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Episode 229 : The Simpsons Bart vs the Space Mutants (NES)

Retrovaniacs · November 18, 2025

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get the PlayStation 2 sequel. I did not end up buying it because it's different than enough looking, but I liked it. I'd say for me, a lot of the ones I'm surprised about how much I enjoy are the games that I wouldn't have tried, which for me is going to be most likely the N64 games, right? I mean, the Genesis games we've covered, even the Super Nintendo games, a lot of the ones I'm like, "Oh, I need to play this as a game I never played." Like when we did Super Metroid, I'd never finished Super Metroid until we did it for the podcast and I should have. And when we did A Link to the Past and I did the randomizer run we did, like that was really fun because that's another game. Like I had played it, but I'd never finished it until I finished it so that I could then do the randomizer and finish it. So it was like the games I knew I would like are a treat, but the things on the N64, specifically like Shadow Man most recently, what was the one that's the Aliens where it's kind of like Grand Theft Auto Body Harvest, another one where we were the N64, that's another game. I didn't know what it was. I wasn't sure what to expect and I ended up really

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... good work. As a recent example, since you brought up the N64, the Shadow Man we did was, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Shadow Man. Yes, it was, it had some frustrating moments, but I get the PlayStation 2 sequel. I did not end up buying it because it's different than enough looking, but I liked it. I'd say for me, a lot of the ones I'm surprised about how much I enjoy are the games that I wouldn't have tried, which for me is going to be most likely the N64 games, right? I mean, the Genesis games we've covered, even the Super Nintendo games, a lot of the ones I'm like, "Oh, I need to play this as a game I never played." Like when we did Super Metroid, I'd never finished Super Metroid until we did it for the podcast and I should have. And when we did A Link to the Past and I did the randomizer run we did, like that was really fun because that's another game. Like I had played it, but I'd never finished it until I finished it so that I could then do the randomizer and finish it. So it was like the games I knew I would like are a treat, but the things on the N64, specifically like Shadow Man most recently, what was the one that's the Aliens where it's kind of like Grand Theft Auto Body Harvest, another one where we were the N64, that's another game. I didn't know what it was. I wasn't sure what to expect and I ended up really that are ones we haven't tried. No, we don't love all the games people recommend. There's a handful that we will never play again. Rings of Power is a great example, but at least we tried. The one that's coming to my mind is actually from last year's November and that was Simpsons Hit and ...

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