Cartridge Club: The Game of the Month Podcast

Richard (@TheRamVox) and Curtiss kill all the younglings this month when they play Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith on the Game Boy Advance!

Does Richard's recommendation live up to the hype? Does Curtiss turn this podcast into a low key review of The Rise of Skywalker? And find out some other underrated Star Wars games you should check out! 

As always, follow along with the conversation every month on our forums at https://www.cartridgeclub.org or our community's discord: https://discord.gg/xqZQzR7.  

Interested in shirts, mugs, notebooks, or other gear featuring designs based on our Game of the Month selection?  Check out our merch shop at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/cartridgeclub

Don't forget to give our podcast a review on whatever podcast app that you use!  If you're interested in supporting us and our community - and get to be involved in the selection of future games of the month - check out how at https://www.patreon.com/CartridgeClub

Duke from Retro Nonsense (@Duke0619) joins Curtiss this month as they mostly come out at night to play Aliens Infestation on the Nintendo DS! And that's not all! The director of the game itself, Adam Tierney (@AdamTierneyWF), joins the crew and they discuss everything that went into creating this modern gem.

From developing the game all the way through release and everything in between, find out what exactly goes into producing a video game. Did Nintendo force the developers to implement stylus controls? Was this really sitting on a shelf for an entire year before it was released? What would Adam change if he could go back now and do it all over again? All this and more on this extra special edition of Cartridge Club Portable! Game over, man! Game over! 

As always, follow along with the conversation every month on our forums at https://www.cartridgeclub.org or our community's discord: https://discord.gg/xqZQzR7.  

Interested in shirts, mugs, notebooks, or other gear featuring designs based on our Game of the Month selection?  Check out our merch shop at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/cartridgeclub

Don't forget to give our podcast a review on whatever podcast app that you use!  If you're interested in supporting us and our community - and get to be involved in the selection of future games of the month - check out how at https://www.patreon.com/CartridgeClub

Snake?  Snake!  Snaaaake!  Join the newest Cartridge Club host Josh as he stealths through our latest episode with guests Ryan and Tim to discuss the November Game of the Month, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater!

Next Month, December, we'll be playing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

As always, follow along with the conversation every month on our forums at https://www.cartridgeclub.org or our community's discord: https://discord.gg/xqZQzR7.  If you are playing along, have our game of the month in your collection or just want to tell people about what we do each month, make sure to tweet/post/comment using the hashtag #PlayAlongWithPrime.

Interested in shirts, mugs, notebooks, or other gear featuring designs based on our Game of the Month selection?  Check out our merch shop at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/cartridgeclub

Don't forget to give our podcast a review on whatever podcast app that you use!  If you're interested in supporting us and our community - and get to be involved in the selection of future games of the month - check out how at https://www.patreon.com/CartridgeClub

LINKS to our Guests:

Ryan | Twitter: @ItsRocketSauce | Twitch

Tim | Twitter: @Haru0kay | YouTube

 

Host:

Josh| Twitter: @FranticSoceity 

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie: @FranticSociety

@xMattBandyx aka Matt Bandy joins Curtiss this month as they try to "Seek a way out" of 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors for the Nintendo DS! How good is Matt at sudoku? Curtiss discovers the 3DS Activity Log. Does Matt break the rating system?! 

Next month, we are playing Aliens: Infestation on the Nintendo DS.

As always, follow along with the conversation every month on our forums at https://www.cartridgeclub.org or our community's discord: https://discord.gg/xqZQzR7.  

Interested in shirts, mugs, notebooks, or other gear featuring designs based on our Game of the Month selection?  Check out our merch shop at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/cartridgeclub

Don't forget to give our podcast a review on whatever podcast app that you use!  If you're interested in supporting us and our community - and get to be involved in the selection of future games of the month - check out how at https://www.patreon.com/CartridgeClub

LINKS to our Guest:

Matt | Twitter: @xmattbandyx

 

Host 

Curtiss | Twitter: @CurtissFrisle

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie: @FranticSociety

 

Happy Halloween, Cartridge Club! This years treat is a new episode where we talk about the NES fan favorite Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse with guests Duke, Chris, and Matt.

Next Month, November, we'll be playing Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

As always, follow along with the conversation every month on our forums at https://www.cartridgeclub.org or our community's discord: https://discord.gg/xqZQzR7.  If you are playing along, have our game of the month in your collection or just want to tell people about what we do each month, make sure to tweet/post/comment using the hashtag #PlayAlongWithPrime.

