We Are The Power Company Now (All Calls), don’t worry. You’ll get it once you listen. It is very much one of those, “if I had a nickel for each time it happened, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice” sort of things. We talk about the controversial … Continue reading → The post Ep. 770 – We Are The Power Company N…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is the latest in our SNES movie games series. So we dragged out the 1994 film alongside the game to get the full experience. Aaaand it was all quite the experience. This definitely falls into that category of, “Did the movie really need to be translated into a game?” So if you’re … Continue reading → The post Ep. 769 – M…

Dennis the Menace is back! In movie and video game form. European Listeners, this is a very different Dennis the Menace and the story is pretty odd (don’t worry, we get into it). We have a very special draft that ended up being one of our favorites that we have ever done then we dive … Continue reading → The post Ep. 768 – Dennis the Menace appeare…

ALDI Calls. Get it? You will if you listen. We had a quick turn around in recording times, so in our eternal effort to always publish something on time (12 years running), we present to you this ALDI themed All Calls Episode. We’re wondering how you pronounce this German based and budget friendly grocery store … Continue reading → The post Ep. 767 …

Tyler is sick! We had to push back the recording of this episode a couple of times for different reasons but we are dedicated to delivering you, valued listener, the best possible podcast episode about Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story the SNES. It is because of this dedication that Dave, Ian, and special guest host … Continue reading → The post Ep. 766 …

Lethal Weapon brings all its…weapons…lethally to TADPOG shores. You see Joe Pesci up there? But it says Lethal Weapon when clearly he is a character from the sequel? Are you confused? Same here. We ended up watching the first movie but the game is actually over the sequel so just know that going into this … Continue reading → The post Ep. 765 – Let…

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition morphs into our hearts with our quick turn around. We had record another episode a few days after the last one, so sorry for the lack of movie tie in but we decided to finish up the last of the SNES Power Rangers games with this one. But … Continue reading → The post Ep. 764 – Mighty Morphin Power …

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie go go goes to this podcast with a simple roll a d20 courtesy of the mini-randomizer that only randomizes SNES movie games. We played the first Power Rangers game and that horrendous Mario Kart clone of a Power Rangers racing game with Zeo. Where does this game fall in … Continue reading → The post Ep. 763 – M…

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West moseys on over courtesy the Movie Game Mini-Randomizer. We had all missed this movie and game as a kids even though we remember the marketing very well, say thankee. Since it’s about a mouse we have to have a fictional mouse draft, followed by some talk about the new … Continue reading → The post Ep. 762 – An Amer…

Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival connects its rainbow to TADPOG. Remember that Muppet draft we didn’t have time to get to on our last all drafts episode? Well, we just decided to go in “whole hog” (Wokka Wokka) and not only do a Muppet (well, anything Jim Henson) draft but we did the only … Continue reading → The post Ep. 761 – Muppet Advent…

All Drafts: Eclipse Edition comes to blindly on this hallowed, the day of eclipse. Well, for us anyway. TADPOG happens to lie right in the path of totality so it was quite the day for the area. And quite the day for Ian, his has finally been bitten by the COVID zombie. He didn’t hide … Continue reading → The post Ep. 760 – All Drafts: Total Eclipse…

Jurassic Park finally dino DNA’s it’s way onto TADPOG shores. Sure, we have done Jurassic Park on the Genesis and The Chaos Continues AND The Lost World but somehow we completed missed the SNES version of the original Jurassic Park. Is it cool and shadowy like the Genesis? Can you play as the Raptor? STAY … Continue reading → The post Ep. 759 – Jur…

The Hunt for Red October has starting being…hunted. The hunt has begun? Began? We have hunted our hunt for The Hunt of Red October? Whatever. We watched a the movie and played an SNES game based off of it to continue our SNES Movie Games series. TADPOG brushes up on our best Scottish accents and … Continue reading → The post Ep. 758 – The Hunt for …

