The Old SwitchAroo: Gaming Retro with Mike and Jaymo |A Nintendo Switch Online retro gaming podcast

Comedian Jackie Kashian and game designer Andy Ashcraft are locking in for a spoiler-laced talk about Lock’s Quest (Nintendo DS, 2008) with Mike and Jaymo as part of The Old SwitchAroo’s epic quest to research and review every retro game in Nintendo Switch Online’s Nintendo Classics catalog.In this episode, we discuss how Jackie’s using stand-up comedy to be a force for good and dig back to some old merch that Mike had to explain to his mom, Jaymo nerds out about Andy’s experiences working on Flagen Brothers for the Sega Dreamcast, Jackie shares some memorable gaming moments like the Bonita Zakos from Stretch Panic on the Sony PlayStation, and everybody explains to Mike what gaming on the Nintendo DS was like. In the main event, as we get deep into the world of Lock’s Quest, Andy shares inside perspectives from his role as a creative manager for THQ working with the developer 5th Cell to make Lock’s Quest.Watch out for spoilers for Lock’s Quest, Planet of the Apes, and Citizen Kane.Thanks for listening, and a very special thanks to Kristal Fields of The Lazy Circles for our catchy theme song! Subscribe to The Old SwitchAroo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on https://www.theoldswitcharoo.com, where you'll find links to our Discord, social media, and so much more!Game on, everyone.(0:00) Intro(1:09) Welcoming Jackie Kashian and Andy Ashcraft(30:06) Lock’s Quest(1:10:50) Mini-Game Minute: Components Opponents(1:15:06) Lock’s Quest (con’t)(1:20:49) NintenDO or NintenDON’T(1:21:50) Jackie’s plugs(1:23:33) Andy’s plugs(1:24:20) OutroFor more of Jackie Kashian, you can check out her two podcasts, The Dork Forest (https://jackiekashian.com/the-dork-forrest) where she’s having comedians share the things they’re really into and The Jackie and Laurie Show (https://jackieandlaurieshow.com/) with her and Laurie Kilmartin.For her albums, stand-up specials, tour dates, and more, the one-stop shop is: https://jackiekashian.com/For more of Andy Ashcraft, you can check out his podcast Ethics and Video Games (https://ethicsandvideogames.com/) that he co-hosted with Shlomo Sher, and Andy also recommends checking out his Schlomo Sher’s related book, Play Nice: The Ethics of Video Games

SPOILER WARNING: In this episode of “The Old SwitchAroo: Screentime,” we debate which episode of X-Men ‘97: Season 2 reigns supreme! Jaymo is once again joined by cosplay influencer Bryan Lee along with returning guest, Ryan “Warboss5” Lay. After recapping each episode with a little amateur poetry, we pit each story from this wild season against one another in a single-elimination bracket until a winner is declared 'Best Episode of X-Men '97: Season Two!'Want to see more of Bryan’s cosplay & social-activism? Hit him on on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@BryanLeeAnd on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bryan.s.lee/Dare you venture into Ryan’s Dungeons & Dragons campaigns? Check out his page at the Dungeon Masters Guild here: https://site.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Ryan%20LayEnjoy the rockin’ chiptune cover of the X-Men theme? Plenty more where that came from! Check out 8 Bit Composer’s YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@8bitcomposerThanks for listening!! Subscribe to The Old SwitchAroo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on https://www.theoldswitcharoo.com, where you'll find links to our Discord, social media, and so much more!Game on, everyone. (0:00) Intro(1:08) Welcoming Bryan(2:41) Welcoming Ryan(6:15) Preliminary Bracket: Round 1(18:09) Preliminary Bracket: Round 2(38:14) Preliminary Bracket: Round 3(55:01) Preliminary Bracket: Round 4(1:13:25) Semi-Finals Round 1(1:14:49) Semi-Finals Round 2(1:16:51) Finals(1:24:49) Season 1 vs Season 2(1:27:00) Outro

