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Absolute Nintendo

by Trevor Gould

Sitcom-length podcasts covering retro Nintendo goodness with Pure Nintendo's Purely Trev. https://twitter.com/AbsoluteBigN Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trevor-gould/support

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Episodes

  1. Absolute Nintendo - Captain America and The Avengers on NES

    "When Captain America throws his mighty shield... Red Skull's goons will feel the pain of its power. On this adventure, it's personal. Captain America and Hawkeye must track down their fellow Avengers, Iron Man and Vision."

  2. Absolute Nintendo - L’Empereur on NES

    A Koei "Historical SImulation Series" release.

  3. Absolute Nintendo - Battletoads on NES

    Battletoads showcases both the best and worst of the developers at Rare.

  4. Absolute Nintendo - Soccer & Nintendo World Cup on NES

    GOOOOOAL!!!

  5. Absolute Nintendo - Ninja Gaiden III on NES

    Battle bionoids in The Ancient Ship of Doom, preferably on the Nintendo Famicom.

  6. Absolute Nintendo - Freedom Force on NES

    Don't shoot the skateboarding kid in this bloody difficult Zapper game.

  7. Absolute Nintendo - Trojan on NES

    "Filled with restless energy and determination, you muster courage, embarking on the challenge of invading the enemy's territory to rescue the captives from the army of the evil empire."

  8. Absolute Nintendo - Gyromite & Stack-Up on NES

    To start season 8 of the Absolute Nintendo podcast, this episode invites you to "Let R.O.B. help you tackle the video challenge."

  9. Absolute Nintendo - The Black Bass & The Blue Marlin on NES

    "♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, fishing ♪" - Homer Simpson, chanting to the Batman TV theme.

  10. Absolute Nintendo - Iron Tank & P.O.W. on NES

    Does this SNK warfare duo hold up on NES, or are these games better suited for quarter-popping players?

  11. Absolute Nintendo - California Games on NES

    "California's hottest games," featuring competition for up to eight players, gets the Absolute Nintendo Podcast treatment.

  12. Absolute Nintendo - Metroid on NES

    Please don't call it a metroidvania.

  13. Absolute Nintendo - Fire and Rescue on NES

    A homebrew retro game in the black box style, Fire and Rescue delivers some aftermarket 8-bit entertainment.

  14. Absolute Nintendo - Clu Clu Land on NES

    An arcade-style puzzler demanding plenty of practice—can you master Bubbles' peg-swinging action?

  15. Absolute Nintendo - Krazy Kreatures & Pyramid on NES

    This episode of Absolute Nintendo considers a pair of unlicensed puzzle games from American Video Entertainment.

  16. Absolute Nintendo - Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 on NES

    Fat Cat is back on the NES, but was it worth the long wait?

  17. Absolute Nintendo - DuckTales 2 on NES

    A late-release Nintendo Entertainment System game, this sequel has you searching for the "Lost Treasure of McDuck" as Uncle Scrooge.

  18. Absolute Nintendo - Baseball Stars on NES

    Absolute Nintendo takes a casual look at SNK's Baseball Stars, one of the deepest, innovative, and most unique sports games of its time.

  19. Absolute Nintendo - The Rocketeer on NES

    Based on the 1991 Disney cult classic film, which grows in popularity with each passing year.

  20. Absolute Nintendo - Shooting Range on NES

    Bandai's 1989 Zapper game "Separates The Hot Shots From The Pot Shots," or so it aims to.

  21. Absolute Nintendo - Q*bert on NES

    The arcade triumph Q*bert jumps onto the Nintendo Entertainment System, courtesy of Ultra Games.

  22. Absolute Nintendo - Gumshoe on NES

    Short and tough, Gumshoe is a "quick-on-the-trigger Light Gun game!"

  23. Absolute Nintendo - Karate Champ & Karate Kid on NES

    A karate-themed episode with a pair of early NES games closer to white belts than black belts.

  24. Absolute Nintendo - Vindicators on NES

    "Tanks for saving Earth."

  25. Absolute Nintendo - Super Sprint on NES

    Tengen's late-80s port of the mid-80s racer from Atari is fleeting fun on NES

  26. Absolute Nintendo - Super Off Road on NES

    Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart endorsed this arcade smash. A gritty NES version with 4-player support later arrived (ported by Rare).