All Calls: The Michelle Prophecies has finally come to pass as it was foretold in the days of old. And by old I mean so old you may know it by another name. Classic TADPOG. We had to dona double recording this week because of life, so rather than stress ourselves out really hard we … Continue reading → The post Ep. 757 – All Calls: The Michelle Pro…

Bram Stoker’s Dracula FLIES on into TADPOG studios. You know, cause he can be a bat. Or mist. Does mist fly? I guess it does but maybe not in a traditional sense. It just sorts of mists around. Anyway, we finally get to Bram Stoker’s Dracula on the SNES and the movie in its full … Continue reading → The post Ep. 756 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula appeared…

Leap Day Shenanigans, courtesy of Leap Day William – fresh from the Mariana Trench – with candy to trade for our tears. Why tears? You know what is coming next week. BUT UNTIL THEN, we only had 2 days of turn around so we had to do something different. So let’s do that. We talk … Continue reading → The post Ep. 755 – Leap Day Shenanigans appeared f…

All Calls (Definitely Not AI Generated) come back. We are not AI for the purposes of this episode. We are old men playing old games. The games are not right now but there are calls coming instead. It is our hope that you enjoy the calls that you made to us. Terrified Michelle is a … Continue reading → The post Ep. 754 – All Calls (Definitely Not AI…

Casper ectoplasmically slides its way into our episode list this week! We just had to see what other gems Absolute Entertainment could cook up for us. Ian and Tyler had some very positive memories of this movie and Dave had never experienced it before so we’re ripe with movie talk on top of the game … Continue reading → The post Ep. 753 – Casper ap…

Toys! That long lauded movie that all sorts of kids completely misunderstood and had totally different expectations from has come to the shores of TADPOG. Worry not, we watched the movie and come fully equipped to talk about it as well as the game. Oh, HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY. We celebrate that by taking a romantic … Continue reading → The post Ep. 7…

The Karate Kid kicks through the nostalgia wall directly in TADPOG studio. We all watched, or re-watched, the original so we could get into the proper mindset to play and review this NES game. So we talk plenty about the ins and outs of the movie (and dip our toe into the rest of the … Continue reading → The post Ep. 751 – The Karate Kid appeared f…

Top Gun flies into TADPOG studios! Does it safely land to proper fanfare? Or does it do a nosedive into the water right before the carrier like 99% of all landing attempts the general population did attempting to play this game? We discuss The Boys, Fargo, Final Fantasy VI, and even do a particular draft … Continue reading → The post Ep. 750 – Top …

Drac’s Night Out is here and we are PUMPED! Get it? Because the game is sponsored by Reebok Pumps. Because Dracula needs those. But really, he does in this game. He’s like a reverse vampire where touching people kills him. We know this one sounds a little different (we do address is right away) but … Continue reading → The post Ep. 749 – Drac’s Nig…

All Calls Michelleaganza! YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. IT IS AN ALL CALLS EPISODE. THIS PARTICULAR EPISODE IS HEAVY ON CALLS FROM TERRIFIED MICHELLE. We love her and we had a great time doing this. We know all of you were craving that sweet sweet Drac’s Night Out unreleased NES game content but you’ll have … Continue reading → The post Ep. 748 – All C…

Clue is here! We know the SNES game isn’t really based off the movie but it’s a really great excuse to also rewatch the Tim Curry classic since there may not be a huge amount to say about an SNES game based off a board game that plays…very much like a board game. So please … Continue reading → The post Ep. 747 – Clue appeared first on TADPOG: Tyler…

The Blues Brothers! It’s an 90s Super Nintendo game based off an 80s movie based on a 70s SNL skit, that is how you know it’s quality stuff and totally appropriate to all the material its based on. But first we must discuss the Blues Brothers movie at length, and even before that we draft … Continue reading → The post Ep. 746 – The Blues Brothers a…

Wayne’s World schwings on over to the shores of TADPOG as we go one more game into our “Saturday Night Live movies that were turned into Super Nintendo games” series. We had to go back and refresh ourselves on the movie, the skit, and we even played the video game. We visit a special Holiday … Continue reading → The post Ep. 745 – Wayne’s World app…

