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Podouken

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Frequency: 1 episode/15d. Total Eps: 157

A PODCAST FOR ARCADE LOVERS. From the owners of 100+ arcade and pinball cabinets, and the proprietors of a real-life arcade comes PODOUKEN, a brand new podcast that takes a deep dive into the world of video arcade games, and explores the history, story, strategy, art, music, restoration, preservation and fun of arcade games.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - videoGames
30/01/2026
#98
🇬🇧 Great Britain - videoGames
14/07/2025
#67
🇨🇦 Canada - videoGames
09/07/2025
#77
🇨🇦 Canada - videoGames
08/07/2025
#55
🇨🇦 Canada - videoGames
07/07/2025
#28
🇨🇦 Canada - videoGames
06/07/2025
#66
🇨🇦 Canada - videoGames
05/07/2025
#43
🇬🇧 Great Britain - videoGames
30/05/2025
#93
🇬🇧 Great Britain - videoGames
29/05/2025
#65
🇨🇦 Canada - videoGames
11/05/2025
#74

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Virtua Tennis - Episode 127

Episode 127

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 • Duration 01:53:14

Are you the best tennist? Well then, slap on your Citizen watch, drink a fresh bottle of Evian, and prove it on Sega's virtua carpet courts against tennis legends like Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Mark Phillipoussis. Lets Power Smash it with Virtua Tennis!

Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world? Should we have a Real Arcade Wives of Podouken episode? What are our controversial takes on Pickleball and will those takes alienate some of our listeners?

Our questions this episode include some doozies like asking us to come up with Podouken pickup lines and what top 80s or 90s IP would we love to see turned into an arcade or pinball game. Want your questions answered in a future episode? You can join the Podouken Discord by following this link and ask away in the episode questions channel: discord.gg/k5vf2Jz

The new listener questions segments are also available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@podoukenpodcast2716

Thanks to Matt (aka Momsecretrecipe on the Podouken Discord) for the Listeners' Choice game nomination!

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Ninja Baseball Bat Man - Episode 126

Episode 126

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 • Duration 01:44:21

It was the best Batman game in arcades. It may have been the best baseball game in the arcades. It wasn't the best Ninja game in arcades but two out of three ain't bad. For the first episode of our Listeners' Choice (part 5) miniseries (and our 5th year anniversary episode) we're going to discuss the most known unknown game out there - Irem's Ninja Baseball Bat Man.

How did this intoxicating combination of words come to be (and why is it so irresistible to say out loud)? Which of Mr. SNK's kids had the best rebrand of Ninja Baseball Bat Man? Does an alligator lose its tail? How was Past Blaster's trip to Japan?

We answer this episode's listener questions: which games had the biggest crowds when we were growing up, and what arcade game did we discover for the first time through M.A.M.E.? Want your questions answered in a future episode? You can join the Podouken Discord by following this link and ask away: discord.gg/k5vf2Jz

News! The listener questions segments are now available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@podoukenpodcast2716

Thanks to Kevin (aka Bull on the Podouken Discord) for the Listeners' Choice game nomination!

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Neo Geo 1995 - Episode 117

Episode 117

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 • Duration 02:13:26

Travel back to the year 1995 when we all found out who shot Mr. Burns, Apollo 13 came out so that all future movie trailers can use James Horner's music for their dramatic themes, and Calvin & Hobbes sled off into the snow one final time. Reminisce as the Podouken crew assembles their Neo Geo 4 slot with their picks of 1995 with Savage Reign, Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash, Pulstar, and Puzzle de Pon!

Why are this year's MVS releases an attack of the clones? How did this episode become so… suggestive? Did we just stumble upon the secret inspiration of Naruto? Was the return of Time-Boy a success?

The questions this week include which arcade character do we think has the most rizz (which required our old asses to look up the definition of "rizz") and what game is at the top of our bucket list to play on dedicated hardware? Join the Podouken Discord and ask your own questions which could be included in a future episode by following this link: discord.gg/k5vf2Jz

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Virtual On - Episode 028

Episode 28

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 • Duration 02:04:10

We get in the damn robot and play some of Sega's Virtual On! The final Listeners' Choice episode takes on your second/third/fourth favorite brand of giant, bipedal, murder robots. Listen as Borelo, Madlle, and Rod-TGH tell of the history and lamentations involved with buying and moving a Virtual On: Cyber Troopers unit. We marvel at the technical achievements made by the Sega AM3 team on an aged arcade board. We talk a lot about the current state of Mortal Kombat. How beefy is this big boy cabinet? What is your Virtuaroid name? How does The Last Starfighter fit into all this? Get those answers plus: Fast Food Fighters, the brief history of Gundam, VOOT Christ, deadlifts, and a talk with listener Andrew Olivera who nominated the game.