  27. Absolute Nintendo - Rock'n' Ball on NES

    8-bit video pinball with a twist

  28. Absolute Nintendo - MagMax & Seicross on NES

    Two mid-'80s arcade shooters became late-'80s NES ports.

  29. Absolute Nintendo - To the Earth on NES

    Who is Cirque Verte? Season 7 of Absolute Nintendo begins, curious how Nintendo ended up publishing a Zapper game that was this "NES hard" in 89/90.

  30. Absolute Nintendo - Tecmo Super Bowl on NES

    With Tecmo Super Bowl, "enjoy the excitement of football to your heart's content" on the road to the big game in this timeless NES classic.

  31. Absolute Nintendo - Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship on NES

    "Solar Jetman must search through twelve menacing alien worlds in his quest to rebuild the Golden Warpship. Each one filled with savage alien armies, black holes, extreme gravitational forces, warp zones and deadly booby traps."

  32. Absolute Nintendo - Excitebike & Mach Rider on NES

    This duo of early first-party 'Programmable Series' games will have you constructing hairpin twists, 8-bit style.

  33. Absolute Nintendo - Hatris on NES

    This fun puzzler from Mr. Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, gets the Absolute Nintendo treatment.

  34. Absolute Nintendo - Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular on NES

    First released as Donald Duck on the Famicom, Kemco later swapped Disney characters for the Peanuts gang in Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular—a charming, if uneven, kids' game.

  35. Absolute Nintendo - Rescue: The Embassy Mission on NES

    "Okay, hero, if you're ready for some hot, fast and exciting action—this is it."

  36. Absolute Nintendo - Cyber Stadium Series—Base Wars

    Konami/Ultra's “cross between baseball and gladiatorial combat” can be a high-scoring affair, with battery backup to save your home run ranking.

  37. Absolute Nintendo - Hogan's Alley & Wild Gunman on NES

    The Absolute Nintendo Podcast looks at a pair of black box 'Light Gun Series' games.

  38. Absolute Nintendo - Project Blue on NES

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  39. Absolute Nintendo - Code Name Viper on NES

    "Deep in the jungles of South America, you're on the mission of your life."

  40. Absolute Nintendo - Felix the Cat on NES

    Hudson Soft’s colorful NES platformer from late '92 is good fun.

  41. Absolute Nintendo - Double Dragon II on NES

    “The Black Shadow Warriors are tough. Against them, most martial artists would be doomed. But you have the training, the practice, the gift of the Double Dragon."

  42. Absolute Nintendo - Image Fight on NES

    "Victory will come only to the worthy" in this 1990 NES port of the arcade shmup.

  43. Absolute Nintendo - Dragon Spirit: The New Legend & Tiger-Heli on NES

    A duo of vertically scrolling shooters that originated in mid-80s arcades.

  44. Absolute Nintendo - Guerrilla War on NES

    Rescue imprisoned natives captured by the enemy in this NES port of the SNK arcade run and gun game, best played in co-op.

  45. Absolute Nintendo - Ninja Gaiden on NES

    The ninja "Ryu senses danger awaiting him in America."

  46. Absolute Nintendo - Super Mario Bros. 3 on NES

  47. Absolute Nintendo - Super Mario Bros. 2 on NES

    "Mario Mania" continues on the NES with this popular (but still underrated) adventure through the land of Sub-con.

  48. Absolute Nintendo - Super Mario Bros. on NES

    Absolute Nintendo commences season 6 of the podcast by looking at one of the most important (and best-selling) games of all time—the original 8-bit Super Mario Bros.

  49. Absolute Nintendo - The Battle of Olympus on NES

    The Battle of Olympus marks the end of Absolute Nintendo's 5th season. "Your adventure will take you through anceient Greece on a classic mythological quest."

  50. Absolute Nintendo - Greg Norman's Golf Power & Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf on NES

    Hit the virtual links in these 8-bit golf games featuring the names of some of golf's biggest stars.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Sitcom-length podcasts covering retro Nintendo goodness with Pure Nintendo's Purely Trev. https://twitter.com/AbsoluteBigN Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trevor-gould/support

HOSTED BY

Trevor Gould

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