Season 2 2016 - 2020

We take a look at publisher Renovation Products and ALL of the games they ever released... including a couple they were planning to but never did.

We continue taking a look at publisher Renovation Products and ALL of the games they ever released... including a couple they were planning to but never did.

We're back and we bring you an overview of the PS2 and some of it's games. This is not a greatest hits compilation. What are some of your favorite PS2 games? What does the system mean to you?

Once again we take a look at some cool things the gaming community is doing themselves on the retro scene, from modifying existing games to making new ones from the ground up. Retro games will always be alive!

We take a break from our normal formula to make fun of other Youtube gaming channels like AVGN Irate Gamer HappyConsoleGamer Metal Jesus and more! Who should we parody next?

Mmmmm this is a tasty episode that is sure to satisfy your hunger and quench your thirst!

Do some games take perhaps a bit too much inspiration from other, more popular games? Let's find out!

Joe and Dave pick some games that feature some great music. If this episode is well-received we will be sure to cover this topic again (we really, really want to!) What's some of your favorite game music?

Sometimes publishers take a franchise and rebuild it from scratch for whatever reason. Let's check out some of those games and see how they compare with the originals!

It's time to cover one of the greatest consoles in history. We look at the system and a lot of it's more exclusive games. What are your favorite memories of the 16-bit Nintendo console?

NES - Crisis Force, BattleToads, Metal Storm
GameBoy - Toy Story, X
Genesis - The Adventures of Batman & Robin, Toy Story
SNES - Toy Story
Nintendo 64 - World Driver Championship
Gamecube - F-Zero GX
PlayStation 3 - Grand Theft Auto V

*The Pokémon Go ending skit was intended for a later episode but quickly attached to this one before release. We didn't want to be late jumping on the Pokémon Go bandwagon. The ending skit that was originally made for this episode will appear in a later one.

*The Pokémon Go ending skit was shot at 24 frames per second for no particular reason.

*The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Sega CD) appears briefly in it's own segment. Resident Evil 4 (or is that 4 Resident Evil?) appears in the F-Zero GX segment. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4 version) appears in its own segment.

TurboGrafx-16 - Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, Alien Crush, Dungeon Explorer, Victory Run, Blazing Lazers, R-Type, Vigilante, China Warrior. The Legendary Axe, Power Golf, World Class Baseball
GameBoy - Tetris, Tennis, Baseball, Alleyway, Super Mario Land
Saturn - Virtua Fighter, Clockwork Knight, Bug!, Daytona USA, Worldwide Soccer Sega International Victory Goal, NHL All Star Hockey, Panzer Dragoon
Xbox - Halo, Dead or Alive 3, Project Gotham Racing, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, Power Stone, Hydro Thunder, Blue Stinger, The House of the Dead 2
Gamecube - Waverace Blue Storm, Luigi's Mansion, Star Wars Rougue Leader Rougue Squadron II, Super Monkey Ball, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

*This was a tougher than normal episode to do with all of the shots of the consoles and boxes. But at the same time it was a lot more fun for the same reasons.

TurboGrafx-16 Super CD - Shape Shifter
SNES - Legend
Dreamcast - Carrier, Spawn: In the Demon's Hand
PlayStation 2 - Gun
Xbox - ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth

*Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (arcade) appears briefly in the Legend segment. Recorded from the real acrade PCB.

*The camera scenes (except the inserts and ending skit) were shot at 24 frames per second for no particular reason. 2 people actually noticed!

*The ending skit for this episode was originally shot for episode 173 and the Pokemon Go skit was shot during the production of this one.

Famicom - Getsu Fuma Den
Super Famicom - Zenki Battle Raiden, Battle Zeque Den
Saturn - Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari
PlayStation - Robbit mon Dieu
PlayStation 2 - DreamMix TV: World Fighters

*Zenki FX (PC-FX) appears briefly during the Zenki Battle Raiden segment. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) appears briefly during the Getsu Fuma Den segment.

*There is no Game Sack logo when Joe and Dave first appear.

*Ronnit mon Dieu was played on a PlayStation 3 and purchased from the Japanese PS3 online store.

*Insector X (Famicom) and Virtua Racing (Genesis, 32X, PS2) appear briefly.

*Virtual Hydlide was fun to do. Not fun to play though.

GAMES SHOWN-

NES - Athena, Fist of the North Star
Genesis - Flicky, The New Zealand Story, Insector X, Traysia
SNES - Bebe's Kids, Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
Mega CD - Game no Kanzume Vol 1, Game no Kanzume Vol 2
Saturn - Virtua Racing, Battle Monsters, Virtual Hydlide

*Clockwork Knight and Mega Man 2 appear briefly in the Napple Tale and Mighty No. 9 segments, respectively.

GAMES SHOWN-

PlayStation - Pandemonium, G Darius
Dreamcast - Napple Tale
PSP - Ultimate Ghosts n' Goblins
PlayStation 3 - Puppeteer
PlayStation 4 - Mighty No. 9
Wii U - Yoshi's Woolly World

We take another exciting look at the Nintendo 64 and some of it's games we find interesting.

