Ep 86 - Fighting Games! w/Eric

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RetroLogic - Episode 86

RetroLogic isn’t just a podcast, It’s a whole community of retro gamers! Visit RetroLogic.games for our discord link, fair trade merch, blog posts written by Sam Wagers…And dive into our family of podcasts!RetroGroove, a music history podcast, and On Topic Retro, a podcast dedicated to 1 video game per episode hosted by our very own John Cummins.

Housekeeping:

• On Topic Retro - alien hominid

• Streaming: mother 3 monday

Icebreaker - what did you buy? And what did you play?

Sam:Bought: nothing :\ I did pre-order kirby dream buffet, at least

Played: Beat Live a live! And battle network 5 (working on post-game!). And Starfy on stream! Power Quest (GBC)

John: Xenosaga episode II, Axiom Verge 2, Lemmings PSP, FFXII Guide, and Bushido Blade fighters guide

Played Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Dan: Zelda Spirit Tracks, Clayfighter, Gradius III, Pokemon Fire Red, Portal 2,

Eric:

The price is RETRO

“If this is your first time playing The Price Is Retro, this is how we play.

I’m going to list off 4-5 games, and everyone else has to guess how much the games are worth in total. Whoever’s guess is the closest wins that round, and the next person lists off their games. Everyone brought a list of games, and everyone guesses on each other’s lists.

At the end of the game, whoever won the most rounds wins the game!But look out for Polterguest! He guesses $300 on each list, and if he wins the game I have to give away a sticker from the merch store!”

Sam’s list

John’s list

Dan’s list

AMBASSADORS NEW GAME

“Spot the fake”

“We’re given a list of game titles, and we have to guess which one was made up”

“Games Described Badly”

“We’re given several descriptions of video games and we have to guess what game is being described.”

“Retro-pedia”

“I’m going to start reading the description of a game from wikipedia. As soon as you think you know it, yell out your answer! If you’re wrong I’m giving the other people an opportunity to guess. If everyone’s wrong I’ll keep reading until someone else yells out.”

Fact or crap?

“Trivia Card”

Show Topic

Fighting games: featuring Guest AllN Eric

-how we got into fighting games

-Arcade vs. console experience-Rivalry and competition Fighting game History (if we have time)-Street fighter 2: the grandfather of all fighting games-Street fighter clones and more-favorite Street fighter 2 knock off?Fun fact: Data East’s Fighter’s History actually went to (USA) court for being too similar to street fighter.(Capcom USA inc. vs. Data East Corp.) Capcom lost the suit. Data East also claimed during their defense that Karate Champ was the true original arcade fighting game. It was ultimately ruled that the while the game was very similar, the elements taken from Street Fighter constituted a “scenes a faire” and thus would have to be permitted.\ -Branching out, Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct, and others find their own identity-3D fighters: Tekken, Virtua Fighter, Soul Calibur-the first claimed 3D fighter was Sega’s Dark Edge, unreleased outside japan-waning popularity as arcades closed-Battle Arena Toshinden would be the first to introduce sidestepping

-the rise of online play and, later, GGPO/rollback.

-the neogeo-Sega platforms as the home for fighting games, esp. Saturn & dreamcast-The future of fighting games-ARMS

Community Couch

*allow Eric to Plug the All N Podcast, *

DANVERSE

QuestionsFollow up on “John’s retro collection and potential downsizing”

ChrisHL94

I am definitely feeling what John described in the last podcast. I have a fairly modest game collection, but I almost never "have" time to play them. I keep telling myself I'll play these games one day, like when the kids are older and out of the house, or when I have fewer commitments in my life. I also wonder if this "time" will ever come, and should I just sell all these games and play what I have time for. I have a feeling I know what you guys think about this, but I'd be interested in hearing it.

WarriorofWASD

I feel this. I have tons of unbeaten games and a wishlist that is just as big. I had to redeem my game time by sticking to motion games (VR and Switch) for exercise and multiplayer with my friends to make it a healthy hobby.

Outro

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