Interested in shirts, mugs, notebooks, or other gear featuring designs based on our Game of the Month selection?  Check out our merch shop at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/cartridgeclub

Don't forget to give our podcast a review on whatever podcast app that you use!  If you're interested in supporting us and our community - and get to be involved in the selection of future games of the month - check out how at https://www.patreon.com/CartridgeClub

LINKS to our Guests:

Duke | Twitter: @Duke0619 | YouTube 

Chris | Twitter: @Bassguy654 | Twitch

Matt | Twitter: @xmattbandyx

 

Host:

Ryan | Twitter: @ItsRocketSauce | Twitch

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie: @FranticSociety

Eric aka @MightyQDawg and Kevin aka @Buried_On_Mars vertically and horizontally scroll in to talk about Nanostray 2 this month! What do they think about CCPortable's first "shmup"? Also, Eric explains the "Rules of QDawg Gaming". And find out some other great portable shoot 'em up games to check out! 

Next month, we are playing 999: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors on the Nintendo DS.

As always, follow along with the conversation every month on our forums at https://www.cartridgeclub.org or our community's discord: https://discord.gg/xqZQzR7.  

Interested in shirts, mugs, notebooks, or other gear featuring designs based on our Game of the Month selection?  Check out our merch shop at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/cartridgeclub

Don't forget to give our podcast a review on whatever podcast app that you use!  If you're interested in supporting us and our community - and get to be involved in the selection of future games of the month - check out how at https://www.patreon.com/CartridgeClub

LINKS to our Guests:

Eric/ twitter: @MightyQDawg

     YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMightyQDawg

Kevin / twitter: @Buried_On_Mars

     YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/BuriedOnMars

     The Quick Save Club: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/7g6c6-8b4e3/Quick-Save-Club-Podcast

     Retro Fandango: https://retrofandango.podbean.com/

 

Host 

@CurtissFrisle

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie: @FranticSociety

In the Cartridge Club's Season 7 Premiere, Musty brings along a couple of PC focused community members, Church and Kevin, to discuss Blizzard's 1998 RTS masterpiece - StarCraft.  What will they have to say when it comes to this PC classic?

Next month, we are playing Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse for the NES, or the more recently released Castlevania Anniversary Collection.

As always, follow along with the conversation every month on our forums at https://www.cartridgeclub.org or our community's discord: https://discord.gg/xqZQzR7.  If you are playing along, have our game of the month in your collection or just want to tell people about what we do each month, make sure to tweet/post/comment using the hashtag #PlayAlongWithPrime.

Interested in shirts, mugs, notebooks, or other gear featuring designs based on our Game of the Month selection?  Check out our merch shop at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/cartridgeclub

Don't forget to give our podcast a review on whatever podcast app that you use!  If you're interested in supporting us and our community - and get to be involved in the selection of future games of the month - check out how at https://www.patreon.com/CartridgeClub

LINKS to our Guests:

Church / twitter: @The_GameGrinder

     YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaXvTbmHUwgtw23k4DkGV8A

     The Game Tenants Podcast: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/vxf52-83186/The-Game-Tenants-Podcast

Kevin / twitter: @Buried_On_Mars

     YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/BuriedOnMars

     The Quick Save Club: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/7g6c6-8b4e3/Quick-Save-Club-Podcast

     Retro Fandango: https://retrofandango.podbean.com/

 

Host 

 

@MustyHobbit | https://twitch.tv/mustyhobbit

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie: @FranticSociety

In the Season 6 Finale of The Cartridge Club, we hit one of the most highly regarded JRPGs of all time in Chrono Trigger.  Musty and Rocket invite along for the ride two of the biggest fans of the games we can find in Alex (@SNESdrunk) and Steven (@DisposedHero) to discuss the game.  Will this much fandom be able to survive the ire of a non-RPG player?  

Next Month, our Season 7 Premiere: StarCraft (PC, Nintendo 64)

As always, follow along with the conversation every month on our forums at https://www.cartridgeclub.org or our community's discord: https://discord.gg/xqZQzR7.  If you are playing along, have our game of the month in your collection or just want to tell people about what we do each month, make sure to tweet/post/comment using the hashtag #PlayAlongWithPrime.

Interested in shirts, mugs, notebooks, or other gear featuring designs based on our Game of the Month selection?  Check out our merch shop at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/cartridgeclub

Don't forget to give our podcast a review on whatever podcast app that you use!  If you're interested in supporting us and our community - and get to be involved in the selection of future games of the month - check out how at https://www.patreon.com/CartridgeClub

LINKS to our Guests:

Alex / twitter: @SNESdrunk

     YT: https://www.youtube.com/snesdrunk

Steven / twitter: @DisposedHero

 

Hosts:

@ItsRocketSauce | https://twitch.tv/itsrocketsauce

@MustyHobbit | https://twitch.tv/mustyhobbit

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie: @FranticSociety

Chris Roberts aka @cwr2 goes back to the past with Curtiss this month to play Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures! Find out how many Rolling Rocks it took to conquer this game. They also recommend some other "terrible" games! 

