Warp Zone Podcast: January 1990
Happy New Year and welcome to another episode of the Warp Zone podcast, where we discuss the Nintendo games from 30 years ago. As is our annual tradition, we reveal our Top 10 NES games from the prior year! 1989 had a lot of great games to choose from, so it was difficult to narrow it down to just 10. We also fight over which game gets number 1, but perhaps things will change next episode with our annual awards? Enjoy!
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SHOW NOTES:
WELCOME TO WARP ZONE!
0:00 – Introduction Music
0:47 – Press Start
POW BLOCK
1:20 – Introduction to POW Block
1:47 – 8 Eyes
5:45 – Bases Loaded II: The Second Season
8:57 – A Boy and His Blob
14:07 – The Chessmaster
15:37 – Clash at Demonhead
19:06 – Demon Sword
21:16 – Double Dragon II: The Revenge
27:41 – Evert & Lendl Top Player’s Tennis
29:50 – Fantasy Zone
32:20 – Genghis Khan
34:15 – Infiltrator
36:38 – Kings of the Beach
40:33 – Rescue: The Embassy Mission
42:30 – River City Ransom
46:06 – Roadblasters
48:47 – Rock ‘n Ball
51:14 – Top Gun: The Second Mission
53:12 – Twin Cobra
INTERMISSION
55:41 – Into The Turf by Kazunaka Yamane – Double Dragon II OST
PLAYING WITH POWER
56:33 – Intro to Playing With Power
56:48 – Consumer Embraced High Tech in the ’80s | The Times News Idaho Jan. 4, 1990
1:02:43 – Nintendo Press Releases | January Winter CES 1990
1:13:31 – Not So Fond Farewell To The Worst Products of the ’80s | The Chicago Tribune
1:18:44 – EGM | January 1990
1:30:08 – GamePro | January 1990
1:34:19 – Nintendo Power | January / February 1990
INTERMISSION
1:54:38 – Double Illusion by Kazunaka Yamane – Double Dragon II OST
ENERGY TANK
1:55:19 – Top 10 NES Games of 1989
GAME OVER
2:37:13 – Thanks for Listening!
2:38:10 – Final Confrontation by Kazunaka Yamane – Double Dragon II OST
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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.