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The Outfoxies - Episode 027

Episode 27

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 • Duration 01:23:54

I OFFER YOU 80,000 SWISS FRANCS TO LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE.* The second Listeners' Choice is all about the first arena fighter - the precursor to Super Smash Bros. - NAMCO's The Outfoxies. Join a full house of co-hosts as we talk about this rather obscure game that features a unique cast of characters like a chimp assassin and some eleven-year old homicidal twins. Why was this game called The Outfoxies? Did it ever take off in Japan? What is the best place to store guard sharks when not in use? We answer those questions and talk about arcade PCB prices, evil contractors, Gals Panic, and more Tiger King (for some reason). Special thanks to listener Tim Walker for nominating this game and Owlnonymous for joining us.

*Not legally binding.

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Quiz & Dragons - Episode 026

Episode 26

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 • Duration 01:53:01

Shall we play a game? For the first episode of the Listeners' Choice miniseries we distill Capcom's trivia arcade game, Quiz & Dragons, back to its truest form - a board game! Who will win the trivia battle of 80s sports and Richard Dreyfuss questions? Why does one letter (eclipse vs. ellipse) cause so much drama (thanks autocorrect)? Will knowledge from past Podouken episodes help the hosts get to the end or will their own stupidity condemn them? All of that plus counting teeth, recording during a hurricane, early Image Comics superheroes, and high-pitched character voices. Special thanks to listener Matthew Manduchi for nominating this game.

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Arcade Obscura (2P Brawlers) - Episode 25

Episode 25

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 • Duration 01:46:46

HOLY SH...EBOYGEN! It's time for another Arcade Obscura where each of the hosts pitch their choice for underrated or underappreciated two-player beat 'em up game. PastBlaster brings us a game from a familiar company that uses six-buttons to possess and destroy your enemies. Rob brings us a sequel from a company that only made two arcade games. Mr. SNK takes the obscure part of this episode to the limit with a noir game we're still not sure even exists, but - if it does - deserved to win the Pulitzer for that year (sorry Updike's Rabbit at Rest). We have a DOGOOOONE good time with this one. Also we coin the term "scifyclops", discuss some larger beat 'em ups, fight Mucus Tick, and maybe fire a host.

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The Combatribes - Episode 024

Episode 24

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 • Duration 01:38:33

CYBORGS AIN'T LADIES!! We grab Technos Japan's ultra-violent and over-the-top The Combatribes by the heels and take it for a spin - and have a lot of fun doing it! Join us as we rediscover this often overlooked beat 'em up playing characters that all skipped leg day. Did we just find Pastblaster's long lost pappy? How did a thrash metal band mascot become this game's villain? Are we cheating by including this game in our two-player brawler series? What post-9/11 changes did this game have to make? All that plus our eulogy to Technos, head bashes, Karnov, cultural insensitivities, Joker, and why this game is better than Double Dragon.

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Final Fight - Episode 023

Episode 23

Wednesday, August 12, 2020 • Duration 02:07:04

The Mad Gears must pay. We are joined by special guest co-host Chris Antista to discuss Capcom's Final Fight! Capcom goes "huge and cool" to bring us one of the best beat 'em ups ever made. Who is responsible for the Final Fight/Street Fighter II universe and why is it not who you may think? What part did a French historical novel and manga have in giving us the best political body in video games? Why were severed mammal's feet ever a commercially sold product? How did "stuffing" play a key part in Capcom's game development? You want more? How about the favorite foods of the Final Fight crew, glam metal, Breakfast at Tiffany's, ballads, the chip famine, and Don Frye.

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Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja - Episode 022

Episode 22

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 • Duration 01:26:40

Are you a bad enough dude or dudette to listen to this episode? That's right, we're talking about the game that sounds like it was made by an 80s word generator (and probably was) - Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja. The President has been kidnapped! What will it take to get Blade and Striker - the baddest sweatpant-wearing dudes in NYC - to go rescue him? Some machismo and a side of hamburgers, evidently. Who are the DragonNinja? How many lives can you justify taking to rescue a President? How many curse words can we say each episode and still keep our PG-13 status? We also make the perfect pitch for a Bad Dudes movie, marvel at Data East's attention to detail, and wonder how bad you have to be to jump through helicopter blades.

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