Kathryn aka @k_song floats in to join Curtiss this month and talk about Super Princess Peach for the Nintendo DS! Did this game give them good VIBES? Why did it take nearly 20 years before Peach finally got her own game? And how do you pronounce Picross? 

Ryan and Musty invite on Chris (@NintendoHodge) and Jason (@CorpseFlood) to discuss the Caped Crusader's Second Arkham Adventure.  Where will it stack up against the other games in the Arkham series?  Did Jason really sport a Batman mask for the entirety of the show?

Next Month: Chrono Trigger (SNES, Playstation, Nintendo DS)

As always, follow along with the conversation every month on our forums at https://www.cartridgeclub.org or our community's discord: https://discord.gg/xqZQzR7.  If you are playing along, have our game of the month in your collection or just want to tell people about what we do each month, make sure to tweet/post/comment using the hashtag #PlayAlongWithPrime.

Interested in shirts, mugs, notebooks, or other gear featuring designs based on our Game of the Month selection?  Check out our merch shop at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/cartridgeclub

Don't forget to give our podcast a review on whatever podcast app that you use!  If you're interested in supporting us and our community - and get to be involved in the selection of future games of the month - check out how at https://www.patreon.com/CartridgeClub

 

LINKS to our Community Guests:

Chris

NintendoHodge on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/hodgsoncr

The Barrie Game Exchange: https://www.facebook.com/barriegameexchange/

Rambe, Record, Repeat: https://ramblerecordrepeat.podbean.com/

 

Jason

CorpseFloodGaming on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRc9diOIutuZIEYbptmVYEA

The Game Tenants Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/the-game-tenants

 

Hosts:

@ItsRocketSauce | https://twitch.tv/itsrocketsauce

@MustyHobbit | https://twitch.tv/mustyhobbit

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie: @FranticSociety

Welcome to a special MightyQBros podcast celebrating another 'Rick V. Day' anniversary!

On July 18, 1997, Eric "MightyQDawg" and his brothers received a very special package in the mail containing a huge lot of SMS games. It was a very exciting day for us, and one that stuck with us for the last two decades. In this podcast, Eric and his brother, Gavin, discuss how emulation motivated us to get back into console collecting which ultimately lead to our Rick V. Day pick-up. 

Enjoy the podcast!

Ryan and Musty invite on 2017's CCPodcast of the Year, Joe and Bill from Start to Continue, for a healthy talk about Naughty Dog's 2011 masterpiece, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.  

Bill: @STCPod

Joe: @ACDecepticon

Start to Continue Podcast: http://www.stcpod.com

 

Hosts:

@ItsRocketSauce

@MustyHobbit | https://twitch.tv/mustyhobbit

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie: @FranticSociety

Trav aka @travplaysgames swoops into action this month to join Curtiss as they take on Batman for the original Game Boy! In the first episode of season 3, the boys discuss this oddball game often dubbed "the one where Batman has a gun." They'll also figure out how to pronounce "Geoff" and recommend some other great games starring the Dark Knight! 

Want to chat about next month's game?  Drop by the forums at http://www.cartridgeclub.org and let us know if you're playing along.

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie (@franticsociety)

Cartridge Club is back with a Sega Classic, Shenmue.  Musty and Ryan invite on a panel of Cartridge Club members to discuss this gaming pioneer.  Do you know where I can find sailors?

Hosts

Musty - @MustyHobbit

Ryan - @ItsRocketSauce

 

Panel

Eric/MightyQDawg - @MightyQDawg

Mike/The Retrollectors - @retrollectors

Myles from Flock of Nerds - @FlockofNerds

 

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie - @franticsociety

Richard aka @TheRamVox says "Aloha!" to Curtiss this month as the two dive into the multi-genre treasure that is Lilo & Stitch for the Game Boy Advance! Is the game really a Metal Slug clone? How well does it represent the source material? They also recommend some other fun Disney games to check out! 

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie (@franticsociety)

This month on the Cartridge Club, Musty (@mustyhobbit) and Ryan (@itsrocketsauce) invite on two Zelda 2 superfans to discuss what may be a very misunderstood Zelda game.  

The Cartridge Club is a community of video game enthusiasts of all ages.  The club centers around this podcast, which functions a lot like a book club, only for video games.  Each month we select a game, invite the community to play along with us, and invite a few on to the show to have a discussion about the game.

This month's guests:

Erin (@Cherryb6mb)

Michael B The Game Genie (@MikeBGameGenie)

 

Thumbnails provided by:

Josh Leslie (@franticsociety)

 

Upcoming Games:

May - Shenmue

June - Uncharted 2

July - Batman Arkham City

August - Chrono Trigger

Church aka @The_GameGrinder joins Curtiss this month as they call the thunder with Thor: God of Thunder for the Nintendo DS!

