a wonderful emulator, however it requires a lot of customization to get things running smoothly. Kyle goes over some of the ins and outs. We also have on Dayvv Brooks, a former Nintendo of America game counselor and quality control Tester! He was also involved in a lot of localization efforts for the original NES and SNES, including why the Koopa Kids got their names… This is VGBS!

VGBS is Live at RetroGameCon in Syracuse, NY. This was probably the smallest crowd we’ve ever had for a panel, because the location was hidden and they announced the wrong time! However my guest was Thor Aackerlund, the winner of the 1990 Nintendo World Championships and a world record setting for NES Tetris. We dug deep into Thor’s past to dig up some Camerica stories and got him to open up on al...

BS Homework time and we are covering four Vic Tokai games that all have the same style gameplay, yet are on different systems and regions. From the NES to the SMS, then the Mega Drive and over to the Genesis, all of these games have similar aspects yet subtle differences. This is VGBS!

VGBS goes Live at Portland Retro Gaming Expo in Oregon. This panel has Mr. Fix-It himself John Riggs, the always hilarious Reggie Williams and the extremely talented gaming musician Sergio Elisondo. We talk SNES nostalgia, including our favorite games and experiences with the system. This was a pretty large crowd. This is VGBS!

It’s time to get ready to do the Gleeok Rock! We are officially over 100 hours with just VGBS which is insanity! We continue down the Hylian path into oblivion with our Legend of Zelda stories. Join us for the epic conclusion to an amazing game. This is VGBS!

Prepare yourself for the VGBS take on The Legend of Zelda for the NES! We do a perfect mix of badass strategies and secrets combined with perfectly articulating the pre-internet school-yard scene and the community that came with it. It’s all about Zelda stories and we wouldn’t have it any other way. This is VGBS!

In this special event, Jeff attending Gamester81’s panel at Retro World Expo in Connecticut, along with Dongled. Not only do we talk about new homebrew games that John and Collectorvision are working on, but we also tell old gaming stories as well!  This is VGBS!

We sit back with Rewind Mike and talk classic Konami and Capcom stories and his tributes for his YouTube channel. We then dovetail into talking about what other companies we want tributes for. We then talk about the special Crisis Force and Mr. Gimmick Chips, why they are hard to make reproductions of, cannibalizing Return of the Joker, NES programming and Joe Granato’s new NES Game Maker that he’...

VGBS goes Live at RetroWorld Expo in Connecticut. This is a hilarious panel as we show up late and I basically start the episode as John “Gamester81” Lester and I are running to the panel room. It turned into an amazing talk about the Colecovision and lots of Second Generation games and stories. Hearing things from four different perspectives, plus everyone in the crowd, was really great.  Th...

BS Homework is back and this time it is Chiki Chiki Boys for the Sega Genesis. How does the game hold up and do we go down the river as usual? This is VGBS!

In this episode we talk about our thoughts regarding the “Retro Revival”, the NES Classic and the relative unavailability of it. Do we even care? Topics include: NES Classic Mini, Powerpak/Everdrive, Raspberry Pi 3, X-Box CoinOPS, Alienware Alpha, Retro-Bit Generations, Retron 5, AVS and more… This is VGBS!

VGBS goes Live at Emerald Coast Con in Florida. This is a live panel with Austin McKinley who is the artist on the development team with Joe Granato working on the new NES homebrew Mystic Searches, as well as the film The New 8-Bit Heroes documenting the process.  This is VGBS!