Warp Zone Podcast: July 1990
We hope you’re enjoying your summer and maybe we’ll entertain you a little bit while you’re on your walk or maybe driving across country on vacation! We once again of a plethora of NES games to cover this month and we spend a lot of time going over the print magazines for July of 1990. Be sure to stick around for the Energy Tank where we answer the questions our listeners have submitted. Thanks again for listening!
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SHOW NOTES:
WELCOME TO WARP ZONE!
0:00 – Introduction Music
0:47 – Press Start
POW BLOCK
1:32 – Introduction to POW Block
2:26 – Adventures of Gilligan’s Island
6:14 – Battle Chess
8:30 – Bigfoot
11:09 – Circus Caper
14:39 – Crystalis
20:45 – Dungeon Magic
25:17 – Dusty Diamond’s All-Star Softball
28:27 – Image Fight
31:30 – Little League Baseball: Championship Series
35:25 – Mad Max
37:59 – Pictionary
41:37 – Snake Rattle ‘N Roll
45:30 – Wizardry
INTERMISSION
48:02 – Overworld by SNK – Crystalis OST
PLAYING WITH POWER
48:58 – Introduction to Playing With Power
49:19 – Nintendo Power | July/August 1990
1:30:09 – GamePro | July 1990
1:50:19 – EGM | July 1990
2:08:18 – VG&CE | July 1990
INTERMISSION
2:21:56 – Drawing Game by Tim Follin – Pictionary OST
THE ENERGY TANK
2:23:41 – Community Connection
GAME OVER
3:01:55 – Thanks for Listening!
3:02:14 – Mt. Sabre by SNK – Crystalis 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.