Find out if they think this beat 'em up is worthy of wielding Mjolnir! They also discuss some other Marvel gems you should add to your video game catalogue! 

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie (@FranticSociety)

Interested in supporting the club?  Check out our merchandise shop for shirt and other gear: http://www.teepublic.com/stores/cartridgeclub

or

Take a look at our Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Cartridgeclub

 

@xmattbandyx & @Buried_On_Mars get crazy with Curtiss this month for March Madness* to discuss all things Game Boy Advance! The rules were simple: play any GBA game you want! The guys give their thoughts on everything the Cartridge Clubbers played this month and discuss Matt Bandy's Elite 8 bracket in this jam-packed episode! Thank you to everyone who chimed in on the forums or Twitter! 

 

*Nothing to do with the NCAA. Send all complaints to info@abbafanclub.nl 

The Cartridge Club is back for March's stroll through the Finch House to find out what really happened to Edith's family, and determine if there truly is a curse.  

Join Musty, Ryan, and our guest panel of Edith Finch superfans as we discuss the Giant Sparrow release of What Remains of Edith Finch.

Panel

Caleb J Ross (@calebjross)

Sarah (@Sarca_Sim)

Hosts

MustyHobbit (@mustyhobbit)

Ryan (@itsrocketsauce)

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Josh Leslie (@franticsociety)

 

As always, drop in at www.cartridgeclub.org, where you'll find our forums, and links to additional content from us and our community.

Interested in supporting the club?  Check out the merchandise shop over at www.teepublic.com/stores/CartridgeClub or look into our Patreon at www.patreon.com/CartridgeClub, where every dollar pledged goes toward maintaining the show and our little corner of the internet.

 

February is a month for love as we explore a game of love, betrayal and the terror of commitment - everything you wanted for your Valentine's Day - playing Catherine! 

Hosts

MustyHobbit/Joe - @MustyHobbit

ItsRocketSauce/Ryan - @ItsRocketSauce

Panel

Kathryn (Flock of Nerds/Flock Talk) - @k_song

Travis (Polykill/NESFriend) - @travplaysgames

 

Thumbnails

Josh Leslie - @FranticSociety

@itsRocketSauce aka Ryan soars into action alongside Curtiss to discuss Kid Icarus: Uprising for the Nintendo 3DS!

Does it really have the worst control scheme ever? What do Pit and Curtiss have in common? And was Ryan serious when he said THIS GAME is his favorite 3DS game??? 

Thumbnail by: Josh (@FranticSociety)

Don't let the gloomy winter weather get you down!  The Cartridge Club is back for January with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero as our game of the month.  

Join hosts Ryan (@ItsRocketSauce) and Musty (@MustyHobbit) as we invite on Josh (@Creep1337) and series mega-fan Church (@The_GameGrinder) to discuss everything we can possibly think of about our favorite hip-shaking city guardian.

Funding for the Cartridge Club is provided entirely from pledges from listeners like you.  If you're interested in supporting the club, please check out patreon.com/CartridgeClub.

Thumbnails provided by Josh Leslie - @FranticSociety

James aka @RetroPixil and Curtiss play the most expensive CCPortable game to date! Is Shantae worth the price of admission? Why was it such a failure upon its initial release? And does it deserve a place in YOUR collection?

 

Thank you for tuning into a very special episode of CCExtra. Dean Lasagna is joined by fellow clubbers Josh and Sergio, two of the biggest Kingdom Hearts experts we have, and over the next hour and a half, they're gonna teach you everything you need to know about the Story Thus Far.

Kingdom Hearts has a complex story to say the least. Underneath the guise of a lighthearted Disney game, you’ve got a tale with countless characters, and worlds, and time travel, and prophets, and cloning, and rewriting memories. It gets really deep. But, with the right building blocks, they'll help you piece the story together so you have everything you need to dive right into Kingdom Hearts III.

For the month of December, The Cartridge Club is taking a foray back to the era of afternoon cartoons with an NES classic from Capcom - DuckTales (Woo Hoo)! Players control Scrooge McDuck as he travels around the world and outer space in search of five treasures to further increase his fortune.

Hosts @MustyHobbit and @ItsRocketsauce invite on Chris @cwr2 and JDubious @DubiousGaming to discuss the NES classic platformer.

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@xmattbandyx joins Curtiss this month to remix the Capcom Classics Collection Remixed! They break down all 20 games and put them in the Pro column or the Con column. Will there be more Pros than Cons? Is Black Tiger the worst game ever made? And have you ever played Quiz & Dragons??? 

Thumbnail by Josh Leslie (@FranticSociety)

For the month of November, the Cartridge Club is taking a trip back to 1899 America, with Red Dead Redemption 2. 

After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Lind gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America in order to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him.

