Warp Zone Podcast: April 1990
April showers bring lots of NES games! For the second month in a row we have a ton of Game Paks to discuss. Plus we go over some of the best magazines for the month and we play a new game “From the Box” in The Energy Tank segment. Thanks so much for listening!
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SHOW NOTES:
WELCOME TO WARP ZONE!
0:00 – Introduction Music
0:47 – Press Start
POW BLOCK
5:03 – Introduction to POW Block
5:21 – Double Dare
10:06 – Dynowarz
15:29 – Ghostbusters II
19:21 – Ivan Iron Man Stewart’s Super Off Road
22:57 – Phantom Fighter
25:35 – Pin-Bot
30:08 – Snake’s Revenge
33:42 – Snoopy’s Silly Sports Spectacular
36:24 – Super C
43:32 – Tecmo World Wrestling
47:04 – WCW World Championship Wrestling
50:50 – Wrath of the Black Manta
53:58 – Xexyz
INTERMISSION
1:00:15 – Jungle Theme by Ultra Games – Snake’s Revenge OST
PLAYING WITH POWER
1:01:05 – Intro to Playing With Power
1:01:16 – Taking On Nintendo | LA Times | April 30, 1990
1:07:51 – GamePro | April 1990
1:16:18 – EGM | April 1990
1:49:30 – Official 1990 World of Nintendo Buyer’s Guide
INTERMISSION
2:03:54 – Fight Music 4 by Tecmo – Tecmo World Wrestling
THE ENERGY TANK
2:04:59 – From The Box
GAME OVER
2:19:55 – Thanks for Listening!
2:22:29 – Wilderness by Konami – Super C 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.
