Warp Zone Podcast: October 1987

Welcome to October 1987. The NES has been on the market for two years and this holiday season is shaping up to be its biggest ever. We go over the games that came out that month as well as discuss our Top 13 Spooky NES Games. Enjoy!

 

 

We hope you enjoy our trip down memory lane. As always, be sure to check out our Warp Zone section on the site for news, reviews, and more written as if from that time period. Don’t forget to send us your questions and suggestions to be featured on a future show via an e-mail (please put Warp Zone in the subject line) or by getting in touch with us via Twitter. As always, please rate us in iTunes, and subscribe to our YouTube Channel. Plus, you can listen to us on Google Play Music!

 

SHOW NOTES:

WELCOME TO WARP ZONE!

0:00 – Introduction Music

0:48  – Press Start

POW BLOCK

1:34 – Introduction to POW Block

2:00 – Alpha Mission

6:18 – Lunar Pool

8:38 – Tiger-Heli

12:09 – Zanac

17:04 – Rad Racer

26:14 – Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!

INTERMISSION

44:11 – Bout Theme by Y. Kaneoka, A. Nakatuka & K. Yamamoto – Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! OST

PLAYING WITH POWER

45:35 – Introduction to Playing With Power

45:43 – October 1987 Issue of Computer Entertainer

58:29 – Video Adventures – Milwaukee Journal 10/10/87: NES Advantage

1:04:11 – October/November 1987 Issue of The Games Machine

INTERMISSION

1:17:14 – Area 1 by Masatomo Miyamoto – Zanac OST

ENERGY TANK

1:18:08 – Top 13 Spooky NES Games

GAME OVER

1:59:59 – Thanks for listening!

2:02:04 – Training by Y. Kaneoka, A. Nakatuka & K. Yamamoto – Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! OST

2:03:05 – Little Mac’s Confession by Game Over – Punch-Out!! Remix

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Craig Majaski

Craig has been covering the video game industry since 1995. His work has been published across a wide spectrum of media sites. He's currently the Editor-In-Chief of Nintendo Times and contributes to Gaming Age.

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