Nostalgia Goggles
About the show
We all remember the games of our childhood fondly, but are we just seeing them through Nostalgia Goggles? Lyons and George take another look at classic 8 and 16-bit games to see if they still hold up.
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Episode List
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Super Smash Bros.
January 8th, 2019 | 1 hr 30 mins
n64, nintendo 64
Turns out that game every little kid plays of smashing their toys together is actually a multi billion dollar franchise idea.
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Battletoads
December 25th, 2018 | 1 hr 5 mins
If you've never heard how hard Battletoads is let us assure you; it's all lies. Easiest game ever made.
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PaRappa the Rapper
December 11th, 2018 | 1 hr 16 mins
playstation, ps1
Kick, punch, it's all in the mind because these songs are catchy as heck.
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Super Mario 64
November 27th, 2018 | 1 hr 30 mins
n64, nintendo 64
Imagine your sibling is constantly screwing with the camera while you're playing and you can't stop them; that's the camera in Super Mario 64.
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Playstation and Nintendo 64 Games are Coming!
November 20th, 2018 | 4 mins 5 secs
Playstation and Nintendo 64 games are coming! Reach out at nostalgiagoggles.audio or on twitter @nogogpod with recommendations for your favorite games!
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Mega Man 6
November 13th, 2018 | 1 hr 25 mins
nes, nintendo
Mega Man 6: the answer to the question "what if Mega Man wore his dog around his neck and used it to punch people in the face?"
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MechWarrior
October 30th, 2018 | 1 hr 17 mins
snes, super nintendo
Live the life of a MechWarrior: get your mech repaired, strike up awkward conversation at the cafe, haggle your fee, and occasionally go on missions!
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Oregon Trail
October 16th, 2018 | 1 hr 11 mins
apple, dos, pc
No one has died of dysentery, but you might feel sick with how often Lyons alternates how he pronounces "Oregon."
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F-Zero
October 2nd, 2018 | 1 hr 10 mins
snes, super nintendo
Go back to the beginning of the Captain Falcon legend. So early in the legend he's never mentioned or shown in any way.
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NEWstalgia Goggles: Rogue Legacy
September 18th, 2018 | 1 hr 37 mins
linux, mac, pc, playstation, xbox
We are not the first podcasters to discover the fountain of youth, but we will be the last!
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Kirby's Dream Course
September 4th, 2018 | 1 hr 27 mins
snes, super nintendo
When the Dream Land civic planning committee met to name their first golf course there was ever only one choice.
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Battle Chess
August 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 18 mins
nes, nintendo
How can chess, a game many hundreds of years old, be improved? By showing the pieces actually murder each other, of course!
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Earthworm Jim
August 7th, 2018 | 1 hr 23 mins
Whoa nelly! If you distilled the 1990s down to a single video game it just might be Earthworm Jim. Groovy.
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Rampage
July 24th, 2018 | 1 hr 18 mins
If you ever fantasized about being King Kong or Godzilla, but completely devoid of stakes of any kind, have we got the game for you.
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Ecco The Dolphin
July 10th, 2018 | 1 hr 27 mins
Hey! You got Alien knockoff in my dolphin simulator! Well you got dolphin simulator in my Aliens knock off! Two great tastes that make no. damn. sense together.
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Sim City
June 26th, 2018 | 1 hr 26 mins
snes, super nintendo
The first sim game for many of us. Before the God-complex-feeding torture machine that is The Sims, there was Sim City!