Dirty Harry asks us just how lucky we feeling playing his NES game this week on TADPOG. This week may not get us any closer to finishing our SNES list but it’s a good continuation of our “R Rated Moves turned into video games” series. Yes, it’s another series. We love them. Get used to … Continue reading → The post Ep. 744 – Dirty Harry appeared fi…

Alien vs Predator comes along in our stunning series of SNES games with VS in the title. So that’s 2 out of the 3. We think. There is a list somewhere but it’s long. We’ll get there. You know what we’re about here at TADPOG. We congratulate Ian on winning an award. We talk plenty … Continue reading → The post Ep. 743 – Alien vs Predator appeared fi…

RoboCop 3, that means the coming of RoboCop not once, not twice but THRICE! And this time on the Super Nintendo! Was it a good movie? Was it a good game? Let me ask you this – was there a RoboCop 4? We do a deep dive into not just the game but also the … Continue reading → The post Ep. 742 – RoboCop 3 appeared first on TADPOG: Tyler and Dave Play O…

RoboCop Versus The Terminator robotically walks into way onto TADPOG shores. This sorta counts as an Arnold tangential movie, right? The streak continues? We make a strong come back with “Anime I?” since Ian has a very strong recommendation. We talk some about Thanksgiving (it was Thanksgiving Eve when we recorded this, after all), discuss … Contin…

Last Action Hero completes our SNES Schwarzenegger Series and we come full loaded to discuss what we thought not just about the game but also the movie – this is one Ian hadn’t even seen but Tyler has, that’s the very first time that has ever happened. But even better than all things Last Action … Continue reading → The post Ep. 740 – Last Action H…

Judge Dredd has come to conclude our Stallonesgiving series in style. We have now all seen Judge Dredd and give our very detailed feelings on both the movie and the game. We also talk about the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie, we take a quick dip into “Anime I?” territory, look at Warthunder, Treehouse of … Continue reading → The post Ep. 739 – Judge…

Stallonesgiving is on a Break, so you know what that means – ALL CALLS has come again! Don’t get mad, we were on a break when this happened. Apparently, Terrible Michelle is the copy girl to our Ross. We take all sorts of calls that prompt us to discuss where you bury parents and step … Continue reading → The post Ep. 738 – Stallonesgiving Is On A …

In the immortal words of Cliffhanger, “Hang on for your life!”. That’s right, pack your gear because we’re headed on a journey through the icy peaks of Cliffhanger for the Super Nintendo. This notoriously “bad video game”, based on the action film of the same name, was developed by Malibu Interactive and published by Sony … Continue reading → The p…

Demolition Man explodes onto TADPOG in our SNES Stallone Series. We keep our movie game standard and watch the movie so we can discuss it and compare it to the game, so if you love Demolition Man the movie, this is the episode for you. Even more so if you love the reunions of TADPOG … Continue reading → The post Ep. 736 – Demolition Man appeared fi…

The Itchy & Scratchy Game is here and concludes our SNES Simpsons Saga! None of us had ever heard of or experienced this game in any way so it was brand new territory for all of us. But before we talk all about Itchy trying to kill Scratchy, we visit the Horror Hole, chat about … Continue reading → The post Ep. 735 – The Itchy & Scratchy Game appea…

Virtual Bart. That’s right, Bart is back in virtual form! Did you know Bart’s Nightmare had a sequel? We didn’t! So join us for a deep dive into all the little mini games that comprise this game. But before that, we discuss the new Frasier and Ashoka. The we hit of Ian’s Horror Hole and … Continue reading → The post Ep. 734 – Virtual Bart appeared …

Bart’s Nightmare has arrived on TADPOG shores, officially cementing our TADPOG Simpson Series where will cover all the SNES Simpsons games, back to back to back to back. To Tyler’s amusement, we dive into Bart’s Nightmare this week. We update you our Sea of Stars progress. Dave gets back into Phasmophobia. Ian loves The Exorcist. … Continue reading…

