Nostalgia Goggles

Are the games of our childhood as good as we remember or do we just have Nostalgia Goggles?

About the show

Are the games of our childhood as good as we remember or do we just have Nostalgia Goggles? Lyons and George take another look at classic games to see if they still hold up.

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Episodes

  • Mega Man X3

    July 7th, 2020  |  1 hr 21 mins
    snes, super nintendo

    Should be 3x better than Mega Man X... right?

  • NEWstalgia Goggles: Sonic Mania

    June 23rd, 2020  |  1 hr 34 mins
    pc, ps4, switch, xbox one

    The result of Sega realizing that outsourcing development of a Sonic game was probably the best thing they could do for the franchise.

  • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

    June 9th, 2020  |  1 hr 35 mins
    snes, super nintendo

    The original Square-developed-licensed-IP game no one saw coming.

  • Interview with Matthew Martinez & Alex McCaskey for Vernal Edge

    June 2nd, 2020  |  43 mins 13 secs
    pc

    Matt and Alex talk all about their game, Vernal Edge, a "Character Action" Platformer featuring free-form exploration and lush, vibrant pixel art environments.

  • Ristar

    May 26th, 2020  |  1 hr 24 mins
    genesis

    It may not be Sonic the Hedgehog but... um... uh-oh...

  • Doom II

    May 12th, 2020  |  1 hr 51 mins
    pc

    The game that inspired the hit movie starring Dwayne THE ROCK Johnson.

  • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

    April 28th, 2020  |  1 hr 51 mins
    playstation 1, ps1

    The game that put the "vania" in "metroidvania".

  • NEWstalgia Goggles: Final Fantasy VII Remake

    April 21st, 2020  |  2 hrs 8 secs
    playstation 4, ps4

    Duh duh duh duh dun nuh NUH nuh nuh~

  • Final Fantasy VII

    April 14th, 2020  |  1 hr 56 mins
    playstation, ps1

    The Final Fantasy that defined Final Fantasy in popular culture. Also hoof hands.

  • Tecmo Super Bowl

    March 31st, 2020  |  1 hr 30 mins
    nes, nintendo

    HUT x ∞

  • Donkey Kong Country

    March 17th, 2020  |  1 hr 30 mins
    snes, super nintendo

    🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌

  • NEWstalgia Goggles: Baba Is You

    March 3rd, 2020  |  1 hr 29 mins
    pc, switch

    Listeners IS rate AND review AND subscribe

  • Twisted Metal 2

    February 18th, 2020  |  1 hr 31 mins
    playstation, ps1

    If we win Twisted Metal next year, we're going to wish for us to have Calypso's powers instead of him.

  • Super Mario Bros. 2

    February 4th, 2020  |  1 hr 27 mins
    nes, nintendo

    The Super Mario Bros. game that was never meant to be, and accidentally cemented huge parts of the characters for all time. Oops.

  • Interview with David D'Angelo of Yachtclub Games

    January 28th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

    David D'Angelo of Yachtclub Games talks about the how and why of nostalgia games, and Shovel Knight: King of Cards.

  • Kwirk

    January 21st, 2020  |  1 hr 25 mins
    gameboy, gb

    Let's not be-labyrinth the point, but Kwirk is a-maze-ing.