GAMES SHOWN

Nintendo 64 - Mystical Ninja starring Goemon, Goemon's Great Adventure, Castlevania, Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, Body Harvest, Quest 64, Ogre Battle 64, Paper Mario, Star Fox 64, Hybrid Heaven, Mario Party, Mario Party 2, Mario Party 3, Pokemon Snap, Star Wars Rogue Squadron, Star Wars Shadow of the Empire, 1080°, Snowboard Kids, Rocket: Robot on Wheels, Wave Race 64, Mario Kart 64, F-Zero X, Road Rash 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Super Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Donkey Kong 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day

Wanna get rich quick? It's easy!!! Just spend less on videogames and you'll be a high roller in no time! Checkout some games worth considering in this episode if you don't want to spend a lot of money.

GAMES SHOWN

Genesis - Death Duel, Mickey Mania, Lotus Turbo Challenge, Lotus 2, Skitchin'
Neo Geo - Art of Fighting 2
SNES - Top Gear, Top Gear 2
Saturn - Ghen War
Xbox - Black

Spiritual sequel, successor, offshoot, etc. These are all terms to describe a game that is... well... a spiritual successor. Not a true follow-up game in the same series.

GAMES SHOWN

TurboGrafx-16 - Side Arms, Forgotten Worlds
SNES - Pocky & Rocky
Saturn - Radiant Silvergun
Dreamcast - Metropolis Street Racer, Ikaruga
Xbox - Project Gotham Racing, Project Gotham Racing 2
Xbox 360 - Project Gotham Racing 3, Project Gotham Racing 4, Forza Horizon, Rez HD, Omega Five
Wii - Heavenly Guardian
PlayStation 3 - Child of Eden, Limbo
PlayStation 4 - Inside

Sometimes games are re-released in HD. Kind of like a Blu-ray version of a movie that was only on VHS or DVD before. But is it just a cash grab???

GAMES SHOWN -

PlayStation 3 - Devil May Cry, God of War Origins Colllection, Prince of Persia Trilogy 3D, Silent Hill HD Collection, ICO and Shadow of Collossus Collection
Xbox One - Resident Evil 4
PlayStation 2 - Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, Devil May Cry 3, Silent Hill 3, ICO, Shadow of the Collossus
GameCube - Resident Evil 4, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Xbox - Silent Hill 2
PSP - God of War: Chains of Olympus, God of War: Ghosts of Sparta

*Joe really enjoyed doing this episode as it gave him a chance to nitpick differences in different versions.

*Greendog!

Let's check out the original Xbox. It was a powerhouse of a console during its time, but not many people talk about this one much any more. They really should. Could this be the best Xbox console that ever was?

GAMES SHOWN -

Xbox - Panzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio Future, Jade Empire, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Blinx: The Time Sweeper, Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space, Soul Calibur 2, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freedom Fighters, The Warriors, Enter the Matrix, Dragon's Lair 3D, MX vs ATV Unleashed, Crimson Skies, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, Forza Motorsport, Voodoo Vince, Red Dead Revolver, Conker: Live & Reloaded, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Mechassault, Mechassault 2: Lone Wolf, Burnout Revenge, Dead Man's Hand, Halo, Halo 2, Cold Fear, Shenmue 2, Spikeout: Battle Street

Sometimes ports of games to other consoles just don't work out as well as they should.

GAMES SHOWN -
NES - Ninja Gaiden, Rad Racer, The 3D Batles of World Runner, Super Mario Bros.
Sega Master System - Shinobi, Out Run, Space Harrier, Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Genesis - Thunder Force III, Streets of Rage
SNES - Gradius III, Final Fight

Some more games we've had for a while and never got around to playing... UNTIL NOW! These are our first impressions with these games.

GAMES SHOWN -
Genesis - Outlander
PlayStation - Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle
Dreamcast - Illbleed
Wii - Counter Force, Lost in Shadow
PlayStation 3 - Alice: Madness Returns, Red Dead Redemption

We look at the AVS which is a great NES alternative which plays games over HDMI with next to no lag! This is NOT a sponsored video.

GAMES SHOWN -
NES - Lots of various games shown for illustrative and test purposes, but not reviewed.

We compare games to each other and pick a winner. There can only be one survivor in these comparisons. What games would you like to see us to put into battle?

GAMES SHOWN -
NES - Ninja Gaiden, Rad Racer, The 3D Batles of World Runner, Super Mario Bros.
Sega Master System - Shinobi, Out Run, Space Harrier, Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Genesis - Thunder Force III, Streets of Rage
SNES - Gradius III, Final Fight

More goodies that were never released outside of the fine land of Japan, including Policenauts!

GAMES SHOWN -
GameBoy - Chalvo 55
Mega Drive - Star Cruiser
Super Famicom - Super Mad Champ
Saturn - Policenauts
Xbox - Metal Wolf Chaos
GameBoy Advance - Densetsu no Sarfy

Analogue sent us this so we could review it. So we gave it a detailed inspection as we usually do. Is this something you would consider owning?

GAMES SHOWN -
NES - Lots of various games shown for illustrative and test purposes, but not reviewed.

