YPB: Episode 099 – Blast Corps (1997)

This week in Your Parents Basement, we are using bulldozers, dump trucks and robots to destroy everything in our path! From 1997, we’re playing Blast Corps by Rare for the Nintendo 64.

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TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 – Intro, which features the excellent title theme from the game.
• 1:45 – Today's sponsor, along with a shoutout!
• 21:00 – We get soooo many letters! It's the email portion, of the show!
• 30:00 – It's the return of a popular segment! The ToddBitSkit!
• 32:30 – We help someone out, with... Ask The Sweet Boys.
• 38:45 – Our next show is #100, and we have the funkiest fresh commercial from that game!

SHOW NOTES

- According to Price Charting, Blast Corps is still quite affordable! The loose N64 cart is only $8, and you can get the box and manual thrown in for $29.

- Blast Corps is one of the games included on the excellent Rare Replay for the Xbox One, along with past show subjects R.C. Pro-Am. You can listen to our previous show on that here!

YPB: Episode 098 – Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1994)

This week in Your Parents Basement, we are getting killed by bats, rats and traps in one horrible game! From 1994, we’re playing Disney’s Beauty and the Beast developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Hudson Soft for the Super Nintendo.

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TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 – Intro, which is the trailer from the 1991 movie version.
• 19:00 – Todd performs his magic, as he unearths more gold for another segment of… Video Game Theater. (WARNING! Strong language.)
• 24:30 – We have a Most Best Game of All-Time segment! From the Most Best Gift Giver!
• 27:15 – Emails!
• 40:00 – Next week, we’re playing a deeeeeep, story-driven game for the Nintendo 64.

YPB: Episode 097 – Willow (1989)

This week in Your Parents Basement, we are questing and earning XP as a humble little person! From 1989, we’re playing Willow by Capcom for the arcade and NES.

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TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 – Intro, which features the well-done but incredibly repetitive main theme from the NES edition of Willow.
• 25:00 – It’s the segment for shout-outs! Comments, Concerns and Questions.
• 32:00 – Emails! The alternative relationships of some co-hosts are none of our business.
• 43:00 – We help some more people this week in… Ask the Sweet Boys.
• 48:00 – It’s the segment we didn’t even know existed! It’s so unexpected we don’t have bumper music for it! We get a Voicemail from a friend.
• 55:30 – Snifferoo. Beauties and/or beasts next week!

SHOW NOTES

- According to Price Charting, Willow is a pretty affordable game. It’s about $10 for the loose cart, and $25 if you want the cart, box and manual. However, it’s not popular enough to be on the various re-release carts or emulator packages Capcom has done.

YPB: Episode 096 – Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

This week in Your Parents Basement, we are hunting down creatures with our explosive bow and arrow! From 1997, we’re playing Turok: Dinosaur Hunter by Iguana Entertainment and published by Acclaim for the Nintendo 64. We’re joined by friend of the show Dale!

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TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 – Intro, which is the title theme from Turok.
• 39:30 – We find out who thought this game was the… Most Best Game of All-Time.
• 43:15 – Comments, concerns and questions, from two listeners this week!
• 48:30 – Emails! How are the kids?
• 1:03:30 – We can’t let an opportunity go by without helpin’ some people. It’s… Ask the Sweet Boys.
• 1:09:30 – Snifferoo. We’re playing a game based on a movie that totally didn’t steal everything from The Hobbit.

SHOW NOTES

- According to Price Charting, most of the Turok games are quite affordable! Except for a rare variant of Rage Wars, everything is between $5 and $20 for Turok.

- Dale has a website! Check out Dale Is Great here!