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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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!
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Kirby's Dreamland
June 12th, 2018 | 1 hr 12 mins
Kirby is even cuter than we remember. Seriously, this game is just wall to wall adorableness.
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NEWstalgia Goggles: Celeste
May 29th, 2018 | 1 hr 32 mins
Celeste may be the peak of the tough-but-fair platforming genre for it's gameplay alone, but decides to plant a flag in the summit with beautiful art, charming music, and skillful handling of the main character's story.
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Gauntlet
May 15th, 2018 | 1 hr 22 mins
Gauntlet; come for the dozens of levels, and stay for the sensual eating sound effect.
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Nostalgia Goggles at the movies: Superman
May 8th, 2018 | 1 hr 18 mins
You'll believe a movie can be discussed on a podcast. Featuring special guest host Erin!
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Secret of Mana
May 1st, 2018 | 1 hr 34 mins
snes, super nintendo
Secret of Mana was a beloved (enough) 90s game that Square remade it to cash in, so we replayed the original. Also you fight Santa Claus in this game. Yeah... we also forgot about that. Featuring special guest host Michael Edwards!
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World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
April 17th, 2018 | 1 hr 22 mins
Lyons confused Castle of Illusion and World of Illusion but never fear, we played the better one!
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X-Men
April 3rd, 2018 | 1 hr 23 mins
Spoiler alert: they did not use the Fox cartoon music in this game.