S2E05: Animal Platformers -or- You and Me, Baby, Ain't Nothing But Mascots

Twitch streamer SSJ3Butch joins Mike and Jaymo for three animal platformers, Mappy-Land (NES, 1986), Flicky (Sega Genesis, 1991), and Spanky’s Quest (SNES, 1991), as part of their epic quest to research and review every retro game in the Nintendo Switch Online catalog!In this episode, we also check out Mappy: The Beat, the 2013 Mappy animated series produced by webcomic creators Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub, discuss Flicky’s appearances in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, and marvel at the high honors awarded to anyone that could prove they were a Natsume Game Master in Spanky’s Quest.Thanks for listening, and a very special thanks to Kristal Fields of The Lazy Circles for our catchy new theme song! Subscribe to The Old Switch-a-roo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on ⁠⁠https://theoldswitcharoo.com⁠⁠, where you'll find access to our Discord, voicemail, and so much more!Game on, everyone.(0:00) Promo for Strange and Beautiful Network(0:38) Intro  (1:49) Welcoming Butch  (4:05) Mappy-Land  (29:16) Flicky  (49:32) Spanky’s Quest  (1:22:15) NintenDO or NintenDON’T  (1:28:12) Hodag Talk  Follow Butch on Twitch! - https://www.twitch.tv/ssj3butchStrange and Beautiful Network - https://www.strangeandbeautiful.club/ Mappy-Land Manual: https://archive.org/details/MappyLandNESHiResScans  Flicky Manual: https://segaretro.org/Flicky#Mega_Drive_version  Spanky’s Quest Manual: https://archive.org/details/spankys-quest-usa⁠The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 3 by John Szczepaniak: http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/books/the-untold-history-of-japanese-game-developers-volume-3/  (Post-outro hodag) I Know What I Saw: Modern-Day Encounters with Monsters of New Urban Legend and Ancient Lore by Linda S. Godfrey: https://www.amazon.com/Know-What-Saw-Modern-Day-Encounters/dp/0143132806⁠