Dec 4, 2024
Are you tough enough to take on the sleaziest underground characters imaginable in order to rescue several beautiful girls? That’s not us asking. That’s Konami trying to entice arcade goers to play their first four-player beat ‘em up (and largely failing). We take the humanic weapons out for a spin in the largely...
Nov 20, 2024
Welcome
to Podouken - formerly an arcade history podcast, now rebranded as
one of the vast multitudes of D&D podcasts. Let’s roll a d20,
hope that our history modifiers are high, and talk about Atari
Games’ four player hack ‘n slash, Gauntlet.
How did a game about Dungeons & Dragons inspire this
game...
Nov 6, 2024
Run! Go!
Get to the choppa! Then load up some hostages in your helicopter
and take them to the nearest USPS for express priority shipping
back home. In the final Listeners’ Choice 5 miniseries episode
we’re flying the unfriendly skies of the Brøderbund and Sega
classic game Choplifter!
How did this game make its...
Oct 23, 2024
Are you
the best tennist? Well then, slap on your Citizen watch, drink a
fresh bottle of Evian, and prove it on Sega’s virtua carpet courts
against tennis legends like Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Mark
Phillipoussis. Lets Power Smash it with Virtua Tennis!
Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world? Should we
have...
Oct 9, 2024
It was the best Batman game in arcades. It may have been the best baseball game in the arcades. It wasn’t the best Ninja game in arcades but two out of three ain’t bad. For the first episode of our Listeners’ Choice (part 5) miniseries (and our 5th year anniversary episode) we’re going to discuss the most known...