Hosts

Ryan - @ItsRocketSauce

Musty - @MustyHobbit

Panel

Josh - @FranticSociety

Jake - @TheMcAxl

 

The Cartridge Club is funded through generous pledges from members of our community through Patreon.  If you are interested in supporting the club and it's contributors, check out our offerings at patreon.com/CartridgeClub

Looking for a nice new shirt, mug, or pillow emblazoned with your favorite CC creator?  Check our our merchandise shop at teepublic.com/stores/CartridgeClub

Musty Hobbit busts out the BLADES OF ATHENA this month to help Curtiss slay GOD OF WAR: GHOST OF SPARTA for the PSP! How does this game compare to the main series console entries? Does Kratos make full use of the game's "M" rating? (Answer: Yes) And find out who makes a surprise cameo on this month's show!!!

Curtiss

Twitter: @CCPortableUnite

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/girlfriendvs

MustyHobbit

Twitter:  @MustyHobbit

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/SecondBreakfastYT

 

Thumbnails by Josh Leslie (Twitter@FranticSociety)

The Cartridge Club is funded through generous donations from members of its community through Patreon.  If you are interested in supporting the club for as little as $1 a month, check out patreon.com/CartridgeClub!

Spooky Season is here, and for October, we're playing Resident Evil 2!

The sequel to the Capcom survival horror franchise, Resident Evil 2 has you following dual protagonists, Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield through Raccoon City in the wake of a zombie outbreak.

Join hosts MustyHobbit and ItsRocketSauce and a panel of community members as the reminisce and discuss all things RE2!

Hosts

Ryan @ItsRocketSauce

Musty @MustyHobbit

 

Panel  

Chris @OARGamer

Joe @ACDecepticon

Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music

Ser Flash Twitter: @Serraxor

 

Cartridge Club Logo

Will Pruitt Twitter: @willopruitt

 

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Josh Leslie Twitter: @franticsociety

 

Support for the club comes exclusively through Patreon (patreon.com/cartridgeclub).  These contributions allow us to continually improve the club to be a better place to hangout, and increased opportunities for the club to connect, both online and in person, and grow.

Patrons also gain access to the video edition of the podcast with higher tiers able to watch and chat during the live recording session stream each month.

Duke joins Curtiss this month to talk all things LUIGI'S MANSION: DARK MOON for the Nintendo 3DS! Find out what SUCKS about the game, if there's a certain CC Prime game Duke doesn't like, and other spooky games to play in October! Gustin' makes me feel good!

 

 

 

Spider-Man, Spider-Man. The Cartridge Club talks about the PS4 exclusive Spider-Man. This is a spoiler cast breaking down the 2018 release Marvel’s Spider-Man. Have you played this game yet? Give it a listen.

In the Season 6 Premiere, new show hosts ItsRocketSauce and MustyHobbit invite on a couple of panel veterans to play the id Software first person shooter, Doom.  Is it a reboot?  Is it a sequel?  Listen along as we Rip and Tear through this modern masterpiece.

Available on the PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.

Panel  

 

Pam

Twitter: @Jasyla_

 

Kevin

Twitter: @Buried_on_Mars

 

Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music

Ser Flash

Twitter: @Serraxor

 

Cartridge Club Logo

Will Pruitt

Twitter: @willopruitt

 

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Josh Leslie

Twitter: @FranticSociety

Curtiss is joined by Chris R to discuss Gargoyle's Quest for the original Game Boy! Find out why the overworld sucks, how to get past the DREADED spike shaft, and Chris R's top three Game Boy games! 

You like video games, right? You like learning about video games, right? On today’s Cartridge Club Extra author and YouTuber Caleb J. Ross interviews Patrick Hickey Jr., the author of the wonderful book The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Video Game Developers.

Visit Patrick Hickey Jr. online: http://patrickhickeyjr.com

Mentioned:

• The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Video Game Developers (Studies in Gaming)
  by Patrick Hickey Jr.
• The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987 by Brett Weiss
• Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made by Jason Schreier
• Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Video Games by Leonard Herman

In the Season 5 finale, we turn to our patrons to nominate and select our game of the month, and they selected the game that took the CC100 #1 spot, and many people's favorite 2D Mario title, Super Mario World.  Join hosts MustyHobbit and ItsRocketSauce as we dive into Dinosaur Land with Mario, Luigi, and their new buddy, Yoshi, to see what sort of nefarious things Bowser and his Koopa Kids are up to.  

 

Panel

Sean ‘Player 1”

Twitter: @CartridgeBros

 

Mark ‘Player 2’

Twitter: @CartridgeBrosP2

 

Fitgnat

Twitter: @Fitgnat

 

Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music

Ser Flash

Twitter: @Serraxor

 

Cartridge Club Logo

Will Pruitt

Twitter: @willopruitt

 

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Josh Leslie

Twitter: @FranticSociety

HEEEAAALP! @5GameSuicide (aka Marmul) and Curtiss answer the call this month  to talk all things ELITE BEAT AGENTS for the Nintendo DS! Is Marmul actually British or American? Does the Cartridge Club feel bad for Luigi? And should Elite Beat Agents belong in YOUR collection? Find out all this and more! CARTRIDGE CLUB PORTABLE ARE... GO!!