Sometimes franchises come to an abrupt end. Why? We take a look at some games that could possibly be the cause of the death to certain franchises.

GAMES SHOWN-

GameBoy Advance - F-Zero GP Legend, F-Zero Climax

Nintendo DS - Lunar: Dragon Song

Xbox - Final Fight Streetwise

Wii - Metroid: Other M

Xbox 360 - Golden Axe: Beast Rider

PlayStation 3 - Burnout: Crash

Episode 191 - Time to have these systems battle it out and pick a winner once and for all!

*Technically this is the second video in the Game Battle series, but not actually called Game Battle 2. That will come later.

*Dave drove around Joe's neighborhood to get the in-car shots with him on the phone. Several takes were done and the one that worked best was almost right back at Joe's driveway.

Games shown -

Sony PlayStation - Crash Bandicoot, Tomba, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Metal Gear Solid, MediEvil, Final Fantasy VII, Suikoden, Vandal Hearts, Final Fantasy Tactics, Alundra, Gran Turismo 2, Ridge Racer Type 4, CTR - Crash Team Racing, Motor Toon Grand Prix, Twisted Metal, Guilty Gear, Tekken 3, Soul Blade, Gradius Gaiden, Einhander, The Raiden Project and more.

Saturn - Daytona USA, Sega Rally Championship, Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Super Street Fighter IIX, X-Men vs Street Fighter, Virtua Fighter 2, Fighting Vipers, Fighters Megamix, Dead or Alive, Metal Slug, The Legend of Oasis, Guardian Heroes, Saturn Bomberman, Galactic Attack, Radiant Silvergun, Nights, Burning Rangers, Quake, Steep Slope Sliders, Shining the Holy Ark, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Panzer dragoon, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Dark Savior, Shining Force III, Dragon Force and more

Episode 192 - We take another look at some more great games which originally were download-only that got releases on disc.

*Defender 2 (NES) appears briefly in the Aqua Kitty segment.

*Jen had to hold up Shantae in the ending skit as Dave was already using both hands to hold the PS4 and Joe was also on the camera too far away from Dave.

Games shown -

PlayStation 4 - Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, Lumo, Aqua Kitty, XeoDrifter
Xbox One - Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition, Ori and the Blind Forest: The Definitive Edition

Episode 193 - One wonders what goes through the minds of certain publishers when choosing the names to their games. What works in the meeting room doesn't always work in reality with gamers and their wallets.

Episode 194 - We're back taking a look at more crappy ports that bring shame to the original versions they're based on.

Episode 195 - Sometimes people like arguing about a game more than they like playing it. Let's take a look at some more games that cause great debate over how good they are... or aren't!

Episode 196 - Now is the time to pit games head to head and see which one is better. There can be no ties. The winner is absolute and will go down in history as FACT.

Episode 197 - We talk about every single light gun game available for the Saturn and even the PlayStation. Get ready for some screen flashing!

Episode 198 - Some arcade games turn out to be quite different when they get ported home. If it weren't for the name, you might not even know it's the same game. Or is it even the same game? Let's check some of these games out!

Episode 199 - We take a look at some more games that were remastered for the HD generation. Is this practice worthwhile or just a cash grab?

Episode 200 - In the 90's, having a bad attitude was seen as a surefire way to success. It worked for Sonic, and if you want YOUR product to have that kind of prosperity then you need to pile on the Tude!. More Tude = More $$$.

GAMES

Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog, Bubsy, Bubsy II, Socket, Chester Cheetah Too Cool to Fool, Chester Cheetah Wild Wild Quest, Earthworm Jim, Kid Chameleon, Awesome Possum, Greendog The Beached Surfer Dude, Toejam & Earl, Dinosaurs for Hire, Boogerman
SNES - Radical Rex, Zombies Ate my Neighbors, Rocky Rodent, Mo Hawk & Jeadphone Jack
Sega CD - Wild Woody
32X - Primal Rage
Saturn - Bug!, Gex
PlayStation - Bubsy 3D, Blasto, Crash Bandicoot
Nintendo 64 - Gex 2, Gex 3
PlayStation 2- Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Xbox - Conker Live & Reloaded
PlayStation 4 - Duke Nukem

Episode 201 - We take another look at some video game magazines from the past! And here's the first videogame magazine episode.

GAMES

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Episode 201 - We take another look at some video game magazines from the past! And here's the first videogame magazine episode

GAME

TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine - Tiger Road, Samurai Ghost, Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge, Bonk 3, Gomola Speed, Liquid Kids, Son Son II, Bloody Wolf, Valkyrie no Densetsu, Super Star Soldier, Final Soldier, Soldier Blade, Ordyne, Galaga '90, Hana Taka Dana!?, New Adventure Island, Falcon, Gunboat, Marchen Maze, Final Lap Twin
CD/Super CD/Duo - Bonk 3 CD, Last Alert, Shadow of the Beast, John Madden Duo CD Football, Godzilla, Pop 'n Magic, Cotton, Faussete Amour
SuperGrafx - 1941 Counter Attack, Aldynes, Granzort, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Battle Ace, Darius Plus

*This is a follow-up to episode 13 which was released over 6 years before this episode.

