Warp Zone Podcast: May 1991
May of 1991 was another slow month in the world of Nintendo. The calm before the storm really, since we’re on the eve of the Super Nintendo officially being unveiled at the June CES and releasing just two m0nths later!
We hope you enjoyed our trip down memory lane. If you’d like to listen to this podcast 1 week early, be sure to visit our Patreon and become a member at the $3 and up tier. It includes a bunch of extra perks, such as LIVE episodes of the Nintendo Times Radio podcast!
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SHOW NOTES:
WELCOME TO WARP ZONE!
0:00 – Introduction Music
0:46 – Press Start
POW BLOCK
1:17 – Introduction
1:40 – Beetlejuice
4:23 – Family Feud
7:58 – Flight of the Intruder
9:32 – Monopoly
12:41 – The Rocketeer
14:18 – Times of Lore
INTERMISSION
17:01 – Level 7 by Sunsoft – Blaster Master OST
PLAYING WITH POWER
17:51 – First Look at Games for Super NES | Chicago Tribune | May 31, 1991
27:20 – Nintendo Power | May 1991
38:07 – EGM | May 1991
46:46 – Game Players | May 1991
50:25 – GamePro | May 1991
56:06 – VG&CE | May 1991
INTERMISSION
57:29 – Underwater by Koji Kondo – Super Mario Bros. 3 OST
THE ENERGY TANK
58:05 – Top 10 NES Games NOT Published by Nintendo, Capcom, or Konami
GAME OVER
1:19:01 – Thanks for Listening!
1:19:23 – Town by Nobuo Uematsu – Final Fantasy OST
1:20:08 – Ending by Nobuo Uematsu – Final Fantasy 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.