Scharonne from 40 Something Gamers brings a beat down in beat’em ups Double Dragon (NES, 1988) and Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES, 1990) with Mike and Jaymo as part of The Old SwitchAroo’s epic quest to research and review every retro game in Nintendo Switch Online’s Nintendo Classics catalog.In this episode, Scharonne shares his artistic influences, we look at how Double Dragon and Double Dragon II: The Revenge changed when they were both ported from the arcade to the home console and wonder if the losses were worth it, the charm that came from 90s video game movies including the Los Angeles-set mayhem of 1994’s Double Dragon movie, and Jaymo may find some vindication about Zelda II. Finally, Double Dragon may have one of the most unforgivable video game manuals of all time.Thanks for listening, and a very special thanks to Kristal Fields of The Lazy Circles for our catchy theme song! Subscribe to The Old SwitchAroo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on https://www.theoldswitcharoo.com, where you'll find links to our Discord, social media, and so much more!Game on, everyone.(0:00) Intro(1:20) Welcoming Scharonne from 40 Something Gamers(7:15) Double Dragon(36:43) NintenDIS-or-DAT(39:22) Double Dragon (con’t)(43:17) Double Dragon II: The Revenge(1:08:30) NintenDO or NintenDON’TCheck out Scharonne on the 40 Something Gamers podcast on all podcast platforms, including Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3YfII057Bl61WCY5WPWkIEDouble Dragon manual: https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Double-Dragon-Game-Manual-1.pdf  Double Dragon II manual: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NACHE.pdf  The Man Who Created Double Dragon by Matt Leone | Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/2012/10/12/3495124/the-man-who-created-double-dragon/“Did Double Dragon have the most random redesigns of any game heroes? The answer: YES!” | NeoGAF: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/did-double-dragon-have-the-most-random-redesigns-of-any-game-heroes-the-answer-yes.479304/Double Dragon by LRock in 12:04 - SGDQ2018 | Games Done Quick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ-VKdb2dNEDouble Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons | Metacritic: https://www.metacritic.com/game/double-dragon-ii-wander-of-the-dragons/The Double Dragon II remake is so bad you shouldn't even waste time reading this review by Chad Sapieha | Financial Post: http://business.financialpost.com/2013/04/09/the-double-dragon-ii-remake-is-so-bad-you-shouldnt-even-waste-time-reading-this-review/Review: Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons by Nikola Suprak | Hard Core Gamer: https://web.archive.org/web/20190502161917/http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2013/04/18/review-double-dragon-ii-wander-of-the-dragons/Double Dragon II: Wander Of The Dragons review – worst game ever by David Jenkins | Metro GameCentral: http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/15/double-dragon-ii-wander-of-the-dragons-review-worst-game-ever-3616685/Double Dragon II: The Revenge by sinister1 in 13:01 - SGDQ2018 | Games Done Quick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrhLgH5Rhk0

Stiltskin from the shrugbuds joins the party for some Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GameCube, 2005) with Mike and Jaymo as part of The Old SwitchAroo’s epic quest to research and review every retro game in Nintendo Switch Online’s Nintendo Classics catalog.In this episode, we welcome our first fairy tale creature that predates video games, discuss the place for tactical combat in the JRPG genre, try to understand the significance of Anna as a recurring character in the Fire Emblem franchise, weigh the pros and cons of the weapons triangle, and even touch upon how video games can create worlds that explore patterns that can mirror the dangers that human nature produce in the real world.Thanks for listening, and a very special thanks to Kristal Fields of The Lazy Circles for our catchy theme song! Subscribe to The Old SwitchAroo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on https://www.theoldswitcharoo.com, where you'll find links to our Discord, social media, and so much more!Game on, everyone.(0:00) Intro(1:20) Welcoming Stiltskin(5:46) Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GameCube)(1:03:45) Mini-Game Minute: Clash or Pass(1:10:14) Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (con’t)(1:33:17) NintenDO or NintenDON’TJoin Stiltskin and the shrugbuds community on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/shrugbuds and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shrugbudsFire Emblem: Path of Radiance Manual: https://www.scribd.com/document/505304853/Fire-Emblem-Path-of-Radiance-ManualMy Roommate Won't Stop Sneezing (STILTSKIN - Episode #6) | Shrugbuds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFjOk6tAHjMFire Emblem Radiant Dawn Development Staff Interview | Nintendo Dream, April 2007: https://web.archive.org/web/20070618061417/http://www.nindori.com/interview/156FE/index.htmlAncient Language | Serenesforest.net: https://serenesforest.net/path-of-radiance/miscellaneous/ancient-language/List of characters in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance | Fire Emblem Wiki: https://fireemblemwiki.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_Fire_Emblem:_Path_of_Radiance

SSj3Butch returns to the arena to help pit Killer Instinct (SNES, 1994) and Killer Instinct Gold (N64, 1996) to help Mike and Jaymo decide which Killer Instinct reigns supreme as part of The Old SwitchAroo’s epic quest to research and review every retro game in Nintendo Switch Online’s Nintendo Classics catalog.In this episode, we discuss the video game music that was so good that the SNES release came with an included CD, how robots gave Killer Instinct a mechanical leg up over competitors like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter, try to disentangle some of the ways that Killer Instinct parodied Street Fighter, and assess whether the XBox One reboot of Killer Instinct ever delivered.Thanks for listening, and a very special thanks to Kristal Fields of The Lazy Circles for our catchy theme song! Subscribe to The Old SwitchAroo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on https://www.theoldswitcharoo.com, where you'll find links to our Discord, social media, and so much more!Game on, everyone.(0:00) Intro(1:00) Welcoming Butch(4:13) Killer Instinct (SNES) vs Killer Instinct Gold (N64)(1:03:24) NintenDO or NintenDON’TCheck out SSJ3Butch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ssj3butchKiller Instinct SNES Manual: https://www.videogamemanual.com/snes/Killer%20Instinct%20(USA).pdfKiller Instinct 64 Manual: https://www.videogamemanual.com/n64/Killer%20Instinct%20Gold%20(USA).pdfKiller Instinct (Arcade) | The Cutting Room Floor: https://tcrf.net/Killer_Instinct_(Arcade)FIGHT ON: The Killer Instinct Story (Documentary) | Hold Back to Block: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks4eZoG94VsKiller Instinct - All Character Endings! (SNES) | White Boy Gaming: https://youtu.be/f2pzSHWcW7Y?si=yr73297Gm1OIHgCV  Nintendo 64 - Killer Instinct Gold - Longplay All Endings | ElewPlay: https://youtu.be/Br7rIjgBop4?si=1-H082eD_tWfY8gB