Krusty’s Super Fun House has finally made it’s way to the TADPOG shores. Did it come courtesy of the Randomizer? No, we totally forgot to do that. What would have been a good game to fit into our Sea of Stars playing? This one. Tyler and Ian have some history with this game, while Dave … Continue reading → The post Ep. 7312 – Krusty’s Super Fun Hou…

One Calls! That’s right. We take exactly 1 call. Is it particularly long and cucumbersome (I realize) call? Does it take us deep into our souls and yield the fruit of beautiful revealing conversation? Or do we go really long on a draft we enjoyed and only had time to take a single call? You … Continue reading → The post Ep. 731 – One Calls appeared…

Sea of Stars has finally arrived! It hasn’t been out long and we have had several requests already to talk about it so here we are! Don’t worry, this one is spoiler free. All three of us took the dive into this game and discuss it’s mechanics and layout in this episode, we wanted it … Continue reading → The post Ep. 730 – Sea of Stars appeared firs…

Frantic Flea! We’re back to The Randomizer this week and ohhhhh man did it serve us one up. Have you had a deep yearning for a flea protagonist, everyone’s favorite creature? This may just be the game for you, and only you, we imagine there is only one of you. We hit the ground running … Continue reading → The post Ep. 729 – Frantic Flea appeared f…

Dave the Diver has come ashore on TADPOG. It looked really fun and we all agreed we wanted to buck the Randomizer and play it. Did we like it? Did we really like it? Or maybe just sorta like it? Well, before that we do part 2 of our Marvel draft with villains this time, … Continue reading → The post Ep. 728 – Dave the Diver appeared first on TADPOG…

All Calls Marvel Edition! Why is it our Marvel edition? Because prior to taking calls, we do a rather extensive 10 spot draft of Marvel Heroes. We had a very busy work week so we needed something simple to turn around quickly and you know how much we love to do a therapeutic All Calls … Continue reading → The post Ep. 727 – All Calls Marvel Edition…

Pizza Tower! It’s been talked about, copies have been purchased as incentive for us to discuss it, and it’s been batted about the Discord server – here it finally is. We might run the full gamut of emotions on this one. We’ll let you guess on who falls where. We a more heated draft than … Continue reading → The post Ep. 726 – Pizza Tower appeared f…

SimAnt! Finally, the time of the TADPOG ant has come AND IT’S A PHIL EPISODE! So come join us, and our foremost simantics (you’ll hear that a lot) expert, one Sandwich Pope Phil Hawkins, take a deep dive into SimAnt for the SNES…and for DOS. We talk about some games we have played, remember playing … Continue reading → The post Ep. 725 – SimAnt app…

All…Calls? Yeah, that’s best sums it up. We had some scheduling stuff and wanted to take 30 calls that Terrified Michelle had left us. There was an attempt made at that, BUT FIRST WE MUST FINISH THE CARTOON DRAFT AND TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO 20 PLACES! Then we have to really go on … Continue reading → The post Ep. 724 – All…Calls? appeared first on T…

HyperZone! Does that sound like a SNES game, a cheap 3rd party peripheral, or maybe a candy game at Chuck E. Cheese? Well, the one we are talking about is an SNES that is a totally new one on us. There is some Six Flags talk, some multiplayer game talk, and even a draft. There … Continue reading → The post Ep. 723 – HyperZone appeared first on TADP…

True Lies (SNES)! That’s right, all these lies are true! We bring on our foremost truelieologist, Captain Gun Nerd Jon Turley to talk about the movie while we talk about the game for SNES. We do a draft, talk about Eastbound and Down, Joe Bob Briggs, that baby crying in Max Payne, stop motion movies, … Continue reading → The post Ep. 722 – True Lie…

GP-1 & GP-1: Part II (SNES), YOU READ THAT RIGHT! We’ve finally decided to do the heralded GP series on the SNES! What? You’re not familiar? and the naming scheme for these games is bad and in the same vein as X-Boxes? I’m shocked. Outright and totally shocked. Well, please stick around for all that … Continue reading → The post Ep. 721 – GP-1 & GP…