The Typing Of The Dead - Episode 169
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Did you know that if you finish Typing this entire block of lines That you will be completely Dateless for the rest of your life? The Peripherals Y’alls miniseries starts with the best undead Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing simulator in the entire arcade - Sega’s Typing of the Dead! Is the bullet mightier than the keyboard? How did Sega take The House of the Dead 2 and make it even campier? Is pineapple on pizza an indicator that you’re in the Good Place or the Bad Place? Will Rob ever finish his Typing of the Dead candy cab? Listener questions for this episode include what animal would...
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Arcade Obscura (Vector Victor) - Episode 168
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Time to bring the Vector Victor miniseries in for a landing so please fasten your seatbelts and place your tray tables in the upright position as we descend into an Arcade Obscura. Rob brings us the first game to ever come out in the arcade after previously coming out on the home console. Jarrod brings us a tale of caution and woe with a game whose failure rate was legendary. Adam delivers on the mayhem with a major miss by a known brand. We might have set the record with the number of listener questions answered in an episode! We cover what our lottery dream cars would be, the oddest place...
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Star Wars - Episode 167
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Remember, the Force will be with you, always. The vector series continues with one of the best arcades to ever do it - Atari’s Star Wars. What very Star Trek name did Star Wars originally go by before Atari gained the license from Lucasfilm? How did a focus group give us one of the top arcade grails ever? Did we discover a hidden and somewhat obscene new arcade cabinet format? How many parcels make up a parsec? Ready we are to answer questions like what is our “white whale” of a game, do we pause for refreshments when recording an episode, and which of the three of us are responsible...
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Rankdouken - Episode 003 - Fruits
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Welcome to.....NOT Podouken, but Rankdouken. The internet's dumbest named ranking thing. In this episode, we take a listener request to rank......Fruits! Rankdouken is normally a YouTube exclusive show, be sure to check out our channel for more video contant such as Listener questions, and occasional game play sessions. Due to travel and life, Podouken missed an episode release, but will be back on our next scheduled upload date! For now, enjoy our bonus show, Rankdouken!
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Tempest - Episode 166
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Hell is empty, and all the devils are here. Any good miniseries must include the best game of that genre, so let’s discuss Dave Theurer’s gorgeous vector Atari game, Tempest. If Tempest was a steak what cut would it be? Why does this episode leave Rob breathless? Was the Cranberries Doors and Windows the best video game of 1995? Did Tempest birth the most popular arcade-based urban legend? We answer your most pressing questions like, have we played Arcade Paradise or similar arcade operator simulators, what’s our advice on staying cool, and would we rather be paid $1 million or earn...
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Star Castle - Episode 165
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Have fun storming the castle! We circle back with Cinematronics to see what they cooked up to compete with Atari’s Asteroids - the beautiful vector classic Star Castle. Did this game’s life begin as a game about the beginning of life? How did Atari’s failure to port this Star Castle lead to one of their biggest hits? If arcade games rose up to kill humans based on what the game was about, what would be the most terrifying game to die by? Why did Star Castle show up in so many films? Questions answered this episode include how we decide what games make the cut for our arcade, do we have...
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Battlezone - Episode 164
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Atari treads new ground with their first terrestrial vector arcade offering, Battlezone! Was this the first game with true military applications? How did constant complaining lead to getting credited in one of the best arcade games made? What genius idea did Pastblaster’s wife have to witness the Gumball 3000 rally for free? Was Battlezone the original Virtual Boy (but better in every way)? This episode’s listener questions include what animal behavior makes us question reality; and what fast food/arcade promotion would we like to see and what food would we like to see them sell? Join...
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Space Wars - Episode 163
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Roger, Roger. What’s our vector, Victor? In 1977 arcades lit up with a new vibrant and high-resolution display that brought a dead video game publisher back to life. This was the vector monitor and it did more than just connect the dots, it dropped jaws and led to some of the most memorable arcade games ever created. We kick off our new miniseries with the first vector coin-op game, Space Wars by Cinematronics! Was Larry Rosenthal, the creator of Space Wars, the best business man in the arcade industry? What elements from this game were “borrowed” by some of its more popular...
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Arcade Obscura (Three's Company) - Episode 162
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The Three’s Company apartment lease is up and it’s time to move out and move on in the only way we know how - with an Arcade Obscura on underrated or obscure three-player arcade games! The first pick is so undefineable that Jarrod had to create a new word for the genre. The next pick gives us gore and bad line deliveries to go with our beat ‘em up. The last pick takes a famous character, gives them two new friends, and has you do things with them that have never been tried again. We also talk about the recent UFO dump, the new Mortal Kombat 2 movie, and answer what things from the...
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Alien Vs. Predator - Episode 161
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Pastblaster finally gets his flowers as we cover one of his favorite games - Capcom’s excellent three-player beat ‘em up, Alien Vs. Predator. Where does Alien Vs. Predator rank on the list of all-time arcade beat ‘em ups? Are you familiar with the Vela Incident of 1979? How did comics lead directly to this game (and a movie that we’d rather not mention)? Did Christmas come early for Jarrod with a Neo Geo miracle? And we got listener questions! What is an arcade or pinball game where if we changed one element it would be perfect for us? In what may be our favorite listener question...
info_outlineThis “Behind the Music” is an 8-part retrospective of the biggest rhythm game franchise to ever hit the States (and the reason so many of us still have plastic guitars stashed in our hall closets). Featuring opening acts Harmonix and Red Octane, and headliner trio that gave us Guitar Hero Arcade - Activision, Konami, and Raw Thrills
What is the musical instrument-based peripheral you never got but always wanted in a Guitar Hero or Rock Band game? Could we see a reunion tour of Geriatric Drive-by in our lifetimes? Why is Rob fed up with FedEx? How are fan-created games like Clone Hero and YARG keeping the home rock star experience alive?
In lieu of answering listener questions we just go into a long rant about the Nintendo Direct. Well, some of us do. Join the Podouken Discord and post your own questions that could be included in a future episode so we never have to rant like this again: discord.gg/k5vf2Jz
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