Billy from the Game Chasers joins Curtiss this month to talk all things Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Back From the Sewers! Find out if this game is just a carbon copy of Fall of the Foot Clan, why Canada ruined the Ernest film franchise, and the biggest flaw in the movie TMNT 2: Secret of the Ooze. It's a shell of a time! Go ninja, go ninja, go! 

The Cartridge Club ventures into uncharted territory by selecting a fighting game as our Game of the Month.  Hosts ItsRocketSauce and Musty Hobbit guide a panel of hyper informed club members through a discussion of the arcade and 16 bit classic, Street Fighter 2.  

The Cartridge Club is an online community of gamers, collectors, and video game enthusiasts of all ages, who come together each month to play a game, along the lines of a book club for games.  Select members of the community, with the occasional special guest, come together at the end of the month to discuss that game.

 

Interested in supporting the channel? Take a look at our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/CartridgeClub), or check out the merchandise available for the club and other Cartridge Club contributors: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/cartridgeclub

Hosts

ItsRocketSauce (Twitter: @itsrocketsauce)

Musty Hobbit (Twitter: @mustyhobbit)

 

Panel

Chris  (Twitter: @bassguy654)

Tim  (Twitter: @Haru0kay)

Ryho  (Twitter: @RyhoMagnifico)

 

Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music

Ser Flash  (Twitter: @Serraxor)

 

Cartridge Club Logo

Will Pruitt  (Twitter: @willopruitt)

 

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Josh Leslie  (Twitter: @franticsociety)

Welcome to a special MightyQBros podcast celebrating another 'Rick V. Day' anniversary! On July 18, 1997, Eric "MightyQDawg" and his brothers received a very special package in the mail containing a huge lot of SMS games.  It was a very exciting day for us, and one that stuck with us for the last two decades.  In this podcast, Eric and his brother, Gavin, discuss some notable games that were included in the Rick V. Day bundle! Enjoy the podcast!

Episode #58 - Axiom Verge

Axiom Verge is a 2D retro-syled metroidvania action-adventure game inspired by such classics as Rygar, Contra, Castlevania, Bionic Commando, Blaster Master, and Metroid. It was created, developed, stylized and composed by Tom Happ. He worked during the day as a developer for Petroglyph Games but worked on his own game during his off hours.

Introductions

 

Panel  

Buried on Mars

Twitter: @Buried_On_Mars

 

Ram Vox

Twitter: @TheRamVox

 

Dean

Twitter: @Round_2_Gaming

 

Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music

Ser Flash

Twitter: @Serraxor

 

Cartridge Club Logo

Will Pruitt

Twitter: @willopruitt

 

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Josh Leslie

Twitter: @FranticSociety

 

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P2(Mark) gives a quick overview of Kingdom Hearts and panel discusses their memories of the game and first impressions.

 

• Developer: Tom Happ

 

• • Publisher: Tom Happ

 

• Director: Tom Happ

• Platform(s):

• PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Wii u, Xbox 1, Switch

• Release Date:

 

• • March 31, 2015

 

Genre: Metroidvania

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Discuss story of the game:

A failed scientist is crippled in an accident, only to awaken in a mysterious, alien world. Where is he? How did he get here? And why do the fundamental laws of reality appear broken? Life. Afterlife. Real. Virtual. Dream. Nightmare. It's a thin line.

Characters

 

• Trace

• Athetos

• Elsenova

• Ophilia

• Veruska

 

Discuss gameplay mechanics:

• Exploration
• Favourite weapons
• Glitch mechanic
• Difficulty
• Tribute to Metroid

Discuss sound:

• Music
• Sound effects

Discuss graphics:

• Beautiful graphics
• H.R. Giger inspired

 

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Lasting Impressions, overall rating and final thoughts. Did this make you want to play it again and if not, what would need to be changed? Would you suggest it to friends?

 

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3 Word Review #CC3WR from Twitter first followed by panel

 

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Outro (thank panel and plug)

Announce the game for next month (Street Fighter 2)

It's dangerous to go alone! Take NESComplex with you! That's exactly what Curtiss does this month as the two break down Link's first adventure on the original Game Boy! No Zelda? No Hyrule? No problem! Or... maybe lots of problems. Only one way to find out! 

Halo: Combat Evolved is a military science fiction first-person shooter  created by Bungie and now, a former subsidiary of Microsoft Studios. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant.  

