Warp Zone Podcast: March 1990
March of 1990 was a huge month filled with NES releases. Surprisingly there wasn’t the usual triple A release and although some of the games are totally worth checking out, the majority of them were pretty average or worse. Our super-sized 3 hours episode begins right now (or whenever you choose to press that play button).
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SHOW NOTES:
WELCOME TO WARP ZONE!
0:00 – Introduction Music
0:47 – Press Start
POW BLOCK
1:29 – Introduction to POW Block
1:46 – Abadox
6:56 – The Adventures of Lolo II
8:53 – Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing
12:24 – Astyanax
16:23 – Baseball Simulator 1.000
21:04 – Burai Fighter
23:29 – Code Name: Viper
27:20 – Conflict
29:51 – Heavy Barrel
33:23 – Jack Nicklaus’ Major Championship Golf
35:35 – Kid Kool
39:44 – Magic Johnson’s Fast Break
42:37 – Target: Renegade
45:25 – Terra Cresta
49:36 – Vegas Dream
53:53 – Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition
55:27 – Win, Lose Or Draw
57:55 – Kwirk
59:19 – Revenge of the Gator
INTERMISSION
1:02:47 – Level 1 by Natsume – Abadox OST
PLAYING WITH POWER
1:04:20 – Intro to Playing With Power
1:04:34 – Nintendo World Championships 1990 Press Releases
1:13:57 – Nintendo Can Sue Over Unauthorized Sales | LA Times | March 15, 1990
1:15:49 – Color Dreams vs Nintendo | LA Times | March 17, 1990
1:19:05 – More Nintendo World Championships 1990 | The Idaho Newspaper
1:22:31 – EGM | March 1990
1:49:03 – Game Players | March 1990
2:07:20 – GamePro | March 1990
2:15:53 – Nintendo Power | March/April 1990
2:32:56 – VG&CE | March 1990
INTERMISSION
2:36:11 – Level 7 by Vic Tokai – Kid Kool OST
ENERGY TANK
2:37:24 – Best Music Tracks In Games (1989 Edition)
GAME OVER
2:58:12 – Thanks for Listening!
2:58:52 – Ending by HAL – Adventures of Lolo 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.
