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 047 – Batman Forever (1995) and Superman 64 (1999)

This week in Your Parents Basement, we are faster than a speeding bullet and also, the dark knight! From 1995, we’re playing Batman Forever by Probe Entertainment, and from 1999, unfortunately, we’re playing Superman 64 by Titus Software. Joining us, calling in from Krypton, is special guest Mattyboy!

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TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 – Intro, which is the title theme from the 1966 Batman with Adam West. It’s real and incredible. We’re joined this week by friend of the show and frequent emailer Mattyboy!
• 6:15 – We have some technical difficulties, and have to reboot.
• 27:15 – We switch from Batman Forever to Superman 64 talk!
• 47:45 – It’s another installment of Vidya Game Theatre!
• 54:00 – Emails! This week, Mattyboy introduces them, and participates even more than usual.
• 1:07:45 – Snifferoo. Oh hell yeah! It’s Wrestlemania season!

SHOW NOTES

- According to Price Charting, Superman 64 only costs $6.95 for just the cart, but the price swells to $38 for the cart, box and manual, and $41 for a new copy. Batman Forever has a similar swing, at $3 to $7 for the loose cart, up to the $26 to $30 range for new copies.

- Batman Forever had a scary amount of commercials for all sorts of crap, like McDonald’s. Also, be sure to buy the VHS!

- As mentioned on the show, TV Funhouse and Saturday Night Live had a spoof of Superman called Wonderman. It’s semi-NSFW, but viewable here.

YPB: Episode 044 – The Simpsons (1991 and 1992)

This week in Your Parents Basement, it’s the 25^th anniversary of the sole early good game in a video game series based on a TV series! From 1991, it’s The Simpsons arcade game by Konami! We also play some of the low lights of the video games – Bart vs. The Space Mutants, Bart’s House of Weirdness and Bart’s Nightmare.

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TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 – Intro, which features one of the best TV theme songs in vidya game music glory.
• 43:30 – Emails! We talk Christmas gifts and other important things.
• 1:04:00 – Snifferoo. We’re covering TWO games for next week’s show! One involves the Zapper. Pew pew pew!

SHOW NOTES

- According to Price Charting, pretty much all of the games based on The Simpsons are between $5 and $20 for just the carts or discs. As we say on the show, most of them aren’t worth owning, except for Hit and Run, Road Rage and The Simpsons Game.

- The list of video games based on The Simpsons is really long. As is the list of video games on The Simpsons.

- Do you like luxury? What about a Jaguar?