Episode 203 - So we're looking at some accessories that are being made for your old consoles and we're taking a look at a few clone consoles as well!

Episode 204 - We finally take a look at Sega's original portable system designed to take on the GameBoy. It's a curious little system that didn't quite reach the same levels of success but still has some fun stuff!

GAMES:

Game Gear - Ristar, Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2, Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe, Defenders of Oasis, Phantasy Star Gaiden, Sylvan Tale, Deep Duck Trouble, The Lucky Dime Caper, Land of Illusion, Legend of Illusion, Greendog, Alien Syndrome, Gunstar Heroes, Coca-Cola Kid, Fantasy Zone Gear, Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 2, GG Aleste, Power Strike 2, GG Doraemon, Shinobi, Shinobi 2, Panzer Dragoon Mini, Road Rash, Space Harrier, G-LOC Air Battle, Mega Man, Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco 2: Tides of Time, Devilish, Ninja Gaiden, Batman Returns, Tempo Jr.

Episode 205 - We take another look at the last games in popular franchises that have seemed to die off.

GAMES:

NES - Castlevania
Genesis - Earthworm Jim, Castlevania Bloodlines
GameBoy - Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge
SNES - The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse, Magical Quest 2 starring Mickey and Minnie/The Great Circus Mystery, Magical Quest 3
Saturn - Earthworm Jim 2
Nintendo 64 - Earthworm Jim 3D, Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Castlevania
GameBoy Color - Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy
GameBoy Advance - Banjo Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
PlayStation - Silent Hill, Dino Crisis, Dino Crisis 2
PlayStation 2 - Silent Hill 2, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, Dino Stalker
Xbox - Dino Crisis 3
Wii - Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth
Xbox 360 - Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
PlayStation 3 - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
PlayStation Vita - Silent Hill: Book of Memories
PlayStation 4 - P.T.

Episode 206 - Let's check out some games that combine driving and fighting with weapons all the while!

GAMES:

Genesis - Car Combat, Rock 'n Roll Racing
SNES - Rock 'n Roll Racing
PlayStation - Twisted Metal, Twisted Metal 3, Twisted Metal: Small Brawl, Vigilante 8, Vigilante 8: Second Offense, Wipeout
Dreamcast - Vigilante 8: Second Offense
PlayStation 3 - Full Auto 2: Battlelines, Twisted Metal
GameBoy Advance - Karnaaj Rally
PlayStation 4 - Wipeout: Omega Collection

We take a look at some more games that do much more than one might expect them to with the hardware that they run on!

GAMES:
NES - Bible Buffet, Skate of Die 2, Elite, Tetrastar, Moon Crystal
TurboGrafx-CD/PC Engine CD/Duo - Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
Genesis - Panorama Cotton
GameBoy - Days of Thunder
GameBoy Color - Street Fighter Alpha
Super Nintendo - Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius
Sega CD - Soul Star
32X - Darxide, Metal Head
GameBoy Advance - Driver 3
PlayStation 3 - The Last of Us, Okami HD

We take a look at some more arcade games that were never ported to play on home consoles or computers. These are great games, they should have come home!

GAMES:
Arcade - Martial Masters, Crime Fighters, Battle Circuit, Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II, ESP R.A.D.E., Shadow Force, Guardians, Joe & Mac Returns, Pirates, Gundhara

We show you our haul from the last few conventions we've been to and PLAY the games!

GAMES:
NES - Kid Klown in Night Mayor World
Saturn - Super Tempo, Last Bronx, The Horde, Pocket Fighter, Road Rash
PlayStation - Wing Commander III, Silverload, Gran Turismo 2
Dreamcast - Bleemcast: Gran Turismo 2
PlayStation 3 - Need for Speed: The Run

We're back taking another look at more games that were never released outside of Japan!

GAMES:
Super Famicom - Super Ninja Kun, Wrecking Crew '98, Go Go Ackman, Go Go Ackman 2, Go Go Ackman 3
Saturn - Vatlva, Linkle Liver Story
PlayStation 2 - Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star

We're looking at some good compilations that promise to give you a lot of bang for your buck! Do they?

GAMES:
Saturn - Capcom Generation Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
PlayStation - Midway presents Arcade's Greatest Hits The Atari Collection 2, Namco Mueseum Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Atari Anniversary Edition Redux, Arcade Party Pak
Dreamcast - Sega Smash Pack Volume 1

It's always fun to play games on their original consoles, but lots of people never had the chance to play even semi-recent games for one reason or another. And with many other games getting HD makeovers, here are some that companies and sometimes even gamers themselves have forgotten about that definitely need some modern love. Special thanks to Yoshi Vu for the conceptualized Wave Race HD visuals!

GAMES:
Saturn - Grandia
PlayStation - Jumping Flash!, Jumping Flash 2, Robbit Mon Dieu
Nintendo 64 - Wave Race 64
Dreamcast - Shenmue, Shenmue 2, Grandia 2, Skies of Acradia
PlayStation 2 - Grandia 3, Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Shinobi, Nightshade
GameCube - Wave Race Blue Storm
Wii - Metroid Prime Trilogy

Not every game gets released. The reasons for their cancellations vary all over the place. In this episode we take a look at several and some of the circumstances that caused them not to be released.