Hosts:

@ItsRocketSauce

@MustyHobbit

 

Panel

Brasel the Gamer

Twitter: @BraseltheGamer

 

Shelby

Twitter: @BBShelbo

 

Matt

Twitter: @ADDefense 

 

Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music

Ser Flash

Twitter: @Serraxor

 

Cartridge Club Logo

Will Pruitt

Twitter: @willopruitt

Shelby from the Bonus Barrel Podcast joins Curtiss this month to deliberate all things Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. This is one verdict you won't see coming! Or maybe you will. I don't know. TAKE THAT! ​

Kingdom Hearts is the first game in the Kingdom Hearts series. Revolving around a fourteen-year old boy named Sora, it details his adventures after his homeworld is destroyed by sinister creatures known as the Heartless, and his attempts to restore his world and reunite with his friends. In the process, he meets many characters from classic Disney films and a handful from the Final Fantasy video game series.

 

Introductions

 

Panel  

Rusty Lewis

Twitter: @relewis2011

 

Rob

Twitter: @BonusBarrel

 

Josh

Twitter: @FranticSociety

 

Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music

Ser Flash

Twitter: @Serraxor

 

Cartridge Club Logo

Will Pruitt

Twitter: @willopruitt

 

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P2(Mark) gives a quick overview of Kingdom Hearts and panel discusses their memories of the game and first impressions.

 

• Developer: Square Enix

 

• • Publisher: Square Enix

 

• Director: Tetsuya Nomura

• Platform(s):

• PS2

• PS3

• PS4

• Release Date:

 

• • • JP: March 28, 2002
    • NA: September 17, 2002

 

• Genre: Action Role Playing

 

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Discuss story of the game: The heartless are attacking and destroying worlds. Sora and his friends are caught up in the mess and Sora, using the keyblade goes on an adventure to find his friends and save the “worlds” from the heartless.

 

Characters

 

• Sora

• Riku

• Kairi

• Final Fantasy Characters

• Disney Characters

 

Discuss gameplay mechanics:

• Controls too floaty?
• Camera not great
• Magic versus physical
• Mash the X?
• Swapping party members

Discuss sound:

• Voice acting decent
• Favourite tracks

Discuss graphics:

• Fun art style
• Redesign of FF characters

 

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Lasting Impressions, overall rating and final thoughts. Did this make you want to play it again and if not, what would need to be changed? Would you suggest it to friends?

 

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3 Word Review #CC3WR from Twitter first followed by panel

 

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Outro (thank panel and plug)

Announce the game for next month (Halo)

Curtiss is joined by Mighty Q Dawg to talk all about the blue blur in the palm of your hands. Listen to this one fast before it’s gone! 

The Last of Us is an action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players control Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl named Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States.

 

Introductions

 

Panel  

Mighty Q Dawg

Twitter: @MightyQDawg

 

Kathryn

Twitter: @k_song

 

Ryan

Twitter: @itsrocketsauce

 

Cartridge Club Intro/Outro Music

Ser Flash

Twitter: @Serraxor

 

Cartridge Club Logo

Will Pruitt

Twitter: @willopruitt

 

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P2(Mark) gives a quick overview of The Last of Us and panel discusses their memories of the game and first impressions.

 

• Developer: Naughty Dog

 

• • Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment

 

• Director: Neil Druckmann, Bruce Straley

• Platform(s):

• PlayStation 3

• PlayStation 4

• Release Date:

• June 14, 2013

• Genre: Third Person Shooter

 

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Discuss story of the game: Set in the post-apocalyptic United States, the game tells the story of survivors Joel and Ellie as they work together to survive their westward journey across what remains of the country to find a possible cure for the modern fungal plague that has nearly decimated the entire human race.

 

Characters:

 

• Joel (Troy Baker) - The protagonist of the game. Joel is a survivor of the Cordyceps Brain Infection outbreak, taking residence in the Boston Quarantine Zone. Embittered and hardened by the death of his young daughter Sarah, Joel operates as a black market smuggler, dealing in contraband, taking numerous de-humanizing jobs over the years to survive in this new post-pandemic world. He has only few moral boundaries left to cross. Unfortunately for him, he is thrust into the middle of the nightmare that the world has become, when he is asked by the leader of the Fireflies, Marlene, to look after Ellie. Throughout the game, Joel slowly develops an unbreakable bond with Ellie and a desire to once again open up his emotions that he had suppressed for so many years.

• Ellie (Ashley Johnson) - The deuteragonist of the game. Ellie is a brave 14-year-old girl that has grown up in this harsh world and it is all she has ever known. Ellie is immune to the Cordyceps strain and because of this, the Fireflies, an anti-government organization, seek to reverse engineer a vaccine through her. She and Joel travel across the post-pandemic United States to reach the Fireflies. She helps the player through the game in many ways, lending a hand in combat and assisting through areas of the game that would otherwise be inaccessible. She frequently expresses curiosity about the remnants of a world that no longer exists.

