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

  • Marble Madness

    July 5th, 2022  |  1 hr 11 mins
    nes

    Yes, that "madness" quote comes out in the episode.

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    E.V.O. Search for Eden

    June 21st, 2022  |  1 hr 15 mins
    snes

    It turns out the deadliest animal of all is the one being personally assisted by the gods themselves.

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    Typing of the Dead

    June 7th, 2022  |  1 hr 9 mins
    pc

    The podcasting of the dead.

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    Super Strike Eagle

    May 24th, 2022  |  1 hr 21 mins
    snes

    American exceptionalism the game.

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    Sonic 3D Blast

    May 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 17 mins
    genesis

    The harbinger of 3D Sonic.

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    Base Wars

    April 26th, 2022  |  1 hr 12 mins
    nes

    It's baseball... with robots! That's it.

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    Harvest Moon

    April 12th, 2022  |  1 hr 20 mins
    snes

    The great grandpa of the cozy-farming-life-sim genre.

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    NEWstalgia Goggles: Sifu

    March 29th, 2022  |  1 hr 19 mins
    pc, ps5

    Is one life enough to master podcasting?

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    StarCraft (featuring Patrick from the Retro Spectives Podcast)

    March 15th, 2022  |  1 hr 38 mins
    pc

    Additional host required.

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    Mischief Makers

    March 1st, 2022  |  1 hr 26 mins
    n64

    SHAKE SHAKE

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    Prince of Persia

    February 15th, 2022  |  1 hr 34 mins
    pc

    All of this will be lost like sands in time.

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    RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

    February 1st, 2022  |  1 hr 35 mins
    pc

    MORE LOAN = MORE COASTER

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    Cool Spot

    January 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 25 mins
    genesis

    The fact that there are several soda-mascot games we could have played is weird, right?

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    2021 Year in Review

    January 11th, 2022  |  48 mins 32 secs

    It's our Worst-Worst to Best-Best of 2021!

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    Mario Party

    January 4th, 2022  |  1 hr 38 mins
    n64

    Why is there a "3" prominently featured on the cover of the first game?!

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    Dragon Warrior

    December 21st, 2021  |  1 hr 23 mins
    gb

    The NES classic, remade for the SNES, ported to the GBC, and probably best played on your phone.