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 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!

YPB: Episode 064 – Quest 64 (1998)

This week in Your Parents Basement, we are playing as the legendary, all-powerful and awe-inspiring magician… Brian. From 1998, we’re playing Quest 64 by Imagineer for the Nintendo 64.

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TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 – Intro, which is the title theme for Quest 64, although it sounds more like The Nightly News with Peter Jennings.
• 43:00 – During the emails, we get a new segment: Ask the Sweet Boys! And, the rest of the emails! Guess what, we’re playing Pokemon Go like the rest of the world!
• 58:45 – Snifferoo. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the opposite of next week’s game series was taking place.

SHOW NOTES

- According to Price Charting, Quest 64 is pretty cheap now. Loose carts go for $8.72, and the manual and box ups the price to $29.49. The only thing cheaper on the system are a slew of sports games.

- Quest 64 is “new” enough that a review of it from 1998 still exists on Gamespot.

- TV Tropes writers had quite a bit of fun dissecting Quest 64.