• Tess (Annie Wersching) - Tess is Joel's 'partner-in-crime'. They operate in the black market of a city under martial law and have earned a reputation for their ruthless behavior. She and Joel have a trust that runs deeply between them. Tess goes with Joel to drop off Ellie to the Fireflies at the Capitol building in Boston, in exchange for getting back the guns that were stolen from them. Against all odds, the trio make it to the Capitol Building only to find that the Fireflies are dead, and Tess reveals that she was bitten by a Runner an hour before. She holds off some soldiers after she makes Joel promise to bring Ellie to Tommy, Joel's little brother.

• Bill (W. Earl Brown) - Bill is a paranoid survivor who appears early in the game and helps Joel and Ellie. Bill takes refuge in a town that he has completely booby trapped. He seems to be a bit eccentric, perhaps deranged, but offers to aid Joel and Ellie in finding a car. He is excessively bitter towards Ellie due to the fact that she was hostile towards him from the start. Bill possesses gay pornography, and showed heavy emotion for his friend Frank's death, implying that he was romantically involved with Frank.

• Marlene (Merle Dandridge) - The leader of the Fireflies and Ellie's surrogate parent. In exchange for their guns back, Marlene tells Tess and Joel to take Ellie to the Fireflies at the Capitol building in Boston. To Marlene, every unethical action she takes can be justified because of her pursuit to save humanity from the infection. She is absent for most of the game and only appears at the end, where she becomes the final antagonist.

• Tommy (Jeffrey Pierce) - Joel's brother and a former Firefly. The game starts with Tommy helping Joel and Sarah maneuver through the chaotic crowds of both civilians and infected during the initial outbreak. Tommy and Joel reunite later within the game and he reluctantly agrees to help his brother, establishing one of Joel and Ellie's reasons for coming to the University of Eastern Colorado. He is married to Maria.

• David (Nolan North) - A middle-age survivor and leader of a Cannibals group who appears later in the game and asks for help from Ellie. David is a very manipulative person, seeking to win people over with his superficial mild-mannered appearance, and attempts to convince Ellie to join him. Ellie doesn't buy his attitude and eventually breaks his finger. He finally reveals his true nature to Ellie and even attempts to kill her outright, sending a group of his men to capture her several times throughout the winter section of the game. To David, everything that has happened was for a reason; he believes faith brought him and Ellie to together, and that their encounter was meant to be. He has a very profound effect on Ellie throughout the rest of the game.

• Henry (Brandon Scott) - An adept survivor, who, with his brother Sam, helps Joel and Ellie in Pittsburgh. He and Joel are initially hostile towards each other, but in the end begin to warm up to each other. However, he commits suicide after having to kill his infected brother.

• Sam (Nadji Jeter) - Henry's younger brother. Upon meeting, he and Ellie get along almost instantly and continue their easy going relationship throughout the chapter. After he is bitten by an Infected, Ellie is the last person Sam talks to before he turns. He is killed by Henry, who immediately commits suicide out of grief.

• Sarah (Hana Hayes) - Joel's daughter. She is killed in the prologue when a soldier was instructed to open fire on both her and Joel. Her death causes Joel to become cold, cynical, and brutal over the years.

 

Discuss gameplay mechanics:

• Combat (look at all these shoulder height walls)
• Stealth (but not really it’s just quiet combat)
• Crafting (favourite items and least favourite)
• AI (Where did all the promises from E3 2013 go?)

 

Discuss sound:

• BGM - thematic and atmospheric or forgettable?
• Voice acting - Does it get better than this? (Needs more Matt Mercer)

 

Discuss graphics:

 

• Beautiful scenery

• Character design

• The zombies

 

 

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Lasting Impressions, overall rating and final thoughts. Did this make you want to play it again and if not, what would need to be changed? Would you suggest it to friends?

 

Level 4

3 Word Review #CC3WR from Twitter first followed by panel

 

Level 5

Outro (thank panel and plug)

Announce the game for next month (Kingdom Hearts)

With an impending deployment P1 can no longer carry on with CCWeekly and after 5 years of podcasting P2 is ready for a break. Thus marks the last episode of CCWeekly with the Bros and it's yours now! Worry not friends, the CC Prime game of the Month will carry on with a new pair of hosts in the form of Musty Hobbit and Its Rocket Sauce and they're ready and able to breathe fresh life into the community.

Curtiss joins forces with his California cohort Chris Roberts to take on March Madness! They discuss everything Nintendo DS/3DS including: the ridiculous amount of system variations, all the games YOU played this month and reviewed on the forums, your MOST DISAPPOINTING games for the DS, and what ever happened to the MEAN GIRLS game??? All this and more in the most jam packed episode yet! 

This week Mark and I discuss our Top 5 games that never received a sequel. Then dive into Sea of Thieves launch day woes and discuss if the game will have the legs to go the distance.