GAMES:
NES - Titan Warriors
Genesis - Jesse "The Body" Ventura Wrestling Superstars
Super Nintendo - Super Shadow of the Beast, Pinkie
GameBoy Color - Resident Evil
Saturn - Return Fire
Nintendo 64 - Mini Racers
Dreamcast - Propeller Arena, Hellgate, Geist Force

Here are some more of our "recent" pickups we've gotten. And we might as well review them while we're at it! Always a good excuse to play and talk about random games and our circumstances for getting them!

GAMES:
NES - Power Blade, Rockin' Kats
Genesis - Zany Golf
PlayStation - Floating Runner, Wild Arms
PlayStation 2 - GhostBusters: The Video Game
Dreamcast - 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker
PlayStation 3 - Binary Domain
Wii U - Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Edition

Ever get sick of rescuing the princess? Wanna maybe try to kidnap the princess instead? Then perhaps games like these are for you. Here we focus on games where the main protagonist is concentrating on doing evil things for evil reasons, a few of which you may never have heard of until now!

GAMES:
GameBoy - Warioland: Super Mario Land 3
Dreamcast - Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
PSP - What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord 2, Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?
PlayStation 3 - Destroy All Humans!, Overlord: Raising Hell, Darksiders
Vita - Army Corps of Hell

The MSX line of home computers were popular between 1983 and 1995. In this episode we focus solely on many of the games that were released for the computer. From some of the more popular ones to some of the obscure ones, there's lots of great stuff to play!

GAMES:
MSX - Sky Jaguar, Front Line, Contra, Penguin Adventure, Black Onyx II, Fantasy Zone, Rastan Saga, Golvellius (cart), Golvellius (disk), Ikari, Ys, Ys II, Ys III, Aleste, Aleste 2, Aleste Gaiden, Scion, Super Laydock, Exerion, Vampire Killer (Castlevania), Space Manbow, Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, SD Snatcher

We're taking a look at games that were spun off from popular franchises in an effort to milk some more cash out of the IP. But are they any good? Let's find out together!

GAMES
MSX - Metal Gear
Genesis - Eternal Champions, X-perts
Sega CD - Eternal Champions
PlayStation - Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider
Dreamcast - House of the Dead 2, Zombie Revenge, Typing of the Dead, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2
PlayStation 2 - Metal Gear Solid 2
Xbox - Ninja Gaiden, Shadow the Hedgehog
GameBoy Advance - Pinball of the Dead
PSP - Persona
Xbox 360 - Ninja Gaiden 2, Ninja Gaiden 3
PlayStation 3 - Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Persona 4 Arena, Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, Tomb Raider
Vita - Persona 4 Golden
Xbox One - Rise of the Tomb Raider
PlayStation 4 - Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

Sometimes life doesn't let you sit down with a game that requires 480 hours of grinding just to get past the first boss. And sometimes you just want a quick game fix on more modern systems. Here's a few we recommend you check out for those times.

GAMES
PlayStation 3 - Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
PlayStation 4 - Rez Infinite, Abzu, Firewatch, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, Call of Duty: WW2

Ever wonder what the BEST game in a particular series is? How about the WORST one? Well in this episode we take a few different series and find the best and the worst examples from those series!

GAMES
Master System - The Cyber Shinobi
Genesis - The Revenge of Shinobi, Shadow Dancer
Super Famicom - Ys V: Kefin, Lost Kingdon of Sand
Saturn - Saturn Bimberman
PlayStation 2 - Crash: Mind Over Mutant
Gamecube - Animal Crossing
Xbox 360 - Bomberman Act : Zero
PlayStation 3 - Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic '06)
Wii U - Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival
PlayStation 4 - Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
Switch - Sonic Mania

We're not really reviewing games this time. Instead we're talking about special memories and stories surrounding our history with these games. We hope you like hearing about these as much as we like telling them! Do you have a great gaming story you'd like to tell?

GAMES
NES - Jackal, Dr. Mario
Master System - Black Belt
TurboGrafx-CD - Lords of Thunder
Genesis - Sword of Vermilion, Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf, Gaiares
SNES - Street Fighter II' Turbo, Super Mario All*Stars
Wii U - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Some games lend themselves to being pulled down from the shelf played quickly and often. These are some of our favorites as it's hard not to be in the mood to play these!

GAMES
NES - Gun.Smoke
Master System - Ghost House, Castle of Illusion
TurboGrafx-16 - The Legendary Axe, The Legendary Axe 2, R-Type 1, R-Type 2
Genesis - Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Golden Axe, Shadow Dancer
SNES - Super Mario Kart
GameBoy Color - Wendy Every Witch Way

More games that only remind us of how good the originals are, and how sad you'll be if you waste your money on any of these!

