RPG The Golden Years: A JRPG Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Its finally time for our first end of year review. Join Rich and Bill as they say good buy to 1989, and hello 1990! Have you played any of the 1989 games? Send us your scores and reviews via twitter @RPGyears #RPGGYscores The games for 1990 will be played in the following order: Ys Book 1&2 Phantasy Star 2 The Final Fantasy Legend NON RPG VOTE Double Dungeons Rate and review the show and feel free to contact us about anything on twitter @Metunnica & @HailBlue1569 Please support the show at https://patron.podbean.com/RPGGY and thanks for listening!

Join us this week for EP005: Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse for the NES.   This is our first Non RPG and it’s a good one.   Have you played the game? Send us your scores and reviews via twitter @RPGyears #RPGGYscores   The winner of our last vote, and our next game is ‘Ys Book I & II’ (FYI Ys I & II Chronicles is a remastered port and counts. The DS version is a remake and does not count!) Ys 1 and 2 are available on iOS, Android, PSP, Steam, TurboGrafxCD, PSN… Basically everywhere so no excuses!   Rate and review the show and feel free to contact us about anything on twitter @Metunnica & @HailBlue1569   Please support the show at https://patron.podbean.com/RPGGY and thanks for listening!

Welcome to the fourth episode of the show! and its review time! Find out Rich and Bills thoughts on Final Lap Twin and the battle against Alan! The winner of the 'Off List' non RPG vote was the NES classic Castlevanina 3! Please play along with us! But wait, its vote time again! please pick a game to bump up the list for the 1990 season. Phantasy Star II - MegaDrive/Genisis The Final Fantasy Legend - GB Ys Book I&II - Turbo CD Duble Dungeons - TurboGrafx You have a choice of 4 games so go to @rpgYears and make sure your vote counts! Please rate and review the show, talk to us about anything on twitter @Metunnica & @HailBlue1569 And please support us at https://patron.podbean.com/RPGGYThanks for listening!

This week Rich and Bill announce a few more casualties from the list as we discover a trend to port Commodore games to the Genesis/MegaDrive.   We then discuss the pros and cons of Anime in RPG's.   So we'll ask you the question, what's better, Anime or Realistic RPG's???   Contact us with any Questions on twitter @RpgYears with the #RPGGYQs or just to chat with your hosts @Metunnica and @HailBlue1569   Also if you like the show you can support us via Patreon! https://patreon.com/RPGAY Thanks for Listing!

This week Bill and Rich review our first game, Dungeon Explorer for the TruboGrafx 16. We also dive into a discussion on game ports/remakes/remasters and what counts on our master list. Remember to check twitter and vote for Rich and Bill’s nominations for our first 'Non RPG' from off the list! Also any quesions on Final lap tiwn or just in general, please use hashtag #RPGGYQs @RpgYears @Metunnica @HailBlue1569

In our opening episode, Rich and Bill tackle the big question: What is the golden age of RPG's? We also discuss first experience with home consoles, talk about the shows format, how we’re going to be switching games, and how you at home can get involved. First game is Dungeon Explorer on the TurboGrafx-16, so if you have the means to play it, feel free to join us on this crazy journey! Enjoy! @RpgYears @Metunnica @HailBlue1569