GAMES
Arcade - Strider, Pit Fighter, Golden Axe, Turbo Out Run, Mortal Kombat
Master System - Strider, Golden Axe
PC Engine Arcade CD - Strider
Genesis - Pit Fighter, Turbo Out Run
GameBoy - Mortal Kombat
SNES - Pit Fighter
Saturn - X-Men vs Street Fighter
PlayStation - X-Men vs Street Fighter
GameBoy Advance - Golden Axe

Plastering a celebrity's name on a product helps it sell. Especially sports games, but we're not talking about sports games here. But are they games that you'll wanna play after the novelty of the big name wears off?

GAMES
Arcade - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
NES - Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Master System - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
TurboGrafx-16 - Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Genesis - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
SNES - Shaq-Fu, Michael Jordan Chaos in the Windy City
Sega CD - Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors
Saturn - Revolution X featuring Aerosmith
PlayStation - Jackie Chan Stuntmaster
GameBoy Advance - Kiss Pinball
Dreamcast - Kiss Psycho Circus
PlayStation 3 - Fast Draw Showdown with Wes Flowers
Xbox One - Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn

GAMES SHOWN:
NES - Monsters in My Pocket
PlayStation - Ace Combat 2
GameBoy Advance - Medal of Honor: Infiltrator
Xbox 360 - Nier
PlayStation 3 - Catherine
PS Vita - Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax

GAMES SHOWN:
Dreamcast - Toy Story 2, 102 Dalmatians
PlayStation 2 - Tak and the Power of Juju, i-Ninja, Vexx
PlayStation 3 - Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Xbox One - Super Lucky's Tale

GAMES SHOWN:
TurboGrafx-CD - Valis 2, Valis 3, Last Alert, Final Zone 2, Ys III: Wanderers From Ys, JB Harold Murder Club
Sega CD - Final Fight CD
PlayStation - Time Crisis, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Mega Man 8, Resident Evil
Dreamcast - The House of the Dead 2
PlayStation 2 - Chaos Wars, Vampire Night, Michigan: Report From Hell, Dynasty Warriors 3
Gamecube - Resident Evil
Wii - Ghost Squad

Tons of different games from both Capcom and Konami for various systems from early arcade up to modern consoles. No actual reviews per se.

Tons of different games for PC Engine/TurboGrafx HuCard and CD, Genesis, Super Nintendo and Gamecube. No actual reviews.

GAMES SHOWN:
Master System - Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, Alex Kidd High Tech World, Alex Kidd BMX Trial, Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Genesis - Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 2, Streets of Rage 3, Rocket Knight Adventures, Sparkster, Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Neo-Geo - Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown 2, Samurai Shodown 3, Samurai Shodown 4, Samurai Shodown 5 Special
SNES - Sparkster
Saturn - Fighting Force, Samurai Spirits RPG
PlayStation - Fighting Force, Bloody Roar, Bloody Roar 2
Nintendo 64 - Fighting Force, Turok Dinosaur Hunter
Dreamcast - Fighting Force 2
Neo Geo Pocket Color - Samurai Shodown 2
PlayStation 2 - Bloody Roar 3, Bloody Roar 4, Samurai Shodown Anthology, Samurai Shodown Warrior's Rage
Xbox - Turok Evolution, Bloody Roar Extreme
Xbox 360 - Samurai Shodown Sen
PlayStation 3 - Turok, Rocket Knight

GAMES SHOWN:
NES - The Guardian Legend, The Adventures of Bayou Billy, Blaster Master
Genesis - Toy Story, Back to the Future III, CrossFire, Thunder Force 2
TurboGrafx-16 - Final Lap Twin, World Court Tennis
GameBoy Advance - Sigma Star
Switch - Blaster Master Zero

There's been a lot of games based on the various Star Trek franchises over the years. Are any of them any good? We play a bunch of them trying to find something that offers some videogame enjoyment not only for Star Trek fans, but videogame fans in general. With special guest Manu Intiraymi, Icheb from Star Trek Voyager.

Episode 232 - Sometimes you're just in the mood for a good scare. You can't get that so you decide to play videogames instead! We take a look at some more games that attempt to scare the player... some of them may even succeed! Boo! Are you scared?

GAMES
NES - Haunted Halloween'85
PlayStation - Swagman
PlayStation 2 - Fatal Frame
PlayStation 3 - Dead Space
PlayStation 4 - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Until Dawn, Slain

Episode 233 - Comic book heroes are always popular to try to translate into other forms of media,like movies and, yes, videogames. So we take a look at a few of them here.

GAMES
Genesis - X-Men, X-Men 2, Wolverine: Adamantium Rage, Phantom 2040
SNES - Jim Lee's Wild C.A.T.S., Wolverine: Adamantium Rage, Phantom 2040
GameBoy Advance - Daredevil
PlayStation 2 - The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
Xbox - The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
PlayStation 3 - Batman: Arkham City
PlayStation 4 - Marvel Spider-Man

Episode 234 - The Sega Genesis was immensely popular in North America, outselling Nintendo for a while and fully riding the 'tude era. Nintendo finally had some real competition. There are many fantastic games on the console that a lot of retro game fans these days may have overlooked because they weren't on a Nintendo system. And that's primarily what we're focusing on in this episode, the games that made the Genesis great that you really couldn't get anywhere else at home.

GAMES
Genesis - Altered Beast, Dynamite Duke, Quackshot starring Donald Duck, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Strider, The Revenge of Shinobi, Shadow Dancer, Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master, Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 2, Streets of Rage 3, Rocket Knight Adventures, Contra Hard Corps, Castlevania Bloodlines, Gunstar Heroes, Alien Soldier, Out Run, Hard Drivin', Virtua Racing, Road Rash, Road Rash 2, Road Rash 3, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic Spinball, Pulseman, Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco: Tides of Time, Ecco Jr, M.U.S.H.A., Thunder Force 2, Thunder Force 3, Thunder Force 4, Fire Shark, Gain Ground, Ristar, Shining Force, Shining Force 2, Phantasy Star 2, Phantasy Star 3, Phantasy Star 4, Splatterhouse 2, Splatterhouse 3, Toejam & Earl, Toejam & Earl: Panic on Funkotron, Wonder Boy in Monster World, Alisia Dragoon, Greendog, Landstalker, Light Crusader, Ghostbusters, Gauntlet 4

Episode 235 - Usually games licensed from TV shows and/or movies tend to suck. Well we looked long and hard and came up with some that are totally worth playing! Check it out!

GAMES
NES - New Ghostbusters 2
SNES - Goof Troop
PlayStation - Blazing Dragons
PlayStation 2 - The Warriors
PlayStation 4 - Transformers: Devastation, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, South Park: The Stick of Truth

Episode 241 - Join us as we take a look at several of the "classic" or "mini" systems that you can buy which come preloaded with games such as the Nintendo NES Classic Edition, the Famicom Classic Mini, the Super NES Classic Edition, The Super Famicom Classic Mini, the Neo Geo Mini, the PlayStation Classic, and the C64 Mini. How do they perform? Are they worth your money?

No game reviews, instead lots of games are shown as examples of things that piss us off. The Pet Peeves listed in this episode are:

-The Unnecessarily Annoying Noise
-The Greedy Second Player
-The Radio Buddy
-Knocked Back Into Frustration
-Too Close to the Edge
-Unintentionally Friendly Damage
-Unskippable Cutscenes
-Bosses Without Life Bars
-Water Drops of Death
-Only Death is Offscreen

No game reviews, instead many Genesis, Sega CD, and Master System games are shown to demonstrate the quality and functionality of the Mega Sg which is an FPGA-based Sega Genesis clone.

Arcade - Virtua Racing
NES - Mickey's Safari in Letterland, Attack Animal Gakuen
Master System - OutRun, OutRun Europa, Space Harrier 3-D
Genesis - Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse, Fantasia
GameBoy - Race Drivin'
Lynx - Hard Drivin'
Saturn - OutRun, Space Harrier, Night Striker S
PlayStation 2 - Virtua Racing Flatout, Sega Rally Championship, Galaxy Force
Xbox - OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Xbox 360 - OutRun Online Arcade
PlayStation 3 - Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Theives
PSP - Uncharted: Golden Abyss
PlayStation 4 - Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Shovel Knight: Sword of Hope, Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows
PC - Strike Blazinger

Lynx - California Games, Batman Returns, Blue Lightning, Gauntlet: The Third Encounter, Chip's Challenge, Xenophobe, Electrocop, Ninja Gaiden, Ninja Gaiden III, The Gates of Zendocon, Double Dragon, Gordo 106, Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf, RoadBlasters, Rygar, Pac-Land, Dirty Larry: Renegade Cop, S.T.U.N. Runner, Checkered Flag, Hydra, Klax, Todd's Adventures in Slime World, Warbirds, Scrapyard Dog

Dave's final episode of Game Sack. But keep looking, he'll pop up again!

PlayStation 4 - Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap, Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition, Wild Guns Reloaded
Switch - Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, Owlboy, Guacamelee! 2, Golf Story
Xbox One - Cuphead

Lots of different games shown for different arcaden, console, and computer platforms running on the MiSTer. The only game that ran on a real console was a few seconds of Dragon's Curse for the TurboGrafx-16 for illustrative purposes.

Arcade - Haunted Castle
PC Engine Super CD - Akumajo Dracula X Chi no Rondo aka Castlevania Rondo of Blood
Genesis - Castlevania Bloodlines
SNES - Super Castlevania IV, Castlevania Dracula X
Sharp X68000 - Akumajou Dracula

Saturn - Willy Wombat
PlayStation - LSD: Dream Emulator, Fantastic Pinball Kyuutenkai
Dreamcast - Segagaga
Nintendo DS - Soma Bringer
PSP - Ys vs Sora no Kiseki Alternative Saga

Games Shown:
Genesis - Slaughter Sport
SNES - Rise of the Robots
3DO - Rise of the Robots
Saturn - Crimewave, Rise 2: Resurrection, Pinball Graffiti
Nintendo 64 - Superman
PlayStation 3 - Ride to Hell: Retribution

Games Shown:
PlayStation 4 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Switch - Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

Games Shown:
Genesis - It Came From the Desert, Zombie High, Swamp Thing
SNES - Tom vs Jerry: The Chase is On, Atmosfear, Batman, Batman Revenge of the Joker, Power Slide
GameBoy Color - Gekido
32X - Pinocchio, X-Men, Clayfighter 2
Saturn - Armed, Atomic Runner Chelnov
GameBoy Advance - Battletoads

Games Shown:
Arcade - Soul Calibur, Punch-Out!!, Super Punch-Out!! Tekken Tag Tournament, Contra, Super Contra, Super Hang-On, Super Monaco GP, Double Dragon II, Ninja Gaiden, Shadow Dancer, Bionic Commando, Gun.Smoke, Rygar
NES - Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, Contra, Super C, Double Dragon II, Ninja Gaiden, Bionic Commando, Gun.Smoke, Rygar
PC Engine - Double Dragon II
Genesis - Super Hang-On, Super Monaco GP, Shadow Dancer
Dreamcast - Soul Calibur
PlayStation 2 - Tekken Tag Tournament
Xbox 360 - Soul Calibur
PlayStation 3 - Tekken Hybrid

Products reviewed - Retropad 32, Submodule GB01, DC HDMI, EON GCHD MK II, CARBY Gamecube HDMI, EON Super 64

Games Shown:
All 42 games that are on the console are shown briefly.

Games Shown:
NES - Haunted Halloween '86
TurboDuo - FX Unit Yuki
Genesis - Tanglewood, FX Unit Yuki
Dreamcast - 4x4 Jam, Alice's Mom's Rescue, Dux version 1.5, Redux, Last Hope, Fast Striker, Gunlord, Neo XYX, FX Unit Yuki, Ghost Blade
Switch - Gunlord X

Games Shown:
Dreamcast - Jet Grind Radio, Under Defeat
PlayStation 2 - Zone of the Enders, Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Gamecube - Resident Evil Zero, Resident Evil
Wii - The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
PlayStation 3 - Jet Set Radio, Under Defeat HD Deluxe Edition, Zone of the Enders HD Collection
Wii U - The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD
PlayStation 4- Resident Evil: Origins Collection

Games Shown:
NES - Dr. Mario, Batman
Genesis - The Revenge of Shinobi, Shinobi III, Aladdin, Castlevania Bloodlines, Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition
SNES - The Lion King

Games Shown:
PlayStation - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Saturn - Akumajo Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight
Game Boy Advance - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
DS - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

Products reviewed - mClassic HDMI upscaler, GBA Consolizer, Level Hike HDMI cables for Neo Geo TurboGrafx-16 and PSP, RetroTINK 2x, Terraonion Mega SD

Games Shown:
Genesis - Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition, Super Street Fighter 2, Double Dragon, Super Off Road, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Bible Adventures, Chakan The Forever Man, Marble Madness, Barney's Hide and Seek, Ultimate Qix, Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball, Turbo OutRun, X-Men, Osomatsu-Kun

Games Shown:
Game Boy Advance - Mario Kart Super Circuit, Ninja Five-O, Sonic Advance, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, Advance Guardian Heroes, Gunstar Super Heroes, Astro Boy The Omega Factor, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Metroid Fusion, Metroid Zero Mission, Super Monkey Ball Jr, Golden Sun, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Advance Wars, Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, Fire Emblem, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Wario Ware Inc, Warioland 4, Metal Slug Advance, Car Battler Joe, Iridion II

No games reviewed, just displayed on the TV for illustrative purposes.

Games Shown:
NES - Dragon Fighter, Super Spy Hunter
Genesis - Two Crude Dudes, Growl
PlayStation 2 - Sub Rebellion, Genji: Dawn of the Samurai

Games Shown:
Evercade - Atari Collection 1, Atari Collection 2, Interplay Collection 1, Interplay Collection 2, Data East Collection 1, Technos Collection 1, Piko Interactive Collection 1, Namco Museum Collection 1, Namco Museum Collection 2, Mega Cat Studios Collection 1

Games Shown:
PC - The Neverhood Chronicles, Nux, Platypus, Platipus 2
Mac - Armikrog, The Dream Machine
SNES - ClayFighter, ClayFighter Tournament Edition, ClayFighter 2: Judgment Clay, Claymates
PlayStation - Skullmonkeys
Nintendo 64 - ClayFighter 63 1/3, ClayFighter: Sculptor's Cut

Games Shown:
Arcade - A.B. Cop, Desert Assault, CarnEvil, Arabian Fight, Violent Storm, Aurail, F1 Exhaust Note, F1 Super Lap, Burning Rival

Games Shown:
NES - Super Spy Hunter, Sword Master
TurboGrafx-16 - Ninja Spirit
PC Engine Arcade Card CD - Ryuuko no Ken
Genesis - Richard Scarry's Busytown
Game Boy - Ninja Spirit
Neo Geo - Art of Fighting
SNES - Touge Densetsu Saisoku Battle, Super Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back, Super Off Road: The Baja, Race Drivin', Speed Racer, Art of Fighting
Sega CD - Virtua Fighter, 32X,
32X - Virtua Fighter
Game Boy Advance - Motoracer Advance